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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1937
Page
2
Noon weather note follows with rain in North Carolina tonight likely to change to sleet or snow in western mountains. Colder temperatures persist in extreme west. South Carolina sees mostly cloudy skies with rain tonight and Wednesday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift to northwest late tonight and Wednesday.
Japanese forces pressed inland from Shanghai as civilians fled Tsinanfu and Soochow. Japanese planes bombed wide areas on the Shanghai peninsula to clear a path for troops and ships toward Nanking, with foreign observers forecasting the campaign continues.
The government launches a nationwide unemployment census using 150000 postmen to collect voluntary answers from households and lodging facilities. Results due late December will guide possible relief actions and permanent work programs as mayors warn of rising winter unemployment.
Reports from Nanking describe Japanese forces closing on the Yangtze water route with bombardment along Tsushan and near the Tientsin Pukow line. Soochow, 50 miles west of Nanking, is said to be deserted after heavy bombardment while thousands head toward Tsingtao. Three American missionaries stay in Soochow to aid frightened locals.
Norman H. Davis led the U S delegation in Brussels as talks on China aid and Japanese pressure moved to a crucial stage. With most delegates returning home to shape a common attitude the negotiations appeared to have reached a turning point.
Local police found 77 pints of whiskies brandies and gins in a carton in a vacant room at 112 1 2 North Wrenn Street. Informants say the room was recently rented and the alcohol was placed there within the last 24 hours. No arrests have been made.
Washington signals how far the United States would go, with Britain and France likely to hesitate without full American cooperation, as it weighs possible drastic steps.
High Point workers will formally end their work Wednesday night. Firms with 100 per cent registration include Amos Hosiery Mill Apple Auto Repairs Dr H B Leath Security Bank building Rhodes Press American Cabinet Hardware Thompson Shoe Ingram s Pharmacy Red wine Hardware Sample Shoe Schulman s Clothing Ingram s Food Richardson s Security National bank Altrusa Club Bales Hosiery Lexington Grocery National Food Pender s Store O Neal Grocery Sample list of graded registrations by location and business name.
Twenty one crew members of the Greek freighter Tzenny Chandris were saved from shock after the vessel foundered in a storm off Cape Hatteras. The Mendota brought 15 survivors to Norfolk, while six more were rescued from the Swiftsure in Boston. Seven crewmen died and three bodies were missing.
Dr. John Bauer of New York met Raleigh officials W R Newell and B M Knox to discuss centralizing and coordinating municipal power services in North Carolina. He visited 10 eastern cities and plans a December Raleigh meeting to plan cooperation with the Municipal League and city plant operators.
Sit down strikers at the Fisher Body Corporation plant in Pontiac left the plant at 8:25 a.m. after about 12 hours of occupation. Union president Dorr Mitchell said the action was unauthorized and a meeting with company officials was set for 1 p.m. The strike stemmed from a grievance over 500 layoffs, with about 2,000 workers marching from the site while night shift readiness was planned for 3 p.m. Restoration of laid-off workers and fair share of remaining work were sought by union leaders.
The Birmingham, a 9000 ton cruiser with 12 six inch guns and eight four inch anti aircraft guns, was commissioned for China service and will depart Plymouth Thursday for the Far East. The vessel cost over 6 million dollars.
James C Plunk Daniels age 68 died at City Memorial hospital after his foot was amputated. He leaves widow Artie Crofts Daniels two daughters F R Hilton Winston Salem and James Daniels. a son. three brothers. four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The body goes to daughter Mrs Hilton’s home. funeral at Mt Olivet church Wednesday afternoon with interment in church cemetery.
North Carolina citizens are urged to back the Red Cross Roll Call with full enthusiasm. The appeal highlights the Red Cross relief work during floods on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and calls for increased North Carolina membership and civic cooperation.
Mrs. Charles Abraham files suit in Municipal Court seeking 10 000 damages from Ben Banks of Baltimore and his chauffeur Choyce Crosby of Charlotte for alleged injuries from a head on collision on West Lexington Avenue on Armistice Day. Crosby is alleged negligent driver. Banks and Crosby faced prior action by Mrs. Abraham's husband for car damages.
Police within the past 24 hours arrested one person for reckless driving as part of traffic law enforcement. A public safety note encourages careful driving and safe examples for others.
The Rev. Frank William Bible aged 60, executive secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, died yesterday in Chicago.
City Manager M. Knox spoke at the Civitan luncheon at the Elwood Hotel about the hydro electric program and the grade crossing elimination. He noted cooperation with the state highway and public works commission on a new railway bridge and said the Main street crossing goal would be dismantled for use in the Negro section. He discussed legal questions about rights under federal law and the Alabama Power case, the Duke Power cooperation, bond financing, and the need for an engineer's report before state approval. Two guests attended.
Confusion marks stalled Roosevelt program as the Senate readies action on a disputed anti lynching bill while the farm bill and wage hour measures remain in flux. House leaders push to bypass rules by sending the wage hour bill to the floor, but a signed petition requires 218 members and December 18 effectiveness.
The Berlin foreign office modified its expulsion of Paul Ravoux, a correspondent for the French Hav as news agency, allowing him seven days to arrange his personal affairs before departure.
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Finis J. Garrett, former Democratic congressman from Tennessee, for presiding judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Basil Ryan, a New York copper heir, denied loving his wife after a marriage to a 21 year old mother of a two month old son. He spoke from a hospital where he was confined after the ceremony and said he would stay in Hickory while deciding his future. Sheriff Nina Ross questioned a Washington sighting of Ned A. Parks, who faced a Burke county warrant for service, though no fugitive warrant had been issued.
Grace Johnson of High Point indicted by Guilford County grand jury for murder in the November 4 shooting death of her husband Mose Johnson. He died days later in a High Point hospital from a neck wound after being injured in the attack. The defendant admits firing but claims self defense. An appeal involving William A. Carruthers, who pleaded guilty to three assaults, remains with judgment continued two years upon costs.
Two Marine officers stationed at Quantico were killed instantly when a plane crashed near Fredericksburg Virginia. The accident occurred today as military authorities investigated the cause and noted the service members were on duty at the time.
Substituted Trustee will sell at public auction for cash at Greensboro Court House at 12 noon November 28, 1937. Property described as Oakwood Court area, High Point, including all of lot 14 and part of lot 12 in the R A Wheeler plot, with prior deeds by G W Clark and Bessie Clark and references to HOLOC, recorded in Guilford County. Sale subject to 1937 taxes. 5 percent cash deposit required.
President Roosevelt’s appeal for an all weather farm program widened the split between compulsory and voluntary crop control advocates. Senators pushed ideas on compulsory rules while stressing soil conservation and consumer protection, with debates over financing and the role of marketing quotas continuing in Congress.
Court house sale in Guilford County North Carolina at noon on November 29 1957 to satisfy the note of Women Owners Loan Corp secured by a deed of trust dated July 3 1994 and recorded in book 732 page 232 with a substitution recorded in book 826 page 693. The property is described as lot No 42 in OC Willis lands known as 516 Ward Street High Point, with cost payable in cash and a 1 percent deposit required.
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