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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1936
Page
14
The semi annual meeting of the North Carolina Association For the Blind will be held in Winston Salem on Friday October 30. W J Ashbaugh of Durham reports a large turnout from High Point is expected to attend.
Keith Harrison resigns as Guilford County Liberal Democrats vice chair but will keep the state party post. He cites a conflict with current duties and plans to remain active in party leadership.
Judge Teague dismissed contempt proceedings against H. T. Short superintendent of the High Point Overall Co. finding him technically guilty of contempt without intent. The case centered on the firing of Mrs. R. B. Peatross after she was summoned as a state witness. Short claimed her dismissal was due to unsatisfactory service, not the subpoena, while the judge warned employers against tampering with court processes.
He resigns from his duties and will travel to Salisbury to join Dr. W. O. House state chairman and Dr. Ralph W. McDonald for a 6 o'clock rally at Peeler's Lake in Rowan County.
The American Business club marks its tenth anniversary with a Ladies Night banquet and dance at the Sheraton Hotel ballroom. President James Moffitt welcomes guests as Charles Parker acts as toastmaster. A club history, a floor show, a melodrama, and souvenir ash trays cap the evening, with dancing to midnight.
Smith joins Republican cause denouncing the Roosevelt New Deal and the Democratic administration. He pledges to back the GOP nominee in all future speeches, with a final appearance planned in Albany on October 31. He accuses the administration of betraying the party and notes its policies are branded as Roosevelt programs.
Deal quotes and Smith remarks mark a Detroit speech where Smith sides with the Democratic Party while praising the President and criticizing past relations. He emphasizes American unity over party labels and pledges remedy oriented to national needs, asserting loyalty to foundational principles. He ends by endorsing Landon as a remedy for all ills.
The War Department announced three North Carolinians accepted reserve corps appointments. George Phifer Erwin of Davidson Leopold Mozart Hays of Durham and Thomas Samuel Teague of Fairmont were named second lieutenants.
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