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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1937
Page
9
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports 1058 acres burned by 20 fires in August with 975 dollars damage. The average loss per acre was 92 cents. Most fires small at 52.9 acres each. causes include sparks from locomotives lumbering incendiarism smokers lightning and undetermined.
In Vincennes Indiana police report burglars carried away a 3200 pound safe from a fire service store near police headquarters. The safe held several hundred dollars and telephone operators nearby heard no noise. In Pittsburgh Miss Reka Behrens closed her restaurant after 13 waitresses demanded higher pay and posted a 100 per cent American union sign.
William Kelly underwent an emergency operation at a Pittsburgh hospital performed by Dr. J C Kelly, uncle of nurse Hildegard Kelly. Nurse Hildegard Kelly attended to the patient, who was rushed to the hospital for surgery.
In Oklahoma City a baseball game featured runners and balls chased on motorcycles. Catcher Charlies Pickney attempted a tag at 35 miles per hour and sustained severe arm and leg cuts but hospital attendants expect recovery.
Joaquín Chaves of Douglas paid a $25 reckless driving fine and $25 to a power company for a damaged pole. He is asking the utility to return the property he purchased, with the request under consideration.
In Medford Oregon editor Robert W. Ruhi notes his cat is a good mouser though a giant rat proved elusive. The cat remains two jumps ahead of the rodent after a chase.
Davidson faces a weakened lineup as six players, including Bill Johnston Haywood Hill and Frank Purdy, may miss the V M I game after the Duke clash. Teeny Lafferty boosted the offense with a 6.1 yards per rush, while Hill drew praise for strong tackling before his injury.
Lifeboat crews rescued 365 lives from shipwrecks along Great Britain and Ireland in the first eight months, the highest eight month total in 19 years. In August 24 people were saved from vessels in distress.
Harold E. Dahl of Illinois, an American who joined the Spanish government air force, faced court martial in Salamanca Spain for rebellion. The hearing lasted about an hour as Dahl told the tribunal he went to Spain as instructor but was forced to fight. Verdict to be sent to Franco for approval or clemency. Dahl appeared with three Russian aviators on the same charge.
A quirky New York miscellany notes Mona Merle’s clever but flawed cocktail party invitation prank and public praise for police guard plots vetoed by Mayor LaGuardia. It surveys Loew’s State Theater’s sixteenth anniversary amid star appearances and late night dining vignettes.
The Lindberghs will remain at Long Barn in Seven Oaks Kent for at least until after Christmas. Harold G Nicholson, owner of the timbered house and MP, said Col Charles A Lindbergh gave notice of the extended stay.
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Jerusalem October 5 reports say a Jewish Arab peace conference under British oversight is possible as military action aims to end four months of terrorism. A truck attack wounded an Arab driver. in Transjordan police left on leave after a raid on the Mosul Haifa oil pipeline. Moderate Nashashibi Arabs are backing the British mediated effort.
Four people die when a car rolled down a hill into the Green river at Rockport Kentucky as they waited for a ferry. Victims include Mia Roma Bell Cates and her two sons Harold 10 and Dan C Cates Jr 12, plus Mis Margaret White 19 all from Russellville. Dewitt Cates 22 and Mrs Georgia Sproule 86 escaped after lowering windows. ferry rescued the survivors.
Cairo proclamation states the bride of King Farouk will take the Egyptian name Farida meaning Unique. The source notes her given name Gafinaz, meaning Pure Rose, is Persian and not used for the queen.
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