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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1936
Page
3
Kay Dunn, stewardess, and Ted Graham, veteran pilot, face a violent Pacific storm while racing to Midway for serum. Illah a passenger triggers danger over a gyro pilot plan as Ted navigates by beacon and shipboard skill to locate the lagoon and save ten lives.
Atlantic City N J Oct 6 Accidental deaths in the United States will total about 110000 for 1936 the National Safety Council s statistical bureau calculated at the opening of the 26th National Safety Conference yesterday This would be 10000 more than last year s toll and 9000 above the previous high figure reported to the thousands of industrial and traffic engineers public officials and insurance men at the conference which runs through Friday night
Dolores Johnson, a Negro infant, died in a Sunday night auto accident near Reidsville while her parents were seriously injured. The report notes the tragedy occurred as they neared safety, with investigators focusing on the peril and injuries sustained by the family. The remainder of the passage shifts to a separate narrative about Midway Island and a flying boat, indicating a serialized story continuation rather than a direct follow up on the crash.
Wilmington NC reports at the 51st annual convention of the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina 149 delegates registered with 921 Kanaga summer school registrations. Officers installed include Mrs BE McClanhan Granite Quarry president Mrs L E Blackwelder Mooresville vice president Mrs J B Sheppard Kannapolis recording secretary Mrs Fred Shepherd statistics secretary and Mrs D Moose Concord treasurer and Mrs R L Conrad High Point life brigade secretary.
Public health service statistics show North Carolina reporting 81 new diphtheria cases in the week ending September 26, the most of any state. National total 598 cases. North Carolina up from 66 the prior week.
Funeral services were held yesterday for Dr Glanville Terrell 77 former dean of the University of Kentucky graduate school who died at his sister Mrs J D Chaney's home near Louisa Virginia early in October.
Edinburgh dispatch says labor leaders urged backing of British defense plans to support the league of nations resistance to dictatorship and aggression. The appeal stresses unity with defense measures and international cooperation amid rising tensions.
At the 36th annual labor party conference the opening session featured a resolution drafted by the executive committee of the party's political organization.
Police report six bombs exploded in downtown Manila Saturday night causing extensive damage. The blazes triggered by the blasts resulted in an estimated $500,000 in damages and left authorities investigating the incident.
Authorities disclosed two men are involved in a case tied to thirty seven international telephone circuits in operation. Police say the incident centers on telecommunication activity and regulatory concerns.
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