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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
2
Weather summary shows cloudy conditions with occasional rains this afternoon for North Carolina and South Carolina. Georgia sees scattered showers this afternoon. Winds shift from northwest to Saturday with overcast skies and colder temperatures across the region.
The speaker warned lawyers against abusing judicial discretion in a nation committed to written constitutions. He defended the courts' power to strike down legislative acts clearly violating constitutional limits, emphasizing a government of law over men and noting amendments as a constitutional option.
A U S official receiving a doctor of flaws degree on British soil extols peace aims shared by the United States and the British Empire. He emphasizes that peace is the normal state of human relations and notes the value of Britain as a great commonwealth member.
Charles G. Rose of Fayetteville, vice president of the state bar, is expected to be elevated to the presidency at today’s annual meeting in Raleigh.
Hull warned no nation can escape consequences of a major armed conflict in the modern world. He said even distant nations feel morale decline and well being damaged as destruction spreads from war zones, destroying security and energy everywhere.
The American Legion commander will speak in the Sheraton ballroom as delegates gather for a formal opening. A fish fry at city lake park, parade at 7 pm, and a dance at the Sheraton follow, with officers to be elected Tuesday in a general business session. Adjutant Cahall notes no sales of buttons or pins on the streets.
Longshoremen return to work after a strike involving Bull, Clyde-Mallory, Moore-McCormack, Ocean, Munson, and Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. city and port officials announced progress and resumed operations.
Wilmington officials report that on October 22 the International Longshoremen's Association members on strike were ordered by W. B. Townsend to return to work on coastwise ships. Alex Hoffman, spokesman for the shippers, confirmed receipt of a wire from Tampa outlining the instructions as the waterfront remained unsettled.
Two deep water vessels sit idle in port with one tied to foreign trade and the other to coastwise routes. The Ila and shippers truce stalled in Southern ports is delayed here as workers return and shippers resist retroactive wage and hour terms.
Britain presses for mercy for loyalists in Valencia amid a surrounding insurgent regime. Policy prioritizes safeguarding English business and diplomatic interests in the crisis.
The last governmental hold in northwest Spain fell as Franco's troops routed Asturias. Asturian Republican troops collapsed morale and surrendered. government leaders fled by ship to France, allowing insurgents to seize Gijon and radio stations.
Patterson says initial public support for executive backed proposals rested on trust in leaders. He credits courageous legislators and citizens with exposing a concealment of aims as a bid to control the judiciary, compelling public opposition and respect for the people's will.
Chinese forces bombarded the Whangpoo waterfront opposite the international settlement as Japanese air and sea units pressed in. Incendiaries ignited a large fire in Paotung and Hongkew while Chinese batteries, air raids, and trench mortars kept up a relentless barrage. Reports claim 10,000 Japanese troops near the Qiangfu front may be isolated as Chinese columns advance toward Tazang. The Nanking government moved to exempt medical supplies from import duties.
Margaret Drennan testified she shot Reeves to escape an alleged attack in his bungalow on September 7. The trial adjourned after Mrs. Reeves fainted in court as she urged the witness to tell the truth and the judge deferred summations to the next day.
Nineteen year old Walter Moore shot a squirrel yesterday in Clinton and climbed to recover it, slipping from a tree and dying.
Mrs. Margaret Alicea Spencer Elder 19 wife of Norman G. Elder of Trinity route 2 died at a local hospital at 6 am after being a patient since yesterday. Born August 10, 1918 in Randolph County she was a Glenola Baptist member. Surviving are husband parents J M and Annie Farlow Spencer two parents? and four sisters Eunice Hazel Angeline Ina Spencer. Funeral from Vernon church Sunday at 2 pm with burial in church cemetery. body moved to home Saturday at 9:30 am.
James Madison Haley died at his home in High Point route 3. Funeral and interment were held at Russell’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Patrick County Virginia yesterday at 2 30 PM with pallbearers K F Herdon John Chilton Roy Brown J B Wade Ed Harmon and W C Lowe.
A report notes roughly 3500 marriages are dissolved each year in England and Wales. Authorities highlight rising divorce rates and evolving family law practices impacting couples seeking dissolution.
Officials discuss measures to relieve pressing needs of the war wounded, outlining possible administrations of aid and care programs to support injured veterans and their families.
The two day Lib erty Baptist association session in Greensboro drew about 15 000 church members with 42 Guilford Rockingham churches represented Grover H Jones High Point city attorney was elected moderator succeeding retiring moderator Clarence A Smith The meeting featured Dr J Clyde Turner on foreign missions and praise for Smiths 16 years of service with minutes to be dedicated to him
The body of Timothy Heer, three, who had been missing since Tuesday, was recovered today from Lake Chautauqua near Jamestown. Local authorities investigated the disappearance and identified the victim.
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