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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1937

Page

2

Weather Summary for Carolina and Georgia Regions

Partly cloudy with slight warm-up forecast for Saturday across Carolina and Georgia. Fair to partly cloudy tonight with warmer conditions in the south and east portions. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift from westerly tonight to northwest by Saturday with moderate west on Saturday. Overcast tonight in southern portions and interior areas may be fair.

Carolina Poron Georgia Hatteras Jacksonville Fair Hook

Truck Crushes Boy To Death In City Street

KE CITY D C Oct 29 Tommie Hyman three year old son of Mr and Mrs L E of Lake City was killed when he ran into a truck in front of him The driver was injured as lumber struck the cab during the swerving effort an inquest was set for day

KE City D. C Tommie Hyman

Evacuation and Defense Amid Shanghai Bombardment

RIFLEMEN HIT DUR ING JAP SHELLING pound damaged. 60 occupants seek refuge in dug outs as 20 Japanese planes strike. Itish army blocks Soochow creek with junks to avert naval attacks on the lost battalion opposite the Internal Settlement. Cabinet members, unperturbed by the Chinese evacuation of Chapei, assert China can hold out five years if needed at Nanking.

Pound Itish Soochow Creek Chapei Shanghai Nanking China Japan

Chicago Produce Prices Steady With Mixed Egg Readings

Chicago reports mixed market activity with produce steady overall. Egg prices show varied readings with 2,948 steady, firsts and local cars and local 25 to 22 percent changes on fresh graded firsts and current receipts 22.

Chicago

Duke Power Files Its Statement On Appeal

Duke Power Company, an intervening plaintiff in a suit to stop the city from issuing revenue bonds for a hydroelectric plant, filed its statement of the case on appeal to the Supreme Court. The 100 page document notes evidence, exceptions, and conclusions of law and is expected to reach the high court late next month.

Duke Power Company Greensboro Supreme Court High Point

Chest Agencies Decorate Downtown Store Windows

Six Community Chest agencies will decorate show windows in downtown stores to illustrate their work as part of publicity for the two day drive on November 2 and 3. Each agency handles its own window with animated displays planned during the interim.

Community Chest Noble T. Praigg Boy Scouts Beeson Red Cross Harlee’s

Principal Denies Affair In Dare County Case

Former Kitty Hawk high school principal Rhyne defends himself against charges involving Annie Moss a housekeeper in his Dare county home. He says rumors pressured his wife and he never was alone with the girl. He indicates the girl stayed from late Oct 1936 to July 1937 due to reports by reliable people.

Rhyne Kitty Hawk Dare County Annie Moss Meekins

Grange Meet at Winston Closes After Debate on Crop Control

W Bailey spoke against compulsory crop control while Caldwell assumed state master duties. The Grange refused to endorse or oppose crop control and proposed sharing national income via export bounty or debentures to aid farmers. Delegates urged study before legislation and pressed homestead exemptions while opposing wage hour laws and the 70 car train bill.

Sind W. Bailey Caldwell Bailey Congress

Lambeth Sees No War Soon Says Defence Is Key

Representative Lambeth voices confidence that war will not come soon urging adequate army and navy for defense not aggression. He stresses strengthening the foreign service as the first line of defense before departing for Washington en route to Thomasville North Carolina.

Lambeth Washington Thomasville N. C

Hallowe'en Fete At Brentwood Playground

Miss Lavina Stewart announced a Hallowe en fete this afternoon at Brentwood playground from 2 to 6. About 50 to 75 children are expected to join Halloween games soccer and other recreation in their costumes.

Brentwood Lavina Stewart

Gen Woodcock Lands At Local Airport

Brig Gen T W W Woodcock special assistant to the U S attorney general arrived at the High Point Greensboro airport, the first plane in 10 days due to surface work. He flew in from Montgomery Alabama with Major C A Masson and departed after lunch 45 minutes later as schedules resume in November.

Vecal Enterprise Greensboro High Point-Greensboro T. W. W. Woodcock United States Attorney General Washington, D. C Montgomery Ala

Mrs Norton May Face Blackmail Trial in California

Mrs Violet Wells Norton remains jailed in Santa Ana as federal authorities weigh prosecuting her on a blackmail charge. U S Attorney Harrison delays action to study the federal appeals court ruling that a letter to Clark Gable declaring he was the father of her 14 year old daughter did not fall under mail fraud. If not retried she faces deportation to Canada.

Santa Ana Calif Mall Faud Clark Gable Violet Wells Norton U. S Benjamin Harrison Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Gable

Forest tree seedling program announced for fall

J R Spratt district forester announced that 2 500 000 forest tree seedlings will be available at the State Department of Conservation and Development nursery near Clayton for the fall season.

Clayton J. R. Spratt State Department of Conservation and Development Nursery

New York Stocks Dramatically Rise Amid Trading Volume

New York at 2 P. M. stock quotations show wide gains and heavy turnover. Major entries include Adams Express, Allis Chalmers, Am Tobacco, Atlantic Gulf, Boeing, and Union Carbide among others, with varied percentages noted and totals reaching 2.33 million shares traded.

New York Adams Atlas Aviat Burr Mills ROE Ccc Curtiss Whigh Curtiss Wright A del Lack Ccceceeere Gillette Murray Warner Pic Western UN Phillips Pet Pitt Oorrofmoigs Swift Wee. Gee Ae Trans and West Air Unit Aire Unit Corp Unit Drug

Minister Cleared of Attack Charges in Danville Case

A jury found the Rev. innocent of charges that he assaulted a 12 year old girl Rheta Miller testified she was attacked in his home bedroom July 25 The minister who was suspended as pastor of the Fourne Gospel Tabernacle Sept 8 denied the accusations and proclaimed his innocence.

Danville Rheta Miller MacCullom Fourne Gospel Tabernacle

Stocks Rise On Upward Trend In Market Rally

New York reports a steady up trail in today’s stock market with gains around 7 points for leaders. Buying is spasmodic as the tape lags at times, while foreign markets perform better and American securities attract abroad interest. Steels lead with Bethlehem poised for a break in mill operation, marking the eighth anniversary of the 1929 crash with 16 million shares traded.

New York Bonde Steela

Morrison flags vote of no confidence in Chamberlain

Bert Morrison, Labour leader, presented a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He accused the government of pursuing isolation and risking a drift into war with a major power. Morrison urged international cooperation and speeches in a Roosevelt spirit to promote peace and economic social cooperation.

London Herbert Morrison Neville Chamberlain Morrison Roosevelt

Hahn Case Goes To Defense Now

Cincinnati October 29 The state rested its murder by poison case against Anna Marie Hahn charging her in the death of 78 year old Jacob Wagner Corollary evidence was admitted about four other elderly men The defense sought time to study evidence and possible witnesses and planned a directed acquittal if possible before asking for a delay to mount the defense next week the trial in its third week nears the jury.

Cincinnati Anna Marie Hahn Jacob Wagner Charles 8. Bell Bell Katherine Keeler Northwestern University Crime Detention Laboratory Hahn Wagner Joseph H. Hoodin Hoodin

Divorced Woman and Escort Beaten and Robbed in Nassau

In Mineola New York a woman who identifies as Mrs Elizabeth Eaton Guggenheim divorced in Reno from Col M Robert Guggenheim and her escort told Nassau police they were beaten and robbed of 400 dollars by two men outside a Jamaica Avenue restaurant. The woman’s chin and cheek were cut and her companion John Frey Jr 23 suffered a split scalp and a black eye. They were treated at Nassau hospital.

Mineola N. Y Elizabeth Eaton Guggenheim Reno Col M. Robert Guggenheim Nassau Jamaica Avenue

Peanut growers in Williamston push strong control law

A meeting of 200 peanut growers in Williamston last night voted for a tough control law with teeth. The session aimed to curb overproduction and stabilize prices in the industry.

Williamston

Sterilization Defended by Kansas Surgeon Amid Debate

Dr. John M. Outland, who performed 62 sterilization operations on girls at the Kansas Industrial School in Belit, argued the procedures were a scientific step against lawlessness. He spoke as Mrs. Kathryn O Laughlin McCarthy urged an investigation into alleged punishments for intellectually normal girls and missing parental consent. He questioned the need for maternal consent when a mother’s child is on the streets.

Kansas City Kansas Industrial School Belit John M. Outland Kathryn O’laughling McCarthy Congress Kansas Dr. Outland

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