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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1938
Page
2
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday in North Carolina with slightly warmer temperatures in the northwest and north central portions. Winds from the north and northeast from Hatteras to Jacksonville, with fresh northerly winds in the far north tonight.
War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Welles at Mercury Theatre maps a Martian landing near Grovers Mill New Jersey. The program prompts widespread alarm as listeners fear a real invasion while Welles defends fiction and urges calm.
Public auction set for November 15 1938 at 11 00 A M to sell three tracts in High Point Guilford County North Carolina including a seven room dwelling and a brick store on Tract One with lane and street frontages and additional small lots Tracts Two and Three describe adjoining parcels with specific boundary lines and measurements all subject to street assessments bids previously rejected due to higher offers and this notice is issued by Commissioner A Yark dated October 29 1938
The county Democratic rally will be held at the new county building tomorrow night at 8 o clock, announced by Walter E Crissman, High Point township chair. Guilford county executive committee chair Thomas C Hoyle Jr invited all to attend the Pleasant Garden rally at 6 30 with Brunswick stew and speaker Thomas J Gold.
Widespread alarm swept High Point as a dramatic radio segment depicted a Martian visitation. Police received over a hundred calls within an hour from frightened listeners who believed the fiction might be true. Officials and editors reported heavy telephone traffic from locals and distant callers seeking safety guidance.
The funeral for Mrs Nettie Corinna Johnson wife of Henry E Johnson died Friday night at her Ward Street home. Services were held at Country Holiness Church near Randleman with Rev O L Ruth and Rev J R Reece officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Jacques Chambrun, representing H G Wells, says the Columbia broadcast of his book used liberty that altered the story. Wells considers the dramatization a rewriting that alarmed listeners and demanded a full retracement by CBS and Orson Welles.
An advertisement claims Adlerika relieves stomach gas that presses on the heart with a single dose. It asserts the product cleans out both upper and lower bowels and mentions Mann Drug Stores as a point of sale.
D C MacRae sworn as judge of High Point Municipal Court to fill Teague vacancy. he resigns as assistant solicitor to George L Stansbury and as High Point Civil Service Commission chair. Vacancy to be filled in about ten days with candidates J A Cannon Jr Joseph P Shore and Adam Younce named. The commission will appoint a new member, likely an attorney.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Carl Berrier of Thomasville learn of the infant death at City Memorial hospital Thomasville Sunday morning. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon with interment in Day Chapel Cemetery Thomasville.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Cramer Alexander of Route 2 Thomasville died at City Memorial hospital. Funeral held at Calvary Reformed church near Thomasville Sunday at 4 39 p m with Pastor W C C Lyerly officiating. Interment in church cemetery.
James Lee Snider four months old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Snider of Thomasville Route 2 died at Davidson hospital in Lexington Saturday night after a short illness. Survived by parents and half sister Cath erine Sechrest. Services Monday at 2 PM at Mt Zion Holiness church with interment at Mt Zion.
Turkey reports higher trade activity with both exports and imports growing in the current year. The government data show sustained expansion across key sectors, reflecting improved shipments and inbound goods amid economic shifts.
The Salvation Army joins six agencies in the Community Chest drive on November 3 and 4. Activities include indoor and outdoor meetings under Major R. M. Cowan, youth programs, jail and Mothers’ Club events, and 176 lake pool swimming periods totaling 7,875 for underprivileged children. Relief work covers garments, shoes, bread, meals, lodgings and meals value listed, with three unmarried mothers sent to the Salvation Army hospital in Durham.
Firefighters rushed to 306 Elm Street at about 10 20 this morning to extinguish a small blaze in a wooden shed occupied by Charlie Goins. There was virtually no damage.
Marvin Hill Ward known as Hill Ward died at his Archdale home after a brief illness. A High Point resident for 44 years he worked as a furniture man and with Thomasville Chair Co. in recent years. He was born June 2 1885 in Davidson County and married Corrina Love November 1 1903. Survived by wife two daughters six sons a brother six sisters and five grandchildren. Body to be moved to Archdale this afternoon for services.
Funeral services for R. N. Greer, well known citizen, were held from the home of his daughter Mrs D B Cecil at 513 Carter Street on Sunday at 10 30 a m. Rev Hoy F Fesperman Elder D A O Bryant and Elder George H Mff led the service with a large gathering in attendance. Interment was in the Primitive Baptist cemetery with active pallbearers and a long list of honorary pallbearers.
Julius Transon Scott, former Forsyth County sheriff, died from injuries after a tire blew out and destroyed his car near Mockaville. He had been recently employed by the state department of revenue. The funeral was set for tomorrow afternoon.
The burial will be Wednesday at 11 o clock from the Gospel Tabernacle on Willow Brook Street. The deceased was a member. Service will be conducted by Rev. H. P. Williams and Rev. H. P. Miller of Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church.
North Carolina offered the lowest average telephone rates among eight states served by Southern Bell according to Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne. He compared per telephone revenue and intrastate tolls, noting NC tariffs were generally cheaper and taxes per phone lower than in other states despite higher company investment returns in the state.
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