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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1938
Page
9
The Alien Jay Baptist Sunday School marks its fourth anniversary with a morning service at 11 and speaker R. L. Pope of Thomasville. Dinner on the grounds follows, then at 2 o'clock J. W. Johnson leads a community sing. attendees are asked to bring well-filled baskets.
Greensboro report shows total state revenue for August reaching 29 678 972 26 dollars, an increase of 2 116 922 52 over August 1937. The figure reflects month revenue gains across departments.
Of the 180,595 patents issued in the last four years by the U S Patent Office, 32,721 patents, about one in five, involved design construction or use of motor vehicles.
A 60 year old woman in St Louis shot herself and left a note about harassment by acquaintances. In Pittsburgh the police superintendent warns lieutenants not to misconstrue teletype orders for the sesquicentennial parade. officers will wear white gloves and blue shorts without coats.
A 56 year old man, charged with being drunk, told Judge Clarence F. Terry he was celebrating his divorce. He said the divorce occurred twenty five years ago. The judge fined him ten dollars.
In Wenatchee Washington Sheriff Tom Cannon posted a 25 reward for the arrest of a vocal supporter amid a dispute over a vote. The move highlights local tensions and the sheriff’s stance on the issue.
Eddie West and police believed a package was a bomb and called in William Kane of the bomb squad. A cut into the package revealed 160 baseball lottery tickets prompting federal questioning over a national lottery ring. Italy bans wine with less than 19 percent alcohol content.
The Robbins Bros Circus brings 300 performers to Welch circus grounds on Tuesday September 18 with shows at 2 and 8 p m. Highlighted by 60 riders led by Juanita Hobson a renowned bareback somersault rider and a third generation circus member. Also featured are Hoot Gibson star of westerns and Clyde Beatty performing the world’s largest wild animal act with 49 lions and tigers. A mile long downtown street parade starts at 11 a m.
Berlin report says Ernst Weisser aged 36 was executed for spying and theft of a German munition mechanism. He was sentenced to death June 16 by the people's court, the first time the court disclosed the offense's exact nature.
Kernersville tenor George Mathews, famed from Fisk Jubilee Singers and the California Pacific Exposition, will perform at St. Mark’s M. E. Church East Washington Street on Monday September 12 at 8 15 pm. Sponsored by Ladies Aid Circle No 1, with praise from Cadman and quotes comparing him to Hayes and eliciting praise from the Detroit News.
The Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends will convene at Archdale Friends Church on Saturday. The Ministry and Oversight session begins at 10 AM with a youth meeting at the same hour. An 11 AM worship follows with lunch, then an afternoon business session.
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