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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1938
Page
1
President Roosevelt voiced support for liberal candidates across party lines prompting debate on White House involvement in fall congressional campaigns. He said the good of the country overrides party and might back a liberal Republican or a conservative Democrat if they serve the nation. Reactions surged in both major parties.
A pilotless Army pursuit plane crashed into a house near Reidsville injuring three of eight occupants while 11 other planes diverted from Langley Field to San Antonio due to fog and rain. Three planes landed near High Point, two in a field on East Lexington Avenue and one off the High Point Friendship highway. Flight Commander R L Marsham said 11 planes landed safely. one was slightly damaged. The crews bailed out before the crash. no injuries among the fliers. The wrecked craft struck a three room farmhouse roof after the crew abandoned ship. The homeowner Harry Gann described the impact as a thunder clap from a clear sky. Continued on Page Fight.
Frank Fuller the 1987 Bendix champion and Miss Jacqueline Cochran the sole woman entrant led the field toward Cleveland at high speed after a 2,042 mile leg from Burbank. Armistead quit at Winslow due to radio troubles while other planes flew too high to report.Prize money totaled 59 009% with 20,000 for the Cleveland hop and 10,000 for the next leg to Bendix New Jersey.
Europe anxiously awaits Chancellor Hitler and Konrad Henlein to define a complete accord on the Sudeten Germans as Britain and France face internal economic strains. The pound strengthens briefly as investors gauge foreign exchange moves while France shifts to mobilize industry under a 40 hour week decree amid labor unrest.
In Yuba City California federal and state forces withdrew from the search for Mrs. W. R. Meeks abductors. Governor Merriam recalled guards and patrolmen while FBI chief N J L Pieper said the bureau was withdrawing with no evidence of federal law violation. Sheriff Allrey warned for Mrs Meeks life as Meeks said he could not raise 15000 dollars.
Maryland waits for President Roosevelt and Rep. David J. Lewis to arrive for a two day campaign tour. Roosevelt to speak briefly on Friday then deliver a longer address on Monday on the eastern shore as the Democratic senatorial primary nears September 12.
New York, Sept 3. District Attorney Thomas F. Dewey nears closing the case against Tammany leader James J. Hines as 39 witnesses testified in three weeks with about 10 more provocation witnesses planned. Rose Wendroff sister of Dixie Davis testified she gave Hines money and a $500 check made out to cash bearing J. Hines signature not in Hines handwriting. She will resume cross examination Tuesday.
Knoxville Tennessee energizes more than 32 000 homes with TVA electricity as Norris transmission lines feed the city. The city TVA system acquired yesterday in New York from the Tennessee Public Service Company marks the end of a prolonged power saga.
North Carolina bright belt tobacco farmers face falling and irregular prices as markets opened August 25. Averages show declines from 24 to about 21 dollars per hundred pounds with reports of price rejections on bright and border belt tobaccos. Eight mass meetings are planned in Wilson, Nashville, Tarboro, Snow Hill and Kinston with AAA officials attending to discuss the downward trend.
Philadelphia authorities move to indict fourteen prison personnel and physicians for criminal negligence in the sweat box deaths of four convicts. Warden Mills and Deputy Craven face high bail. others arrested and held for grand jury. A guard is exonerated, having testified he acted under orders.
Forest H. Shuford deputy labor commissioner will become North Carolina labor commissioner September 12 succeeding A. L. Fletcher who becomes assistant administrator of the Federal Wage and Hour Act. Fletcher, 57, native of Ashe county, served in World War I and worked for North Carolina papers before election. Governor Hoey cites value of Fletcher’s Washington experience for the South.
Loyal Order of Moose members from South Carolina and parts of Virginia gather for the 12th Carolina Moose association conclave in the city. The schedule includes openings at the Sheraton, addresses by Albert H. Ladner and Roy Whitlow, a women’s session, rituals, dinners, dances, and a closing banquet and ball.
Five thousand Japanese troops landed on the Yangtze river bank near Kiukiang after a week of battle. They pressed Chinese shore batteries and claimed to have broken Hankow defenses while Chinese forces claimed counterattacks. Casualties on both sides were heavy as plans and river ships aided the assault.
Frank Fuller of San Francisco landed his Seversky at Wichita municipal airport at 11:21 a.m. CST and resumed the Bendix trophy dash 19 minutes later after refueling with 209 gallons.
Jacqueline Cochran reportedly crossed over St. Louis at 11 38 a m CST flying at 16 000 feet in the Bendix race following apparent gas line trouble on her plane.
The Utilities Commission approved routes for On Race Company to operate in Ashebere and from Ashebere to Central Falla as announced in Raleigh on September 3.
A cloudburst flood swept Bear Creek and Coal Creek canyons in Colorado, killing five people and leaving twelve missing. Four bodies were recovered near Morrison while a fifth victim, Mrs. Walter Boyd, drowned when a car plunged into Coal Creek.
Douglas Corrigan arrived with a motorcycle police escort while Harry Corrigan narrowly avoided disaster in a second plane. Harry took off from Baltimore upwind two hours later and managed a risky ascent, with airport staff fearing a crash as both brothers departed for Cleveland.
Rome reports the cabinet ordered removal of Jewish faculty and students from Italian schools. In Perugia three Jewish professors were dismissed effective October 16. Trieste notes resignations from public posts. Milan University and other institutions also face eliminations affecting dozens of professors.
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