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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1938
Page
3
The article outlines Maryland and Maine contests shaping the national political battle near Roosevelt's policies. Sen. Millard Tydings campaigns for a third term against David J. Lewis in Maryland as Georgia moves toward a four contender Senate race and Republicans vie in Maine. Georgia and Connecticut also hold elections with party power shifts at stake.
The 1939 World’s Fair in New York will enlarge from 105 to 429 acres and be equipped to handle giant transcontinental and transoceanic air liners with comprehensive facilities.
President Roosevelt and his son James rallied after James underwent a gastric ulcer removal at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota. Surgeons reported the condition entirely satisfactory and the operation included a posterior gastroenterostomy to join the intestine to the stomach wall.
Maine votes for three House members and governor plus other state officers. Maryland names candidates for senator governor and six House seats. Tomorrow eight states hold primaries while Connecticut and South Carolina runoffs and conventions. Wednesday Georgia picks nominees for Senate governor and House. Delaware Republicans pick a House candidate. Thursday Connecticut Republicans nominate in a convention.
High Point and Morehead townships show several transfers. Ernest Auman and wife convey to Rel ford Auman a tract in Farlow Jarrell development. J Ed Millikan estate trustees receive a tract in R E Jones subdivision. Spring Garden Street and local streets appear in multiple transfers between Realty firms and individuals.
An auto crash near Newton yesterday left one dead and five hurt, with Ernest Witherspoon of Claremont and the Witherspoon and Wilson families among the injured. Wilson Dockery, 40, a Black woman, died in the collision. Nebraska Barns, also Black, was injured. The other occupants, all white men, included Ernest Witherspoon, Howard Witherspoon, Bruce Wilson and Albert Moose.
The fragment notes dental concerns accusing certain wearers of bad breath. It references a Good housekeeping Bureau and leading dentists. It mentions cleansing purifying methods and dental devices like plates and bridges. The text is garbled but centers on oral hygiene and product claims.
The annual Christian workers training school starts Sunday at Wesley Memorial church at 2 30 pm and runs nightly 7 30 to 9 30 pm through Friday. It welcomes all church school workers and interested parents and is open to attendees from other denominations.
The funeral for Mark Squires 60 former chairman of the North Carolina park commission will be held in Lenoir tomorrow. He died after a paralytic stroke suffered Tuesday. Squires helped create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and served as state senator and legislator. He was born in Union county and practiced law in Lenoir for 18 years. A son James Squires survives in Lenoir and Montgomery Alabama.
Asheboro notes a new loan series start October 1 after a November meeting of Randolph County Building and Loan Association. Secretary Lee M. Kearns cites record-building activity, full occupancy, no vacant business spaces, and many new homes to house a growing population.
The article explains that bubble and squeak is an English dish made by cooking beef and cabbage together. It notes the combination creates a hearty, savory fry up often served as a leftover meal.
A High Point city council veteran warns against further debt increases. He cites a rise in tax rate from 1930 to 1931 and 1938, a $75,000 water mains expense, $142,000 in lawsuits, and $2,711,661 in street assessment assets that may be overvalued. Delinquent taxes and foreclosures total $337,879 as a reminder of mounting expenditures.
The speaker notes municipal expenses grew from 352387 in 1931 to 368827 in 1938 after a low of 283044 in 1933. The concern is that higher costs would strain city resources and threaten business and industrial growth, urging restraint on tax-increase proposals.
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