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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1936
Page
2
Chief F E Ingram approves a permit for Mrs C Bed to build an eight room veneer home on Ferndale between Rotary Drive and Rhames Avenue with private garage and servants quarters. EB Taplin awarded the work and construction begins at once with steady progress expected.
J H Chamelin received a permit to repair a residence on Redding Street between Green and Amos streets with an estimated cost of 40.
Representatives of about 26 000 sheet and tin plate mill workers met Carnegie-Illinois officials here as 450 000 steel workers watched. Benjamin F. Fairless rejected a ten percent wage increase as unaffordable, citing a first half net profit of 16 238 000 dollars. Delegates plan to push for a standing general committee, revised group insurance, and pension liberalization.
Washington reports cotton led 1935 farm gross income at 861.31 million dollars including linters and seed used or sold on farms and government payments. Wheat ranked second at 482.80 million, with corn 349.88 million, truck crops 304.44 million, tobacco 250.82 million, potatoes and garden products lower in value.
Detroit dispatch reports Michael Layton testified in a Black Legion trial amid plans to abduct WPA worker Charles A. Poole. Layton identified Colonel Harvey Davis and Dayton Dean, the confessed shooter, at a meeting before Poole’s shooting on May 12.
The Pope speaks on Europe’s crisis warning that subversive forces threaten civilization. He cites Spain’s tragedy and fears mass manipulation could lead to attacks on institutions. The article also notes political developments with Coughlin supporters and endorsements, and upcoming nominations for various offices.
Miss Mary Golden a young white woman was taken by Sechrist's ambulance to Burrus Memorial hospital after allegedly swallowing part of a bottle of poison. She had been staying at 108 Culler Street with T A Apple. Her condition improved to satisfactory shortly after 2 PM.
In Maine a Towheend candidate appears as Democratic and Republican contenders target Governor La Follette. Democratic hopefuls are state Senator William D. Carroll and Arthur W. Lubeck. Republicans include Alexander Wiley and Johan Chapple. United States Representative William N. Rogers runs unopposed for the senatorial nomination.
H B Corrider a 29 year old former Tar Heel died in a Virginia hospital from injuries after an accidental fall down a stairway. He moved to Marion from Landis North Carolina and ran a local laundry firm. his widow survives.
The Owen Spivey families held a reunion at Dover Baptist church Ether on Sunday with many relatives and friends present. J H Williamson presided over the program and Judge Wis B Teague of High Point was the principal speaker. A memorial service followed at the grave of the late B M Brown.
Dinner was served on the grounds at noon with special singing by the Dover mixed quartet and the Dover church choir, the Hemp and Worthville quartets and the Central Falls choir. Officers for the next year were elected: president J H Williamson, vice president W P Brown, secretary treasurer Mrs Ronnie Myrick.
New York stock market slips with leaders down fractions around two points as traders await Maine election results. Light trading above and below shows mixed bonds and currencies while some specialties edge to small gains despite overall softness.
Magnus Johnson, a Swedish immigrant and longtime farmer who served in both the U S Senate and House, died of pneumonia yesterday after three weeks of illness. His death leaves a vacancy in Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor political ranks.
The report notes 1 700 fascists besieged under shell fire in Toledo's Alcazar for over eight weeks. In Paris the French public works minister accused Spanish fascists of stoning the French flag at an international station, halting railway service into insurgent territory. Rightists in France accuse the socialist government of provoking uprisings in French Morocco to threaten Spanish Morocco and challenge fascist rule.
A delayed report states that Gom broon, the summer home of Zebulot Baird Vanes, Civil War governor of North Carolina, was burned to the ground in Black Mountain.
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