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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1935
Page
3
Sunset Friday opens the Jewish New Year 5696 with prayers and reflection as Jews worldwide close businesses for the festival. Services are held in synagogues Friday night and Saturday, with later prayers emphasizing judgment, self examination, repentance, and reconciliation.
Vancouver Canada expects a new transcontinental airway to shorten travel to London from five days by air once completed next year. The plan highlights Canada’s rapid aviation development and aims to connect major cities across the continent.
A gale wrecked the motor vessel Hurry On off Henry Island Cape Breton with 18 aboard. Six survivors reached land in a battered lifeboat. one man was found alive on the beach. Captain A H Gardiner among the dead. The ship carried corn to Montreal from Halifax. The lifeboat capsized twice more before daylight.
Joseph W. Fuller 72 ex cowboy and veteran of Boer and World Wars died of blood poisoning from a cut in Southern Pines. Born in Montana he rode horses with Canadian mounted police and served in the Boer War and WWI. He managed estates of James Barber and the local airport. Survived by widow Miss Cora Mae Tyrell of Baltimore. Burial Wednesday with Fort Bragg and American Legion military honors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lee Brown were conducted from the home of her parents at 310 Willowbrook Street on Monday afternoon at oclock by Rev O L Ruth and Rev Mr Williams of the Gospel Tabernacle Church. A quartet sang Rock of Ages How Beautiful Heaven Must Be and Will the Circle Be Unbroken. Pallbearers were P A Snider H M Burrows Harvey Hunasucker A L Hunasucker R E B Grisom and F A Bumgarner. Interment was in Floral Garden cemetery.
Charlotte political note states Dr Ralph W McDonald candidate for governor credited President Roosevelt with preserving the U S constitution and basic government during the economic crisis and urged the public to recognize Roosevelt’s leadership in a speech to local clubs.
The mechanic who repaired a Packard Sedan owned by Frank Williams and Misnon Williams will auction the vehicle for cash to cover a $16.90 unpaid bill and keeping costs since November 12, 1934. The sale is at public auction in front of Court House or City Fall of Ich Point, Mouth Cacajra, on Thursday October 10, 1935 at 11:06 A. M. Vendor: Fr. C. Burney.
Lawmen from four southern states pursue the Bailey fugitive after a confrontation in Transylvania county. Evidence from a Clayton house includes blood stained undershirt with buckshot holes, a 30-30 rifle, and Bailey's 45 pistol. Baileys transport by car to Clayton and Towns county is questioned as fees paid for the escort.
In Hertford on September 24 authorities surrounded by a swamp four long term Negro convicts who fled the Woodville state prison camp at dawn. Guard C. G. Ingram was knocked unconscious as the group seized his shotgun and pistol. Stanford Chery saved Ingram’s life by firing in the air. The fugitives Will Brown alias Ezzie Steel Harry Ross James Howell and Marvin Parker had cut a roof hole days earlier. A separate search sought Red Ryan who escaped from Perquimans jail as J. J. Pleatwood opened the door for a light and Ryan’s wife was held for investigation.
The foundation formed by F H Gannett is accused of diverting foundation funds. The board will fill vacancies from holders of at least 100 shares, with at least eight seasoned newspapermen and one attorney required on the board to oversee charitable and educational aims.
A bank holdup near Richmond left Trooper Thompson dead after a bank assault as three bandits fired 150 shots. One suspect was captured and jailed in Henrico, while two others fled on foot amid a citywide manhunt with police pursuing through nearby towns. Forest Johnson and Selden White joined residents in arming for the chase.
Trustees in bankruptcy of R. R. Ragan file a brief in Superior Court against Mrs. Bertha F. Cox and Clara I. Cox alleging fraud to set aside deeds and recover assets for creditors. The 78 page brief details transfers from J. Elwood Cox to his wife in 1932 and seeks $18,445.18 plus related sums, naming Duke Endowment and Duke Foundation relations, with October 10 deadline for the defendants to file.
Miss Margaret Davis, ERA social service supervisor, asks colored women who have sewn for Emergency Relief programs to gather tomorrow morning at S and J Stephen's Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church on Price Street. This marks ERA sewing work's new temporary quarters.
Chief W G Friddle invites police officials from Carolinas to a 11 A M meeting in Durham on Sunday September 29. The gathering aims to share methods for crime investigation and prevention and strengthen interagency cooperation across the Carolinas with support from A R Ward secretary of the association.
The eighth grade students elected officer posts for the school year. J. R. Jarrett was chosen president with Sue Clifton as vice president and Alma Johnson as secretary. Miss Lucille Brown serves as teacher councillor. Monitors for building sections were appointed and will begin duties immediately.
Rear and under chassis mounted engines are becoming increasingly popular in the motor bus field as operators seek efficiency and space savings amid fleet upgrades.
A fragment notes the North Carolina Association Chiefs of Police and a department, indicating an official police leadership context. The readable text suggests a regional law enforcement association reference involving a department.
The Lambeth Manufacturing Company reported to police that an electric drill and an electric screwdriver were taken from the factory on Fast Russell Street. Nearby, 45 cents were reported stolen from a resident of the city. In Guilford County North Carolina a divorce action was filed in High Point Municipal Court by Roxie E. Murphey against Murphey. The defendant must appear in court by September 24, 1995 to answer or demur to the complaint. 1088 this is the 24th day of September.
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