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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1936
Page
1
Trenton April 3 AP Colonel Mark Kim warden of the state prison said at 2 40 this afternoon that as far as he knew the execution of Bruno Hauptmann was still set for 8 o clock tonight.
In Trenton New Jersey on April 3 1935 Hauptmann’s counsel pressed for a stay just before noon as Mercer county grand jury declined to intervene again on the Lindbergh baby killer’s impending execution.
Cordele style report shows defense counsel Lloyd Fisher pressing Anthony Hauck to convene a Hunterdon County grand jury to consider charges related to the Hauptmann case and possible stay of execution. Hauck vows to oppose delays as Attorney General Wilents weighs the extraordinary move.
Across Cordele Georgia Greensboro North Carolina the southeast toll from last nights storms rose to at least 40 with Cordele suffering the heaviest damage. Eighteen killed in Cordele and a hundred plus injured as a two mile tornado plowed through two residential sectors. collectivités Alabama Florida and South Georgia reported fatalities as the region faced widespread destruction and property losses topping millions.
In San Jose California district attorney Fred Moore asked a judge to dismiss charges against David Lamson who faced three trials for the murder of his wife Alice Lamson at their campus home on Memorial Day 1923. The defense argued she died from a fall. Lamson a former Stanford University press executive was not convicted after the last trial.
Fire destroyed the Mebane theater and the Mebane Motor Sales company in a blaze that caused about 25000 dollars in damage. Fire chiefs reported the conflagration controlled after aid from Burlington Graham and Durham. The theater equipment and nine new cars plus several used vehicles were lost.
North Carolina ready to dedicate the Great Smoky Mountain National Park with Tennessee. NC officials report details cleared for formal opening this summer pending Tennessee land preparation. Memorial to Mrs Laura Spellman Rockefeller discussed. Rockefeller foundation contributed 10 million dollars. Cherokee Indians willing to grant right of way through land for Blue Ridge Parkway access near state line.
Washington April 3. The 799 million dollar tax program moves ahead amid sharp business criticism. Philadelphia businessman Charlee Warner calls the plan terrifically unfair for distressed firms while Detroit packer Thomas W Taliaferro says it could force him from business. House rules committee approves 16000 for counsel to fight Senate lobby battles.
London reports irrefutable proof that Italy uses poison gas in Ethiopia. The British government plans oil embargo pressure on Mussolini if hostilities continue, urging immediate action by the Committee of 18 to assess peace prospects and justify further sanctions.
Anna Hauptmann, wife of Bruno Hauptmann, pleads for a reprieve from Gov. Harold Hoffman after a Mercer county grand jury declines to indict Paul H. Wendel in the Lindbergh baby case. She hopes for a second reprieve despite the governor’s earlier statement. She learns of the jurors’ decisions after a late trip to New York and watches the clock toward Hauptmann’s execution time.
The Senate finance sub committee voted to curb drastic features of the war profits bill and keep a profit motive to spur industry. It favors a tax around seventy percent on higher incomes, reducing the earlier eight percent rate and shifting burden to smaller incomes, with meetings to draft the tax sections starting Monday.
After a deadly Greensboro tornado, High Point organizations are asked to help. The Red Cross chapter will accept donations for Greensboro relief though no official appeal has been issued yet. The storm damaged buildings, uprooted trees and mobilized ambulances and fire equipment in the overnight disaster.
Yow's Funeral Home seeks the mother of John Murphy of Greensboro who perished in the tornado. The listed address 408 Garret street does not exist and her current surname is unknown after a remarriage. John Murphy and his wife were both killed in the storm.
Raleigh April 3 The state rural electrification authority was to meet today to consider applications of residents of near Wilson and Greenville for approval of the formation of electric membership corporations.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament Britain France and Belgium are prepared to fight if attacked but seek permanent peace with Hitler. Talks among British Belgian and French generals would occur in London under the Locarno accord with details to be used only if Germany attacks France or Belgium. Eden said reciprocal assurances were received and that no wartime laws would be applied absent unprovoked aggression by Germany.
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