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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1934
Page
1
Raleigh April 7 Joe Clark 23 year old Negro farm hand is jailed in Wake County on a charge of attempting a criminal assault on the nine year old daughter of G W a tenant farmer living nearby.
Raleigh April 7. Georgayesley reports that Pou resigned as executive director of the North Carolina state highway and public works commission citing plans for the future. He leaves office soon, with the vacancy to be filled within days. Rumors place him as a candidate to succeed his late father Edward W. Pou. rivals include Harold Cooley Jere Zollicoffer and Palmer Bailey. Pou’s resignation letter expresses gratitude despite the decision.
Mrs.Gif ford Pinchot told the Senate labor committee that Hugh S. Johnson abandoned NRA principles to build up Wall Street and harm workers. She urged passage of the Wagner bill to enforce labor boards and curb employer unions while noting sweatshops persist in Pennsylvania and criticizing Johnson’s administration of the NRA.
A man claiming to be John Brown Yarborough, 60, a Louisburg fertilizer salesman, leaped into the Haw river near here and reportedly drowned. A search crowd drained the river tonight seeking the body.
Raleigh April 7 AP Work on more than 500 civil works projects unfinished when the program ended March 31 will likely resume next week under the federal emergency relief administration. Mrs O Berry said they hope to have records and projects ready to resume and will transfer ongoing CWA projects to the fed relief setup as fast as possible. Only projects with value if completed will be finished. North Carolina's April E R A allotment is 1 100 000 but officials expect additional funds from the government.
April 7 report states Governor Floyd B Olson to lead inquiry into the alleged Communist inspired riot that drew 6000 unemployed people who attacked the courthouse. Authorities earlier held 38 rioters, while Earl Browder of the Communist Party claimed some participants were organized by Communists.
Tennessee fair Sunday and Monday with warmer conditions in the extreme west. North Carolina fair Sunday with little temperature change. South Carolina partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with possible brief showers in the south and little overall temperature change.
Washington April 7. House Democratic leaders oppose the Couzens plan to add 10 percent to all individual tax returns for one year and expect House rejection without more revenue. Senator La Follette predicts passage of his amendment to require public inspection of tax returns amid disclosures of tax avoidance by big taxpayers. Democratic leaders Burns and Doughton signal House caution in an election year over raising taxes.
In Rome on April 7 the international wheat advisory commission outlined two main plans to curb low prices. A price agreement by wheat grade and an export quota adjustment aim to keep supply slightly below demand, with U S delegates urging acreage cuts first.
Nathaniel Doragoff testifies before the Senate labor committee from New York Local 306 alleging misused union funds and a $7500 intermediary payment linked to a Lindbergh kidnapping case. He cites $415,303 for rehabilitation and questions about a $70,000 attorney fee and a $25,000 Diamond Detective payment.
OCRACOKE April 7 Bennett Howard retired sailor keeps a hen laying two eggs daily over the past two weeks. He reports one egg is hard shelled and the other soft shelled with the hen working from sun up to sun down. He cannot identify the breed.
In Asheville on April 7 AP report: Detective Vincent Bradley freed a boy whose thumb was caught in a trap set on North Lexington Avenue to catch thieves. With two helpers, he nursed the injured youth, fed him, and escorted him home pleading not to tell his parents.
More than 2,000 members of the North Carolina labor voters league will gather in Salisbury on Saturday April 14 for an all day session to weld the labor vote into one unit through a declaration of principles and aims. Speakers include George L Googe Roy R Lawrence and Arthur Harrison among others.
Daniel C. Roper secretary of commerce was elected honorary president of Gamma Province of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the closing session of its two day provincial convention in Chapel Hill. Representatives from 10 chapters in the District of Columbia Virginia and the Carolinas attended.
A massive rock collapse on Norway's west coast triggered waves up to 30 feet that swept two fishing hamlets, Tajffjord and Fjorna, killing at least fifty residents and leaving many others missing. Bodies and wreckage litter the harbor as boats and cars were thrown inland.
Coal operators in Alabama plan to reopen more than 60 mines under a ten day injunction shielding them from the NRA wage and hour changes. UMWA says majority of 15,000 idle miners are unlikely to return, fearing defying a government order. Hearing for a permanent injunction set for April 16.
Washington April 7 The Roosevelt administration plans to back government credit for a home building program expected to mobilize over a billion dollars of cautious private capital. Frank C Walker director of the national emergency council said legislation to implement the proposal would reach Congress within ten days.
Associated Press reports wage increases take effect in mid April for thousands of workers. Armstrong Cork Company announces a ten percent rise for 4,000 employees across Lancaster Pittsburgh Beaver Falls Camden Gloucester and Fulton. A similar ten percent boost affects about 1,600 workers from another major employer with a start date of April 1.
Raleigh April 7 The state retail secretaries association meeting here this week has been canceled. Members will meet during the North Carolina Merchants association convention in High Point next month. The secretaries were to gather Monday and Tuesday but postponement due to bad weather conditions was announced.
Miss Edith Cummings former golf champion and social figure marries Curtis Burton Munson of New York and Edmonton in a simple town apartment ceremony hosted by the bride's mother Mrs. David Mark Cummings.
Johnson orders ten day rollout of direct referral of all clear cut violations to district attorneys. Local compliance boards will forward cases to NRA litigation division for immediate action. Ford Motor Co faces eligibility restrictions for government contracts under McCarl ruling. United States Chamber of Commerce cautions against bureaucratic code extensions.
Philip G. Johnson, president of United Aircraft & Transport Corp, proposed immediate reorganization to separate airlines from manufacturing units so United Airlines can bid on air mail contracts. The plan, explained in a stockholders letter, postpones the April 24 annual meeting until reorganization is complete and envisions divesting carriers and manufacturers as a condition for new mail contracts.
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