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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1934
Page
15
Asuncion April 18 AP reports the ministry of war announced Paraguayan forces in the Chaco yesterday seized Fort la Concha located 16 miles southeast of Fort Ballivian, Bolivian stronghold.
Governor Ehringhaus called five tobacco states to a Washington meeting next week to seek a 40 percent federal tax cut on tobacco products. North Carolina growers urged equitable price changes for farmers and consumers and backed Kerr production controls while proposing higher levies on tax-exempt tobacco.
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington to cheering Congress members after Florida vacations as talks focused on mid May adjournment and silver legislation. House and Senate leaders weighed timing while Dingell pressed for a vote on depositor pay off and other measures. The crowd at Union Station numbered about 3000 as the president joked about staying through summer.
The Bolivian high command announced that on April 17 Bolivian air forces destroyed two columns of Paraguayan motor transports and a munitions dump in the Ubicado sector of the Chaco.
Evidence presented by the trade commission shows the electric power industry in 1920 aimed to choose utility executives in every state to cooperate with heads of educational institutions. The testimony outlines a plan to align management with educational leaders, indicating broad industry coordination across states.
A Hammond police squad armed with machine guns left for Union Mills to investigate a report of a gang hideout near La Porte. They were acting on tips that John Dillinger might rendezvous in the area.
Rockingham, April 13. Counsel for George Robbins in Richmond County Superior Court presented many witnesses to support an alibi in the murder case of Mrs. Robbins on March 18. James Sanders also faces trial. Sanders’s fate awaits after Robbins’s defense seeks to prove he was not at home when the killing occurred.
North Carolina and South Carolina forecast shows rising temperatures through Saturday. Winds from the west refresh southern portions and remain west over northern areas with partly overcast skies tonight. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras and Hatteras to Jacksonville expect fresh west winds, fair weather tonight and Saturday. Official records note temperatures and rainfall for the two hours ending at 2 a m in principal cotton regions.
Senator Hayden Clement of Rowan county announced he would not seek reelection after two terms in the state legislature. The statement came this morning in Salisbury, clarifying he will retire from elected office.
Raleigh April 18 AP reports EK C Macon of Asheville filed with the state board of elections to pursue the Democratic nomination for North Carolina utilities commissioner in June.
A push in the House seeks to block adjournment of the seventy third Congress until the McLeod bill to pay off depositors in closed banks is acted upon. Representative Dingell drafted a pledge for signers to vote against any adjournment motion until the bill is acted on.
Samuel Insull travels by train from Panderma to Smyrna aboard the Adana after boarding a ship from Istanbul. The fugitive financier jokes about his seven Turkish escorts while awaiting transfer to the Exilona liner for return to the United States for trial, with a likely monthlong voyage via the Mediterranean.
WARSAW Indiana April 13 a man identified as John Dillinger led a machine gun raid on the Warsaw police station today slugged a policeman stole four bulletproof vests and two revolvers and got away. Homer Van Meter identified from photos as a paroled Indiana convict and Dillinger gang member. The raid the third in Indiana cities for Dillinger's mob put police on edge. Police pursued briefly then the raiders fled in a black sedan. Pittinger said the leader was the famous outlaw with the wooden gun escape from Crown Point jail. Authorities watched highways for the gunmen's car but it was not reported hours later. Dillinger last seen in Indiana last Sunday near Indianapolis then Pittsburgh Pa. The Auburn and Peru raids last October followed Dillinger's Lima jail escape in which Sheriff Larber was killed. Pierpont Makley await execution. Clark remains jailed for life.
John Watkins a 24 year old negro was electro cuted at the state penitentiary for killing Sheriff Raymond A Feaster of Fairfield county near Winnsboro last November 3. He confessed to prison chaplain Reverend S K Phillips and spoke little as the electric chair process began. The sheriff who arrested Watkins and was driving him to locate stolen goods was killed when Watkins drew a hidden pistol and took the sheriff's gun to fire the fatal shot. The execution was witnessed by the sheriff's father and six brothers.
A series of wage increases and strikes marked a troubled period for industries. Lake Carriers announced a 10 percent wage rise for about 13,000 mariners. Nash Motor workers in Kenosha voted to end a six week strike. Detroit tool and die makers struck at 45 plants affecting roughly 3,800 workers. Gloversville glove cutters voted walkout for higher pay. Two Cleveland Worsted Mills pickets were shot. Indianapolis hosiery workers faced brick and windshield vandalism. St Louis Chevrolet and Fisher Body union leaders voted to strike over rehiring 250 activists. Pontiac autoworkers pressed for higher wages and shorter hours. Buffalo aircraft workers near Curtiss move threat. about 2,100 workers involved at two plants with $5.5 million contracts.
Beverly Hills residents discuss the pending investigation into President Roosevelt's fishing trip. Democrats claim he caught fish while Republicans say he did not, insisting a fair committee be appointed to determine the truth. The issue is seen as impacting the nation's future and potential drift toward Russia.
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