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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1932
Page
3
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, the dryest cabinet member, urges the Republican convention to adopt a Missouri plank seeking constitutional amendment to repeal the 18th. Hyde aims to sway drys and wets alike, with Hoover aides favoring a party shift on liquor.
Lincolnton textile magnate D E Rhyne received a death extortion demand of 3000 dollars. A note at his gate instructed him to leave the money in a sack on a steam shovel along Shelby road, with a promise of killing if officers were notified. He left a dummy package as officers watched from nearby.
North Carolina Attorney General Brummitt says no new suits to force payment of 1868 carpet bagger bonds will prevail. He notes offers to sue NC by states like Colorado or by Connecticut have failed or been declined, citing historical precedents and repudiation by the 1868 constitutional convention.
Walterboro South Carolina April 18. Buster Tucker 25 year old Colleton county negro farm hand held at the penitentiary in Columbia as one of two alleged slayers of a white farmer fatally wounded at a negro tenant house. Copeland still at large after being cornered in a swamp near Tucker's capture. Winston Salem delegates gather for annual medical society and public health association sessions with Dr BE Starr Judd among featured speakers.
Nancy confronts Arnold Page in a tense reunion scene. She comments on his book as he sits on crutches by the fire, while Sue and Ruth hover nearby. The fragment hints at past passion, wealth, and unresolved desire amid quiet domestic details.
On April 18 1918 British troops repelled German shock attacks along a 12 mile Lys front after ten days of fierce fighting. German bulletins claimed captures at Passchendaele Poelkapelle and Langemarck while Meteren saw heavy losses for both sides but no strategic change. Allied observers believed the British line safe and the German thrust at channel ports failed.
In Raleigh a 7-year-old Black boy Willie Evans pointed a loaded public safety toy at his sister Dorothy 3. She was fatally hurt instantly. Investigators briefed the event as a fatal accident in the home setting.
John B Kern 80 prominent farmer died at his home near Salisbury yesterday. He was a respected figure in local agriculture and passed away after a period of illness at his residence. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by the Kern family.
Alicia Hart advises on personal grooming to achieve true daintiness through cleanliness. She stresses daily baths hot showers and underarm scrubbing, plus regular deodorant use, cologne, and careful attention to mouth and lingerie as warmer months approach.
In Goldsboro North Carolina Walter Carter was sentenced to two to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of 17 year old Luby Smith.
Dr Carl identifies poisons in the upper bowel as the cause of stomach gas. A simple remedy Adlerike cleanses the upper bowel and expels gas. Eckerd's advertises the product and its claimed effect.
Washington April report notes no administration expectation that President Hoover will extend the debt moratorium. Alfred E. Smith and Nicholas Murray Butler push debt adjustment ideas, including a 20 year moratorium plan. Policy views differ among Democrats and Republicans as Europe faces reparations decisions.
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