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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
1
Dave Komonen of Sudbury Ontario won the 88th Boston Athletic Association marathon finishing in 2 hours 22 minutes 53.5 seconds. Veterans Pawson Hern and Michelsen, former winners, dropped out near the 17 mile mark.
London reports a renewed British push for an arms agreement amid France blaming Germany for expanded defense spending. Britain seeks a limited arms convention as headlines decry disarmament deadlock while Paris argues bilateral talks are useless. In Washington, Roosevelt aims to boost private capital to accelerate manufacturing and jobs, with sugar quotas and stock control bills advancing.
President Roosevelt presided over a White House conference outlining a broad home building and modernization drive. The plan aims to coordinate housing efforts and stimulate private capital with possible government loans to be decided later. Participants included Morgenthau Roper Ickes Wallace Johnson Hopkins and Jones. Walker described the project as tentative with potential costs running into the millions.
Governor William A. Langer reviews a request from the North Dakota Farmers Holiday Association to declare martial law for 80 days. The move aims to shield national guardsmen enforcing the moratorium on mortgage foreclosures.
A wind rain storm hit Lafayette early today killing at least two people and injuring others as streets flooded and damage reported across the city. Authorities described widespread impacts from the storm moving through the region this morning.
Julius Solters hit a ninth inning home run off Alvin Crowder to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 5 4 victory over the Washington Nationals for their first win of the season. The drive cleared the left field fence.
About 200 Forsyth county merchants are behind in sales tax returns, warned deputy commissioner J K Roseau penalties will be enforced on delinquents.
J Maupin a Salisbury insurance man was robbed on a noon highway crossing near Salisbury and Spencer. A passing car forced his auto to the curb a young man stepped onto the run board drew a pistol and seized Maupins leather brief case then fled in a companion car toward the Yadkin river. No money was in the wallet. Maupin believes the thief followed him from a local bank where he had secured a cashier's check. A description of the robbers' car was obtained.
Carolina: Pair tonight and Fri cooler in north and west portions night. Carolina and Georgia: Parity probably showers in south part tonight Fri, fair Friday, cooler in portion Friday. Winds Hook to Hatteras moderate to west and northwest tonight overcast. Jacksonville area partly overcast. Moderate west winds north and central. variable in extreme south. occasional showers in extreme south Friday.
Official weather data note temperatures and rainfall for the principal cotton growing areas elsewhere. Reads as a brief routine record of recent conditions and measurements.
Greensboro April 19. That the contributory negligence of the plaintiffs was one cause of the accident in which Clyde Dixon died in High Point was the verdict in Superior court in the case of A. W. Dixon administrator of Clyde Dixon's estate against H. Watson and Frank Watson. The plaintiff sought $30,000 damages for the death in the automobile motorcycle crash.
Washington April 19. Authorities report criminal charges against an unnamed group in high and low places as part of a major reorganization of Home Owners Loan Corp state branches. Orders issued by John H. Fahey accuse forcing political contributions and misusing offices for parties along with fees charged for mortgage approvals.
In Washington on April 19 Justice Peyton Gordon reprimanded Robert H. McNeill chief counsel for Bishop Cannon for making a speech to influence the jury during trial arguments over testimony. Frank Dunford a Richmond packer testified Cannon vowed to jail rather than reveal names of money givers in 1928 anti Smith campaign. he adjusted prior statements and cited Ada Burroughs as the donor in two instances. The confrontation followed McNeill's bid to admit defense witness testimony and Gordon ordered no more speeches for the benefit of the jury.
Federal investigators and police continue their search for a man who received and sold in part the $5,000 City of High Point bonds mailed from Indiana to a traveling auditor T. J. Wilkinson. The recipient reportedly signed the receipt and used the bonds to obtain cash, buy a car, and cut welfare aid.
Fred L. Seely of Asheville was appointed associate state utilities commissioner by Governor Ehringhaus. The appointment completes the commission with Stanley Winborne as full time commissioner and Prof. F. W. Hanft as the other associate. Seely, a businessman tied to Biltmore industries and Grove Park Inn, has past roles in Paris Medicine and The Atlanta Georgian.
Three leaders of the cotton textile industry urged continued self-government under federal supervision and tighter NRA code enforcement at the 38th annual Manufacturers meeting in Charleston. They reported better conditions than in the last six years, with stock and orders improving.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, leader of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion Illinois, declares himself a two gun man and warns foes as he fights to control the town and keep schools open after his candidates lost a school board vote. He boasts guards ready to shoot at a second’s notice and recalls past clashes in the area. Onias W Farley, elected school board president against Voliva’s pick, says this is only the start of the battle to end the overseer’s dominance.
Birmingham dispatch reports several hundred striking miners halted by Alabama National Guards at Edgewater mine of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. Sheriff and heavily armed deputies maintained order while water mains supply plants at Ensley and Fairfield faced threats.
Pittsburgh April 19. Eugene A. Holland announces the formation of the White Collar League of America a non profit group to aid the 15 000 000 white collar workers seen as squeezed between capital and labor. He says the league will pursue relief through orderly action and mass protest to protect the middle class workers.
Two convicts identified as John Crocket serving 10 to 20 years for post office robberies and Noah McDuffie serving 15 to 30 years for burglary were recaptured in Mount Tabor brush piles and returned to Yadkin county prison camp. Crocket had escaped six times.
Governor George White disclosed a threatening letter from alleged Dillinger gang members urging pardon for Harry Pierpont and Charley Makley. The note, mailed from Chicago on hotel stationery, demanded action before July 13 or the governor would not finish his term. Postal inspectors are investigating.
The Santa Monica report mocks high society dinners, noting memories fade and words spoken at such events should not be used in court. It jokes that dinners and Washington investigations are social affairs best left to society editors.
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