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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
7
Among seven divorces approved in Winston-Salem J T Thompson former police lieutenant married to Fanny J Richardson Thompson the so called lottery queen currently serving a term in state prison was granted a divorce proceedings referenced in local notices.
Raleigh dispatch notes push for local supplemental taxes to fund eight months school terms as state finances face a potential $1 to $2 million deficit. Leaders urge communities to share costs amid widespread support for better teacher salaries and eight month terms, with many rural areas adopting eight month schools for the first time.
An eight month term discussion follows as teachers in local schools push for better pay and supplementation rather than large state funds. The article notes a growing belief that focus should shift to adequate supplementation over seeking new appropriations from the next general assembly.
National guardsmen protected the Caddo parish courthouse in Shreveport after a mob sought to lynch Fred Lockhart, 38, who confessed to attacking and killing 16 year old Mae Griffin. Police and deputies guarded stairways as tear gas and militia actions restored order.
Sheriff reports James Lockhart confessed to killing a girl last Thursday after obtaining her mother's consent for her to visit his ill wife. The body was found near Cross Lake with stab wounds after a violent confrontation that involved threats to shoot to kill and a locked elevator. A civil suit seeks $1,808 for nursing services in the same timeframe.
Ina Kariker of Winston-Salem was awarded 1418 dollars by a superior court in a damages case. The ruling concludes a civil matter and sets a monetary pay-out amount for the plaintiff.
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