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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1934
Page
1
Mrs Hivina Ruth Kohler sister in law of Verne Sankey is under arrest on charges of conspiracy in the $60 000 kidnapping of Charles Boettcher II of Denver.
Tammany Hall faces a leadership battle after John F Curry was ousted in a dramatic meeting. James J Hines and Edward J Ahearn emerge as key figures with former governor Alfred E. Smith seen as a guiding influence. Farley observers split the insurgent faction as tensions rise. In Greenville South Carolina Thomas F McMahon of the United Textile Workers denounced overwork and demanded a fair committee inquiry into textile labor exploitation. He pledged to present evidence to General Hugh Johnson or a suitable group and noted southern conditions exceed northern in strain while asserting a strong spy-ring claim amid farm and textile disputes.
The airship Macon passing above Austin Texas near 5 p m Central Standard Time radioed all is well as it travels from Sunnydale California to Miami Florida on its cross country flight.
The new four engined clipper built for Pan American Airways completed its first series of test flights in a record breaking fashion. The aircraft sliced through the clouds at 181 miles per hour carrying a 16 000 pound load as observers hailed the milestone in Bridgeport Connecticut.
In Madrid on Sunday April 22 extremists appeared to push a general strike in the capital to protest a scheduled convention of the Popular Agrarian Party and an amnesty law.
Samuel Insull suffers rheumatic pains as the ship battles rain and a rough sea en route to Gibraltar. The vessel, named Exilaona, endures heavy weather with crews reporting strong winds and seas during the voyage.
Hundreds gathered in Tryon for a laurel tilting tour with knights in armor archery contests and dance. Margaret Culkin Banning noted writer led the event while Erskine of Stamford served as king Newman won the tournament and Isabel Ducharme was crowned Queen Love and Beauty at the tourney ball.
Ikura Ingals, Brooklyn flyer, leaves for Miami today on the last leg of an aerial cruise from Central and South America. A wireless message from Havana confirms the move. Ingals becomes the first American to fly the Andes, landing at De Boyero Airport in Haïti at 2:30 p.m. after a leg from Port au Prince.
Weather notes for Carolina forecast from the AP bulletin. Sunday to Monday expect generally fair spells with warmer and cooler changes and showers in some western and northern areas. The April 21 report includes temperature and rainfall data for cotton regions and other areas with 24 hour readings.
Washington April 21 rumors circulate that if Democrats lose seats in November a new House leadership could be installed. President Roosevelt has been urged to back a Rayburn Bankhead or Rayburn McDuffie ticket with prospects of posts for Rainey or Burns. The debate centers on Rainey and Burns over silver legislation and the bonus vote, with Rayburn, McDuffie, Warren and Bankhead among possibles.
On April 21 at Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas two inmates Claude Rogers Hord 25 and F J Newbert 40 were killed when guards opened fire during a break from ditch digging. Coroner D C Root absolved five guards Clyde Turbeville John Addie Lee Drennan Roy Davis and Roy Denham of blame. Newbert had prior terms in Missouri Illinois Texas and Michigan. Hord was serving multiple robbery sentences.
Rome April 21 Mussolini told thousands of black shirt workers that Italians have reached the horizon of greatness. He praised discipline and resolve while outlining plans to overcome economic reconstruction, saying the people will gain a life worthy of the Fascist era through reform of labor and social life.
Paris April 21 Premier Gaston Dumamergue urged order and security at home and abroad and rejected any devaluation of the franc. He warned that archy could lead to civil war and foreign invasion while stressing France must protect its gold value and resist pay-cut protests.
Washington April 21 A bank depositors pay off bill moves toward a test vote in the House Monday as supporters seek immediate consideration and a ruling on petition right of way Speaker Rainey potential ruling blocks or allows action Banking Committee resumes favorably reported McLeod bill with revised provisions reflecting new approach by advocates and committee chairmen
The state board of elections disqualified five Republicans and one Democrat from June primaries and November ballot access due to late filings. It also ordered an investigation into alleged corruption among Bladen county election officials, with a meeting set for April 30 in Elizabethtown. The disqualified included congressional nominees Lucy B. Patterson and B. D. Dickins, utilities and judicial nominations, and Democrat W. H. McElwee.
President Roosevelt signed the Bankhead bill halting sales of more than ten million bales from the 1934 cotton crop and launched compulsory production controls. The Farm Administration announced state allotments and counties begin work on determining county shares. Roosevelt said the measure prevents a small faction from undermining the cotton program now covering 92 percent of acreage.
The Southern Textile association will hold its annual meeting at Myrtle Beach South Carolina on June 29 and 30. D H Hill Jr secretary treasurer announced today. The membership consists of superintendents and overseers from textile mills across the Southern states.
Administration leaders, after a White House meeting, seek a compromise letting President Roosevelt act under existing authority without new law. If not, Dies bill favors a government commission to buy surplus farm goods with silver at a premium. Silverites push for remonetization to 16:1, while London silver pact delays full action.
In Yugoslavia near Sarajevo a subterranean blast in the Kakanj coal mines killed at least 150 miners with reports of up to 300. Engineers outside the mine survived at lunch. Rescue efforts faced collapse and urgency as 63 bodies were recovered by midnight. Military units aided searches amid grieving families at the pit head. Sarajevo lies about 95 miles southwest of Belgrade.
An unidentified black transient was killed and his white traveling companion critically injured when struck by a southbound Southern Railway freight at Gilbert's station near Burnleys, Virginia. The white man was later identified as Claude Clarke of Hickory, North Carolina, a weaver, with a ticket from the Alexandria transient bureau.
Elizabeth Leigh Hanes daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Hanes of Winston Salem married Philip H Strubing son of Mr and Mrs John K Strubing of Philadelphia at Centenary Methodist Church in Winston Salem with Rev G Ray Jordan officiating.
A. L. Bailey, Raleigh police detective, reported a break in at his home early today and the thief made off with 14 45 in cash from his trousers. The intruder entered through a rear door and Bailey had no lead on the suspect.
Alabama coal operators and union leaders reached a compromise on a new wage structure expected to take effect tomorrow per NRA head Hugh S. Johnson. The move aims to restore peace in Alabama’s strike ridden coal fields as 21 000 miners face work stoppage. Officials withheld details pending formal order and stressed wage differentials between regions would not be arbitrarily eliminated.
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