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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1932
Page
1
Secretary Mills argues before the House Ways and Means committee against cash part of the soldiers bonus, warning it would double the cost and threaten national finance. He labels the plan dishonest and harmful to confidence, urging fiscal restraint.
Washington officials announce depleted funds require the department to cut court expenses for the remainder of the 1932 fiscal year. Juror witness bailiff and miscellaneous salaries will be reduced and no new expert reporters or assistants will be hired May through June 30.
Nassau county police officer Jack Kennedy, once 240 pounds, undergoes his 13th operation with a 1000 to 1 chance of surviving. He has battled paralysis since 1928 after being shot while stating he was a policeman and has lost weight to 180 pounds. Doctors say he cannot win. He accepts the odds.
Clarke York of Mount Airy is charged with the March killing of Jim Burrus, a Mount Airy taxi driver. Burrus' body was found March 3 near a creek bank after he vanished days earlier. A Surry County grand jury returned a true bill, and Judge Thomas J. Shaw will preside for arraignment May 2.
JOLLYWOOD April 27 The studio head and directors debate whether managers rules or star wishes govern. Arlene Dietrich and James Cagney are suspended, with salaries cut. Dietrich backs Sternberg and Cagney aligns with Brothers-First National. both threaten exits and possible medical study plans.
Clarence Darrow closed his final defense in the Massie case in Honolulu as jurors hear his 3 hour argument defending Lieut Thomas H Massie and three others charged in the Kahahawai murder. Insanity claim may be limited by Judge Davis, who will instruct on its scope. Kahahawai was killed after allegations of attacks on Mrs Thalia Massie.
Washington April 27. Former Alabama senator J Thomas Heflin pleads in the senate defending his bid to unseat his successor. After five hours of fiery address the gallery was cleared by the presiding officer as Heflin wrapped up his case. If the 1930 contest is found fraudulent the seat could be declared vacant forcing Alabama to elect two senators this fall before Hugo Black’s term ends.
Graf Zeppelin lands in Friedrichshafen at 5 15 a m completing a round trip to Pernambuco Brazil. It carried 14 passengers on the return voyage and 260 pounds of mail. The journey lasted 96 hours 50 minutes.
Charlotte dispatch reports Sam Daniels known as Professor Brandoline questioned in the Rudisill murder case. Daniels, linked to a prior love powder trial, faced no charges. Rudisill, 24, was found strangled in a warehouse, wearing women's garments. Continued on page nine.
Harry Bouklias of the Ohio Examiner was shot by two men while entering his Canton residence. The crusading reporter shielded himself with a porch chair as about 100 shotgun slugs struck him. doctors described his condition as fair.
John N. Willys resumes active control of Willys-Overland Co as directors re elect him chairman. He had resigned as ambassador to Poland in Washington to focus on business. The plant currently employs about six thousand workers at four days a week while the company’s past capacity reached two thousand cars daily.
Washington April 27 AP reports President Hoovert vetoed a bill that would raise pensions for soldiers and sailors and in some cases grant new pensions. Geneva April 27 AP notes Henry L. Stimson, the American Secretary of State, is sailing for the United States, expected to arrive near Tuesday.
Arthur J. Draper 57 a leading Charlotte businessman and former president of the American Cotton Manufactures Association died after a weeks long illness. Survived by widow two sons and a daughter. He rose from Pell City Alabama to head Chadwick Hoskins Company in Charlotte and later developed local real estate.
The North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames began its annual meeting in Wilmington after an opening ceremony at St. Philips Church, a historic Brunswick County shrine, as members considered their agenda.
Will Rogers cites an Italian congressman from New York City named La Guardia who produced a trunk of cancelled checks to allege broker fraud. He argues that few investigated Wall Street before 1929 while the alleged horse was being stolen.
Harbin Manchuria April 27 Japanese forces launch the greatest drive since Chinchow to crush a Chinese revolt against Henry Pu Yi. Three brigades move by rail and river in a pincers sweep along the eastern Chinese Eastern line and Sungari valley.
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