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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1932
Page
1
A bomb exploded among high ranking Japanese officials in Shanghai injuring five including Mamoru Shigemitsu and Y Kawabata. Police named Yin Kitsu a Korean revolutionary as the assailant. The attack stalled peace talks and drew swift diplomatic expressions from Chinese authorities and Japanese officials.
The Massie trial jury enters a third day of deliberations with no verdict. Jurors split along racial lines during breaks, seven outside on a balcony and five inside, as defense and prosecution debates continue. Balloting is conducted separately forLieut Thomas H Massie and co defendants Mrs Granville Fortescue Albert C Jones and EB J Lord amid claims of insanity and the unspoken law.
A letter to the editor argues against income tax increases on high earners and questions the rationale of taxing first earnings harder than later profits. The writer contends real burden falls on land and property owners who pay taxes regardless of income, urging fairness in policy.
The Senate finance committee raised taxes on carbonated waters unfermented fruit juices grape concentrates and brewers work while cutting cereal beverage tax from two cents to 1.5 cents a gallon. Oil coal and copper tariffs were rejected by the committee prompting a vow to fight on the Senate floor to restore tariff items to the revenue bill.
Statesville April 29 Pi Lee Kiser a 60 year old prohibition violator testified in US district court that he sold whiskey only to the best people He said he discriminated by avoiding boys and counted lawyers doctors and preachers among his patrons Judge E Y Webb ordered 18 months on one count with judgment suspended on the other noting Kiser has served time in Atlanta federal prison.
Trophies will be awarded today at the state high school music contest held at North Carolina College for Women. Winners come from 78 represented schools. The event marks the culmination of the statewide competition with trophies presented to top performers.
Angeles dispatch reports a woman's rage over a lawn mower led to two deaths after Ella May Thompson attacked a neighbor and killed a patrolman Jani Donath before an officer was shot. Thompson barricaded herself, fired on police, and was fatally wounded amid tear gas and gunfire. The case links to a photo of J W Baldwin and a 125000 alienation suit involving Luther Alger, with Thompson once serving as secretary to the dealer.
D. W. Brooks of Memphis, president of the American Cotton Association, opens the convention condemning the Farm Board as strangling the cotton industry. He urges congress to investigate Farm Board actions and the broader sector, criticizes tariffs, and says restrictive legislation harms farmers and leaves them mortgage bound.
New Haven Conn April 29 Supporters of Alfred E Smith held a commanding position after statewide primaries and caucuses to pledge Connecticut 16 delegates to the Democratic national convention. Unofficial returns show Smith 395 Roosevelt 74 uninstructed 438 with 61 remaining delegates to be decided from towns with contests or pending caucuses.
Two elderly Massachusetts sisters died in a blaze that destroyed two houses at Tangerine near Mount Dora Florida. Tillie Kelley 70 of Otter River and her sister May Kelley 68 of Templeton were trapped in the flames.
The House rules committee gave speed to the Hill bill allowing government operation of Muscle Shoals properties in Alabama if a lessee cannot be found within 18 months.
Washington April 20 Senator Long of Louisiana resigns from all Senate committees attacking Democratic leadership in a late news bulletin.
Senator Copeland of New York spoke for over an hour blocking the Hawes Cutting Philippine Independence bill as the Senate reached the time limit for consideration.
The House removed from the economy bill the provision to abolish the army and navy and Pan American transport services.
The New York Stock Exchange suspended Mark C. Steinberg & Company of St. Louis for insolvency. Receivers have been appointed in St. Louis, though the firm’s petition claimed assets exceeded liabilities.
In Eddyville Kentucky three Black inmates were executed in the electric chair after a chaotic standoff. Walter Holmes 31 of Chicago resisted and wounded guard Claude Ramey before surrendering after tear gas was used. A B Cooksey 23 of Madisonville and Charles Rodgers 23 of Chicago died peacefully.
In Washington on April 29 insurgents seized control of the House economy measure defeating a provision to withdraw federal funds from vocational education. The move would cut more than 7 million dollars annually and end the program in ten years. LaGuardia urged farm and city unity against economy hysteria.
Dr. J. M. Garrison of Kings Mountain S. C. was elected moderator of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian church southern synod meeting in Winnsboro S. C. He will preside at next year’s session. Mrs. R. L. Robinson of Due West addressed the women’s synodical group and Thornwell Orphanage head A. Ross Lynn was among five fraternal delegates.
Raleigh will operate on daylight saving time this summer after the city commission unanimously approved the ordinance. The measure followed a junior chamber of commerce push and a mass meeting, with city council ratifying the plan to begin the schedule Sunday morning.
Arlington flyer Lou Reichers completed a test flight from Montreal to Havana landing at 6:25 p m. He plans a summer Newark to Paris hop via Harbor Grace Newfoundland beginning May 10 if conditions stay favorable.
Nicaraguan national guards led by United States Marines captured the main insurrectionist camp near the Honduran border. Ten rebels were killed, including Florencio Silva, chief aide to Augustino Sandino. Marine sergeants John Hamas, John Burns, and Roy Vogel led 45 guardsmen against an estimated 259 rebels defending a 600 yard firing line.
At a House Ways and Means hearing Professor Irving Fisher Yale economist and Richard W. O Neill former Disabled American Veterans chairman criticized Patman full payment. Fisher warned it would hurt business confidence and inflate currency by two billion dollars while O Neill urged aid for needy veterans only if it funds jobs with living wages.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. petitions the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to dismiss the government appeal which invalidated his indictment for violating election laws. He also seeks the same action in Ada L. Burroughs case, saying appeals should go to the US Supreme Court and that the DC Court of Appeals lacks jurisdiction. Indictments, found invalid by Justice Proctor, claimed failure to report expenditures used against Alfred E. Smith in Virginia in the last campaign.
Sebastian Florida April 29 Two Cubans were killed and five others hurt when an automobile carrying Cuban prize fighter Kid Chocolate overturned near Sebastian while en route from Havana to New York for a fight. The party was traveling north to attend Chocolate's upcoming bout in New York.
Hopewell authorities reported secret efforts to recover Col. Lindbergh’s kidnapped son. Rear Admiral Burrage said he spoke with Lindbergh by long distance as no new concrete leads emerged. In New York a radio broadcast mentioned a Detroit gangster linked to the case and a lawyer acting as liaison denied direct contact with Lindbergh.
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