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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1934
Page
7
An official notice limits attendees to men for Hohenzollern homage to Von Hindenburg at Tannenberg. The ceremony, planned from Neudeck to Tannenberg, includes a 60 mile motor procession and a burial in the towered monument.
Victor Bodner and Lucien Chrisman pleaded guilty to breach of the peace tied to the Towles dummy hanging. Both had previously refused to answer questions at the court of inquiry on constitutional grounds, risking self incrimination.
A commemorative event marks the 11th anniversary of Calvin Coolidge’s presidency with speakers criticizing the New Deal as eroding individualism and praising Coolidge’s fiscal restraint. A grandstand overlooks the burial ground where Coolidge rests, near the house where he was inaugurated after Harding’s death.
The civil sheriff and police chief served Long as a conspirator with the court summons but failed to serve adjutant general Fleming. National Guard officers dispatched militia to seize the city voting registration office near city hall as Mayor Walmsley stacks police with armed force while Judge Nat W. Bond prepares to hear the case at 11 A. M. Tuesday.
Adjutant General Fleming said he would carry out the governor’s orders as troops fortified the registration office and Jackson barracks. Police and guards faced off across a narrow passage as 65 militiamen and 1,000 police reserves prepared for possible action amid court orders and political fights between Long and Walmsley over the September primary.
North Carolina officials report an epidemic of blackwater and related malaria in Camden county. Engineers survey the area and seek emergency funds for drainage. Dr J C Knox notes about 75 fever cases, with 50 labeled as unusual and one confirmed death from malaria. Mosquito control is emphasized across state and federal agencies.
Rev. Alexander Madison of Wilberforce University’s Payne College of Theology will preach at the 11 o clock service of the Woman's Memorial A M E church. The senior choir provides special music for the occasion. Visiting Mrs. Lucy Evans of New York City stays with her sister Mrs. Aleese Lemmons.
The Institute of Government will host a Chapel Hill program September 13 to 15 focusing on the proposed new state constitution. Albert Coates says the forum will feature debates from both sides, plus education efforts across 900 high schools and 27 colleges. Additional topics include proposed legislative programs and instruction schools for county and city officials. A second printing of the booklet on the proposal is underway as interest grows statewide.
A London census table shows 34 percent of the city’s foreign population Russian, 10 percent Italian, 7 percent French, and a portion German. The excerpt indicates a diverse immigrant community with multiple national origins.
Chicago august reports 100 police on standby as stockyards face renewed tension after July 24 strike by 800 handlers. Merchants, to reduce losses, resume business amid union lockout claims and stalled federal mediation. Heavy cattle arrivals, lighter hogs and sheep, with negotiations ongoing.
At a Washington hearing the newsprint industry backs an NRA plan to form a nine member board with price and supply powers. Opponents from the American Newspaper Publishers Association warn the move creates a monopoly and urge referral to the attorney general for action.
Tarboro August 3 Miss Mittie Wooten 19 of Macclesfield was killed instantly when a car with local youths left the road near Pinetops and struck a tree. Benny Bell of Fountain Norman Moseley and Leslie Webb of Macclesfield sustained minor injuries.
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