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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1929
Page
1
Graf Zeppelin returns to Friedrichshafen after 55 hours 24 minutes from Lakehurst marking a record voyage. Grooming underway for next leg to Tokyo within days as Dr. Hugo Eckner celebrates his 61st birthday aboard the silver airliner.
Four year-old Zach Murrell of Jacksonville N C died after an explosion on C L Amos gasoline launch off Paradise Point. Amos and passenger Buster Rawley suffered burns. Stella Arthur and Mrs Murrell escaped. The craft burned, sank, and a search found the boy hours later. Amos, treated at St Luke’s Hospital New Bern, rested well.
Washington Aug 10 Opposed by the sugar industry the proposed sliding scale duty on sugar was set aside by eleven Republican members of the senate finance committee. Chairman Smoot said it would be ill advised to press the plan in view of industry opposition. No vote was announced and attention turned to a possible flat rate vote next week. The House had approved an increase in the tariff from 1.76 to 2.40 cents for Cuba and 2.20 to 3 cents for other foreign sugar amid protests from Democrats and consumer advocates.
A. C. Giles, 60, a Jennings mill worker, was struck and fatally injured while walking along a highway near Lumberton last night. He died this afternoon. The car driver fled the scene and has not been identified.
Kharkov officials report the Soviet Union gained about 250000 dollars from an American tourist tour that traveled 3000 miles over 25 days. Expenditures covered personal goods, art, costumes and valuables, with Mrs. Henry J. Pierce of New York spending 40000 dollars on paintings and objects. The figure excludes 100000 dollars for travel and living costs. The event marked a notable inflow of invisible imports and authorities plan to grow American visits.
Serious wildfires burned in Montana and Idaho with crews and pack trains sent to lines. In Oregon and eastern Washington blazes were tamed but several fires remained stubborn in North Idaho including Bald Mountain Old Man Creek and Salmon River. Western Washington reported Wolf Creek as the lone serious blaze.
A violent storm battered the Chilean coast from Magellanes to Antofagasta. A tug boat sank with the captain drowned, several smaller craft were lost, two British cruisers fled to sea, breakwaters at Antofagasta were destroyed, and train and air service between Chile and Argentina were suspended.
Cincinnati reports Edward D. Savage of Mason-Dixon air lines announcing Southern railways will sell Cincinnati Detroit tickets on Mason-Dixon routes in the south. Expansion plans include rail tie ups to Atlanta via Lexington and Knoxville and spurs from Lexington to Chattanooga and from Atlanta to Birmingham.
Morehead City, Aug 10 A. Webb 16 of Yonkers N Y remained in critical condition in a hospital here after an automobile crash near Morehead City in which Miss Anne O Brien Beaufort was killed Webb and Miss O Brien had left a dinner party at the Atlantic hotel with D Bell host family when the car speeding left the pavement and overturned rolling about 75 yards
The 232nd North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends at Guilford College closed its final sessions with addresses on education and peace. Dr Elbert Russell of Duke University spoke at the mass gathering, and a letter praising President Hoover was read and endorsed by the meeting. Finance approved a $23,225 annual budget with allocations for missions and Guilford College.
In Pensacola Bay near Fort Barrancas, Brazilian navy pilot Lisut. S. Cardeiro-Sarius remained trapped in a wrecked plane after a training flight. Searchlights lit the area as a naval station crew used boats to raise the wreck but could not recover the body.
Frank H. Daniel president of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia reports improved farm sale conditions across the Carolinas and Georgia. He cites high cotton and corn yields and tobacco prices above 20 cents per pound, boosting inquiries and sales of farms. Daniel notes record joint sales of farms by associations and banks within the year.
Three robbers on an Illinois Central suburban train seized about $4,000 in cash after forcing guards to surrender the receipts. Derbert Sudds, 53, was killed during the hold up as the suspects fled in a Ford with five license plate digits noted by a witness. A coroner jury ruled Sudds died by unknown hands.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald flew to Edinburgh and pressed for arbitration after Lancashire mills idled more than 500000 workers for two weeks. Officials expect a Manchester meeting next week and a possible return to work by the end of the week, with the government aiming to reopen mills and set wage terms.
Two brothers aged 13 and 14, sons of Raymond Funderburk, drowned in Brown's fish pond near Salisbury, Rowan County. The older boy stepped into a 7 foot deep channel and the younger followed to aid him. Both were recovered lifeless. the funeral is planned for Sunday.
Flier trio from Le Bourget vanished after leaving for Lisbon in a bid for a trans Atlantic attempt. No word since Thursday raised fears of accident or forced landing, with Lisbon observers speculating Pyrenees crossing or sea loss en route to the Azores.
Charleston South Carolina dedicates a new airport ten miles northwest of the city, closing a three day celebration tied to the Cooper River Bridge opening. Mayor Stoney highlighted the era of modern transportation as dozens of planes performed aerial maneuvers.
Paul Muller a 43 year old Berlin grocer received a duplicate of his original Aga boat at the Cooper River bridge opening ceremony in Charleston. Mayor Stoney and Rep. McMullen attended as Muller plans to sail to New York then back to Berlin with Aga II named for his sweetheart Agatha Gavinske.
Roy Lilly, 22, of Williamston, a convict on highway work near Selma, was fatally shot during an escape attempt. He died at the state prison hospital in Raleigh. Charlies Henderson of Asheville escaped at the moment. Lilly was committed to the state prison in December 1928 from Martin county for house breaking and larceny.
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