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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1934
Page
1
Vienna August 11 AP Prince Ernst von Starhemberg vice chancellor left by air for Rome where he was expected to discuss Austria independence issues with Premier Maas.
Cuba's army and police completed special precautions for the national holiday marking the Machado downfall. All leaves were cancelled and troops held in barracks for any emergency actions.
Naples report says Clark Howell chairman of the federal aviation commission arrived on August 8 to start a month long survey of civil aviation in Europe aboard the Conte de Sa. The trip aims to assess European air developments and international aviation standards.
Marty Baxter and J B Willis, both 20, were convicted in Chatham County court for the July 9 killing of Hal Routh, a Siler City businessman. Baxter received a death sentence for first degree murder. Willis drew 25 to 30 years for second degree murder.
Federal court ruled Olson's military rule legal in the truck drivers strike. The judge refused 10 protesting employers an injunction against continuing the decree.
Local showers tonight with winds shifting northeast and moderate south in parts of the Carolinas. Hatteras to Jacksonville expect moderate northeast winds, overcast tonight, and Sunday. Charlotte area reports official temperature records for the 24 hours ending early morning.
At Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana, two long-term inmates Raymond Candler and Bill Bryant were shot and killed during a mass breakout by 13 prisoners from a “Red Cap” gang attempt. Six escapees were wounded and captured, five surrendered later, and all fugitives returned to custody. Bryant hailed from Texarkana Texas and Candler had served multiple terms with a projected expiry in 1973.
Raleigh August 11 The statistical division of the department of agriculture estimates the 1934 North Carolina cotton crop at 77 percent of normal or about 606000 bales.
Winston Salem officials passed an ordinance last night banning slot machine operation on Sundays, making Sunday gambling illegal in the city.
Washington reports food prices will be materially higher next year due to drought. Secretary Wallace warns of broad price increases yet notes ample overall food to keep people in health. July drought cuts corn and balance production. wheat prospects improve with larger winter yields.
Mayor Coan proposed the city establish a retail gasoline business with city prices of 19 or 20 cents per gallon. Aldermen took the plan under advisement as it could cut gasoline prices by 2 or 3 cents from current levels.
Russian manager Rudi reported to the joint Manchukuo Soviet board that the eastern line of the Chinese Eastern railway faced intensified banditry and sabotage between June 17 and August 6. He cited 12 train wrecks 43 bandit raids 2 murders 24 railway injuries 14 robberies and 28 roadbed damages.
Chicago dispatch reports more than fifty deaths from a week of extreme heat across the mid continent. Seventeen new fatalities include Ste. Joseph and St. Louis, with prior totals and state drought impacts noted. Temperatures topped 110 in several cities as rainfall offered some relief elsewhere.
Coroner's verdict returned in the Nash County case of Willard Ferrell and his bride Elale Glover Ferrell. Neighbors say quarrels followed their marriage and Ferrell had jailed his wife for disorderly conduct last week. He shot her then killed himself near his mother's home after the slaying. Funeral services planned for today.
Tobacco farmers in North Carolina and South Carolina halted work and closed warehouses after two days of 1934 crop sales. Officials awaited opening price figures but unofficial data showed total sales across 16 markets near 5 million pounds at about 21 to 22 dollars per hundred, roughly double last year’s pace due to higher demand and a shorter crop. Some high grades traded up to 50 or 60 dollars per hundred, while poorer lots fared worse.
J R Nance, 51, farmer and Columbus County education board member, died after a long illness in Chadbourn. He is survived by his widow and one daughter.
The National Labor Relations board ordered Foster Knitting Company in Burlington, North Carolina, to reinstate within seven days workers discharged for union activities. The ruling covers Wood in Wilson, Werner Hohifeld, L. Alcox and Theodore Melt, with five others not yet recalled after a reopening. The board upheld the June regional decision, warning that noncompliance could lead to further action.
In Coppermin e Northwest Territories on August 11 an Eskimo hunter named Ahigiak was sentenced to five years for manslaughter in the 1931 slaying of former friend Amurak. The trial occurred after a long flight of a judicial party to reach the remote settlement. Amurak was said to have made advances to Ahigiak s wife.
In New Orleans a bid by 14 civic and business groups to end the Long Walmsley power struggle collapsed. Long demanded a guarantee against seizure of voter registration books by Walmsley’s faction. Walmsley refused and called for disbanding militias. The standoff keeps control disputed ahead of September elections.
Labor relations board readies to mediate a wage dispute between Aluminum Company of America and its union workers. About 15,000 employees were said to be involved in a strike called for midnight, with no formal complaint yet filed. A board representative went to Pittsburgh, hub of the company’s plants in five states.
William Green of the AFL called the Aluminum Company of America concession to bargain collectively or seek intervention by the National Labor Relations Board as the next step. He criticized A C of A for replying to workers' demands by letter as the strike in the plants began yesterday.
The Chicago White Sox bought pitcher Ray Phelps of St. Paul and first baseman Ray Radcliffe of Louisville for an undisclosed sum. Both players will report later in the season.
President Roosevelt slept soundly despite night pneumatic drills rattling the south wall of the executive offices during remodel work. The White House reported he rested well after finishing the extended tour.
Constable John Griffin of Bellwood was shot five times by four gunmen while en route to meet a man known as Fat. The attackers bound his escape to a drainage canal in Cicero. Griffin hid, drove to a hospital, and police soon seized Michael Rosso as a suspect. motive is revenge. Griffin, married with two children, survived.
In Wilkesboro Aug 11 prosecutors in a murder case against five mountaineers were overruled in a bid to prove Luther Tilley tried to destroy Leeda Childress handwriting. Witness Hill Cox testified a box of letters burned in a kitchen fire days after the slaying. The defense argued the note found with Leeda’s belongings was planted and written by Minerva Tilley, not Leeda.
Albert Teester a 29 year old Holiness minister on the Carolina mountain faiths suffered rattlesnake bites during a pulpit demonstration. His condition improved enough to move about his home and he hopes to preach again if his recovery continues.
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