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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1932
Page
1
Russell Sherwood is sought as a missing witness in an inquiry tied to the Walker administration. The note notes high tension in Washington as Congress opens its final session with heavy security and repeal ballots in the air.
As Congress met in a guarded Capitol, thousands of demonstrators camped on a pavement outskirts and demanded $50 measures and unemployment insurance. Police, numbering about 300, reinforced by noon, faced the encamped crowd after leaders jeered restraint and lawyers failed to gain release.
Stanford football coach Glenn S. Warner announced his resignation to director of athletics Dr. Thomas A. Storey and said he will join Temple University Philadelphia to coach and begin spring practice. Warner noted prior Temple offers and left due to dissatisfaction at Stanford and better prospects east. He likened the move to his earlier coaching positions at Carlisle in 1907 and at Pittsburgh in 1914.
Mrs John N Garner occupies the house seat as Texas visitors arrive. She comments on a busy day and notes she cannot even eat, preferring to stay to work at the typewriter while the house is in session.
Chicago December 5. Delegates from 43 states attend the American Farm Bureau federation convention as Congress opens a short session. Edward A O Nea l of Alabama to deliver president address while farm relief demands are refined by a resolution committee amid crop surpluses and mortgage foreclosures.
Gastonia officials seek 30 year old Myrtle Bryant mother of two who disappeared from her home on Saturday afternoon leaving a note implying she planned to drown herself The note mentions clothes on the banks of the river at McAdenville Relatives say she has been in poor health and has threatened suicide in recent months
Senator designate Walter Walker arrived in Washington at 10 52 A M to take the oath and furnish the Democrats with a temporary Senate plurality of one. He traveled 2100 miles in 36 hours from Grand Junction Colorado by auto and plane with a snowbound first leg of 390 miles over the mountains. The arrival may not shift a Senate tally as Republican Karl C Schuyler is expected to qualify by week’s end.
Ottawa obituary notes Sir George Burn aged 85 a former president of the Canadian Bankers' Association and general manager of the Bank of Ottawa passed away in December. He led major banking associations and shaped Ottawa's financial sector for years.
Atlanta dispatch reports the Young Democrats of America plan to elect officers, maintain their own headquarters, and hold a national convention separate from the senior party. Tyre Taylor says they will adopt a constitution and form a permanent national body while remaining part of the Democratic Party.
In Geneva on December 5 the four European powers and the United States pressed for progress toward general disarmament before Christmas. The American delegation warned against window dressing and stated talks should be disarmament pure and simple. Japan watched as Tsuneo Matsudaira and Norman Davis prepared a conference to discuss Japan's naval plan, which differs from British and American proposals.
Secretary Wilbur told President Hoover the nation's safety lies in communities managing their own forces, stressing a new stage of development and long term planning. He noted the interior department shifts from land liquidation to local cooperation in conservation health and education and supported transferring non mineral public land to states.
Congressman A L Bunwinkle of Gastonia filed with the Secretary of State detailing campaign spending of 1538 dollars for his re election bid and noting a 506 dollar contribution from the national Democratic committee before the November 8 election.
In Vacaville California six strike leaders were kidnapped from the local jail by a group of men in seven automobiles. The captors painted them red beat them and warned them not to return. Police said the incident followed a clash at the public library earlier that day where about 1 000 townspeople and farmers disrupted a parade of 150 fruit workers demanding 1 50 a day.
Russell T. Sherwood reportedly alive and free after months missing. Accountant Cardis Walker says Sherwood told of being held on a northern New Mexico ranch by powerful New York interests and later escaping with a Mexican woman. Walker plans to aid Sherwood’s legal efforts and says Sherwood will sail to Europe from Canada.
Chancellor General Von Schleicher and his cabinet assume leadership of the Reich as winter crisis looms. With full authority granted by President Hindenburg, Schleicher vows to curb discord while keeping the Reichstag intact unless dissolution becomes essential.
Chester D. Pugsley of Peekskill N Y advocates Herbert Hoover for Harvard University presidency. The suggestion, based on Hoover being an honorary alumnus, was sent to Harvard treasurer Henry L Shattuck and made public with his reply. The post opens due to Abbott Lawrence Lowell's resignation.
Tokyo reports say the Japanese army advanced to within 75 miles of the Soviet border in Manchuria during the campaign against Chinese insurgents. Tokyo seeks Moscow's position on the matter as Eiji Amoh meets Russian officials to discuss the operation and hostage situation.
Arizona's famed "mine with the tron door" was reported located in the Santa Catalina mountains. Charles W. McGhee and partners allegedly found the high grade ore once abandoned due to Indian threats, ending years of prospecting for the treasure.
Major General Lytle Brown urged Congress to approve 54260000 for North Carolina river and harbor maintenance and related intracoastal improvements for the coming year. The plan includes Cape Fear River work near Wilmington and Intracoastal Waterway from Cape Fear to Winyah Bay with other coastal projects across NC and nearby SC.
The House voted 271 for to 144 against a Garner resolution to repeal the 18th Amendment. The defeat, by a margin that could shift with six votes, ends the push in the current session and signals a move to the new Congress. Proponents cheered lightly while defeated lawmakers and dry advocates reacted.
In three central states Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan authorities reported about 35 hunting deaths after the big game season closed. Preliminary estimates show roughly 150000 hunters in the woods and a total kill near 75000 animals, a toll deemed high given participation.
Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania did not answer the roll call in the Senate. He was not on the floor or in his office as rumors spread he would remain away until his federal trial on a charge related to the Loyal Order of Moose.
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