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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
1
Militiamen repelled a Sargent assault as fascist forces clash along the Puente de San Jose and Puente de Las Perdices near Madrid. Artillery hails from Guadarrama to Guadalajara as the siege drives intensify.
North Carolina Governor Ehringhaus asked an extraordinary session to rapidly adopt an unemployment compensation insurance measure. He said it is carefully prepared and federally approved, noting controversial questions were avoided in the draft. The session marks the first since 1924.
Vatican reports Pope Pius XI relapsed from paralysis today after an initial recovery, with doctors giving injections and a cordial to revive strength. He’s aged 79 and likely to remain in bed or bow to long-term disability, unfit to walk again.
Ralph H. Askew a Four Gospel minister who vanished two years ago with $25000 ransom notes to Aimee Semple McPherson and a Los Angeles evangelist is said to have taken another pastorate in Pratt Kansas. His wife found a note from Washington and days later Nashville police received a letter. He later turned himself in admitting coercion and claiming stress. Indicted previously, he faced charges but was not pursued after claiming no threat to anyone.
Luisetto, famed Italian playwright and 1934 Prize for Literature winner for Six Characters, died of pneumonia after a brief illness. He was seen in public three nights ago.
In Cannes on December 10 Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson remains silent about King Edward VIII abdication. Her spokesman Lord Brownlow and intermediary Herman Rogers say there is no chance the king will visit Villa Lou Vier in the Riviera. Rogers notes Mrs Simpson plans to stay through Christmas and weather may keep her indoors.
Bob Feller the 18 year old Van Meter Iowa pitcher was declared the property of the Cleveland Indians by Commissioner Kenesaw Landis. Landis also ordered the Indians to pay Des Moines club of the Western league $7500 for Feller’s contract. Feller rose to prominence Sept 13 with 17 strikeouts vs the Philadelphia Athletics setting a new AL record and tying the major league mark.
Warrenton Virginia December 10 Hugh A Spillman longtime escort of Wallis Warfield Spencer during her 1927 divorce said it was not unlikely the King and Mrs. Simpson could establish residence in Warrenton He noted the 85 year old blond banker bachelor resembles Edward VIII and that Warrenton suits the life they might want
In Rockingham the Hannah Pickett mill treasurer M B Leath was forced from his desk by an unmasked bandit who fled with about 3000 dollars after holding two women and two men in the office. Leath was released miles away. the bandit’s gun was found in Leath’s car. A bloodhound posse chased toward Cheraw, S.C. with Leath noting extra payroll cash missed.
North Carolina lawmakers introduce an unemployment insurance bill setting a calendar year payroll tax of nine tenths of one percent on employers with eight or more workers. The measure, placed before the house as part of a special session agenda, also creates a state commission to administer the program with three members including the labor commissioner.
A chronological recap from November to December shows Prime Minister Baldwin guiding cabinet meetings as King Edward navigates a constitutional crisis over his plan to wed Wallis Simpson. By December 10 the speaker announced Edward's final abdication in favor of the Duke of York.
Reese Bailey a 30 year old fugitive from North Carolina pleaded guilty to two charges of assault on a federal agent in U S district court in Columbus Ohio and was sentenced to 20 years. He had been wounded in a gun battle near Jackson Mississippi while fleeing a prison and was sought in Rosalia Washington and Asheville North Carolina for other crimes.
London December 10 The tabloid summary lists Edward VIII's key milestones from January 1936 to his abdication in December. It notes his accession after George V's death, the first privy council, funeral of George V, a speech, a royal tour including Vimy Ridge, a cruise with Wallis Simpson, opening parliament, Armistice ceremonies, a Wales tour, and his abdication in favor of the Duke of York.
Wise Virginia December court records show Commonwealth witnesses testifying Edith Maxwell called her husband Trigg Maxwell in the 1929 to 1930 period an old dog and an old rascal. Flora Branham recalled Edith and her mother telling Trigg to shut up while living in the same house. Leonard Hill, a Jenkins Kentucky miner, stated he heard Mrs Maxwell call her husband an old rascal.
Textile labor leaders prepared a national textile bill as their main objective at a conference on industrial coordination. United Textile Workers president Thomas McMahon urged compulsory regulation for worker protection and discussed a 30 hour week as a topic without committing to inclusion in Ellenbogen's proposed federal bill.
North Carolina sees rain tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer central and eastern portions and colder western areas. South Carolina expects rain tonight clearing Friday morning with a colder finish and possible west fraction by Friday afternoon. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville show moderate northerly to easterly flow with overcast skies and occasional rain.
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