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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
2
Reports from Nanking describe China calling for swift action to rescue General Chiang Kai Shek as a rebellion spreads. Protests reach Shanghai with factions in Kansu province staging uprisings while Soong Tong and Chiang family members rush to resolve the crisis.
United States senator and former governor Peter Norbeck died at 58 after a heart condition and tongue cancer. Dakota politics swirl as Gov Berry weighs resignation and a potential successor, with discussions involving Herbert Hitchcock and Lt Governor Robertson.
In Greensboro on December 21 Judge H. Hoyle Sink postponed the hearing on High Point’s proposed hydroelectric plant on the Yadkin River to January 22. The delay follows High Point’s late motion to strike Duke Power Company’s federal question allegations. Duke Power supported the delay. High Point and allied counsel prepared to argue later.
Wilmington report: Edgar Lee Smoak waived a preliminary hearing and was ordered held without bail on a murder charge over his 15 year old daughter Annie Thelma. Housekeeper Gennette Harker faced a suspended charge but was held as a material witness on $1,000 bond. Proceedings took under four minutes.
The Supreme Court ruled the 1934 arms embargo act constitutional ruling that the president may ban munitions sales to nations in conflict. The decision, by a 7 to 1 vote with Justice Sutherland delivering the opinion, reversed a lower court holding that the act delegated unconstitutional power to the executive. Justice McReynolds dissented.
RALEIGH December 21 AP The North Carolina Unemployment Compensation commission began work as Thad A Eure of Winton was sworn as secretary of state succeeding Charles G Powell who resigned. Powell and Mrs J B Spilman were sworn as members with terms six and two years respectively. Labor commissioner A L Fletcher attended as ex officio member as a crowd packed the governor Ehringhaus offices.
A. L. Pletcher, state labor commissioner, said a model bill to ban nearly all North Carolina children under 16 from any gainful work would be proposed in the 1937 legislature. The measure would be pressed if the federal child labor amendment is not ratified.
In Madrid today insurgent artillery shelled central areas including near the telephone building. Socialist troops strengthened lines along the El Escorial highway from Pozuelo to Guadarrama, repulsing two fascist charges and capturing six tanks as Franco moves reserves for a drive on the highway. The government plans an assault on the insurgent right flank south of the city.
Associated Press reports a tentative agreement submitted to Sailors Union members as a possible breakthrough in the 53 day old Pacific coast maritime strike. Across industry, 26,000 glass car and auto parts workers join a walkout while Pittsburgh steelworkers push to replace company unions with John L. Lewis style organization.
In Havana on December 21 President Miguel Mariano Gomez vetoed a 1.5 million sugar tax bill, prompting impeachment moves led by Senator Octavio Rivero. Rivero said the veto will go to the Senate today as opponents backing Batista claim control of 120 of 169 House seats, enough for impeachment, while Gomez cites constitutional welfare. An extraordinary session was convened at 5 PM to hear charges.
Buenos Aires dispatch reports Secretary Cordell Hull, head of the U S delegation, is drafting his remarks for the final session of the Inter-American peace conference set for Wednesday. The three week meeting approved 37 projects to strengthen ties among 21 republics and liberalize trade, including a Central American solidarity declaration andLower tariffs. Delegates praised the consultative system that lets American states discuss global wars, while reaffirming Pan American principles of equality and autonomy.
Four pedestrians died in South Carolina over the week-end as highway wrecks claimed two more lives. Names include William Davidson 55 North Charleston Henry Crisp 45 Union Arthur Campbell 48 Spartanburg Arthur Edwards 25 near Woodruff Ernest Kelly 23 Seneca and Ralph Bennett 6 Negro Sumter.
Needahber, chief of the Penobscot tribe of Oldtown Maine, visits Pinehurst for Christmas as the featured storyteller at the annual party to be held Wednesday night. He will recount tales of his own adventures and those of his ancestors, a familiar Christmas treat for local children.
President Roosevelt and defeated rival Alf Landon met in the White House for nearly an hour to discuss Christmas and children. Landon said no political topics were raised beyond brief mentions of the campaign and relief. The president shared details of his South American trip while Landon recalled a Florida fishing trip.
Spokane dispatch reports a National Guard pilot radioed sighting wreckage near Calder Idaho of the Northwest Airlines Transport missing with nine aboard. Another missing Western Air Express craft and a Northwest plane remain unfound as reward offers up to $1000.
A plane piloted by a Frenchwoman crashed near Selsey England, with uninjured occupant taken to a farm. Police in Versailles suspect Mme Marie Schmeder, 32, planned the crash after a alleged in-flight shooting of co pilot Pierre L'Allemant, 26, who survived with a gunshot wound and claimed she fled the scene.
President Roosevelt's second term will bring one change with a new personal bodyguard. Thomas E. Qualters succeeds the late Gus Gennerich as Roosevelt's attend ant. Veterans like Stephen T. Early and Marvin H. McIntyre remain in their posts as secretary and appointments chief respectively. Col Edmund H. Starling will head the protective detail with Russell Wood assisting, while Colonel Edward M. Watson and Capt. Paul Bastedo remain on travel and social duties. Rudolph Forster continues as office steward handling the President's semi monthly pay.
Relief rushes as officials fear a mounting death toll after the quake that razed San Vicente, with at least 200 bodies recovered in hours and communications cut. Refugees fled toward safer areas near the Santa Rita volcano as water supplies were poisoned and rescue efforts hindered by widespread wreckage. A Red Cross train was dispatched from San Salvador with rescuers and equipment.
Generally fair tonight across North Carolina and South Carolina. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies with light rain or snow flurries in mountains. Georgia stays partly cloudy with unsettled conditions and light rains in northwest areas. Winds vary from northeast to westerly with generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday.
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