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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1930
Page
1
New York December 24 Amid steel brick and road projects the nation pushes to beat unemployment. Public works oil lines rails and housing surge as relief demands grow. Arthur Woods leads the national employment committee with state and local commissions financing public works to put workers back to work nationwide.
Washington dispatch reports a partisan clash as Senator Norris challenges party ranks with Lions and Wood backing Lucas. Indiana Republican Watson signals Hoover’s choice while Borah and Curran critique secret pro Lucas efforts amid charges of GOP manipulation ahead of resolutions on Norris.
Washington December 24 lawmakers in Congress push for nationwide redistricting after the new apportionment to balance representation. Representative Cochran of Missouri says he will use the House as a forum to amplify his plea after Congress re convenes, arguing redistricting must be done by each state.
Police tied Chicago gang activity to a Long Beach shooting after J. Sherman was arrested following a weekend gunfight that left a Long Beach officer seriously wounded. Ralph Shea, a Chicago hoodlum once linked to Al Capone, is identified as an aide to Capone. The promised body of another gangster was to be surrendered after death, as authorities expected soon.
Henderson December 24. Dr. B. J. Gill 84 longtime physician and likely North Carolina’s oldest practicing doctor died at his home this morning after a fall in his room some days ago.
A damaged OCR segment recalls Luke's nativity narrative with Augustus tax decree and Quirinius governance, noting a census in Judea and angelic proclamation to shepherds, amid garbled nearby text and stray names.
The British freighter Jameson ran aground five miles north of Jupiter Light. The coast guard Perry, from Fort Lauderdale, was dispatched at 5:35 a.m. and expected to reach around noon. Communications with the Jameson remained intact through 9:35 a.m. with no resistance reported.
New York December 24. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York cut the rediscount rate to 2 percent the lowest in its history and world. Banks may borrow more freely signaling confidence in the economy and aiming to spur business revival amid banking disturbances and a recovering money market. Since the 1929 stock crash the rate has fallen seven times from 6 percent as comparatives abroad show low rates in France and Britain.
Warren T. McCray former governor of Indiana received a full presidential pardon restoring his civil rights after more than three years in Atlanta federal prison for using the mails to defraud. He said Christmas would be great and noted his life on a stock farm near Kentland since 1927 parole.
In Superior Wisconsin on December 24 the Mary Christmas family plans a festive reunion for Christmas. Also joining are Cecil Christmas and Mrs Cecil Christmas, as well as Herbert A Ronn who wed Mary Christmas last year, keeping the Christmas home filled with festive names and cheer.
Representative Charles B. Timberlake and his 32 year old bride Former Mrs Roberta Wood Elliott arrived in Salisbury to spend Christmas with the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs 2 B Wood. The wedding occurred in Washington yesterday. Mrs Timberlake’s daughter from her former marriage has stayed with the grandparents previously.
Judge N A Sinclair to preside over a one week special term of Stanley county superior court starting December 29 in place of Judge H Hoyle Sink. Governor’s office announces Judge E H Crammer will lead a Carteret county term replacing Judge Clayton Moore with the Carteret court also convening December 29.
Nashville attorney Larkin E. Crouch posted a $25 000 bond as receiver for Southern Publishers Inc the holding company for Memphis Knoxville Journal Inc stock. Chancellor James B Newman denied a separate application for a receiver for the Tennessee Publishing Co amid mismanagement claims by Minnesota and Ontario Paper and Asheville authorities. Colonel Luke Lea heads the Tennessee Publishing and Southern Publishers enterprises with Roger Caldwell as allied investor and in Caldwell and Company receivership.
A Pan American plane was sent to the Ford Rubber plantation in Para Brazil at the Brazilian government's request after reports of trouble with native laborers. The plane left Para at 4 p m yesterday. No crew names were released. Initial Para reports said no lives were lost but substantial property damage occurred.
Bandits robbed Dad Gregory's filling station near Statesville, taking only a chest containing 21 pounds of candy, police report. The unusual theft leaves investigators puzzled as to motive and exact time of the break in.
Edenton publishers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peele welcomed a son born early today at Albemarle hospital in Elizabeth City. The Peele family publishes the Eden ton News Hertford News and Tyrrell County Progress in Hertford County.
The Enterprise will not publish on Thursday after its Christmas day holiday. The next edition will appear Friday afternoon, continuing its annual custom of giving employees a holiday.
General Maurice Janin writes the AP with the full story of how the Imperial Russian family’s remains and relics came into his possession. He describes shadowing by revolutionists, the Ekaterinburg killings in 1918, and the pursuit by anti Bolshevik forces near the town.
Chester Pennsylvania police report Rufus Pitts, sought by Atlanta, for car theft after claiming kidnapping. He arrived from Atlanta, reportedly freed on highway, waited near a telegraph office for money. Descriptions and instructions to arrest him with the car were issued.
In Omaha, Judge Lester Palmer suspended a fine after Phil Smith, a local restaurant owner, protested when a policeman tried to use the restaurant phone. The case led to an unusual sentence: ten hungry men would receive Christmas dinners, either for ten dollars or ten free meals, with the fine suspended as the dinners were provided.
Seaboard Air Line Railway operating 4500 miles in the south went into receivership after a creditor filed suit. A drastic reorganization including mortgage foreclosures was indicated as necessary to protect bondholders and stockholders. Receivers Leigh Powell and Ethelbert Smith appointed as the railroad faces $215.7 million in total indebtedness due to a drop in gross income and inability to meet fixed charges.
Greensboro North Carolina December 24 gunshot wounds said to have been personal safety related proved fatal yesterday to Grover Way aged forty five or fifty of East Orange New Jersey who for three weeks had been undergoing treatment at Glenwood Park Sanitarium Dr W C Ashworth physician said Way s death was a plain case of death by own action explaining that low mood was a natural out growth of his illness
Mrs. T. R. Fitzpatrick, former Orange County school teacher, killed herself at her east Efland home using a shotgun set on a table, as she sat in bed. Survived by her husband, a son, a brother, and three grandchildren.
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