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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1930
Page
1
After two weeks of generalities the five power naval conference eyes concrete proposals. Delegates head toward cutting sea armaments with questions on scrapping ships and building limits to be discussed as the committee of the whole meets on Tuesday. Concrete steps are expected as stalemate eases.
Chicago reports Johnny Genaro defied the gang code by naming his attackers. He alleged James Belcastro and Louis De Luccha with Angelo Lucci fired five shots, leaving detectives to weigh a possible shift in gang conduct as police note the act could reshape criminal procedure.
Three bandits robbed the Schenectady Railway car barn tying up the cashier and an employee, cut telephone wires, and escaped with about $2400. Police later found $800 in a canvas bag discarded in an alley off State Street.
Representative Fort of New Jersey urged home brewing for home use under the Volstead law while praising prohibition’s aims. The White House said Hoover had not seen the speech and shares no official stance. Fort and Hoover remain longtime allies with distinct views on enforcement and reform.
In Orange New Jersey on February 1 police recovered the chief’s fire truck four blocks from a spectacular blaze that firefighters were battling. Chief James J McMillan was incensed as trucks patrolled in vain and no clues emerged.
Newport News Va February 1 The light cruiser Augusta named for Augusta Georgia was set to launch today in the James River with a large Georgia delegation led by sponsor Miss Evelyn McDaniel and judge A L Franklin Acting secretary of the navy Ernest Lee Jahncke attended along with civic leaders The 600 foot scout cruiser displaces 10000 tons and carries 50 officers and 625 men
President Hoover has not altered plans for a trip to Mexico City and the Caribbean, with dates to be set. He is expected to travel south through the Deep South into Texas via New Orleans, then into Mexico and on to Caribbean islands after a possible autumn departure.
Mrs. E A Snow wife of the late E A Snow secretary and treasurer of Snow Lumber company and pioneer High Point resident died at High Point hospital after a three month illness She would have turned 77 on March 7 1853 and is survived by seven children two sons five daughters a sister and 16 grandchildren Funeral services planned for Monday with arrangements not yet completed
Four masked robbers entered an Edgewater laundry leaving the bookkeeper and drivers under guard. They coerced manager Fred Klein to open the safe, stole $500, bought coffee and 24 sandwiches for the crew, and gave Klein a $10 bill to buy cigars before fleeing.
Fourteen crewmen on the tug Edgar F. Coney are believed to be lost after the vessel sank in a Gulf of Mexico storm about 70 miles northwest of Port Arthur Texas. The barge’s rescued crew reported the disaster and the Liebre tanker was expected to dock with the distress signal. A rescue mission from the port of Port Arthur continued with the Asher J. Hudson sailing to search for survivors.
The aeronautical chamber of commerce reports American aviation logged 197 546 590 miles in 1929, confirming the United States as the world leader in air transport operations. Civilian flying surpassed military, with mail and passenger totals rising sharply and night flying expanding operations.
Washington D C February 1 AP Brigadier General Smedley Butler was proposed for prohibition commissioner by Senator Brookhart of Iowa. Panton Kentucky February 1 AP Ernest Byrd 26 coach of Stanton high school teams shot by a youth who refused admission to a basketball game. Florida Fourth District Seat Contest House committee adjourned for two weeks. New York February 1 AP Peggy Hopkins Joyce underwent appendix operation at Harbor sanitarium and was reported doing nicely. House expenditures committee reversed on Williamson bill to transfer prohibition unit to the justice department and kept joint regulations for industrial alcohol permits.
Carl C. Spillman aged 19 confessed to police that he aided the early morning robbery of the Bank of Rocky Hill in Kentucky. The elder Spillman, cashier and sole employee, said a masked man entered the bank and stole about $5,000 while he was forced to comply.
Julius Rosenheim, 45, a former Chicago crime commission investigator, was killed when two men from a car opened fire on him at Ballou and McLean streets. A third man drove away as the blue touring car fled, ending his undercover work and alleged double crossing of underworld figures.
Licenses have been issued to 104 new North Carolina lawyers. The successful list of applicants who took the bar examination Monday included four of the five women who stood the test and one of the five negroes.
Irene Palasty, a European actress and American citizen, was arrested as she left a Budapest theater after audience protests over her low back dress. She said the Paris model by Jeanne Lanvin and a feather cape justified decency and requested American consular help. Many papers sided with her, and she planned to depart Hungary for good.
Fort Worth Texas January or February report states two banks the Texas National Bank and First State Bank of Polytechnic were ordered shut by the Fort Worth clearing house association and bank directors as plans to restore full deposit safety are developed. Deposits totaled about 6.28 million with earlier figures showing 5.91 million for the Texas National and 373 thousand for Polytechnic.
Judge Harvey F. Aker in Canton Ohio ordered Burleigh A Grimes pitching ace of the Pittsburgh Pirates to pay Florence Ruth Grimes 200 dollars per month as temporary alimony until a hearing on the divorce petition. Grimes had sued for divorce claiming she interfered with his profession by accompanying him to training camps in violation of league rules.
Chicago and Cook County confront strained finances with no tax money from local governments before June 1. Governor Emmerson pledges a special session to protect the state from bond repudiation while a citizens rescue committee adds 10 million dollars to police health and fire protections and may purchase tax anticipation warrants, pending city negotiations.
An angry mob in Ocilla and nearby Sylvester killed Jimmy Irvine after capturing him from Sheriff W E Tyler. Irvine was accused of assaulting and killing a 14 year old white girl and after torture and a hastily built gas soaked pyre the body was burned ten miles from Ocilla. Coroner to impanel a jury. Roy S Foy to investigate for potential action.
North Carolina records first month with highway fund receipts from license fees title fees and gasoline tax totaling 5 152 437 60 surpassing five million for January. General fund January collections reach 725 149 39 up from 257 594 26 last year. Year to date totals show major gains versus 1929 with highway and general revenues ahead.
Hamburg police stated they had the turmoil from rioting and communist disturbances in working class districts under control though not without effort. Unemployed groups resisted dispersal, police used weapons, and several people were injured. The fiercest clashes occurred at a new building where workers pressured others to join a sympathetic strike, prompting gunfire.
Dr Willem Herbert Perry Faunce former president of Brown University and president emeritus died at his home yesterday at age 71. He led the university for thirty years and was a prominent educator.
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