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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1932
Page
9
Prohibition Administrator McCampbell seized 220 goldfish in a speak easy raid and now faces the dilemma of disposal. A shoe company president offered to buy the fish but an aquarium society official protested, joking that the shoes may become debutantes slipskins.
United Press reports Senate subcommittees advance the Dill resolution on exporting arms to Japan and discuss farm finance, currency, and reconstruction finance nominations. Interior, commerce, and public works committees hold hearings on banking, river improvements, and rail traffic, with ongoing hearings and consideration of reconstruction measures.
Rev. T H Plemmons 69 pastor of the first Baptist church in Fairmont dies after brief illness. Funeral services scheduled this afternoon. Bids to open tomorrow on 24 items by state division of purchase and contract. Double funeral today for Mr and Mrs L H Gassaway victims of York road crash. Albemarle will not get a new post office due to lack of appropriation.
Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan testified before a senate committee that 90 percent of liquor prescriptions are bootlegging, with many doctors selling all 400 prescriptions a year and earning about 1200 dollars annually. He noted 160000 US physicians, with the lower half earning under 2500 dollars yearly and a strong temptation to profit from alcohol prescriptions.
W. H. Fawsett publisher of Captain Billys Whizbang files a divorce in Brainerd Minnesota alleging adultery. Six co respondents are named but not identified by name in the papers. The case will be heard Saturday in Grand Rapids before Judge A. L. Thwing.
Wesley Memorial church cancels its night service to allow members to attend evangelistic services underway at First Baptist church. It is hoped attendees will take this opportunity to participate in the ongoing services.
Governor Roosevelt urged that the United States summon its debtors to discuss debt settlements at home rather than in Europe. He also criticized tariff barriers and called for reciprocal methods to resume actual international trade.
Berlin reports indicate Germany instructed its ambassadors in Tokyo and Nanking to urge a peaceful solution to the Sino Japanese conflict. The note asks for hostilities to end, Shanghai forces to withdraw, and immediate negotiations under the Kellogg pact and League of Nations framework.
Bladenboro cotton workers did not return to the mills after a wage cut of 10 percent sparked a strike Monday. An agreement was reached last night keeping the cut in place while the company offers rent reductions from 20 to 15 cents per room weekly and a 10 percent cut at the company store. Officers were wounded in the resulting disorder. several strikers were charged with firing on deputies and disruptive conduct.
In New Orleans on February 3 cotton opened steady as cables and buying orders supported futures. March traded around 6.55, May 6.72, and July 6.90, up 1 to 3 points from yesterday's close. Prices eased briefly due to hedge selling but recovered 1 to 2 points after renewed trade buying.
New York cotton opened steady with May contracts trading at 6.70 as near months held firm on trade buying while later deliveries slipped on southern selling. Trading range showed 2 to 4 points movement.
Chicago grain values gain early today as news of fresh aggressive action by Japan stimulates markets. Domestic winter wheat areas are helped by a new cold wave as prices rise from opening limits and corn maintains near initial levels.
In Moscow shoes symbolize wealth as they fetch about 50 dollars per pair. A broader price surge affected the market with costs rising by 20 to 100 percent in some items. Food items like meat now cost about 1.10 dollars per pound.
Dr A D Owenby aided a patient during Harper trial and Mrs Harper wept with joy as the jury acquitted Harper on a Dec 23 killing. The case hinged on self defense with Holton dying two hours after being shot at the Harper home.
The message asks if you need tasks done such as cleaning, cooking, or a stenographer helper. It invites clarification on duties and availability.
The defendant appeared calm and grateful to supporters after more than five weeks in confinement. He pled not to discuss the tragedy, revealing nothing but with his attorneys. Thomas J. Gold Sr. led defense. Mrs. Harper recovered from shock but shared only with close friends. Her account differed slightly from Harper’s and the deceased’s, yet aligned closely overall.
A stormy air age tale reports two pilots killed and three planes missing with fourteen aboard. John W. Sharpnack crashed near Rio Vista California. Albert Devore died in Redo Texas. Francis Rust found dead near Marcellus Michigan.
Clouds of smoke rose as Chinese troops battled in Chapei while Japanese Consul General Murai announced occupation of Woosung. Chinese shells fell near Japanese headquarters at Hongkew park and a boys school but did not explode. Japanese planes bombarded forts at Poochan and ships landed a full division distant from Shanghai, threatening cable heads and reinforcements along the Woosung line.
Democratic leaders in the Senate plan to substitute a $750 million road construction and unemployment relief measure for the $75 million direct aid bill. The steering committee drafted a plan to allocate $375 million for road construction and $375 million for loans to states to ease unemployment distress.
Geneva reports the setup of a procedure committee led by Arthur Henderson to guide a 60 nation disarmament conference. The panel will decide how closely to follow the 1930 convention and consider alternative texts as France backs the convention while Germany objects and the United States seeks budget limits. Dr Mary Woolley serves on the petitions committee.
British ship reports fort fire in return during five hour bombardment. Dud shells near the U S S Parrott tied to Texaco oil barge. Japanese claim fort reduced to scrap iron with many defenders killed as Chinese expected a night attack.
Hard fighting continues in Shanghai with Chinese and Japanese artillery on two fronts. Allied command sees Admiral Montgomery Taylor take helm aboard the Houston to lead American defense forces while Japanese press Farbin in North Manchuria as Tokio weighs peace proposals and Geneva aligns with Anglo American efforts.
Al Cornsweet, once Brown University football standout nicknamed the Iron Man, has begun a new chapter by entering the sport of wrestling.
Oscar Ameringer, editor of the American Guardian from Oklahoma City, testified before a House committee on a bill to provide 375 million dollars in direct relief federal funds. He said he traveled through over 30 states in four months and that local conditions could be multiplied 100000 times nationwide.
In Boston's South End two six story Morgan Memorial workshops employ about 300 people, paying wages from a $4,000 weekly payroll for temporary staff to $1,000 for permanent workers. The charity runs shops, a nursery, a theater, lodging, and a farm, selling donated goods to fund wages while aiding job seekers. Founder Henry Morgan's mission persists under E. J. Helms, serving 75 years.
After a major earthquake the city faced ruined cathedral and prison collapse, hospital ward collapse at the maternity unit, power and water outages, and fires. Military and medical teams moved in as Havana and Miami ships delivered relief supplies and aid.
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