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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1932
Page
1
Chinese anti-aircraft fire in Shanghai’s regimental zone reported seven shells exploding. In Chapei district Japanese bombardment stopped at 5 40 p m after strong Chinese resistance. they could not advance. Japanese command promised renewed, intensified bombardment of Chinese positions starting Sunday.
Two American mission houses in Shanghai were attacked by Japanese forces while bombers roared overhead. Japanese sailors entered the American Presbyterian mission on North Ezechuen road despite a consul general notice. The American Southern Methodist Episcopal mission in Hong Kong had been previously raided.
Winter warmth pushed flood danger along the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Levees north of Greenwood Mississippi broke spilling acres of farmland and prompting evacuations. In Evansville Indiana floodwaters rose seven feet causing street flooding and homelessness for over 1,000. Two deaths were linked to a bridge collapse near Newport Kentucky.
Rain likely Tuesday night or Wednesday and again toward week end. Temperatures moderate overall with a colder spell expected Thursday.
Bulletin reports Japanese planes bombed Chinese troop concentrations near Pinhsien with suspected heavy casualties. Tokyo says a military force will go to Shanghai to relieve fear. A Japanese infantry brigade lands in Shanghai and total forces near 20,000 with 8,000 present and 12,000 on the way. Cha pei district cities in Shanghai area cited.
Twenty eight persons were missing after the fishing schooner Eleanor Nickerson from Boston and the tug Lonnie B. Shaw towing the barge Ruth Shaw sank 365 miles east of Halifax and near Delaware Bay. The Jean Jadot from New York rescued six of the Eleanor Nickerson crew. the Lonnie B. Shaw vanished with seven aboard. Coast guard cutter towed the drifting barge to port.
A blaze in Marion Delaware County on February 6 destroyed half a block of business buildings and dwellings. Estimated damage stood at $100,000. It started in a warehouse where a negro dance was held, with a match likely tossed into hay.
The editorial in The Technician criticizes Gov. O Max Gardner for paroling John M. Brewer, Wake Forest banker, amid a bank insolvency case. Raleigh Times editors call for accountability as readers see a breach of propriety in the parole action. The piece notes Brewer’s one year minimum sentence for allowing an insolvent bank to stay open.
In Norristown Pennsylvania jurors wept at the murder defendant Edward H B Allen testimony while courtroom attendants booed attempts to confuse the witness The state plans rebuttal witnesses final pleas and the jury will hear the case against Allen for the murder of Francois Donaldson III his sister s lover and alleged betrayer Gamblers predict acquittal amid the yesterday s cheering booing and demonstrations in the courtroom
The Yakegatake volcano 125 miles northwest of Tokyo erupted violently today. Ash fell heavily on nearby villages but no serious damage was reported.
Senator Borah sharply denounced the French proposal for an international police force, saying the plan advanced by War Minister Tardieu at Geneva faces little chance of adoption by major governments. He warned that any U S action would require Senate ratification.
NEW ROCHELLE N Y Feb 6 Daniel Weller 60 retired January 1 as president of Standard Oil Company of Louisiana shot himself in the basement of his brother's home in New Rochelle. He had been a director of Standard Oil New Jersey and president of Standard Oil Louisiana. His wife and son cited recent poor health as the motive.
Justice Clarkson and Mrs. Clarkson of Charlotte announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Fullarton Clarkson to John Garland Pollard Jr. of Virginia. Miss Clarkson, sole daughter of the NC supreme court member, studied at St Mary’s and Newcomb College. Pollard is the eldest son of Virginia Governor John Garland Pollard, a William and Mary graduate with a Harvard business doctorate.
Delegates at the disarmament conference heard mass petitions from 59 nations. World citizens led by thousands of ordinary people demanded peace as voices and green armbands filled the hall. About 8 million signers from nearly sixty countries backed the cause, including 600000 from the United States. Most demonstrators were women.
J. F. Spruill, appointed investigator for Governor Gardner, seeks a mystery witness who reportedly stood within 100 yards of the Lexington shooting and heard an argument before Sheriff Leonard was killed. Spruill questions witnesses as he pursues new movements of Younce and Brinkley after the fatal shooting and considers a special term judge for upcoming hearings.
New York reports predict Al Smith will outline his political stance in a statement set for 3 PM but withheld for publication until Monday. Many papers and leaders expect the move to clarify the Democratic pre-convention contest and potential presidential aspirations.
Townsmen battled seven bank raiders in Waveland Indiana for nearly an hour after dynamite blows wrecked the Waveland State Bank. Vigilantes repulsed the attackers with steady gunfire. bandits fled toward Russellville after shutting down telegraph and telephone lines and cutting power. Ruth Morgan, night telephone.
Albany Feb 6 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt states his position on prohibition aligning with his last gubernatorial campaign He calls for a new amendment transferring liquor control to the states He argues 18th amendment blocks progress and warrants a replacement He declares the saloon should not return and outlines his stance on league tariff debts unemployment and utilities reform in his national campaign platform
Phoenix lumberman J. J. Halloran, linked to three women in the Winnie Ruth Judd murder trial, is not expected to be called as a witness by either side. The defense and prosecution have not indicated plans to question him as the judge considers the Le Roi slaying case, with trial possibly ending Monday.
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