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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1932
Page
1
A sensational trial centers on Leonard Younce's murder with principals Younce and Brinkley detained. The case unfolds amid wartime Shanghai reports of Japanese and Chinese clashes surrounding Chapel and Woosung.
Washington reports the Democratic tilt toward a stop-Roosevelt movement as Alfred E. Smith’s leadership is tied to eastern delegates. John N. Garner rises in prominence while other names like Albert C. Ritchie Newton D. Baker Harry Byrd and James Hamilton Lewis enter the talks as organizers seek to prevent premature Roosevelt momentum before the June convention.
Davidson County coroner's jury reopens investigation and finds Wimmer not to blame for Major James A. Leonard's killing. Younce and Brinkley held on $10,000 bonds for second degree murder. Sullivan and Wimmer named as witnesses on $2,000 bonds. Evidence and confessions disputed amid liquor and witness accounts.
Judge Francis D. Winston of Windsor, chair of North Carolina’s George Washington bicentennial commission, urged radio listeners to empower the common man and forge a new form of government. He argued industrial leaders, cynical politicians, and European scholars miss the chance to elevate ordinary citizens.
Philadelphia police intensified a search for seven year old Dorothy Lutz who vanished Wednesday. The rescue effort included cellar excavations and a city wide check of vacant houses as Dorothy’s mother Mrs Florence Lutz expressed hope of finding her daughter alive.
Huey Long after four days in the U.S. Senate returned to New Orleans and lambasted Washington as the farthest spot from America. He blamed political paralysis in the Democrats with the senate resembling a whipped rooster, while some act as outer guards against Republican colleagues.
The Senate agriculture committee approved bills totaling over 110 million dollars for farmers the measures include a 100 million dollar revolving fund for drainage levee and irrigation loans a 10 million dollar fund for agricultural credit loans and an extension of 1931 drought loans.
Honolulu reports two cases of alleged attacks on women in the last twenty four hours. Herman Apio, 29, was arrested after a 17 year old Chinese girl said he attempted an assault. Edward Una and William McDermott chased and caught him. Apio admitted the attack. Robert Ah Sam, a 21 year old Hawaiian, was charged with assault and battery and lewd conduct after following a woman from a party and attempting to force an embrace.
In Phoenix on February 6 1936 the murder trial of Winnie Ruth Judd nears a verdict. The state seeks the death penalty for the slaying of Agnes Anne LeRoi and argues sanity. The defense claims insanity and casts doubt on key testimony by Dr. Joseph Catton as court prepares jury instructions for a Monday verdict.
Washington February 6. Despite adjournment both houses, 115 committees kept busy. Agriculture hearings featured the National Farmers Union with John A. Simpson urging silver monetization. Admiral Pratt and Admiral Moffett warned against uniting army and navy departments. The House Insular Affairs panel heard Manila businessman John H. Pardee argue Philippine independence should take at least 30 years.
New Orleans welcomed thousands of visitors as Mardi Gras celebrations began. The Momus Krewe opened with a parade of floats themed on recent movie successes. The carnival nears its end with Rex and Comus courts meeting and the final dance before Lent begins.
An immense snowslide buried Albert Smith 18 near Cunnison Colorado as fellow workers struggled to reach the body. Recovery is doubtful until the spring melt.
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