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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1937
Page
1
Voters in a city approach the poll deadline for a judicial reform plan linked to President Roosevelt. Reported totals show 333,000 votes received with roughly 64.4 percent opposing and 35.6 percent in favor, as supporters and opponents exchange comments and the gap widens.
President Roosevelt announced a March 9 nationwide broadcast to discuss state of the nation issues and potential court reorganization. He declined to specify speech content but indicated topics will include stabilizing the soft coal industry and low-cost housing legislation. An agriculture expert warned private crop insurance efforts have largely failed.
Antonio Caprioli and Little Poy Martines, labeled Argentina's public enemy No 1, escaped a gun battle with police while a boy from a wealthy family vanished from the La Sorpresa estate near Mar del Plata. Detectives questioned peon Jose Gancedo, who shaved his beard and failed to explain his movements after the disappearance. A Lindbergh law debate and multiple suspects surrounded the high profile kidnapping case.
A fragment suggests critics claim an old group slowed progress while a marked ballot or symbol signals a vote at night. The notice urges all eligible voters to obtain and cast their ballots.
Feb. 26 report says Farnsworth, once a naval aide to commander, faces four to twelve years after pleading nolo contendere to selling naval secrets. Justice Proctor rejected plea changes as investigators link Farnsworth to distributing confidential documents to naval aides Yostyuki and Yamaki, who faced immunity and were not prosecuted.
Feb. 26 report says a fatal blaze destroyed a store and two dwellings after an aged couple died. Witnesses describe Cook 18 aiding while Slick Gregory 18 and Knox 30 robbed the store minutes before it burned. Pula D Smith and his wife lived next door as fire raged. Authorities held three men in jail.
In Pecs on February 26 a hunger strike by 250 miners ended when the workers collapsed from exhaustion and wounds and exited the 666-foot shaft. Wives and relatives greeted the depleted men as they were carried from the mine. The strikers said they had eaten the last oats meant for ponies used underground and that the 16 ponies with them were presumed dead from drowning or gas. The mine management began repairs to the shaft area.
In Charlotte the morning temperature climbed to a cold winter record as officials logged 19.8 degrees at 7 A M marking the coldest reading so far this season.
Moscow reports revised Soviet general orders directing the army to meet invaders on enemy soil and to attack immediately wherever the foe is found. The 1.3 million strong Red Army is urged to win over workers and peasants behind enemy lines as a crucial step to victory.
Lawyers opened arguments in Greenwood County and the Public Works Administration case seeking a permanent injunction against a $2,852,000 Duke Power plant on the Saluda river at Buzzard Roost. Greenwood attorney D W Robinson wrapped up witness testimony and documents as arguments were limited to two hours per side. The judge anticipated completion by 4 30 p m.
AP reports a government offensive on the western Madrid border left battalions of militiamen mowed down by gunfire and grenades as insurgent lines barricaded Segovia. Russia and Portugal resign from a six power patrol, leaving France Britain Italy and Germany to enforce non intervention. Withdrawals not expected to affect the patrol.
White Plains NY Feb 26 The Westchester County grand jury indicted Mark Vandenbush 29 known as Public Bat No 1 and two companions for first degree robbery in the $17626 Katonah bank hold up. The special panel acted swiftly hearing two witnesses and returning the indictment in twenty nine minutes.
Authorities sought to identify a young man killed by a freight train by a laundry tag reading C. O. Hensley and papers in his pockets showing addresses at Glenside Pennsylvania and Arw.
Angus D. MacLean former assistant solicitor general and longtime Democrat will deliver the principal address at the Democratic Victory dinner March 4 in the city. He represented Beaufort in the North Carolina House in 1927 29 and 31 and served as state senator in 1933 helping to pass the eight month school term bill. He later led the Raleigh law firm MacLean Pou and Emanuel before joining the dinner committee as speakers organizer.
In London the government told the House of Commons it would not intervene in the row over the Linaria crew in Boston who refused to transport nitrates to the Spanish insurgents. Clement Atlee pressed the issue, asking if the foreign secretary told the Boston consul to back the crew.
The Senate passed the Sumners bill to let Supreme Court members retire at 70 on full pay and sent it to the White House. The 76 to 4 vote followed brief debate with some senators voicing resentment toward court members who might retire under current circumstances.
Peggy Garcia ex Follies girl and husband Michael La Rocca tombstone salesman of Astoria were arrested on bigamy charges. Garcia testified at a police headquarters lineup before Acting Captain Richard Fennelly. Assistant District Attorney Harold Hastings planned to present the case to the grand jury immediately.
Detective-Sergeant John Thomas Sullivan died from bullet wounds after a gun battle in which two Michigan convicts were killed. Sullivan, 45, had served nearly 18 years. The bandits Ray Rusch and Alvin Mott, both 19, escaped from Jackson prison. Rusch was killed in a hotel room, Mott mortally wounded nearby.
In Martinsville Virginia on February 26 a large five pot explosion in a cabinet room at W M Bassett Furniture Company killed a 27 year old worker named Hairfield. Fragments struck him in the head during the blast.
Edgar Leroy Smoak, 39, a railroad carpenter's helper, faced closing remarks as jurors heard contrasting views of him as a kind father and as a man who collected insurance on his wives and daughter. The trial in Wilmington, Fen. 25, proceeds with attorney William L. Farmer delivering the opening statement amid a courtroom tense with testimonies and arguments.
Newburgh N Y February 26 The arrest of a second person unnamed was sought in New York City in connection with the 200000 fire that destroyed the Tuxedo Park home of Col Frank B Keech Wall Street broker in 1932 A bench warrant for the unidentified person was issued and given to State Police Sergeant John J Quinn to serve after an Orange County grand jury returned a sealed indictment The jury heard witnesses including Charles F Smith Keechs former chauffeur arrested in Pleasant Garden North Carolina on an indictment charging second degree arson in connection with the fire
The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 82 to 11 to reduce mill hours to a five day 40 hour week on second reading. The bill requires one more reading in the House and then moves to the Senate with gubernatorial support noted.
The North Carolina Senate approved a record 146 million biennial appropriations bill without a recorded vote as rules were suspended. The measure, returning to the house for concurrence in amendments, saw funds for the state experiment station cut from 36 675 to 26 350 annually before the vote.
Lumberton police guarded 18 year old Woodrow Williams accused of attacking a young married woman in her farm home while her husband was at a party. Sheriff Mark Page said he expected no trouble. Williams confessed the assault to rural policeman A C Williams.
In Los Angeles an ultimatum demands sit-down workers leave by 2 pm or face indictment, issued by William Simpson, chief deputy district attorney of Los Angeles County, against Northrop Aircraft Corp. In Waukegan Illinois police and deputies raid a plant, using tear gas to drive 61 strikers from two buildings after a prolonged stand.
A friction driven labor dispute at Fisher Body and the Chevrolet assembly plant in Janesville Wisconsin halted production. About 2,700 workers were laid off after 60 workers on the Fisher Body seat cushion line refused to work until comrade William Bartel was reinstated, stopping production at both plants that relied on Fisher works for bodies.
The army's new four engine bomber waited at Fort Bragg for landing area improvements at Langley Field before a projected hop to its Virginia base. Major Barney Giles and a five man crew flew the bomber in nonstop from Shreveport, Louisiana. After tests here it will continue to Langley on the final leg from the factory.
Winston Salem police held a man identified as W. W. D. Ward of Timber Ridge Virginia on a forgery count after a young woman reported a flirtatious letter promising parole in exchange for a date. Investigators say the letter writer forged checks and passed them at local stores.
German ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop met with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in London to press Germany’s demand for the return of its wartime colonies. Eden restated Britain’s position that colonies held under British mandates cannot be restored until Europe’s security is secured by a general agreement. Von Ribbentrop had previously presented German demands to Viscount Halifax on February 11.
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