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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1930
Page
1
Dr James Howard Snook a 50 year old former OSU professor sentenced to die tonight for the murder of student Theora Hix will share a chicken dinner with his wife Mrs Snook as warden Thomas confirms the final meal. Taft succession
Senate discussions cite Britain France Japan Italy as seeking to expand or protect armaments while McKellar argues there is no disarmament chance with the four powers. Vandenberg counterpoints that US input should be cautious and informed. The debate follows the recall proposal by McKellar amid varied national aims at the London conference.
Andre Ardieu formally assured President Doumergue he would form a cabinet. He spent a few minutes with the president and declined to indicate timing or political stance. Tardieu seeks guidance from Raymond Poincare on forming a government and faces Socialist backlash over delays described as a scandalous comedy.
Three University of Chicago social science experts discuss unemployment unrest. B. M. Squires calls the situation acute with unknown numbers out of work, comparing it to 1920 21. August Vollmer warns against police suppression, urging tolerance for agitators and public discourse.
Cecil Langdon, aviator, stands trial for murder in the deaths of Arch Manning Breeden aged 4 and Ellen Virginia Breeden 20 months in Bennettsville South Carolina. Jury chosen and witnesses began testimony as court convened today after a lunch recess. The fatalities occurred when Langdon's flying circus plane failed to climb and crashed into the Breeden automobile on November 2.
Lumberton, February 28. Mrs. Jack Bullard, 18, died in a Lumberton sanitarium early today from poison tablets taken Monday night. She had recently faced domestic troubles and bought the tablets with a cool drink, swallowing both as the clerk was changing her money. She informed the clerk before being rushed to the sanitarium for treatment.
In Chicago two police officers were wounded and a mob of criminals pursued. Walter Collins, a Black non combatant, was killed during a gun battle with eight officers. A bomb with a lit fuse was found at a Maxwell Street butcher shop and extinguished to avert a blast. Six hundred arrests were made in 24 hours.
In Marion on February 28 three men Zeb Webb Leon Moore and Woodrow Wilson faced arson charges tied to fires at three houses near the Marion Manufacturing company. The hearing was continued to tomorrow by Sheriff O F Adkins who seeks more time for investigations. One house belonged to Deputy Jim Owens who was previously tried and acquitted in riot deaths at the textile mill in October.
Chicago police conducted three raids against communists last night seizing an oil painting of Lenin and thousands of pamphlets, destroying mimeographing equipment, and arresting 14 men and one woman. Lydia Bennett among those arrested at communist headquarters on West Side meetings.
Langley Field Virginia February 28 A test of a supposed fire proof gasoline tank for aircraft may have answered a major question. The tank of a Keystone bomber was the only part of the ship saved when the plane caught fire in an unexplained incident. The bomber was one of 18 chosen for a flight to the west coast and cost between 75000 and 80000 dollars. The origin of the fire was under investigation.
CHICAGO Feb 28 The secret committee of six led by Col Robert Isham Randolph pledges a six month anti crime drive based on rapid fact gathering indictments and convictions He warned a 1 000 000 fund may be needed and has received broad offers of aid from Canadians mounted police college students Texas rangers and former service members.
London reports continued talks between American Japanese and British on differences in naval limits. Observers note possible concessions to Japan allowing a larger submarine share while US UK cut submarine tonnage. Japan may be asked to ease a 70 percent cruiser ratio. Matsudaira met Reed while Stimson conferred with Henderson as all parties press for a five power agreement.
Newsom North Carolina plant of the W. M. Storey Lumber company burned last night. officials estimate total loss at about 190000 with flames from the engine room. Four carloads of finished lumber on a side-track and crates, trucks, and lumber within the plant were destroyed. Ernest Doby was burned mildly while saving a truck. insurance coverage cited. Cause of fire undetermined early today.
A New York Bronx hoist carrying three tons of mud and rock plunged 600 feet while sinking an aqueduct shaft between Yonkers and Brooklyn. One man, George Gillis aged 64, was killed and seven others were injured when a cable snapped after a flange broke, officials said.
Rafael Estrella Urena named provisional president as insurgents control most of the Dominican Republic. American minister Charles B. Curtis informed the insurgents the United States will not recognize the de facto government and a constitutional regime is being pursued. Shooting was reported last night with uncertainty about the cause and outcome.
SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE Asheboro Feb 28 Joe Parrish 24 of an Asheboro family was killed instantly when a shotgun he carried discharged after he slipped on a rug on a sleeping porch where his father lay ill. Family said the death was accidental despite rumors of suicide. He is survived by parents three sisters and a brother. Funeral plans were not announced.
Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. charged Soviet Russia seeks to destroy church life and religious freedom. He urged House support for a resolution stating recognition of the USSR is incompatible with U.S. traditions until religious persecution ends. He seeks public opinion to pressure Moscow to revoke decrees limiting worship.
Miami boxing commission formally approves Lou Magnolia's decision naming Jack Sharkey winner and denying Phil Scott's foul claim from last night's fight. Scott's camp protests. Sharkey's camp eyes a title bout with Max Schmeling in June. Scott received morphia for pain and underwent nerve and muscle trauma treatment.
Shelby report notes Judge James Webb and Mrs Webb celebrating their 52nd anniversary. Married February 28, 1878, Webb long serving as a North Carolina superior court judge and not seeking re election. Daughter Mrs O Max Gardner with Governor Gardner to visit for anniversary weekend. No ceremony planned.
Blytheville Arkansas February 28. Police raid elite homes and arrest women playing bridge for prizes. Judge W D Gravette says only then will penalties be imposed on men or vagrants caught gambling. He notes both betting game and craps violate laws and urges equal treatment.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right of husbands and wives to file individual income tax returns. The decision affirmed lower federal court rulings in Louisiana and Texas that favored the taxpayers.
Claude Gallman, 27, appeared on bond in Greensboro on February 25 for injuries to two North Carolina College of Welfare students. Miss Mary Sikes, 19, and Miss Ruth Sikes, 21, were struck by his automobile last night but were not seriously hurt.
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