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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1932
Page
15
Hogs the cattle and calves market report shows 18 000 hogs 8 000 direct with steady to strong early toning, later steady. Medium weights 140 210 lbs quoted 4.40 4.60 top 4.65. Cattle mostly steady to weak with bulk 5.00 7.00 and some loads at 8.00. Slaughter cattle vealers steers good and choice 600 900 lbs 17.25 11.25 and other ranges.
Washington January 1. Congress faces a new year with no major domestic issues solved and little ready for action. The House completed organizing duties while the Senate debates a temporary president pro tem and a possible holdover. Legislative items include a farm loan bank bill, tax proposals aligned with Mellon’s plan, and a tariff reform effort. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation remains the urgent emergency measure, with Senate action forthcoming.
A bootlegger tried to sell officer W. N. Thompson a patent device to dispense whiskey from a car. The man claimed liquor flowed through a hidden hose as he advised to suck and fill a bottle. Thompson, already sought on liquor charges, was taken to jail.
A midnight explosion destroyed the store and home of Rosario Dionisio, early Italian settler in Trinidad, as 1932 began. family members were away. the brick structure caught fire and was battled for hours. Authorities investigated whether a bomb caused the blast.
Gaston Means, in El Paso to gather material for a new book, silent on Harry M. Daugherty’s accusation that The Strange Death of President Harding is a colossal hoax. He will respond after reviewing Daugherty’s Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy. Means says he testified against Daugherty in the Wheeler-Brooks investigation and was once jailed on liquor charges.
Chicago January 1. Nine of ten occupants drowned when their automobile plummeted into the Calumet River during a heavy rain. Only Jacob Schiller survived. The car carried his wife Seneca and two families from Michigan. rescue attempts failed for hours as the vehicle rested in over eight feet of water. Postman, the driver, was a New Era hardware dealer.
The speaker praised Solomon Jones as a pioneer road builder and honored him at a ceremony. He lauded early settlers for advancing well being and cited a 3 percent opportunity for future generations. The piece extols the Greenville Brevard highway as a scenic 50 mile route costing over a million dollars.
CORTEZ Col Jan 1 UP Rising from his sick bed C Haas a rancher staggered into a snowdrift and found the frozen body of his daughter Lena 16 near their home She had gone to a neighbor for medicine and seems to have collapsed as a dog licked her face trying to save her
The article notes Ed Krause, Notre Dame star sophomore tackle, is actually Krauczunas. It also discusses Jack Roe, son of Sen Robert La Follette, may become Dane County district attorney, continuing the La Follette public office tradition started by his relatives and Governor Philip La Follette.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of High Point Savings and Trust Company in High Point North Carolina will be held in the Directors Room of the Bank on Tuesday January 12 1932 at 2 oclock p m for the election of Directors and other business.
Hollywood gossip notes a string of marriages and engagements in 1931 with stars such as Clara Bow Rex Bell Constance Bennett Nancy Carroll Bolton Mallory June Collyer Stuart Erwin Dorothy Mackaill Neil A Miller Gloria Swanson Michael Farmer Helen Twelvetrees and Frank Woody among those linked as the year begins.
Miss Virgie Williams of Durham suffered critical injuries when the car she rode in with Mrs. Lola Alford was struck by an unknown vehicle that fled the scene. The collision happened between Wake Forest and Wendell.
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