Crime and Criminals Rampant in 1934 report
The High Point police summary for 1934 shows over 500 major offenses with 448 arrests and 5,529 investigations. Burglary, larceny, and auto theft were prominent, with 76 cars stolen and 78 recovered. The report notes improved convictions and declines after slot machine bans, plus traffic and accident statistics across the year.
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Police Department
J. W. McMahon
Bureau of Identification
Investigation Division
United States Department of Justice
High Point Police
Police Bureau of Records and
Police Laboratory
Bureau of Records
Lewis AB. Teague
High Point
Business Makes Forward Move Upon New Year
A AP summary notes that last week into the New Year shows gains in steel and automobile production and general retail trade, with electric power and carloadings dipping less than seasonally. Steel capacity usage hit 389.2 percent, the 11th straight weekly rise. Automobile orders remained strong, retail sales slipped modestly from the prior week, and demand shifted from agricultural to industrial centers. Freight on Class 1 railroads fell from the prior week.
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Rader Winget
Associated Press
American Iron & Steel Institute
New York
Edison Electric Institute
Previous Week Drought Low Activity Noted
The previous week showed lower than usual activity for that time of year, indicating an atypical slowdown in events or measures recorded by the period’s sources.
Police Radio Installation Boosts Department Efficiency
The installation of police radio equipment increased the department's efficiency by 100 percent, improving communication and response times across units.
Deaths R M Voncannon in Johnsontown area
Rufus M. Voncannon aged 55 of High Point died of apoplexy at the home of Mr and Mrs Burch Osborne in Johnsontown on Friday night while visiting friends. He leaves a wife six daughters two sons and his mother all of High Point along with three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services set for Sunday at Shiloh M E Church near Troy with interment in the cemetery there.
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R. M. Voncannon
Thomasville
Rufus M. Voncannon
High Point
Shiloh M. EB. Church
Troy
Baby’s Hourlong Cry Converts Energy to Reach Monument Peak
An infant’s sustained crying for sixty minutes is framed as producing enough potential energy to lift to the top of the Washington Monument, illustrating a humorous energy claim.
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Washington Monument
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Max Bones
Main
Ae Hat Shop
Main St
Saves Motors
Pyroil District
PAT Brown, Inc
Hood System Industrial Bank
Hood System
Atlantic Building & Loan Ass
South Main St
E.C. Cridlebaugh
Sec
America
Joseph Nathan Kane
Falling Creek
Elisha G
OTIS
Tron Works
Mouses Gerrish Farmer
Newark
Beeson Hdw
N. Main St
Dowdy
Mann’s
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Wachovia Bank Building
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
South Main Street
Atlantic Building & Loan Association
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