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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1932
Page
1
Tokyo reports a possible conference to revise the nine power treaty to clarify administrative integrity. Japan may reserve on Manchuria. Inukai cabinet resignations endure as Yoshizawa departs Paris. Stimson note awaits Washington reply, seen as a formal record with no new threats.
Washington Jan 9 Great Eastern Trunk Line railroads move to inaugurate store door delivery of freight in New York City to match truck competition. W M Clement of Pennsylvania Railroad told ICC Chairman Porter that carriers broadly agree on store door service in New York and criticized the fifth eastern system as impractical due to circuitous routes and limited freight. He said track competition has risen from minor to major and railroads must deliver from door to store door to compete.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on January 9 AP reports Mrs Ethel Cantrell of Humphrey has suffered fifteen days of hiccoughs and a dislocated jaw after trying yawning as a cure. Doctors warn her condition is growing critical as the hiccups continue.
In Los Angeles a police raid on a 2380 year old drama led to 58 performers being arrested on indecency charges. After the show, an officer sought the author Aristophanes but the hunt ended when authorities obtained an injunction barring further interference.
Delta flood danger eases in parts of Mississippi while northern Louisiana streams rise. Ouachita back waters flood Monroe area. Glendora workers fortify levees as hundreds seek refuge in Charleston and Glendora. Red Cross relief strained. Tallahatchie and Coldwater levees overflowed in Panola Quitman and Tallahatchie counties.
German Chancellor Bruening told Britain's ambassador that Germany cannot pay reparations now or for an indefinite period. He argued the present policy blocks economic recovery and that Lausanne must lead to cancellation. The Lausanne conference is set for January 25 to decide debts and reparations.
In Shelby North Carolina on January 9 a second post mortem is planned for 19 year old Max Barrett of Waco who died after a drinking party in a hospital. Initial finding said choke death during drunken sleep but relatives doubt due to limp neck after preparation for burial.
Three men were killed when a freight elevator dropped six floors at the Atlanta Journal building. Ed Callaway died instantly while Henry S. Bird died at 9 p.m. and Frank Jones at 4:30 a.m. from injuries after an inspection found a loosened nut on a lifting cable.
Washington January 9. John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, denies a Smith Raskob Shouse alliance against Franklin D. Roosevelt. He appeals for party unity while noting no entangling endorsement. Atlantic City offers $200000 for the 1932 convention. The death of Charles Greathouse is announced.
Dr. Julius Foust announced that NC College for Women will allow students to smoke in their rooms under strict limits. Smoking outside rooms is banned. roommates may object. visitors cannot smoke. students must notify the president and may involve parents if needed.
Congressional panels advance a $2 billion Re Financing Corporation measure while hearings continue on unemployment relief, beer regulation, naval construction, and a Democratic tariff bill. The Banking and Currency Committee plans to report a $500 million Reconstruction Corporation bill as Military Affairs weighs Muscle Shoals, and committees probe the U.S. Shipping Board and drainage relief proposals.
Honolulu residents faced a new crisis as Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie and E. J. Lord, joined by Grace Bell Fortescue and her son in law, were charged with murder in the death of Joseph Kahahawai. Police traced a bloodstained scene at the Fortescue home and a fatal car pursuit ended near Koko Head amid riot fears.
In a public letter Senator Moses of New Hampshire urged Hoover supporters to stand up and be counted, calling for renewed backing for the president. The late bulletin notes a growing push within the Republican ranks for Hoover's renomination.
John Davis aged 53, a Black laborer, was burned to death in a shack fire caused by an oil lamp last night in Durham North Carolina.
Dwight F. Davis resigns as governor general of the Philippines after a talk with President Hoover. Theodore Roosevelt, then governor of Porto Rico, is named his successor. Davis plans to leave for Paris to visit his wife and daughter. illness cited as a reason.
Laurens South Carolina January 9 A 21 year old Ernest Hitt of Cross Hill was charged with the murder of W C Raser a retired Cross Hill businessman and former banker The arrest by Sheriff Columbus Owens brings the total charged in the case to six The others are Henry Rasor 45 Eugene Crisp 30 Lathan Crisp 26 and two men Isaiah Richards and Lee Payne all of Cross Hill
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes declared the idea of him entering the presidential race as nonsense upon his return to Chicago. He announced resignation as ambassador to Great Britain and said he will go home to work, while Republicans weigh Dawes as a possible rival to Hoover in the early primary season.
Edgar Myers of Reidsville faces highway robbery charges after a mock hold up at W. J. Owens store. Myers testified the act was a prank using two toy pistols to take a banana from a bunch, with the purse returned after pleas. He was sent to superior court on $1,000 bond.
Ely Culbertson defeated Sydney Lenz to win the Culbertson Lenz contract bridge match by 8 980 points after a month of play. Culbertson said his system is unsurpassed while Lenz claimed his opponents used an inferior method. The closing session drew large crowds as experts analyzed aces, kings, honor tricks, doubles and redoubles.
The Chicago bid of $200,000 defeats Atlantic City and Kansas City as Democrats pick the Windy City for their June convention. After a volatile floor vote including a proxy and protests over pledges, Chicago secures unanimous selection with New Jersey and Rhodesia backing Atlantic City none.
Lowell postal clerk Victor L. Magoon allegedly stole cash from a mail pouch on December 31. He guided inspectors to a spot off Hood Farm Road in Tewksbury where the $100,000 was buried. Louis Skaff, driver of the mail truck, is also charged with participating in the theft. The money belonged to a Lowell bank and was en route to Boston for deposit.
Will Rogers reports from Penang that abroad goods must drop prices to offset the gold standard or be removed from sale. He notes salesmen saw little foreign competition and that even cigarettes and gas are burning up domestically as prices drop.
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