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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1938
Page
7
A fragmented weather brief notes a Sunday rise in temperatures in the western areas with increasing clouds and rain on Monday. It mentions warmer conditions in the south and east and fall like warming through the period.
The article chronicles Bill Payne's criminal career from 1919 to 1927, detailing bootlegging and car theft rackets centered in High Point, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem. It notes his multiple prison terms, escapes, and connections to a broader state-wide network of car thieves and bootleggers.
A High Point man born in Forsyth County in 1895 is described as facing a murder charge. A 72 year old mother, Mrs Emma Payne, delivered a letter seeking regeneration and a confession in hopes of securing his cooperation. The interview notes a tear and a husky throat as the man speaks.
Federal agent Edward Scheidt reports William Payne and John Turner alias Jack Borden confessed to thefts totaling 12 000 to 14 000 since last February. They claim to have robbed the Bank of Montgomery at Troy the Commercial State of Laurel Hill the Bank of Candor and the Waccamaw Bank Clarkton and the Florence steam laundry among other burglaries and auto thefts. Payne and Turner also implicated Robert Smith in several robberies committed with them.
A list from General Motors shows top earners with Alfred P Sloan as the highest paid man in America. Other figures include Eugene G Grace at Bethlehem Steel 180000, Charles Schwab 150000, James Rand 118871, Ernest Weir 71785, and J D Biggers 90000. Henry L Doherty is listed at 100000.
The speaker appeals to end union squabbles and unite labor with the Democratic program. He says public sympathy favors labor but warns rival unions threaten public patience and urges a speedy end to internal labor feuding as a defense policy priority.
The president appeals to endured battles of Jefferson, Jackson, Roosevelt and Wilson to defend democracy. He warns against a small group abusing power, says his message to Congress aims to serve the majority and curb minority privilege, and pledges to uphold democratic morals amid utility interests disputes.
A continued list of writers includes Howard Mumford Jones Zona Gale William Ellery Leonard Adelaide Crapsey Ella Wheeler Wilcox Lew Sarett Glenway Wescott Clinch Calkins Hamlin Garland Helen Hoyt Sterling North Edwin Rolfe Louis Zukofsky Kenneth Fearing and
The excerpt notes this volume as among the finest state anthologies released, praising its breadth and quality and listing several notable contributors and themes.
In Tarboro North Carolina on January 8 Coleman Johnston 13 crawled into a discarded safe near town with his playmates. They shut the door trapping him for about an hour before helpers freed him. He was uninjured.
Johnston, Coleman's brother, and Ralph Piland sought aid. J M Arnold, a railway employee, held a torch to the metal front for an hour while talking with Coleman. Dr Edward Robertson, a hospital attaché, pumped oxygen into the safe until the lad was freed.
The report notes that pilots in temperate regions must ascend roughly 100 miles to access the stratosphere because of labeling in altitude gains.
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