21 Jan 1937
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
1
The Southern Furniture and Rug market shows mixed buying but strong weekly momentum. Reports from dealers and Rug Market indicate record activity and optimism for a top first week in years, with Wednesday and midweek trends signaling a potential market peak.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to legislate a three year extension of reciprocal trade policies to promote peace and economic recovery. Secretary Hull sought the measure in the Ways and Means Committee while Perkins said talks with GM and UAW centered on the Flint Fisher Body plant occupation as a key barrier to reopening negotiations. Senate Civil Liberties heard that National Metal Trades ran a spy system in member plants. House leaders planned a $50 million crop loan fund and relief funds next week as the February 1 funding deadline nears.
Tarboro police report the Edgecombe County grand jury returned a true bill in superior court charging Burrell Vick, a year old prison camp guard, with murder in the fatal shooting of Frank Cox, a 60 year old mill worker.
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional light rain in North Carolina and South Carolina. Frigid change approaching Friday night in western portions with colder temperatures and increasing southwest winds along the coast by Friday afternoon or night.
In Seattle on January 21 authorities questioned 13 residents of Shanty Town detained in a crackdown on itinerants. Eighteen were jailed overnight with fingerprints sent to Washington authorities. In Beverly Hills Oliver B. ONeill a Chicago prizefighter was held after federal agents questioned him about the Mattson case. No decisive leads emerged.
Salisbury report says Klumae Cotton Mills paid Cannon Mills Inc of New York City $46,000 to satisfy a judgment for $212,475. W F McCanless, secretary treasurer of Klumae, stated the payment yesterday.
Air and ground battles raged on the Madrid and Malaga fronts as neutral efforts stalled. Italy and Germany were to inform Britain that foreign aid and volunteers must end, while the League of Nations debated Spain’s sovereignty and metal material needs.
Alcide Benoit, parolee, admitted killing Michigan State Policeman Richards F. Hammond after a 20 hour manhunt. He tied the officer’s body to a rural mailbox. Prosecutor Francis Ready announced the confession as investigators pursued related abduction cases.
The Associated Press reports widespread flooding across the mid continent as rivers rise and overflow. At least 20,000 people are displaced as Hazleton Indiana and Evansville Indiana experience severe inundation and nearby Cincinnati faces 1,600 homeless. Coast guard, Red Cross, American Legion, and infantry units aid flood refugees.
Secretary Perkins invited Michigan Governor Murphy and top auto workers leaders to her Washington office as ongoing GM walkouts widen. The strike shrank employment at 135000 as plants shut, including Buick in Flint and Fisher Body and Chevrolet in Baltimore. A Detroit Bohn Aluminum settlement preceded further talks.
Mrs Herman Westmoreland, a two month bride, was found body head down in a 60 foot well near her Amity Hill home in Statesville. Sheriff J M Moore said skull fracture noted and an inquest was ordered to determine if suicide, homicide, or accident. She had disappeared from her husband’s parents’ home yesterday morning.
Burlington report states Sheriff H. J. Stockard will administer a man sized dose of castor oil to every drunk brought to the county jail, a new treatment announced after warning.
Readiness marked the city as a Duke Power challenge to accept a Public Works grant for a Yadkin hydro plant proceeds before Judge H Hoyle Sink in Guilford Superior Court at 10 am. The city seeks a 7 million project with 2.5 million federal grant while Duke argues the city lacks right to accept funds. Grover H Jones, city attorney, notes focus on grant acceptance rather than federal funding. The suit began as a friendly test by J Paul Williamson with Duke later joining in.
Attorney General Cummings announces Sanford Bates will resign February 1 after leading the Bureau since 1930. Bates will become executive director of the Boys Club of America Inc, signaling a plan to move from federal justice work to youth advocacy.
Charles R. Lord, 54, an auctioneer and cattle buyer, was shot and killed by a masked bandit who forced him to raise his hands during a home invasion in Peck Michigan. The attacker fled with $16,000 in cash and securities after binding Mrs. Lord. Two more robbers joined the entry and ransacked the house as police searched eastern Michigan for the trio.
Governors report an improved economy across industry and agriculture at the inauguration. they note higher farm prices motor vehicle registrations and stronger bank deposits, with drought areas the only drawback. leaders from pennsylvania new york alabama and tennessee cite rising production wages and optimism for continued growth in coming months.
Raleigh January 21 The House advanced a constitutional amendment to raise the number of associate justices on the Supreme Court from four to six and to implement a model child labor act backed by the State Department of Labor. The body approved the plan to be effective July 1 after Senate passage.
In Tokyo today the diet heard jibes at three top cabinet members during a stormy session defending policy amid charges of fascist tendencies and army navy interference. Premier Hirota reported to Emperor Hirohito after an emergency cabinet meeting as ministers faced sharp opposition from Seiyukai leaders and others demanding an end to army and navy meddling.
Cold snap grips the west with 70 below zero at Idaho camp and sub freezing temps across Montana Colorado and northern California. Five deaths reported due to the cold. snow falls in Phoenix Tucson and Yuma Arizona and citrus crops valued at 112 million dollars protected by smudgepots. Imperial Valley irrigation area reports two million dollars in recent damage with freezing weather statewide.
State rests case against Emmett Gaddis former Polk deputy along with two co defendants for the killing of D W McFadden contractor of Asheville N C The star witness Mrs W K Susan of Decatur Ga testified she saw Gaddis shoot McFadden on a lonely road near Isabella Tenn on May 17 Her husband and her father also gave eye witness accounts of the shooting
Harry Pridgett, a Black prisoner who escaped from Tar prison camp January 7 while serving 18 to 16 years for murder, was recaptured last night in Bertie County, according to penal division reports.
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