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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1933
Page
1
RALFIGH N C Jan 3 AP The House today introduced two proposals to reform prohibition laws while the Senate acted without debate or record vote to repeal the state marriage banns law.
Federal Judge EH Marvin Underwood denied Al Capone a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from the Atlanta federal penitentiary. Capone argued the three year statute of limitations had expired before his indictment on income tax charges. The judge ruled the claim should have been raised at trial or on appeal, not in habeas corpus, and set the hearing for the case.
North Carolina lawmakers in the house debated measures to legalize light wines and beer if federal action changes the Volstead Act. A separate Murphy-Bowie proposal would permit medical whiskey under physician prescription and state licensing, with taxes and penalties outlined. The senate advanced a Dulgan bill shifting 30 day county prisoners to the prison department and other reforms along with road and tax bills.
James C. Hood, 81, longtime auditor for the Metropolitan City Bank in Washington D C, died here after 30 years of service. He retired recently and had been a civic figure in Fayetteville. He is survived by [not specified in source].
The joint committee on roads in Raleigh voted an unfavorable report on the Moore bill that would levy half a mill per gross ton mile on for hire vehicles, opposed by farmers, newspapers, tobacco and textiles, and transport firms. A separate capital Washington note reports the Senate elections committee dismissing George M. Pritchard v Bailey contest and to reimburse around 12 thousand dollars in costs after ballots impounded.
Felix G. Alley of Waynesville was appointed to the North Carolina Superior Court bench to succeed the late Judge Walter B. Moore who died Monday.
A severe wind storm in Brooks county northwest region killed Mrs. Warren Cone of Barwick as her home collapsed. Miss Rachel Cone and Mrs. Miller, residents of the same house, were reported seriously injured.
W E Gelser Tuscarawas Park superintendent says lawyers cutting a rotted tree found a seven inch catfish in a watery crevice forty feet high. The fish was tossed into the lake and swam away. An expert suggested a kingfisher may have carried it to the tree where it survived in the fork’s water.
Bridgeton New Jersey police pursue a man who bilked Mrs. Mary Rees of 1500 dollars in a paper folding money doubling ruse. An associate named Peter from Chester, Pennsylvania aided the con, but the suspect vanished after signaling an exit.
Paris dealers walk out as the Bourse shuts with no trading after the chamber of finance committee trims planned economies. Police reinforce, with Bank of France entrances guarded, and quotations blank except for yesterday's figures.
Washington January 25. President elect Roosevelt may draft and win passage of a federal relief program to aid states assisting unemployed people. The Senate manufacturers committee will meet to blend relief proposals into one plan. La Follette and Cutting discuss the Warm Springs talks and a bill to provide 500 million dollars in state grants.
Superior Court Judge J. C. Niles dismissed the accusation against John J. Halloran as inconsistent and idle, though not final. The ruling followed testimony by Winnie Ruth Judd, the condemned slayer, who claimed Halloran aided in disposing of two bodies after an October 16 1931 killing in Phoenix.
Beverly Hills editorial notes the Senate passed a proposal six years in a row while the House rejected it, calling Congress a lame duck and arguing the Senate was ahead of the House. It suggests if the House had followed public wishes, the current session might have yielded real progress toward prosperity.
Raleigh January 25 The state revenue commissioner said Southern Railway cannot meet its tax obligations due February 1. Railroad official Haddon Johnson cited efforts to pay but could not meet the deadline. Estimated tax about 1.50 per $100, with $90 million assessed value implies roughly 1.35 million in delinquent taxes plus a 1 percent penalty after February 1.
Glenn Frye pleaded guilty to highway robbery in the December holdup of Blackwelder's Barbecue stand in Greensboro. He received a five to seven year state prison term. An accomplice remains at large, with additional charges pending in other counties.
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee in favor of the allotment bill. He warns of rural upheaval if farmers lack relief and argues the measure should cover all exportable products rather than just wheat and cotton.
Tokyo reports indicate Japan’s cabinet delayed a decision on withdrawing from the League of Nations pending Geneva’s Sino-Japanese recommendations. Meantime Diet members pressed Hitoshi Ashida to retract remarks linking worsened U.S.-Japan ties to a new arms race and possible world war.
Philadelphia report says Libby Holman Reynolds may retire after her husband’s July death. She is treated for a nervous condition with her infant son in a hospital. lawyers seek her share of the Reynolds estate, valued at 15 to 20 million dollars, and plan to announce her future plans after recovery.
Britain aims for a final settlement on reparations without undoing Lausanne gains while Rome seeks bargaining points for Italian debt. Paris reports France will default until others set a debt trend. Geneva delays date for world economic meeting as debts talks loom. Representative Rainey predicts no war debt cuts. Americans will not accept reductions.
Robert G. Lassiter and Company filed answer in Superior Court to John D. Biggs as receiver for Commercial National Bank seeking $6.27 on a note dated May 19 1930. The defense claims secondary endorsement and asks the court to require accounting and exhaust primary endorsers first. Separate filings include Ring suit over W A Ring estate appraiser payment and a four months sentence for a man convicted of crime with probation.
Lenoir January 24 Joe Sumpter a Confederate veteran discharged in the early 1860s due to illness died Sunday after several years bedridden. He lived with his son and daughter in Caldwell County and his funeral was set for today.
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