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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1931
Page
1
A Marine officer apologized to Prime Minister Mussolini after a letter from a friend suggested Mussolini ran over a child. The incident prompted a court martial for Butler. Secretary Adams and Secretary Stimson expressed regrets as the Italian ambassador protested the remarks.
The Arkansas House approved a 15 million dollar state bond issue to aid drought sufferers. Proceeds would loan to farmers for the 1931 crop and food for families, amid debate over federal aid versus state relief and qualifying concerns for farmers.
A massive 800 block of marble slipped from a crane during placement on a new Masonic temple in Baltimore. Walter Graham, 35, and William Dorn, 20, died from injuries after being hurled nearly 100 feet. Three other men were injured.
Raleigh January 29 Ten tentative decision to recommend abolishment of the present county government advisory commission and its replacement by a seven member local government finance commission was reached by the general assembly sub committee on finance today The sub committee which drafts a statewide relief bill has begun work after several public hearings on the issue Senate Judiciary No 1 killed the Gattis bill to let the supreme court set procedures after its unfavorable report to the measure which had passed the house.
Funeral services were held in London for Anna Pavlova the renowned dancer. Her body had lain in state after being brought from Holland, with both magnificent wreaths and simple nosegays from Russians who remembered her bright days.
Durham, Jan. 29. Julia Hockney, a Durham girl, filed suit for 7500 dollars against Homer L. Lyon Jr. and Homer L. Lyon as guardian for injuries from an automobile accident near South Boston Virginia. The plaintiff alleges the younger Lyon was intoxicated. The elder Lyon is a former member of Congress from the sixth district and the son is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina.
House appropriations panel rejected the Senate 25 million dollar Red Cross relief plan and a provision to let a designated government agency administer the fund. Plan continues in the Senate with consideration of alternate agencies such as the Salvation Army or Public Health Service if Red Cross declines.
In Asheville the trial of FE B Hastings 47 of Winston-Salem for the murder of W H Zindel was delayed to February 16 at the solicitor's request. Hastings was moved to Appalachian Hall for the interim as witnesses gather evidence.
A rock slide at the Yonkers to South Brooklyn aqueduct project killed Joseph Perez 44 of Yonkers and left five other muckers injured. The incident occurred early today as a crew of 15 cleared dirt and rock from a shaft on the $41,000,000 construction site.
Raleigh Jan 29 The senate kept debating the MacLean school bill while the house moved through a heavy calendar passing measures to define illegal punch boards slot machines and regulate them The house also unanimously approved a joint resolution urging Congress to pay World War II veterans certificates and a resolution to delay mortgage foreclosures by federal land banks operating in North Carolina The senate recessed without a vote on the MacLean bill as lawmakers discussed county finance reforms and local government commissions A UNC funding hearing was scheduled for this afternoon.
John Barrymore, film star, is confined to bed in Los Angeles after an attack of laryngitis. Production on his latest picture is paused until his recovery, expected in about a week or ten days, according to studio officials.
January reports describe a Danville textile strike ending four months after the walkout, with reports of a mob hanging a youth near a bridge in Schafer, North Dakota, and ongoing courtroom action for Charles Bannon. The piece notes veterans’ pension debates in Washington and calls for hospital space and cash bonuses amidst broader political testimony.
An earthquake struck Alcoy at 8:30 p m yesterday causing great fright among residents. There were no injuries and minimal damage though light and power were briefly disrupted.
Chicago report on a Michigan Avenue executive who, after having his trousers stolen by a robber, decides to rely on a two trousers suit. He calls his wife Phyllis and asks for the other pair, then keeps his business appointment.
A portrait of Major General Smedley D. Butler highlights his famed marine leadership and court martial, noting his valor on many battlefields and two Congressional Medals of Honor. The article describes his dramatic democratic personality and his rise to brigadier general at age 39, weighing 140 pounds.
An explosion at the Little Betty coal mine near Linton Indiana trapped 32 workers underground. Rescue teams recovered 27 others, with 20 miners dead and seven rescued alive. Cause undetermined though gas explosion suspected. The Little Betty Mining Corporation operates the site with Lyle Dayhoff as president and Peter Donie as vice president.
Wilmington North Carolina January 29 G A Tharp young white man of Green Sea South Carolina died in a hospital here today of head injuries said to have been received in a fight at Green Sea Saturday Emerson Hooks is being held by Sheriff J O Chestnut of Conway South Carolina in connection with the case Local authorities were advised.
Senator Young of the Union party introduced a bill to segregate white and Negro labor in South Carolina textile plants. It would bar Black workers from plants where whites predominate and bar white workers from plants where Black laborers predominate.
Portland report cites Clarence H. White saying Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. accused Mussolini of a fatal hit and run during a four day Italy tour. White, at the Vanderbilt hotel, recounts Mussolini driving fast past a girl struck and ignored by the premier, while General Butler’s remarks are noted in New York.
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