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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1932
Page
1
Mrs. Catherine Harper walks free after a non-suit in the Holton murder trial. Defense aims to use her testimony to corroborate Terry Harper's self defense claim, with court resuming Monday at ten o'clock.
North Carolina cuts salaries by about 377000 dollars per year under a new reduced schedule approved by Governor Gardner and the advisory budget commission. Highway department salaries fall 237814 annually, with other departments losing about 140000 annually. The highway payroll drops from 1751346 to 1513532 dollars per year, while other departments shift from about 1400000 to 1260000.
Concord police raised the number of suspects in the slaying of textile worker Jack Dees to four with the arrest of Lee Clayton. Coroner J A Yow rescheduled the inquest for Monday due to Mrs Dees illness and Clayton was questioned at length with undisclosed details. The other suspects named are Belgin Penninger Luke Penninger and Hyde Roberts.
In Shanghai the conflict widens as Japanese forces land sailors and marines from three cruisers and patrols the international settlement. A Scottish unit is ordered into the business district after a Chinese mob targets Americans and Britons near the British consulate. Firing and sniping flare near the Catholic General hospital as efforts for a truce collapse.
Petitions from 30 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties were filed at the capitol placing Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Democratic presidential primary ballot. Led by Joseph F. Guffey of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania group seeking Roosevelt's nomination filed petitions with 4 000 to 5 000 electors' signatures.
D M St Clair, 46, of Winston Salem, was arrested on a bigamy charge at the instigation of his first wife Belle P St Clair of Greenville South Carolina. She says he married Emma H Walker of Greenville on October 24 1931 while still married to her. An abandonment case in municipal court was dismissed after evidence of a Reno divorce emerged.
Flooding in central and eastern Kentucky leaves two dead and about 5,000 homeless as Cumberland and its tributaries surge. Freezing temperatures halt rain, but intensify suffering among marooned communities in Harlan Bell and Knox counties, with Pineville’s Cumberland rising dramatically and ongoing coal region disruption in Hart.
A cold week end forecast for the South brings snow in some areas and the first winter freeze in the far south. The weather bureau predicts a 40 degree drop overnight in North Carolina to 26, with storm warnings from Cape Hatteras to Nantucket and cold rain and snow across the north and mid Atlantic. A tornado hit Sosa in Mississippi and Colfax Louisiana causing extensive damage and high flood waters, while New Orleans braces for 34 degrees after an 81 degree day.
Dr Paul N Cyr, rival to Alvin O King, proclaimed himself official governor and said he set up a governor's office in a Heidelberg hotel room in Baton Rouge. He claimed insurrection and said two men were arrested in Jeanerette for shadowing his moves. Senator Long dismissed the move as news and questioned legality.
In Washington on January 30, observers weighed rumors of conflict over Shanghai and Japan. Officials offered no war prospect, predicting diplomatic readjustment to protect Americans. The article highlights shifting international relations and Japan’s altered status after breach of key treaties.
Winnie Ruth Judd sagged in her Phoenix jail cell claiming pneumonia fears as juror illness delays loom. Doctors diverge on severity while Judge Speakman weighs postponement and possible trial with 12 of 13 jurors.
Shanghai rests under fire as Japanese forces shell the international settlement. Foreigners flee Chapei and Hongkew amid ruins and a $10 million blaze. American consul seeks fleet response as Chinese government declares war and famine looms. Marines brace across Soochow creek.
In Miller sburg Ohio James Stenhouse a stonecutter from Killbuck was declared insane after confessing he chloroformed his two year old son David Oscar because the child was mentally ill The court ordered commitment to Massillon State Hospital for the insane Doctors testified to homicidal insanity and melai a insanity amid defense noting years of drinking sprees and secretive behavior
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