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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1934
Page
1
New forecasts released on July 2 indicate promising thundershowers across New York with locally lowered temperatures. The forecast highlights scattered storms bringing relief from heat. Authorities urge residents to monitor updates and stay safe during possible showers.
About 400 workers at the Dunn and Armstrong textile mills in Gastonia walked out in sympathy with strikers at the Clara mill. The action occurred quietly with only brief hair pulling among women operators noted.
Frank P. Graham announced appointing deans to head the three units of the State University. W. C. Jackson will lead the Greenshore Woman's College. C. W. Harrelson will head the engineering and agricultural unit at Raleigh. R. B. House will retain his executive secretary role while combining new duties.
Washington reports the new fiscal year can absorb nearly ten billion dollars while Roosevelt’s estimates aim to cap outlays. Peacetime outlays in 1924 reached 7.1 billion with a 3.99 billion deficit and debt at 27.05 billion. expectations foresee larger deficits and a debt near 31.83 billion under policy projections.
AP dispatches report President Hindenburg backing Reichswehr and Papen defense, with rumors of Papen resting or being ousted at Hitler's urging. In Gastonia a 20 year old textile worker dies from injuries after a pool dive accident last Saturday.
Mexico City leads with General Lazaro Cardenas winning the presidency in the most orderly one sided election in the nation’s history. A Vera Cruz judge died in a scuffle amid scattered clashes as rivals claimed irregularities but did not challenge the overall result.
North Carolina closed its fiscal year with record general fund receipts totaling 21 569 818 07 compared with 14 301 819 03 last year while highway funds rose to 22 552 478 57. Major gains came from the first year of the three percent general sales tax and higher license plate and gasoline revenues.
In Geneva on July 2, the disarmament conference steering committee adopted the American proposal to curb manufacture and traffic of arms. The plan calls for international registration publicity and strict inspection of armaments with support from Britain France Venezuela Sweden Czechoslovakia Switzerland and Spain. Venezuelan representative called the move a historic great success and Hugh Wilson praised the plan as a vital contribution to global security.
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with local thunder showers possible Tuesday afternoon. Sandy Hook to Hatteras shows gentle variable winds turning moderate southwest or south with fair weather. Hatteras to Jacksonville expects moderate southwest or west winds with partly overcast skies tonight and Tuesday.
President Roosevelt boards the U S S Houston at Annapolis for a sea vacation en route to Cartagena Colombia and Hawaii. Franklin Jr and John accompany him. Mrs Roosevelt and James wave farewell as a 13 000 mile voyage begins toward Portland Oregon around August 2 with a study of the New Deal results.
A severe storm with lightning and high winds struck Salisbury and surrounding areas causing widespread damage. Rainfall reached 2.10 inches in about an hour. a Park Avenue church was struck injuring two youths, homes and a barn burned, utilities poles and lines damaged, and damage to Rayon storage and a mill.
Tokyo July 2 reports say army and navy demands for a harder line could force Premier Makoto Sako's cabinet to resign. A finance department scandal involving Under Secretary Kuroda fuels predictions of a cabinet change with Emperor Hirohito unlikely to accept resignations immediately. Fleet officers seek a cabinet to press Japan’s demands at next year’s naval conference. Army officials cancel meetings to head off political turmoil.
Fayetteville reports a 12 day heat wave broken by a small cloudburst that dropped four inches of rain in six hours. Cape Fear river levels stayed largely unchanged while creeks and storm sewers flooded briefly. Scattered hail storms were reported but no serious damage.
The badly beaten and bullet punctured body of Earl Gentry is found in a parked auto near a Rock River pool in Jefferson. Investigators probe the Gill home after rugs and possible sponged stains surface, while Gentry’s links to Stephenson and the Oberholtzer case raise questions about motive and timing.
In Raleigh on July 3 Rev E H Gattis linked to a plan for reorganizing John T Pullen Baptist church faces a police court hearing after a clash with Rev Ollie L Riggs over the pastorate. Green filed assault and trespass warrants against Gattis who announced a paid pastorate but later canceled preaching duties amid low attendance.
Will Rogers quips from Santa Monica about the President's cruise on the Hous ton, Adolf Hitler, government punishments, and the Astor wedding. He notes the wedding as comic relief amid strikes and world turmoil.
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