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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1934
Page
1
The Philadelphia National League team announced the purchase of right handed pitcher Buel More from the Baltimore club of the International League. The move strengthens Philadelphia's pitching staff amid ongoing season play.
In Columbia South Carolina on July 5 a Saluda resident J F Long was killed when his car collided with a loaded truck driven by Allen Brittain of Brevard North Carolina. Two companions from Saluda were injured in the wreck.
Greenwood County South Carolina notified the PWA power review board that it would revise its allotment to build a municipal power plant. Duke Power protested the allotment and a hearing was expected, though the revision may avoid the scheduled testimony by county representatives.
New York July 5.4 three men died and about three score were injured when a grandstand collapsed pitching 200 inmates of the city’s Porton Hospital into a struggling humanity. One hundred other inmates joined guards and doctors in orderly rescue work as officials who had arranged the festivities faced the disruption.
A four year old boy, John Hill Vickers, was bitten on the left hand by a rattlesnake that crawled into his bed in Atlanta. His father, John Hill Vickers Jr, applied a tourniquet and rushed him to a hospital for antivenom. The father then shot the reptile after discovering it in a corner.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South denounces repeal as returning the saloon and sparking increased drunkenness and accidents. He accuses leaders of both parties and cites President Roosevelt era actions and district policy shifts as evidence of deception and betrayal.
Key West and Monroe County declare a state of emergency amid unemployment and economic distress. The surrender of all local powers to Governor Dave Shultz is aimed at obtaining federal aid and a new deal as the cigar industry declines and trade shifts away. Jacksonville to host talks with Florida administrator Julius B. Stone on relief strategy.
Washington reports a continued rainfall deficiency across the plains and southwest while the northeast and Atlantic coast see some benefit. High interior temperatures are draining soil moisture though crops progress. pastures remain blighted and even cultivated crops suffer in many regions from Montana to Arkansas and Nebraska southward.
Rioting erupts on Rincon Hill near Bryant and Main as police clash with strikers. One man, Argonne Reinhardt, dies. another, Vassfil Zakharoff, is knocked unconscious amid fires and barricades. Governor Merriam warns troops to protect state property and call up the National Guard if violence continues.
The nation marked Independence Day with 176 deaths, down nine from last year and the lowest since 1929. Fireworks caused three deaths compared with seven in 1933, including a five year old girl in Chinook Mont and a Minneapolis racket incident.
North Carolina and South Carolina are forecast generally fair tonight and Friday. No precipitation expected with mild to moderate temperatures across the two states.
Winds shift gentle to moderate from Sandy Hook to Matteras and Hatteras to Jacksonville with overcast skies. Local showers possible in the north portion tonight, and from Friday in the south. Charlotte reports 24 hour temperature and rainfall records for principal cotton growing areas.
MEMPHIS Tenn July 5 Neil Brown 78 is eating all he finds except evaporated peaches A peach swallowed whole by a toothless man blocked his throat for four days before surgeons in a local hospital removed it with an esophagoscope He now dines cautiously and asks how he is doing while waving a fork over vegetables
Senator Borah charged a lack of unity among Republicans on how to confront the Roosevelt administration in the 1934 campaign. Idaho independent echoed a monopoly critique while Fletcher and Barkley framed the New Deal as the campaign issue and warned against returning to pre 1933 policies.
Violet Hilton and Daisy Hilton, the Siamese twins, failed to obtain a marriage license in New York, prompting transfer to New Jersey. Maurice Lambert, 29, an orchestra leader, and Violet planned wedlock while Daisy claimed a fiancé in England. The case involved Deputy Clerk Hines and city officials who ruled “no” license.
New York July 56 Justice Schmuck told a court most prizefighters are not bright except a few who saved money. He considered putting Primo Carnera in jail for contempt for failing to testify about his finances while ruling on escrow of 88 000 deposited by Madison Square Garden to satisfy a 15 773 judgment.
Governor Ehringhaus grants reprieves to three condemned inmates leaving John Lewis Edwards and Clyde Ferrell facing execution soon. Edwards, a Charlotte murder defendant, appears unlikely to escape. Ferrell faces the chair after 10 30 tomorrow for the Durham county killing Thaddeus Tilley. Bittings receives two week delay to August 10. Forsyth defendants James Brown and George Keaton receive 30 and 60 day delays. Parole Commissioner Gill leads Ferrell case review in Durham.
Santa Monica California July 4 Will Rogers remarks that he was wrong about the Republican campaign speech going unheard as the nation focused on Germany. He says Democrats are often best as fault-finders, not explainers, and predicts excitement for fall elections.
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