Rioting in Amsterdam Flairs Up Amid Night of Deaths
Rioting re seeks renewed today as soldiers and police arrive. Two more deaths reported, raising total for the day to six in Amsterdam.
07 Jul 1934
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1934
Page
1
Rioting re seeks renewed today as soldiers and police arrive. Two more deaths reported, raising total for the day to six in Amsterdam.
Attorney General Beecher Witt said the Roane County grand jury in Kingston declined to indict in the kidnapping of Fred G. Hold vice president of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Hold was seized from a passenger train at Harriman ten days earlier by men who released him unharmed in a neighboring county.
Paris braces for clashes around the tomb of the Unknown Soldier as thousands of Croix de Feu veterans plan a march. The ceremony, meant as a non political act, is shadowed by right wing displays and left wing protests with heavy police mobilization anticipated. The Croix de Feu vow restraint after violent events in 1934.
North Carolina expects showers and thunderstorms tonight with east portions heavy, then Sunday fair in the west and slightly cooler conditions in the north. South Carolina stays cloudy with chances of showers tonight and Sunday, cooler temperatures in the north portion.
Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift from moderate south and southeast to northerly while skies stay overcast. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds shift from southwest to north with overcast skies and showers likely tonight. Sunday expected partly overcast with possible showers in the south. Charlotte area reports official 24 hour temperature and rainfall records through 8 A M.
Berlin July 7. Nazi high command imposes a political truce to absorb traces of the second revolution while Hitler rests in the Bavarian Alps. Two million storm troopers take a month’s leave, facing potential cuts and stringent tests as leaders warn vigilance by the secret police continues.
A plan to replace the NRA with self government for industry is being formulated by the Roosevelt administration. General Hugh Johnson leads revisions, coordinating with the federal trade commission to avoid monopolistic risk while preserving bargaining powers. unemployment insurance inclusion remains unclear.
In Havana raids lasting all night on homes of former army officers, authorities say a major conspiracy was thwarted. About 40 ex-officers, veterans of the Hotel Nacional clash, are held on conspiracy charges. Police report seized arms and bomb making gear and incriminating documents against Jose Pedraza. Fifteen arrested at a bank office. The ex-officers harbor grievances toward Colonel Fulencio Batista after a September coup and the Hotel Nacional siege in October.
Helen Hull Jacobs, twice a finalist, failed again to win the All England women’s singles title as Dorothy Round defeated her 6-2 5-7 6-8 in the final round at Wimbledon.
US Navy personnel from the Arkansas and Wyoming had shore leave canceled after a riot in Nice injured 28 sailors. Joseph Kline, 22, on the Arkansas, was shot in the neck but stabilized. Police and a naval riot squad restrained the disturbances as damage reached 25 000 francs.
Le Fraser of the Bank for International Settlements states in his annual report that the United States will return to the gold standard by January under the gold reserve act. He and George L. Harrison of the New York Federal Reserve discuss the report, with bank directors set to review it Monday. Fraser says the act reopens international talks on a permanent currency parity and urges joint action to ease world crisis hardships.
Representative Doughton of North Carolina held talks with Arno B. Cammerer on the Shenandoah to Great Smoky parkway route. He expected a meeting with Interior Secretary Ickes and noted the proposal favors turning toward Tennessee at Linville NC and entering the Smokies at Gatlinburg TN. The project is estimated above 16 million dollars with 4 million appropriated. Doughton planned to return to North Carolina this afternoon.
Cleveland reports indicate a planned merger among Corrigan McKinney Steel and Republic Steel, with Otis Steel as a potential entrant. Hayden Stone of New York handles financing as terms surface around 33 million dollars in value based on asset swaps and debt.
John Dickinson assistant secretary of commerce will address the North Carolina Press Association banquet during the annual convention at Banner's Elk next Thursday night. Capus M Waynick High Point editor now directing the state re employment service called Dickinson scholarly and future cabinet material. Senator Reynolds Federal Judge Parker and Coleman W Roberts are also scheduled speakers during the convention opening Wednesday and running through Friday.
The United States faced defeat in three of four major sports on British soil. Princeton crews fell in two Henley finals while Winthrop Rutherford trailed Berlin’s Hulitz in the diamond sculls. Helen Jacobs lost to Dorothy Round in Wimbledon singles, but Lott and Stoefen won the Davis Cup men's doubles 6-2 6-5 6-4.
Beverly Hills July 6. The speaker notes President Roosevelt plans a “blab” on officials spreading word of the New Deal. He says officials should deal and shut up about it, and encourages the public to challenge White House spokesmen.
Raleigh July 7 Burke contests the Wilkes county results after a recount showed Rousseau with 6137 to Burkes 5690 alleging Republican in Democratic primary ballots and absentee ballot misuse swung votes. The state board may canvass second primary returns and a fourth district race.
Police and troops used tanks to clear barricades in Amsterdam as four people were confirmed dead and 50 hospitalised amid clashes in the Jordaan and sixteen other districts. Rioters looted shops and set up first aid stations, while Communists allegedly spurred the revolt.
A Canadian disturbance shifts weather across the nation with cooling north winds expected after days of upper 90s heat. Detroit metro area reports seven deaths from wind and rain storms as boats collide and downed wires cause fatalities. Farmers welcome crop relief amid wind and hail damage across the middle west.
Union delegates vote to hand leadership for a general strike to a strike strategy committee as militia patrols the restless waterfront. The move follows a deadly strike wave with 12,000 shoremen and later 16,000 allied workers amid clashes. Roosevelt labor talks loom as Portland considers a similar action. Clayton Miner, 27, injured in Oakland, details violence as Seattle and Tacoma report calmer ports under new Alaska shipping accord.
John D Rockefeller Sr. turns 95 on Sunday in Lakewood New Jersey his birthday marked by a quiet day of diet and rest family may visit and play his simple number game Numberica Rockefeller has long lived a restrained life saying he is grateful for daily contentment in a simple life
President Roosevelt pursues a vacation cruise and inspects San Juan before boarding the Cruiser Houston at noon to sail to the Virgin Islands after discussing a new Puerto Rico rehabilitation plan.
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