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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1934
Page
1
Burke county weather damage from a cloudburst in Valdese and Connelly Springs caused several thousand dollars in property and crop losses. A baseball grandstand roof was torn off in Valdese, though 400 spectators escaped injury. Continuous winds damaged crops broadly.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled the Senate lacked power to sentence William P. MacCracken to ten days for contempt in the air mail inquiry. Britten served ten days. Han shue and Girvin were acquitted. MacCracken called the decision gratifying.
The U S Department of Agriculture estimated that cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1 totaled 28,024,000 acres, 68.6 percent of last year’s 40,852,000. State figures show declines overall with Arizona and California up, and reductions ranging from 25 percent in Georgia to 36 percent in Oklahoma. The crop reduction and Rankh act influenced plantings, with 1905-like low levels noted and pima Egyptian long staple cotton in Arizona estimated at 29,000 acres.
Raleigh July 9 The 19365 general assembly will be largely new with at least men not members in 1933. A London compilation shows at most 47 Democrats sat in 1933. Nine 1933 senators were re nominated, one house member moved to the senate, 25 house members renominated, three senators to house nominations. Harris Newman of New Hanover, a 1933 house appropriations chair, is the 1933 member sent to the senate. No 1933 Democratic senator from West of Durham remains in 1936.
Paris July 9 French officials deem Germany’s menace a peace gesture. Rudolf Hess aide to Hitler frames reaction as the keynote, signaling official concern over German intentions amid rising tensions.
In Havana on July 9 Col. Fulgencio Batista led nationwide raids for arms and weapons. He ordered the arrest of several ex-officers and enlisted men amid reports that about sixty people are jailed on conspiracy charges. The operation aims to forestall a planned revolution led by foreign officers.
In Meriwether County Georgia an elderly couple, Mr and Mrs Samuel Hughes formerly of College Park, were found dead in a swamp near Greenville after a widespread search. Officers charged a black tenant farmer with the double killing.
A four day conference on elementary and secondary public school curricu lum problems opens in Durham with Dr. A T Allen state superintendent delivering the opening address. Leaders from education circles attend daily discussions and hear talks by Dr. Philip W L Cox New York University Dr Bess Goodykoontz U S Office of Education Prof R W Tyler Ohio State University and others.
The state supreme court in Raleigh will hand down opinions Wednesday and may adjourn its spring term. It is expected that 40 to 60 cases will be decided this week as justices clear desks for a summer rest.
North Carolina and South Carolina: generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Hatteras to Jacksonville winds gentle northeast and east with partly overcast skies tonight. Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds gentle to moderate northeast and east, becoming variable over the north portion with fair weather tonight and Tuesday.
The North Carolina State highway and public works commission prepared to declare toll-free, state-owned Wrightsville and Atlantic Beach bridges by noon tomorrow. Charles Ross, the commission's general counsel, cited progress on final details and expected transfer advisories today. The Atlantic Beach causeway at Morehead City would be taken over for 50000 dollars, the Wrightsville bridge for 65900 dollars, both previously privately owned toll bridges.
Judge Eugene Oe Dunne grants annulment to Mise Thompson, former color girl to the U S Naval Academy, after a cocktail party last November. The ruling asserts a right to change one’s mind at any time, even regarding marriage, in the case involving John Braden Bronner, a filling station employee.
Washington July 9 NRA moves toward a five man leadership for the summer as Hugh S Johnson divides duties among five assistants to run the agency. The plan aims to test commission control while Johnson tours the country to promote the New Deal.
Sergeant Herbert L. Ayres Jr of Wilmington North Carolina coast artillery was shot and killed early today by a regular army sentry at Fort Moultrie. The weapon used fired guard ammunition. Investigations by Colonel McClelland and Colonel Jewett are underway to determine full details.
Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill said he expected to report to Governor Ehringhaus by tomorrow night on his investigation of an alleged parole racket in North Carolina.
Harold D. Cooley arrived in Washington to assume duties after being elected to fill the late Edward Poll's term. He will not take the oath until a special session convenes, and he plans to seek a federal agency to relocate the Raleigh revenue office. A Smithfield delegation pressed treasury officials about a new post office building after the Smithfield office burned.
The Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association condemns Administrator Hugh S. Johnson for removing the Blue Eagle from Harriman Hosiery mills in Harriman Tennessee. A resolution urging rectification was adopted at Blowing Rock and released by secretary Taylor Durham after a three day NRA truce delay.
Mississippi voters decide whether to end statewide prohibition and allow legal whiskey sales. If wet, each county store would sell restricted whiskey with one quart per week per person, at prices set by a state liquor commission led by the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.
Atlanta mayor leads 125 to 250 mayors planning a Georgia Mayors association to demand home rule from the legislature. They seek tax reform, lower mortgage rates, gasoline tax participation, and cost efficient government with Roosevelt support, while discussing beer issues.
In Kenton Ohio on July 9, twenty three onion field strikers were arrested amid clashes with deputies guarding outside workers. Deputies reported injuries from clubs and a machine gun fire aimed at five men who fled into a cornfield. Thirteen more arrests followed for violating a court injunction against picketing as growers escorted workers into Scioto Marshland onion fields.
Fletcher H. Rawls of Winston-Salem N C has been named chief of the foodstuffs division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce Dr Claudius T Murchison announced Rawls a native of Deer Park Alabama succeeds E G Montgomery who has been on special NRA research work The new chief has long specialized in foodstuffs For nine years he worked in Central America and Cuba in production and export of bananas sugar and other tropical foods Since 1920 he has manufactured and distributed food products in the south.
In Santa Monica July 5 news columns cite Hitler taking a vacation as a satire. The piece quotes Cordell Hull praising tiny Finland and mocks critics’ reactions as irrelevant, noting ongoing bravado from the targeted group.
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