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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1934
Page
1
A Kanazawa area bridge collapse amid heavy rains claims about sixty lives as the Totori river swells. Separately in Prague the German envoy argues Hitler should be killed to serve Germany's best interests.
NRA code move aimed at 450 small industries touches wages hours and child labor with no price fixing. General Johnson plans a commission to run NRA and may depart on a westward speaking tour after announcing the code. He reiterated veto power over codes and rejected a council of code authorities. The article notes a Virginia plant closure as context for broader NRA tensions.
In Berlin correspondents describe Nazi advances as Germany reshuffles its economic leadership with Kurt Schmidt ousted and Count Ruediger von Der Gols installed to boost industry. Von Neurath meets foreign ambassadors urging Versailles signatories to act, while rumors of a second revolution trigger warnings and a two week ban on the Neue Freie Presse.
Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss moves to stamp out Nazi and Heimwehr influence amid daily bombings. He consolidates power over police and military, declares death for possession of explosives, and reshuffles the cabinet, asserting order against treasonous plots and Germany aligned violence.
Secretary Swanson announced the air ship Los Angeles is condemned as unsafe for further flight. It remains approved only for experimental use in its hangar and around a mooring mast at Lakehurst New Jersey.
In Winston Salem a furniture plant incident caused three Kiger brothers to die and seven others ill after denatured alcohol, used in varnish work, was stolen and consumed as a drink. Survivors include Roy and Gorrell Kiger and Archie Nichols with others lightly affected.
Chicago July 11 The Tribune reports drunken drivers involved in accidents surged 300 percent in the first half of this year versus 1933. The rise aligns with national prohibition repeal. This year 14 deaths and 2350 injuries are credited to drunken drivers, up from 8 deaths and 83 injuries in 1933.
Forecast shows light showers tonight and Thursday across North and South Carolina. Winds shift from northeast to east or southeast along the coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras and to Jacksonville with overcast skies and probable showers in places. Charlotte bulletin notes official weather bureau readings for the past 24 hours ending at 6 AM.
William Edwards of Greensboro yielded to Jack Garrett of High Point in a second round match 2 and 1. Other championship flight results include Lee Shackleford of Greenville beating George W. Brown 8 and 2, Bob Dunkelberger of High Point defeating Frank Harrison 3 and 2, and Palmer Loughridge of Salisbury defeating Rodney Warner 4 and 8.
In Milwaukee area two shots were fired during strike disorders at the Wehr Steel Casting company plant in West Allis. Eleven men were arrested and two were injured as unrest erupted at the suburban facility.
William B. Umstead of Durham, congressman, met with 8 C Clark in High Point. Clark has received his appointment papers for postmaster and bond papers are arranged. The commission should arrive within one or two weeks as Congress completes about 1500 postmaster appointments. Clark will leave his state appraisal job with the Home Owners Loan Corporation to assume postmaster duties.
Polly Vickers administratrix of Sam Vickers sues Sheriff O F Adkins and deputies along with Marion Manufacturing and Hunt over October 2 1929 killings linked to local textile strike. Other suits name additional defendants and allege unjustified slayings echoing prior trials where deputies were acquitted. Judge Wilton Warlick presides at Marion Superior Court.
Hollywood report says Lupe Velez plans to file for divorce from Johnny Weissmuller in superior court, charging mental cruelty. The pair, who wed in Las Vegas Nevada ten months earlier, have a history of separations and reconciliations as they drift toward divorce.
The North Carolina Supreme Court issued 28 decisions covering de facto city offices issuing bonds with PWA funds for public works, workers compensation coverage for Winston Salem fire chief killed in 1932, UNC to receive unclaimed dividends from closed banks after ad publication and 90 day hold, Cosmetology board members deemed qualified, and an affirmed verdict in the case against Carolina Power and Light in Buncombe County.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Dern inspected the Panama Canal from the cruiser U S S Houston at Cristobal. The pair boarded for a canal inspection voyage after the ship anchored at 8 30 A M with a dawn appearance on deck before the planned through passage.
President Roosevelt travels aboard the U S Houston on a cruise toward Colon Panama marking the first Canal transit by a sitting president. The voyage follows a 200 mile leg from Cartagena Colombia as colonization progresses. Theodore Roosevelt is noted as the predecessor and distant cousin to the current president.
Norman, July 11. County Attorney Paul Updegraff stated Marian Mills 20 a University of Oklahoma beauty queen died likely from an overdose of a quack medicine administered by Neal Myers who vanished after summoning a physician. Mills and Myers had reportedly married. post mortem results pending. Mrs Hazel Brown cook for the fraternity said she helped with medical aid attempts and that medicine involved was linked to the case. The physician and Myers disappearance are under investigation.
Berlin July 11 German threats to expel foreign correspondents rose after reports on the so called second revolution stirred Nazi ire. Adolf Hitler's Volkische Beobachter cited a warning given by Goebbels to journalists as pressure mounted on foreign press.
London reports early steps to revive the real disarmament spirit at Geneva with regional pacts seen as key. French Foreign Minister Barthou says France aims not to encircle Germany but to build a European system of organized peace through mutual aid agreements. He notes potential for Soviet entry to the league and possible linkage of disarmament to the 1935 naval conference.
In Greensboro on June 11 Emma R. Pulliam 58 of High Point and James Sledge 19 of High Point were freed in Superior Court when the state took a nolle prosequi on the murder charge in the December 22 killing of Lee H. Harvell. Solicitor H L Koontz said evidence was insufficient to convict and Judge Thomas J Shaw allowed the final dismissal. Pulliam and Sledge had been held on murder charges since March with Sledge in Guilford jail without bond.
Fresh labor troubles surfaced in the textiles and steel fields as the government sought to resolve the long coastwise maritime workers strike. Other disputes ended with peace at Seabrook farms New Jersey and Toledo tugmen returned to work pending arbitration. The Republic steel firm cut ties with the Amalgamated association citing radical elements as AF of L unions face pay and hours demands in Alabama. Roosevelt asked to intercede to avert a large New York Marine Workers strike while the labor board in San Francisco pressed peace talks between shipowners and workers.
In Titusville Pennsylvania police set a nighttime watch after a west end resident reported nightly pillow thefts. Officers nabbed the thief, a neighborhood dog, mid theft but none of the pilfered pillows were recovered.
A dispatch from Muleshoe Texas notes 5000 calves to be branded at Ewing Hassell's as the cow country suffers from drought. Government aid is discussed as Congress may act, with the writer comparing the cow business to a hopeful political campaign. The piece mentions the X II T ranch and an English syndicate involved in Texas development.
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