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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1934
Page
1
Bids to supply 750 buses for school transportation will be opened July 27 at the state division of purchase and contract offices in Raleigh. The move accompanies the broader bus construction program to serve North Carolina schools.
NRA today formed an industrial appeals board to shield small firms from monopolies. Amos J. Peasies of New York was named chairman and John Clement of Philadelphia is named a member. Third member to be selected soon by William L. Beale AP staff writer. Washington July 14.
Clarence Darrow told the Minnesota Bar Association that amateurs head the recovery administration and blamed President Roosevelt for surrounding himself with inexperienced men. He argued the NRA aimed to raise prices and cause scarcity, urged studying plans before acting, and called for fairer wealth distribution and increased consumption.
Nazi papers across Germany praised Hitler for his Reichstag address and hailed the justification of the Roehm revolt killings. The dispatch notes the press claims broad world approval and lauds the chancellor while withholding further details on the dead.
A paralyzing general strike was ordered to begin Monday by union leaders, affecting about one million residents in San Francisco and Oakland. The vote by 106,006 workers backed walkouts and simultaneous actions by Alameda and other unions, with police and National Guard preparations rising amid fears of chaos. Local officials ordered extra patrols, deputies, and emergency measures as state and federal officials monitor the nationwide labor crisis.
The American Council on Education in Washington informed Hild that federal emergency relief for college students will be available for the next session opening in September. 618 students in the three unions will receive aid, 102 more than last spring.
Laurens county commissioner I A Blakely dictated and signed a confession claiming he robbed the South Carolina State bank at Fountain Inn last Tuesday. He was released on eighty eight thousand five hundred dollar bond from Greenville county jail tonight.
State epidemologist Dr. J. Keox reports pleurodynia or devil's grip has reached epidemic proportions in several sections of North Carolina, marking what may be its first appearance in the state.
John Jacob Astor III and his bride returned to New York tonight from Newport Rhode Island two weeks after beginning a five week honeymoon.
Betty Bumgardner two months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Grove, died at a hospital in Salusbury. Robert Deal of China Grove is in a hospital with a concussion after a car collision on the main highway near China Grove around six this evening.
A series of gasoline explosions damaged the Natoma geodetic survey boat at Beaufort South Carolina. Three explosions hit after a service stop. Third Engineer Cutrell was badly injured and hospitalized at Parris Island. Three young women nearby suffered minor injuries. no crew aboard.
Dazed June DeLong, 24, witness in the Hollywood morals trial, wandered Los Angeles streets eight hours after vanishing from her apartment leaving a note about ending her life. She was helped by mystery writer Nellie Child and taken to Frank Gerard, who recognized her from an earlier car sale, as authorities continued the case against Gloria Marsh and Dave Allen.
In West Okoboji Lake at Arnolds Park Iowa a chaperone and four Orange City girls drowned while trying to save a fifth. Two girls were rescued. the chaperone Margaret Blackburn 28 and companions Vera Mullenburg 17 Billie Mullenburg 18 Wilma Disstra 19 Eleanor Rosenbloom 16 Mildred Van Dembes 18 were named victims.
Charlies A. Connor, father of 21 month old Bobby Connor, declared his belief tonight that the child is kidnapped after 48 hours of searching. He offered no ransom but vowed to do anything to recover the baby, while awaiting word from federal and state officers.
Raleigh reports Governor Ehringhaus upbeat about North Carolina's credit standing after bonds worth 12.23 million were sold at 3.76 percent. He jokes about signing 18 bonds daily with a signature machine while Treasurer Johnson boasted a simpler name. Also mentions New York bond bids and South Carolina offer.
TVA announced the dam and regulating reservoir on the French Broad river above Asheville North Carolina is not economically justified at the present time. The project is one of four planned under a 48 million dollar appropriation approved by the last Congress.
St Louis acting police chief ordered a complete probe into the slaying of 44 year old Dessie Masterson by justice department agent Lear B Reed. Reed was arrested on bond pending an inquest. a raid led to the fatal shooting as Reed fired at a house believed to hide a machine gun connected to a separate kidnapping case.
A dynamite blast at midnight wrecked an electric plant in Opponitz Lower Austria and stopped Vienna streetcars for an hour. A second charge snapped a power line and interrupted Austrian radio service. Authorities blamed Nazis and launched an investigation as sections of Vienna darkened.
In Lynbrook New York a baby matching the missing Bobby Connor was found but soon after Mr. and Mrs. Guy Turrell claimed the infant as their own. Police noted the striking resemblance and notified state authorities before the Turrells took custody of the child.
Young Democrats of eastern North Carolina will meet here Tuesday night announced by D Stanton Inscoe, chairman of fourth district clubs. Action on nominating a candidate for the state presidency is expected. The state convention will be in Asheville next weekend with J C Rodman Jr of Washington mentioned as east candidate.
Labor's broad walkout shuts San Francisco operations as 27 000 longshoremen join a two month dispute. The Carmen's union backs a streetcar walkout while Secretary Perkins and Governor Merriam coordinate state aid to move essentials. Violence erupts at Los Angeles harbor and Portland sees a fatality from train air line sabotage amid a broader Canada spread.
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