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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
1
Houston officers searched for a mugger who assaulted and robbed a merchant's wife at 6 am. The assailant, armed with a knife, dragged the woman from the dining room after she fled to the locked front door. her eight year old son witnessed the crime and the robber fled with her purse.
California’s population exceeded official estimates, raising the possibility of a nine-seat increase in Congress, from an expected six. Other states face losses, with Missouri and Illinois among the biggest near-certain downshifts as 1930 census apportionment reshapes representation.
Inspector Lyons of New York Citys radical bureau testified to a house committee detailing alleged communist leadership in strikes across multiple industries over four years. He cited mass picketing, shop invasions, violence, and coercion aimed at forcing union membership, with foreign-born leaders said to be most influenced by Moscow.
Senator Watson circulates a petition in the senate to invoke cloture on the London naval treaty. Senator Johnson opposes formal debate limits while others support a one hour per senator cap if cloture passes. The move aims to force a Saturday vote and limit time on the treaty.
Frank Goldsborough, age 20, on his birthday, died in a foggy Woodford mountain crash. He held junior trans continental flight records. He lay pinned 18 hours before being found. companion Donald Mockler survived. His father Brice was lost on an attempted trans Atlantic flight. Burial planned in New York City.
Governor O Max Gardner departed Raleigh for Morehead City and Camp Glenn to review North Carolina National Guard troops in summer encampment. Mrs Gardner accompanied him as rain fell, with plans to conduct the review rain or shine.
London reports two British battleships and 2000 plus sailors are deployed to Alexandria not to intervene in Egypt but to protect foreign lives and property under the 1922 agreement. The ships may land forces if rioting endangers foreigners and to remind the Egyptian government of Britain’s warning and potential action.
CHICAGO July 17 AP Congressman M A Michaelson once tied to the leaky trunk Florida episode appears defeated for renomination in the seventh district by J C Moreland. A spring recount with 123 precincts remaining shows Moreland ahead by 611 votes, shortening Michaelson’s official canvass margin to 56 votes.
Senator Nye announced a recess in the senate campaign funds inquiry into Ruth Hanna McCormick after the hearing until Mrs. Mabel Reinecke can be located and subpoenaed. Testimony linked a $2,500 contribution to Reinecke though records show Colonel R. McCormick as the donor and listed under Mrs. Reinecke’s name.
Attorneys for Stephen English, young farmer charged with murder of his wife, made final pleas for acquittal today. Jury will receive the case late this afternoon after hearing Solicitor J. A. Powers and the judge G. W. Cowper. Defense attorneys were John A. Gavin, C. W. Somersil, and George R. Ward.
In New York on July 17, Sammy Mandell lightweight champion weighed in at 134 1 2 pounds well over the limit, while challenger Al Singer tipped the scales at 133 1 2 pounds, easing fears of a failed weigh in for their Yankee Stadium bout.
Last 24 hours brought soaking rains across the Carolinas easing a heat wave. Wilmington and Edenton NC reported heavy showers and drizzling rain while Hickory NC logged intermittent downpours. Anderson NC measured about two inches since Monday. Columbia SC and towns such as Union, Sumter, Rocky Mount, Salisbury and Greensboro NC also reported rainfall.
Santa Maria California July 17 Captain J Patrick Saul navigator on the recent east to west crossing of the Atlantic by the Southern Cross confirmed a report today the same crew will attempt a flight from harbor Grace Newfoundland to Amsterdam Holland within two months
William Powell headlines the new talking picture Shadow of the Law. He plays a man betrayed by his lover in a romantic adventure. Powell’s rising popularity mirrors the era’s cinema stars, as readers are urged to watch the performance tomorrow at High Point.
New York July 17 William D Martin a member of the New York Cotton Exchange since 1990 notified the Exchange he cannot meet his financial obligations An announcement from the Exchange rostrum said Martin had an office in the Exchange building and had sent a letter with the information
James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, said on returning from France that a new war between Italy and France is imminent and in the air. He did not meet any diplomats and cautioned against labeling France as the aggressor, noting France remembers the last war.
In Montreal on July 17 Herman Henry Barrere 37 and a woman companion were jailed. Barrere wanted by Virginia authorities for the slaying of Mary Baker a Navy Department employee in Washington. Arlington County attorney William G Gloth planned extradition. Baker's body was found near Arlington National Cemetery after being assaulted and shot.
Congress man George M. Pritchard of Asheville, the Republican senate nominee, told 125 party workers in Rocky Mount that a GOP victory in North Carolina is likely this fall if campaign plans are followed. He outlined an educational effort for every precinct and joined state leaders James Duncan and Charles A. Jonas in traveling to Goldsboro for further talks.
Chicago police halted a see-saw endurance stunt as Evanston girls Mildred Barrey and Ruth Emerson teetered for hours to a world record while boys on a bicycle cover 325 miles since Monday. a Fort Worth tree-sitting stunt ends with Oscar Fox injured after a 15-foot fall.
The Supreme Court was asked to decide if negroes have the constitutional right to participate in democratic primaries. J. M. Robinson and many negro residents of Little Rock Arkansas sued after being barred from voting in 1928 primaries. The Arkansas Supreme Court held parties may limit participation and noted no law requires primaries. it cited Nixon v Texas to explain federal rulings on party exclusions.
Federal inspectors charge Captain Archie H. Brooks master of the steamer Fairfax with reckless navigation negligence and excessive speed in fog after the Fairfax collided with the tanker Pinthis off the Massachusetts coast June 10 causing 49 deaths.
In Nicaragua a U S marine gunner pilot Walter Lee Pounder from Colt Arkansas and Chalmers Lewis Martin from Barlow Ohio were killed in an aerological flight crash ten miles south of Managua. A relief party found their smashed cockpit aircraft on a hillside. Pounder died instantly while Martin died shortly after.
In Cedartown Georgia William Hussey and his son Fred were condemned to die by electric chair for the murder of one of three men killed after a card game. The August 39 execution date was set after a murder verdict with death penalty. defense moves for new trial were filed. Bodies of Cliff Jones, Sige Harper and Ernest McCulloch were found in an abandoned well near Rockmart Georgia.
A U S Army airplane caught fire at about 1 000 feet and wrecked on the Mari copa Indiana reservation near Phoenix Arizona. Lieut Dan R Medlar and Sergeant Richards were piloting the plane and escaped uninjured. A welcoming Indian committee gathered and said a fallen eagle.
New York July 17 Earl Carroll producer of the Vanities Jimmy Savo Faith Bacon and Kay Carroll chorus girls were held for trial on a charge of producing and taking part in an indecent performance. Six other chorus girls arrested with them were discharged. Bacon allegedly danced nude with two fans as protection in a window undressing scene.
Chicago July 17 George Red Barker known as the last of the four horsemen of gangland was punched in the nose by Police Sergeant Neil Kahler after a confrontation at the state's attorney office. Barker, released on a habeas corpus writ, remains listed as a public enemy by the crime commission.
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