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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1932
Page
1
The chairman of the striking workers group appeals for public calm as wage cuts sparked a walkout affecting High Point and other towns. He explains they left without organization to protest reduced living wages and urges strikers to avoid disorder while negotiations with mill owners seek restoration of the April 1 wage scale.
Washington dispatch reports a $2.122 billion relief bill awaiting President Hoover's signature after a Virginia mountain camp. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation would hold $3.8 billion in capital with $300 million for direct relief while states including Pennsylvania and Illinois prepare loan requests up to $45 million each.
Beverly Hills July 18 Congress adjourned but did not avoid blame as sales tax was killed. Critics say lawmakers resent the move and face November elections with reduced revenue. The missive accuses pols of road building for non motorists and hints at political accountability.
A U S Canada treaty creates the St. Lawrence International Rapids Section Commission to supervise a 543 million dollar project shaping a 27-foot channel from Montreal to Lake Ontario. Five members from each country will be appointed, with authority to contract and coordinate works while keeping wages aligned to local standards, but not to direct power plant construction.
Gene Tunney joined a Democratic campaign stop in Columbia Connecticut attending a garden party of the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Women’s club. He gave a short talk arranged by hostess and national committee woman Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch.
In Mineola Illinois July 19 (UP) Hyman Stark died from a broken windpipe after a deputy police chief pressed his throat and stomach while others brutalized him. Fifteen officers were suspended as an open hearing reviewed brutal third degree tactics aimed at forcing a robber to confess. Deputy Chief Frank J. Tappen faced accusations amid denials and claims of a frame up as testimony described the torture tactics and related charges.
A $300 million emergency unemployment relief loan fund will be available with President Hoover's signature. Governors certify need and lack of resources, with up to 15 percent cap per state. The funds flow under gubernatorial direction to meet local relief, plus other $1.5 billion public works loans and $322 million for works programs.
Greensboro July 19 Judge E E Rives of municipal court stopped a long trial by paying 50 cents to Sarah Curtis. Frank Williams faced theft of a bench valued at 50 cents and the judge dismissed the case after covering the witness costs.
Thomasville police report convicts entered the U H Denton store and stole a truckload of merchandise including groceries and clothes. Part of the loot and prison clothes were found in woods two and a half miles from the city off the High Point road. The truck used to haul the goods was found near Salisbury.
A posse combs woods near Hickory after four of ten convicts escaped from a Mocksville state camp Saturday night were sighted near Burns' parents' home. James Yount, 17, reported William Burns, 23, with three others in street clothes or overalls. Police chase 13 officers and deputies. A nearby dry cleaning plant was robbed with overalls found in the rear.
Jacksonville on July 19 UP Al F Gorman Duval county grand jury foreman received a letter from Chicago signed F C advising that eight gangsters armed with machine guns were heading to Jacksonville to guard him during his inquiry into prison camp punishment methods The letter claims a New Jersey and Chicago mob would protect him and threatens dislocating him if he threatens further and mentions the Zachary Smith Reynolds death in Winston Salem NC
Bryce Parker Beard of nana was elected commander of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion by acclamation at the convention in Asheville. Awards highlighted class A to D posts for membership, community service, and Americanism. Josephus Daniels addressed the legionnaires urging veterans to safeguard civilization.
Berlin reports deadly clashes between communists and fascists after a ban on uniformed groups, pushing month’s death toll past 100. Attacks targeted Nazi parades in Breslau and Altona, with government vowing strict penalties and quelling unrest across Rhineland and major cities including Hanover Hamburg and Dresden.
A seven foot alligator blocked the Hammond to Manchas highway yesterday. Traffic stalled for about half an hour as efforts to remove it were discussed. Fred Montgomery, a truck operator, lassoed the reptile and loaded it onto his truck before driving into town.
Rose Wasserstein, 21, was found semi conscious and dying in St. Joseph's hospital after being shot in an automobile near Woodmere dock Long Island. Detectives faced her in hospital while she insisted she would not die and asked them to leave.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on July 19 C Walker Bender 45 an unemployed coal miner shot and killed his wife Lona 45 and neighbor William Hill 38 a farmer and then died by his own hand.
The hosiery strike spreading through Thomasville Jamestown and nearby areas led to over 8 000 idle workers roaming plants while a conciliation effort formed this afternoon. General Metts arrived from Raleigh to monitor the situation as Sheriff Stafford and Police Chief Friddle assessed quiet conditions.
Albany July 19 Franklin D. Roosevelt and advisers including Louis Howe and James A. Farley met to map campaign machinery. Two plans debated central headquarters versus regional offices to cut costs and empower state committees as they prepare for the national and local races. Melvin A. Ta ylor is mentioned as a possible national treasurer.
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