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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1930
Page
1
A Memphis dog named Patsy has adopted a kitten amid the hot weather. Patsy wears short pants to stay cool, reflecting a lighthearted, urban wildlife moment in this humorous note.
Heat records fall across the eastern half of the United States as cities report near or above 100 degrees. Philadelphia 97, New York 96, Baltimore 99, St. Louis 97, Chicago unofficial 103. Forecasters warn no general relief soon with drought concerns and scattered thundershowers possible.
Oliver Moore, a 30 year old farmer, fled after being accused of an attempted assault on two sisters, Ethel Morgan and Lucille, near the Edgecombe Wilson line. Bloodhounds and a large search covered wooded tracts as deputies pursued Moore who allegedly obtained a gun from his brother.
Governor Gardner announced a federally led, state supported survey to map North Carolina road finances administration and needs. The study will cover all counties, address chain gangs maintenance mileage and costs, and inform the 1931 general assembly for road policy.
A workers picnic planned on the Mount Holly road near Charlotte was observed as a foretaste of renewed communist activity in the region. The event, backed by the International Labor Defense and the National Textile Workers Union, urged workers to join and fund defense efforts while speakers announced include Dewey Martin and M H Powers recently released from jail. Tomorrow’s meeting marks the first public communist activity in the area since last winter’s unemployment protest.
After three days of barricaded debate, opponents abandon filibuster against the London Naval limitations agreement. The 26 treaty articles are read, Borah moves ratification, and a regular-session vote is anticipated next week with no further amendments.
Tokyo reports a powerful typhoon sweeping Kisushin and Kiushiu Island into Korea. Seventy killed in Kisushin with 37 in Nagasaki and 17 in Fukuoka, 137 injured and over 100 missing. About 1,200 houses destroyed and 3,000 damaged as officials assess the damage and continuing evacuations.
A record for the date was set in New York as the thermometer hit 96 degrees the highest for July 19 in 54 years. It marked the hottest day of the summer, six degrees above the prior peak.
The central Midwest endures 100 degree plus heat with Omaha seeing 104. A Catholic bishop urged prayers for rain to save crops. A youth in Omaha took his life to escape the heat while streetcar operators wore gloves to handle the hot controls.
In Bucharest July 19 King Carol and Queen Helen of Romania rode to a requiem memorial for King Ferdinand. The public journey marked a rare joint appearance since Carol’s coup and offered a sign they have moved to mend their differences amid prior martial split.
William R. Roalfe of Los Angeles arrives in Durham to assume duties as librarian of Duke university school of law. He will oversee immediate preparations to move the library into quarters on the west campus in the new school of law buildings.
A Pennsylvania express train tore from rails at the De Hart Place crossing in South Elizabeth, collided with an automobile, and plunged down an embankment. Officials report one death, about 50 injured, with many in serious condition. fire, rescue, and hospital treatment followed as investigators searched for the car driver. A separate dispatch notes Von Hindenburg’s welcome in Speyer as he begins a five day Rheinland tour.
CHICAGO July 19 Retty Ayres died when the speedboat Whoopee carrying a pleasure party crashed into the racing yawl Scarab owned by George Pulver of Washington DC. The collision sank both boats and left other occupants with minor injuries. Witnesses at a coroner's inquest blamed the yawl for drifting off shore without proper lights. Pulver did not appear at the inquiry, which was adjourned to locate him.
Sheriff George W. Alexander and Lon Dellinger were killed in a Dalhart Texas gun battle after deputies surrounded a small house. Ode Dellinger critical, Arletta Boger wounded, a woman shot in the hip. Deputy H. D. Foust reported the final confrontation.
Dublin reports a growing general strike threat as at least 609 transport workers walk out. The national railwaymen union executive heads to Dublin to resolve the deadlock over recognition, while Dublin suburban services remain paralyzed.
Joseph Londergran, 30, of St. Joseph Missouri, died when his plane crashed in Creston Iowa. The fighter was unable to recover from a spin and the aircraft fell.
Dr. Ralph A Reynolds told the Hoover Commission that chemical or physical malformations of the body may drive human misbehavior. He cited glands and prison studies, proposing extended research across states and inclusion in the commission's final report. The physician stressed the theory is not yet conclusive but merits further exploration.
The whereabouts of George W. Norris a Broken Bow grocer were unknown after a Nye committee hearing into Norris opposition to Senator Norris. Justice Goss had ruled Norris off the ballot for late filing. federal agents hunted Norris and his attorney while Nye questioned expenditures and payments to Norris by others.
London dispatch reports the Prince of Wales plans a U S visit this year with Sir Philip Sassoon. The Express says the trip will be by airplane and a camping holiday across North America with stops in Canada and the United States.
Carlos Perez arrested in Durango for the murder of his insane brother Marcos. Prosecutors say he shot him to relieve suffering on the order of their father Jose Perez, a wealthy cotton planter.
Governor John Garland Pollard of Virginia told the Maryland and District of Columbia Baptists assembly that prohibition will fail unless church members practice total abstinence from alcohol. He added that if church members abstain as much as they vote for prohibition, enforcement would be easier.
New York July 19 ex Soviet diplomat Gregory Bessedovsky alleges Moscow planned to spend vast sums to foment a U S revolution. He claims Amtorg Trading Company aided propaganda and that Soviet agents operated in the United States through disguises and unofficial ambassadors.
Arnold Taylor a 14 year old West Durham lad known as Arsenic refused to be ordered down from his tree as welfare officials faced hundreds of women protesting for the welfare of children. By 10 pm five youths remained in trees while Arsenic reached his 60th hour on the limb and was given a sponge bath by his manager. Physicians checked his health and found him in good condition.
President Hoover remains at the White House through a blistering July day with only a brief late afternoon ride with Mrs. Hoover and Allan. He canceled plans for a weekend trip to the Virginia mountains to stay near the Senate session in session.
BLUE RIDGE NC July 19. Robert Lathan editor of the Asheville Citizen urged that public authority should match responsibility in industrial disputes. He argued state power could have prevented much North Carolina unrest last year if the state could determine facts before troops were ordered in.
Lon Chaney stars in The Unholy Three at the Broadhurst as The Man of 1 000 Faces in four distinct voices, changing with each makeup shift. The Enterrise offers readers a chance to attend this new production. readers with classified listings may gain access.
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