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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1931
Page
1
The aged leader Paul von Hindenburg, former German commander, returns from Neudeck to Berlin and takes a leading role in efforts to lift Germany from its financial crisis. This image depicts him in a recent photograph.
Two airmen die when a collision winds up with planes bursting into flames on the ground. The fatal crash follows an attempted maneuver to avoid a third plane.
Two U S army planes collide near Cedarcrest Sanitarium in Newington killing Lieut. Benjamin F. Lowry and Sergeant Strosnyder. Two pilots parachute to safety, Lieut. Kelly and Sergeant David Spicer. Civilian Michael Pennicello of Meriden is critically injured with a fractured leg. The planes were en route from Mitchell Field to Rentschler Field to inspect Pratt & Whitney aircraft.
In Rome Pope Pius XII was interpreted as addressing the fascist party in a July address. Observers noted his plea for a miracle to help the blind see and to reach critics, while Mussolini’s stance in church matters was described as quieter.
London July 20 A seven power conference in London seeks a rescue program to free Germany from economic catastrophe. France Germany Belgium Italy Britain and the United States send leaders to reach a plan easing European financial stress and improving Franco German cooperation.
In Dadeville Alabama 34 Negroes were jailed on charges from conspiracy to murder to carrying concealed weapons after raids at Camp Hill during a meeting of the sharecroppers union. Captured amid a clash governing the wounding of Sheriff J Kyle Young, claims and counterclaims involve the International Labor Defense and local police chief J M Wilson.
Ensign Joseph Gardiner of Charlotte North Carolina was brought to the naval academy hospital at Annapolis from Chestertown Maryland after an injury from diving in shallow water. He was described today as feeling fine and is being treated for minor injuries.
In Seville on July 20 a police barracks was attacked by syndicalist strikers after a funeral procession for a telephone worker. One policeman was killed and several others wounded as the strike federation demanded the Interior Minister Maura resign, the civil guard disbanded, and the governor be dismissed.
Martial law was proclaimed in Peiping and Tienstein with strict censorship. Manchurian authorities seize military supplies, aiming to move against disaffected generals in Hohan.
Minor clashes last week between the Manchurian advance guard moving toward Peiping Hankow and Shih Yu-San, a semi independent general with about 40,000 troops in north Henan, hint at renewed warfare north of the Yellow River. Despite loyalty professed to Nanking, Shih Yu-San has been commandeering rolling stock and interrupting railway traffic.
In Camden North Dakota Mrs. Felix Przygoda, mother of eight, abandoned her baby after her husband was fined and jailed for operating a still. She placed the infant on Judge G A Pancoast's lap and walked out, nearly charged with abandonment until a child welfare worker intervened. The mother and children were placed in overseer of the poor care. The husband alleged food pressure due to unemployment.
Moss Edward Garrison 37 faces trial in San Diego for the slaying of his 22 year old fiancée Hazel Bradshaw. Her body was found May 3 in an artificial Indian village in Balboa Park. Garrison surrendered after placing himself with her until midnight May 2. He says he drove her to two shows and walked her home, then claimed to have seen her enter before rushing to catch a streetcar.
In Ardmore Oklahoma the murder trial of former deputy sheriffs W. E. Guess and Cecil Crosby for the death of Manuel Garcia Gomez, one of two Mexican students shot June 7, is set for the next regular district court term in September. Judge Asa E. Walden denied a defense request for immediate trial and the state opposed dropping the charge.
Manuel and Disonar two Ugandan youths brought to Harlem by Martin Johnson for gorilla sightings drew crowds with native tongue lectures. They earned a dollar per lecture plus seven pairs of pants, while the impresario profited. Demands for union pay and hotel costs led Johnson to seek police help to ensure they return home intact.
In Waynesville on July 20 a motion to quash a bill of indictment against four people charged with first degree murder in the deaths of Scott Browns and Mims White will be argued tomorrow before Judge W F Harding in superior court. The defendants Frank McGaha Varnella Gates Sylvester Brown and Oma Hicks Brown are linked to the killings in the Big Bend area of Haywood county. A motion for a bill of particulars on charges that Sylvester Brown and Oma Hicks Brown abetted conspired and participated in the murder will also be heard.
Seth Yerrington and Edward Maloney, whose attempted non stop flight from New York to Mexico City ended with a forced landing on a Mexican beach, will take off for Roosevelt Field New York tomorrow morning with a stop planned at Atlanta. Their plane was returned to Brownsville yesterday.
Claude F. Gaddy, longtime superintendent of Union County schools for four years, was named assistant to Leroy Martin, secretary of the state board of equalization, in Raleigh on July 20.
Charlotte police detained John William Jones described as a notorious check flasher while awaiting word from immigration officials in Norfolk. Jones claimed to have been deported last April but would not name his ship or entry port.
A federal grand jury returned conspiracy indictments against 53 individuals and corporations accused of operating a nation wide alcohol conversion ring. The ring centered in Cleveland Baltimore Philadelphia New York and several New Jersey cities with activity spanning January 1 1927 to now. A H Jafee of Cleveland was named among indicted individuals.
A oil field blaze near Mt. Pleasant Michigan killed eight people and left seven more critically burned. Spectators gathered to watch a 2000 barrel gusher when a storage tank exploded lighting the scene in flames. Buck Hewitt helped cap the well risking his life. Mrs Walter L McClanahan, prominent local promoter, was among the dead. Fire crews fought the flames from Saturday night into Sunday as the Struble No 1 gusher burned on.
Two Alaska captured black bears broke free from chains in Falls Church Virginia clawed three men and fled for two hours before one bear was shot and the other recaptured. Victims included Dr. J T D Howard Homer Sumpter and E C Carter with non serious injuries reported.
Charlotte weather officials forecast more showers this afternoon and tonight bringing relief from heat. Rain is expected to be general over the western half of the state.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson sailed on the Leviathan returning to New York after visiting Poland for the unveiling of a monument to the late president.
In Akron Ohio on July 20 the navy and Goodyear Zeppelin balloons earned U S representation in the Gordon Bennett race. Lt T G W Settle and Lt Wilfred Bushnell won the national eliminations landing at Manilla New York after 215 miles. Goodyear III landed in Stevensville Ontario after 199 miles. Ed J Hill and Arthur Schlosser placed third at Wesleyville Pennsylvania after 110 miles. Fourth went to Karl Axater and H H Couch at Custards Pennsylvania 80 miles. Fifth: Furcuwlow and Rieker near Ravenna 20 miles. Army number 2 entry Fogelsonger and Tarro last after 12 miles.
Ambassador Dawes and Senator Morrow met with President Hoover to discuss Germany’s financial situation and related conferences. Dawes will sail to Great Britain July 22 while Morrow stays several days. Acting Secretary Castle joined. no overnight developments reported.
Police report a taxicab driver recalls Mrs Irene Hall Adams, once of Anderson South Carolina, seeking a ride to an address where she was later found slain. Her body was discovered in a fashionable residential area. Three suspects, K V Adams and Wilson Shivers, plus a woman named Lucile Adams, are being held for questioning.
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