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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1934
Page
1
Fred and Al Key try to set a new endurance flight record in the Ole Miss at Meridian Mississippi. They take turns piloting the plane every two hours to stay alert during the long flight.
London and Austria spoke only for urgent government business as telephone communication was suddenly disconnected this afternoon. An AP report notes the break ends normal lines for civilian use and disrupts routine international calls.
The Stains gendamerie post near Graz was attacked by Nazis today. The commander was killed and another officer wounded in the assault.
William A. Graham reports NC farmers used 872,644 tons of fertilizer in the year ending June 30, down from 881,487 tons prior. Dept. cash balance on July 1 stood at 170,878.51 with receipts of 308,667.03. The report details divisions: markets graded produce including potatoes and berries, tobacco on markets, soybeans certified, and inspections across feed oil gasoline and dairy plants.
North Carolina sees local thundershowers tonight and Thursday with southeast areas fair tonight. South Carolina and Georgia mostly fair with scattered thundershowers Thursday afternoon in the north. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras shift from south and southwest to northeast and overcast with showers tonight and Thursday. Hatteras to Jacksonville gentle winds, mainly south and southwest, fair tonight and Thursday. Charlotte notes official temperature and rainfall records for the 24 hours ending 8 AM in cotton districts.
Chicago July 25 The Girl in Red Anna Sage 42 explains how John Dillinger linger walked into the federal trap that ended his crime career. She and Roy Keele were the last to see him before he was killed, and she describes Dillinger using the alias Jim Lawrence and posing as a Chicago board of trade employee. The mystery over who tipped off authorities remains, with officials denying Sage’s involvement while noting she sheltered Dillinger for weeks.
J Edgar Hoover announced promotions and pay raises for Melvin H Purvis and Samuel Cowley the agents who led the Chicago Dillinger shooting The raises fit the division of investigation executive scale from 8400 to 5400 a year Hoover noted consideration for a promotion of one death squad member remains under review
Chicago union stock yards reopen under an agreement with yard officials to dispose of stock on hand in a cleanup market aimed at mercy slaughtering for ordinary commercial accounts. About 5,000 privately owned cattle remain, with 65,000 to 70,000 cattle owned by the federal government for relief. There were 5,000 hogs and a few sheep. Nonunion crews began feeding cattle while strikebreakers were not used. Union members planned a walkout of butchers and slaughter house workers.
The heat wave powered by a sun siege pushed deaths near 800 across Missouri Illinois Ohio Nebraska Iowa and Indiana as temperatures hit historic highs in Chicago Vinita and Noblesville while a Texas storm sparked relief efforts. The federal emergency relief administration allocated 20 million for the month and began sinking wells and building farm ponds to bring water to drought zones.
William Henry Rominger 21 of Rural Hall died when a large poplar tree fell on him in Winston Salem while cutting trees for a veneer plant. A companion watched as the trunk lodged in another tree and Rominger misjudged the fall, stepping under the limb. He died en route to a hospital.
Maywood crowd gathers as John Dillinger’s funeral is moved to this afternoon to avoid spectacle. Family dispute over burial time follows news that the gangster’s body will lie in state at Audrey Hancock’s home before burial near Crown Hill in Indianapolis alongside notable Indiana figures.
Maywood Indiana reports John Dillinger, once the nation’s most hunted criminal, lay in the sister who raised him as crowds gathered to view the casket. Bullet marks erased by plastic surgery. death scene follows a public vigil near Mooresville area.
Strikes and threats ripple nationwide from Chicago stockyards to Seattle tugs while arbitration moves are reported by the Pacific coast longshoremen. In Pittsburgh Aluminum workers avert a 30 000 walkout as talks resume and clashes injure several outside Gulf Refining in Philadelphia.
Millard Hickman a 45 year old marine engineer was found not guilty of strangling Louise Jeppesen in Golden Gate Park last May. The jury deliberated 1 hour 49 minutes with one ballot, the state sought the death penalty, Hickman maintained calm and planned a fishing trip to forget.
In Concord on July 25 a magistrate dismissed assault charges against A. L. Carriker and his wife in a case involving Jackson Training School student George White Good Man. The boy testified Carriker had often whipped him and defense argued the superintendent has parental authority to run the school.
Paris reports a three month reprieve as Premier Gaston Doumergue resumes vacation after resolving a cabinet crisis. His resignation threat ended the political fight and preserved the truce government. The cabinet remains intact after yesterday’s showdown.
Oswald Cribbs, 16, sacrificed his life to save his younger brothers Haywood 15 and Archie 13 in Biscayne Bay Miami. The three waded into deep water. cousin Harry Osburn swam to aid, found Oswald keeping the others afloat, then retrieved Archie and Haywood. Oswald disappeared and was later recovered.
Elihu Muldrow a Confederate veteran and former editor of several South Carolina weeklies died at his Fair Bluff home. He would have turned 103 on August 27.
Los Angeles July 26 A separate maintenance suit accuses George Bancroft of deserting his first wife Edna G. Bancroft after their 1913 marriage in Buffalo New York. She seeks $1000 monthly support, costs, attorney fees, and a division of community property at Malibu Beach and Santa Monica.
Austrian Nazis capture Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss at the chancellery in a four hour putsch. Reported gunfire leaves Dollfuss dead or fatally wounded while civilians cry out. An ultimatum from anti Nazi officers warns the Nazis to leave or loyal Heimwehr will attack. At least six killed in street fighting.
A Greensboro Greenville scene report says three people died and many were injured when a truck carrying 35 Charleston campers left a curve on a highway near Caesar's Head. Officials cited faulty brakes as the cause and indicated Mack Jones the driver would remain in custody until a coroner's verdict.
The state board of elections delays its investigation of second primary irregularities in Alexander and Wilkes counties until August 1. Counter charges were filed by J A Rousseau and J Hayden Burke, Democratic candidates for judge of the seventeenth district, alleging Republican votes in the primary.
Shrieking gales lashed the Texas coast between Freeport and Port O Connor on Matagorda Bay. Hurricane force winds up to 80 mph battered shorelines, sank barometers, and forced residents to higher ground. Coast guards warned campers and summer visitors as boats were wrecked and a small house blew away near Port O Connor.
Malolo July 24. The Melbourne ex position in October draws attention on the Pacific fringe with a promise of a ten thousand dollar prize London to Melbourne. American made ships dominate the fleet and Wiley Post is hoped to fly the route in 50 hours. The speaker offers as navigator and notes extensive experience Singapore to London voyages.
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