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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1934
Page
3
Dr. John T. Burrus, Democratic state senate nominee, spoke to a mass meeting at the A and T college summer school in Greensboro. He urged colored readers to gain agricultural knowledge, become law and home owners, and avoid only white collar jobs, urging teachers to train people to do practical work.
Officials report scattered Nazi resistance as Von Starhemberg's government deploys propaganda planes to spread peace letters. Forty legionaries reportedly crossed into Austria at Killerechald before being repelled by the Gendarmerie while bridge bombings and socialist leaflets fuel unrest. Public communiques warn of further radical actions as revolutionary socialists claim fascist decline.
A sheriff led officers to a bear den on the Thomasville High Point highway at about 1 am. Two young people jumped from a second story window, another man hid in the attic, and a third woman perched on a rafters. The proprietor was away. arrests cited for the case.
A severe thunderstorm with hail and high winds struck Stokes and Surry counties in North Carolina and Patrick county Virginia, destroying vast tobacco fields. Reports from King and Mount Airy describe total losses with stalks shredded and hailstones as large as partridge eggs.
Louis Leopold Hart, the well known Scotch artist, visited the city today to paint portraits of several prominent High Point residents. He arrived from Charlotte, where he is headquartered for the moment, and his stay relates to completing some of the ongoing portraits.
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