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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1952
Page
2
Mich Mrs Steynes stands with her daughter after farmers attacked the sheriff. Her 80 acre farm was sold at a court directed sale to satisfy a 171 dollar assessment.
Broadway comic Henny Youngman, known as the “comic’s comic,” talks about wanting his own show after two decades of touring. He jokes about radio active toes and walking to a uranium mine in Canada, and reveals he carries thousands of jokes ready to burst out. He frets about ad libbing and losing fresh material, yet remains a prolific source of quips for fellow comedians.
RALEIGH Unless defense lawyers obtain a court order staying the execution John Roman a Lexington Negro will die in the states gas chamber Friday morning for murder Gov Scott announced yesterday he had studied the case and could find no reason for intervening He was convicted in the Superior Court of murdering Mrs Beulah Miller Hinshaw a 65 year old widow The jury drawn from Guilford County included four Negroes Mrs Hinshaw s beaten and stabbed body was found Aug 13 in her home at Seton Evidence linked Roman to the crime The State Supreme Court red the case and held the evidence pointed unerringly to Romans guilt Not since April 27 1951 has the gas chamber been used On that date John Henry Rogers a Sampson County Negro was executed for murder
Dwight D. Eisenhower will speak in Abilene Kansas tonight with four radio networks and two TV networks carrying the event. NBC and CBS will offer live and transcription broadcasts, with ABC and Mutual providing additional radio airings at specified times.
James Marlow notes Taft has more time to build resilience to criticism than Eisenhower and accuses Taft of sniping at the general. Taft criticized Air Force concerns while Eisenhower was en route home, framing a political opening as both vie for leadership.
The North State General Fund reported a record 11 month revenue of 163.322 million, surpassing the previous annual high. May receipts climbed with sales tax up 402 thousand and income tax up 9.95 million, while highway fund May intake reached 6.954 million.
Walter Wanger, the Hollywood producer, begins a four month sentence for assault with a deadly weapon after surrendering to Sheriff Eugene Biscailazons with attorney Jerry Giesler. The judge recommended serving the term at the Sheriff’s Honor Farm in Castaic California following the April 22 sentence.
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan asks for rehearing and urges suspension of Duke Power rate order issued April 16. He says the $2.041 million increase yields excessive returns, questions depreciation charges, and criticizes the commission's 5.54 percent return, arguing Duke already has funds for operating costs and tax advances.
In Miami Beach ex husband David Brecher fired four shots at his former wife Anne Brecher in a peace court, then surrendered. The victim died at the scene as relatives arrived with their three year old daughter. Brecher hoped to see his child but was barred by a court order.
A Knoxville divorce case accuses one party of misconduct in a cross complaint. The litigation references the prior marriage and seeks relief through the court. Names and precise actions are unreadable in the fragment but indicate a contested separation proceedings.
The government announced a large cellulose factory will be built in Temosachie, one of Latin America’s biggest such plants. The project budget is 140 million pesos about 17.37 million dollars.
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