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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1938
Page
18
The report lists the kidnapping of Peter Levine from New Rochelle New York with dates from February 24 to June 2. It notes ransom demands and multiple arrests related to attempts to extort money and ends with Peter's death and body found in the Long Island Sound.
Florida case unfolds as a boy named Skeegie Cash, missing from Princeton, is pursued through a vast manhunt. Rewards, clues, and federal agents join local searches while families and communities assist in the effort. A separate Ohio lead emerges with a young girl found after a kidnapping case. A library mystery ties to a yacht disappearance and naval patrols.
West coast plants built Americas largest air transports for sea and land this week the Boeing Atlantic Clipper and the Douglas DC4 transport. Interior Secretary Ickes blocks German helium access, yet Berlin plans a new zeppelin as Hugo Eckener arrives after a failed Washington visit.
The NLRB faces reinstatement pressure for 5,000 Republic Steel strikers as the Supreme Court objects to USDA stockyards procedures in Kansas City. It refuses to reconsider the stockyards ruling, allows NLRB to withdraw in Republic Steel, and plans to renew actions against Ford Motor Co while Secretary Wallace signals reopening in the stockyards dispute.
In Harlan Kentucky a trial of 22 coal operators and 22 officers continues as two defendants and a third man were arrested on a federal conspiracy charge. Union actions span garment workers CIO split and printer leadership vote. Goodyear unrest in Akron ends with 8000 workers returning after 80 injuries and threats subsided.
The record quotes Goebbels claiming Germany's strength and mockingly noting Czechoslovakia's size. Roosevelt urges immediate emergency employment rather than delaying to align with private job growth. Senator Wheeler warns that White House support for primary candidates threatens party unity and may impact 1938 and 1940 elections.
The Supreme Court adjourned after disposing of 1 012 cases in eight months, up from 942 last year. Chief Justice Hughes did not dissent in any term end. Justice McReynolds dissented 28 times, Justice Butler 21, and Justice Black 16, with Black dissenting alone in 12 cases. A patent pool case where Black was alone will be reconsidered this fall. President Roosevelt signed a bill adding 20 federal judges but none for the Supreme Court.
A jumble of political tensions surfaces as Johnstown and Jersey City stories highlight mayors organizing citizens and facing charges. Local figures include Frank Hague and Daniel Shields, with national figures like Gov. Rivers and senators named in cross state intrigue and family ties amid election talk.
A string of upcoming observances and meetings including Sokol festival sta Praha, Constitution Day in Italy and Denmark, Iowa primary, White House event for disabled war veterans, APA in San Francisco, Rose Festival in Portland, AMS in Kansas City, Central States Probation conference in Columbus, King’s birthday in London, National Open golf in Englewood, Wightman Cup in Wimbledon, and a USDA crop report.
In Iowa the Democratic primary pits Sen. Guy Gillette against Rep. Otha Wearin amid sharp partisan remarks. Republicans include L J Dickinson and Lloyd Thurston. Nationally, Hitler and Stalin sympathizers are active in San Francisco and New York, while Congress plans probes of un American propaganda and Boston officials charge communists with strategic union posts.
In Short notes include General Motors Chrysler and Ford facing antitrust charges at South Bend Indiana while Donald Carroll Jr 16 of New York is acquitted after claiming temporary insanity in a murder case. Earth slip shakes Southern California about 1 000 000 homes with little damage. Four mothers receive 100000 each in Toronto stork derby and two other contestants get 12500 each. Harold Fowler Mccormick 66 and Adah Wilson 34 wed. Princess Eugenie of Greece marries Prince Dominique Radziwill of Poland. Sam Katz a film executive divorces Sari Maritza formerly an actress.
Memorial Day week saw violent deaths and disasters including air race fatalities in Oakland and Mishaps costing two fliers their lives. Earl Ortman led the Oakland main race at 265.539 mph and Floyd Roberts won Indy at 117 200 mph. A wheel struck a spectator in a racing accident. The Mandalay excursion boat sank with 347 aboard being saved after a collision with the Acadia. Gettysburg saw Vandenberg warn against trading liberty for security while Arlington heard Walsh claim force dominates destinies. Tampa police rounded up suspects in a three year old “communistic investigation” then flogging and murder followed. Five ex policemen face trial for kidnapping. Northern Baptists in Milwaukee oppose arms race and fascism and urge labor mediation. Philadelphia Presbyterians back disarmament and uniform laws. Hull contests a Canada US treaty for a Great Lakes sea route costing about 543 million dollars.
War correspondents report peaceful Czech local elections but Konrad Henlein backed nazis win in German areas. Praha plans more negotiations with Berlin and orders compulsory military training for ages six to sixty. Two Berlin driven incidents provoke headlines in the press.
The sixth month of this session faces three hurdles before adjournment. Wage hour standards are debated as conferees draft a compromise. A $3.247 billion spending and lending plan plus New Dealers’ state primaries actions are under scrutiny amid a president noting unemployment has worsened. A $300 million deficiency appropriation is eyed, with total session appropriations projected over $10.359 billion. The House passed a food and drug bill. the Senate approved $357.4 million for highway expenditures for 1940 and 1941.
Looking ahead President Roosevelt and congressional leaders decided not to press government reorganization legislation this session but to pursue action in 1939. Previous efforts failed in the lower house. The administration also plans more tax legislation as the tax revision bill took effect without the president's signature. Roosevelt warned it could permit forms of tax avoidance. Senate Finance Chair Pat Harrison countered that the President was misinformed.
Conflicts rage on in Spain with Lerida Teruel fronts as insurgents gain in Mora de Rubielos and Valencia while Granollers near Barcelona suffers mass casualties. In China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek predicts a repeat of Taierchwang as Japanese air raids strike Hankow Can ton and Kyushu blackout sparks raised tensions with Britain and the League of Nations.
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