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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
9
Dr J M Parrott of Kinston will decide at Raleigh tomorrow and return home tonight remarks by Dr Burrus after the meeting. The report indicates a final ruling is expected soon with Parrott's decision anticipated to affect local affairs.
The market showed irregular movement with a crowded news calendar. New York Central maintained regular dividends and rail shares rose on cover while U S Steel figures triggered a renewed advance before fading. Freight loadings for the holiday week ending May 30 fell 44 137 cars but declines were smaller than in prior years. Call money offerings at 1 12 per cent reappeared as lenders withdrew.
Salvador testified about the moments before and after the shooting involving Crosby and Mexican youths. He recalled two shots fired from the right side near Gomez and Emilio, and saw Gomez die after being moved from the car. He said he did not know the shooters were officers.
Funeral services were held for Raymond H. Phillips 38 who was killed by a train at Manassas Virginia. The service at West Main Street was led by Rev. W L Hutchins with Rev. L D Jones assisting. He is survived by his wife Vera Green his mother Mrs Margaret Phillips and two sisters. Interment was in the city cemetery with Hope Mills Masonic Lodge in charge.
In the wake of a barge fire two firemen were slightly injured while a watchman on a submerged craft dislocated his ankle after leaping into the river. Captain R N Quidley and family aboard were rescued by M L Lupton as flames broke loose, destroying equipment and killing a pet dog. The Davis apparatus was cited as enabling escape for six men from the submarine. Eighteen are missing and five officers and thirty men were reported rescued. The British Poseidon submarine salvage will involve the Pigeon vessel sent from Tsingtao to Weihaiwei.
Violent earthquake shocks were felt today in northern Portugal and southern Vigo with Valdovez and Punta da Barca experiencing tremors. Residents fled to fields but reported no serious damage.
SALISBURY N C June 10 The twenty eighth annual convention of North Carolina Sons and Daughters of Liberty opened with about 125 delegates and visitors in attendance. Thomas Parker of Durham State Councilor presided as addresses of welcome were given by civic public and fraternal leaders. A business session was planned for the afternoon followed by a city tour and entertainment. Officers to be elected tomorrow.
The Tennessee House voted 58 to 14 to reject a bill aiming to repeal a state law banning teaching evolution in schools funded partly by state money. Rep. Robert Murray defended the measure, saying Tennessee has been unfairly labeled as having a monkey statute.
Duke University awarded 348 degrees in the 79th commencement, including nine PhDs and 104 other grads, in Page auditorium. Huston Thompson delivered the address. the campus marks a new era with 31 new buildings named after Walter Hines Page. Among the grads was Elizabeth Bates Wannamaker of High Point.
Workers at sea owe their lives to a London inventor R H Davis who supplied a so called third lung for submariners. The device resembles a lifebelt with a gas mask attached enabling trapped divers to breathe until escape. It has been in service for twelve months.
New York dispatch reports one plane from the Shippee Johnson expedition photographing lost Inca cities in Peru crashed during takeoff at Cuzco. Occupants escaped injury. Shippee is 20 and Irving Hay 24, both part of the five young Americans selected last December to scout the ancient civilizations from the air.
For the second time in three days the office of J Burt Holder chiropodist was raided last night and a quantity of whisky found. It follows earlier searches that targeted the same address.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Santa Cruz and at Boulder Creek near here at 11 20 last night. A man at Boulder Creek reported being thrown from bed. Pictures on walls swung four or five seconds but no damage was reported.
Raleigh June 10. Commissioner Grist and Budget Director Burke will meet to settle appropriations for the labor department for 1931 33. Grist says a 6300 cut ends four federal state labor employment bureaus in Raleigh Asheville Charlotte Wilmington and they will be discontinued July 1.
Touring American mayors, after a seven course luncheon in Tours, expressed a wish for less food and more sightseeing. Milwaukee Mayor Daniel W. Hoan thanked Tours Mayor Moran without noting the crowd’s growing appetite for tours, not meals. Portland Mayor George L. Baker spoke at the Rotary club after train arrival.
Dr Ralph Arnold a noted geologist calculates the United States owns about 714 billion barrels of oil with only two percent drawn and claims a 140 year supply of free oil remains ahead his projection underscores vast domestic resources for the era.
A B Club officials outlined the need for financial aid to underprivileged scouts for camp attendance. Greensboro visitors spoke briefly as C F Tomlinson and A L Goodwin attended. James Moffitt announced golf tournament first round pairings and attendance prize went to C N McKeel.
Four men charged with dynamiting homes of non unionists during the 1929 Marion textile strike will be brought to trial at the current term of McDowell Superior Court. Defendants are Leon Moore Robert Perkins George Styles and Bruce Stacy. A mistrial occurred in Moore's case and proceedings have been delayed by crowded dockets.
Moe Levy prominent Norfolk attorney dies from a bullet wound ruled by police as self-inflicted or related to personal safety. The death occurred in Norfolk Virginia on June 190. Authorities reported no other persons involved. The case remains under investigation.
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