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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1936
Page
1
President Roosevelt announced the Italo Ethiopian war has ceased to exist and lifted embargoes and restrictions on the two nations. He revoked arms and financial embargoes and neutrality safeguards in a proclamation issued in Washington.
Representative Lemke of North Dakota said the Union party may launch at a mass convention in Cleveland in August similar to Lincolns party. He outlined an economic and slavery plank and noted delegates from states may be limited due to time. Lemke declined to identify potential campaign backers or disclose financing plans.
News of the arms embargo lifting against Italy reached Rome after official comment. The measure drew an enthusiastic reception in press circles and heightened public interest in postwar policy.
President Roosevelt announced a proclamation ending the neutrality ban on travel and shipping with Italy and Ethiopia after determining no state of war existed between them. The move follows League of Nations talks and aims to curb abnormal war material shipments while denying any recognition of Italy’s Ethiopian annexation. The policy, in effect since October 6, 1935, aligns with the Neutrality Act provisions.
Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts announced Major Leslie E. Babcock will move from Fort Bragg to New Bern as field artillery instructor for the 113th field artillery. Lieut. Col. Harleigh Parkhurst will leave Raleigh for Fort Bragg to command the first observation battalion.
The House approved a bill transferring control of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and part of Tennessee to the National Park Service. The vote was 145 to 131 after a rule change allowed passage by a simple majority, prompting sharp criticism from Republican Leader Snell about the rules committee.
Chapell Hill June 20 An endowed independent research organization to study the south's problems from a scientific objective view and propose changes to agencies was proposed to southern academicians today. Dr. Wilson Gee of the University of Virginia presented the plan to the Institute on Southern Regional Development. Several objections were raised during discussion.
Springfield Mass June 20 The Republican state pre primary convention endorsed Henry Cabot Lodge Jr for the party nomination for United States senator on the first ballot.
The body of the 16th victim was unearthed as wreckage remained, with six feet more rubble possibly hiding additional bodies. Dozens were injured or hospitalized after the Mosholu Parkway building fell Friday while workers, mostly bricklayers, sought their pay. Rescue crews labored through the night and into the next day, recovering multiple bodies.
Workers at the Hanes Hosiery mill in Winston-Salem will strike starting Monday morning to demand restoration of a 40 hour week and code wages. Henry Adams, district manager of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, will come to take charge of the strike. Company officials could not be reached for comment.
In Raleigh on June 20, the North Carolina Democratic primary race saw campaigns trading sharp words as Ralph W. McDonald accused Clyde R. Hoey of gutter politics. Hoey’s camp labeled McDonald's radio remarks a disgusting attack echoing Hoover’s assault on Roosevelt as Olive defended Hoey’s clean record.
Dublin reports the Free State defense ministry orders full kit mobilization to curb an IRA assembly near Dobsonstown 20 miles south of Dublin. Regiments are stationed around town with Curragh regiments in reserve and Belfast police reinforced as pre election tensions rise.
In Gadsden Alabama a state labor rally to drum up union support had 165 special policemen ready for trouble but nothingDeveloped Two arrests occurred and a pistol shot caused a stir though police chief S L O Brannon said the meeting remained orderly the shot was accidental
A general hotel and restaurant workers strike in Cannes closes Riviera resorts forcing Prince Andrew of Greece to search for lunch. Paris rightists led by Deputy Raoul Sabatier disrupted a restaurant and occupied the premises, calling it the start of a counter revolution as King Edward VIII was due to visit Cannes.
Paris reports Britain plans to reorganize the League of Nations into regional pacts for western central and eastern Europe. France worries such a shift could isolate it and prompt immediate regional military action and harsh economic sanctions by outsiders.
President Roosevelt passes up his weekend yachting to stay at the White House and wind up a half year's session of Congress. He signs scores of bills including the Robinson Patman proposal, meets California and Arizona Democratic delegates, and holds talks with Frank Murphy the American high commissioner to the Philippines.
In Cookeville Tennessee relatives plan belated funeral rites for Guy Bohannon who died 26 years ago and was buried without a service. Revival singer Jeff Wall recalled the burial and now hopes to join the planned ceremony at Bohannon’s grave tomorrow.
Washington D C June 20 A federal protection measure defines a dry state as permitting liquor with not more than 4 percent alcohol by volume and guarantees protection against imports. A maximum $1000 fine and one year in prison apply for violations of state embargo laws.
The body of Duncan A Fletcher United States senator from Florida for 27 years will lie in state in Jacksonville tomorrow. Fletcher died of a heart attack at his Washington apartment at age 77 after a period of ill health. he remained active until the day before his death. A congressional escort and family members will accompany the body, arriving from Washington at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
Philadelphia scene as Democratic leaders plan for next week's convention with a possible floor fight over the two thirds rule. Roosevelt and Garner forces solidly control the ticket and platform drafting, while private talk centers on Lemke Coughlin union party tactics and a major campaign fund plan. Farley claims a 2 million dollar budget could secure re election, aided by roughly 56 000 nomination rallies.
Edward Hudgins, 19, of Black Mountain, pleaded guilty as an accessory before the fact of murder in the first degree in Buncombe County Superior Court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge W. F. Harding after a trial related to the May 10 fatal shooting of William A. Burnett Jr., a Norfolk watershed warden.
Lynchburg Virginia two centuries old issue will feature United States Senator Carter Glass on coins marking the 160th anniversary of the city charter. The Lynchburg sesquicentennial association says this makes Glass the second person honored during life and the first living person to be pictured alone on a government issued coin of this type.
Election officials in Raleigh stated that for the new union party to place nominees on North Carolina ballots a petition bearing 10 000 signatures must be collected. The rule underscores the need for substantial civic support to appear on the ballot.
Washington report: The 74th Congress adjourned after a lengthy filibuster against the Guffey Vinson coal control bill. Senator Holt and fellow opponents blocked passage while major legislation, including tax and farm programs, neutrality law extensions, and large relief provisions, moved forward, shaping a busy session.
In London on June 20 Prime Minister Baldwin argued for sanctions against Italy amid Britain’s shift on collective security. He warned war could engulf all nations if sanctions fail and defended an oil embargo stance as impractical due to U.S. attitude, while facing attacks from Labour Liberals and others.
About 50 federal agents and police rounded up 63 people in Akron late today on vice and bootleg liquor charges. Federal unit chief W. K. Bruner led the operation which included a city patrolman and a wrestling promoter. Roughly half of those arrested were Negroes as initial hopes of 200 arrests faded with deserted targets.
A slow moving tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico heads toward the lower Texas coast prompting storm warnings from Corpus Christi to the Mexican border. The U S Weather Bureau says the storm, moving northeast and gaining strength, may reach the coast tonight or tomorrow with center 300 miles southeast of Corpus Christi and winds near 39 to 46 miles per hour.
Receiver John D. Biggs reports a $250,000 cash bid for the Commercial National Bank building at South Main and West Commerce. The bid is to be reviewed by Judge Hayes in Greensboro on July 6 1936 with a hearing to show cause why the offer should not be accepted.
Dr. George B. Pegram, professor of physics and longtime Columbia University member, is named acting dean of the graduate faculties by the university trustees. A native of Trinity North Carolina, he has served at Columbia for 35 years.
New York June 20 Al Capone America's No 1 prisoner today is eligible for parole from prison He has petitioned for freedom but the petition was denied The parole application filed last September comes after more than three years of his 11 year sentence Capone sought release from Alcatraz under federal parole rules but parole and release are not the same Past records of federal prisoners weigh strongly against reducing mobster sentences
State utilities commission officials said they were asked by southern railroads to raise freight rates for loam soil talcum powder wooden reels and old field rock in a request filed today.
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