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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1937
Page
1
AP dispatch says Reichsführer Adolf Hitler addressed 200000 Nazis claiming support for a insurgent regime in Spain to ease Germany's raw material shortage. He urged independent action to shield Germany from anti-Nazi attacks as Spanish government reports a submarine loss off Valencia.
Treasury data show administration economy efforts will miss the target by about 200 million dollars. Expenditures July to June 24 total 7.883 billion, above the revised budget by 102 million, with potential rise of 100 million more by year end. Receipts through June 24 reach 5.213 billion and may total 5.28 billion, about 56 million over revised estimates.
New York on June 28 Robert Irwin a debonair former divinity student turned sculptor was held without bail in two brief court appearances for the Beekman Hill Easter Sunday murders. He retained Samuel Lelwovits a criminal defense attorney who won a postponement of arraignment to June 30. The 29 year old artist was charged with the knife and ice pick killings of Veronica Gedeon and her mother and a roomer in the Gedeon home.
Washington reports the administration is pushing toward final congressional action on the 1.5 billion dollar relief bill as conferees review reductions totaling eight million dollars.
An Italian spokesman rejected a Franco British plan for a joint Spanish waters patrol saying Italy and Germany will not accept a four ship Neutrality Patrol. The editor Virginio Gayda argued Europe cannot be resolved without Rome and Berlin and criticized Britain and France for partisan stance toward Spain.
Sir Simon, chancellor of the exchequer, disclosed in the House of Commons the United Kingdoms gold holdings on March 30. He reported 26,674,000 fine ounces valued around 933 thousand dollars, and Bank of England reserves at about 73,842,000 fine ounces near 2.58 billion dollars, totaling roughly 3.52 billion dollars.
President Roosevelt announced three nominations including Hugh R. Wilson of Chicago for assistant secretary of state and Fechner of Massachusetts for director of the Civilian Conservation Corps Fechner would replace R Walton of Virginia who was promoted to state department counselor Wilson currently serves as minister to Geneva.
The Senate Finance Committee endorsed a revised railroad retirement act and special taxes on payrolls for workers and roads. The measure, passed by the House, would levy 5 percent for three years and rise to 7 percent by 1949.
Amelia Earhart lands silver monoplane in northern Australia at 11 28 AM after a hop from Koepang Dutch East Indies. She reports minor mechanical trouble fixed at Bandoeng Java and plans to continue to Lae New Guinea the next morning.
Riots targeting Jews erupt in Wolomin Mystkow and Zarki with shop signs daubed and 50 homes damaged. One Jew sustained serious injuries as Jews are barred from public markets in Mystkow and Zarki.
The North Carolina Traffic League schedules its annual membership meeting at the Sheraton hotel with a board session at 10 a.m. Addresses by Stanly Winborne of the Utilities Commission and Jud P. Withoit of Georgia Public Service Commission are planned, followed by an evening dinner. Arthur Kirkman of the High Point Thomasville and Newton railroad will speak at the luncheon. J. Clayton Moore of Winston...
Oakland Calif June 28 The aviators P A T Merrill and Jack Lambie announce plans for a New York to Rome flight after a recent round trip to England They expect to take off in about three weeks and aim to repeat trans Atlantic routes for their record pursuit.
Bellevue experiences receding floodwaters that flooded about 300 homes in a 2060 acre area behind a 34 foot railroad embankment. Official damage estimates reach $100000 as Emerson Zippernick 20 drowned and Charles Davis a railroad worker burned in a gasoline explosion.
Howard McDonnell, brother of missing Alice McDonnell Parsons, said no contact has been made with the ransom note author. Authorities closed the dedicated HQ and will continue the investigation from their offices as the case remains unsolved since June 9.
Marion June 28 Jesse MecKassel a 50 year old man was struck by a crane rope wire as a truck moved past him on Highway No 10 the crane snapped a sagging telephone line and wrapped around his neck he was dragged for minutes before the driver noticed and authorities say recovery is unlikely
Spanish government forces reported heavy coastal bombardment from Sagunto to Castellon near Valencia. The attack, heard in Madrid’s temporary capital, involved 22 shells with uncertain German ships participation and possible Canarias cruiser involvement. Coast batteries fired flares while a government warship went to sea.
Drownings in Granite Falls claim two lives as Carol Hartley a nine year old boy drowns after stepping into a deep stream hole six miles northwest of Hudson while his mother Mrs Bryan Hartley tries to save him. James Haes escaped the same hole. Bill Glenn twenty five of Lenoir drowns in Rhodiss Lake one mile north of Granite Falls.
Berlin reports claim Gen. Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler’s aide renewed Germany’s demand for return of its lost colonies calling it intolerable for the Reich to remain economically dependent. Separately, U S Senate and House conferees cut 8 million from 367 million for Public Works, with no other major changes. Senate postoffice panel postponed steel strike questions to La Follette committee, and declined to question Postmaster General Farley. A taxation bill to fund the revised railroad retirement for 1,150,000 workers was sent to President Roosevelt.
The probation commission named J Harry Sample Asheville lawyer as director of probation with a 3750 annual salary. The 1937 legislature authorized the system to begin October 1 and the appointment has Gov Hoey approval. Sample takes office July 15 after a unanimous third ballot.
In Moscow on June 28 the unexplained absence of Gen Y I Alksnis from a welcome party sparked reports of his arrest. Also missing were Arctic flyer Sigismund Levaneffaky at a reception for Dr Otto Sehmidt. Foreign observers link the disappearances to a broader wave of arrests in the army and high Soviet circles.
New York June 28 Blonde Peggy Garcia saw her husband Michael La Rocca 33 receive a suspended sentence for bigamy and vows to remain single Peggy, who sued violinist David Rubinoff for breach of promise, faces her own bigamy indictment based on a Roanoke Virginia marriage prior to La Rocca. Judge John J Freschi placed La Rocca on probation and ordered $150 monthly alimony to support his first wife Kathy Murray and her three children.
In Bavaria Protestant and Catholic churches face withdrawal of state subsidies as Alfred Wagner announces a three year window to align with Nazi policies. He hints that subsidies may be restored if the churches submit to the state will, urging a return to community unity.
A unidentified hitchhiker killed by a hit and run driver near Concord is described as an itinerant southern printer, likely unemployed. Papers in his pockets show he had worked for several printing houses in the south, according to Sheriff Ray C. Hoover.
President Roosevelt returns to the White House after an overnight Chesapeake Bay cruise from Jefferson Island where he conferred with congressional Democrats and cabinet members.
Colorado guardsmen deploy 58 trucks hauling sawdust to poison plants across a 4000 square mile area to combat invading grasshoppers. Extension agent McCampbell warns if insects stray beyond 10 days they may fly to new regions.
Decatur Alabama June 28 rumors of a coin settlement hover over new trials in the international Scottsboro case scheduled to begin here next week. Attorney General A A Michael was absent from the Montgomery office amid speculation he was involved in a dispute over the nine black defendants accused of attacking two white individuals aboard a freight train in Alabama more than six months ago.
New York June 28 a drop in rails nipped a stock market rally today. Early prices rose fractionally before slipping as softness in carriers and May earnings weakness weighed on sentiment. Steel labor tensions provided additional headwinds as traders reassessed risks.
NOW YORK June 28 The Rev Robert Anderson Dunn minister who the Duke and Duchess of fer will give the first add his scheduled American tour at the Broadway Methodist Episcopal church 11. Dr Christian F Reisner or of the temple has announced
Scouts scurried to neighboring troops at the national jamboree in search of swaps. Pocketful of home souvenirs they bartered with others for unusual trinkets, in what officials say may be the event of the ten day tents starting Wednesday. Thirty nine specials brought 6 000 Scouts to the gathering as a noon shower drenched equipment.
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