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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1937
Page
1
Congressional tax experts predicted no action on revenue measures before June as lawmakers wait to review March income tax returns and assess nuisance taxes. extensions may be rushed to avoid broad tax-structure amendments while evaluating potential drops in admissions, furs and sporting goods levies.
Democratic opponents of President Roosevelt's court bill launched a broad offensive in Washington aiming to blunt the president's appeal for support. The exchange of arguments centers on reshaping the judiciary as the plan moves through the week.
In Windsor Vermont a five year old said another boy older by a few years struck Beverly Ann Page with a brick piece and rolled her into the mill stream where her body was recovered yesterday. The older boy denied the charge after an hour of questioning. Both boys were released. The report came as Senator Burke attacked the Supreme Court in a radio speech while Rep Flanagan urged support for Roosevelt's flood control proposal.
A 17 man armed posse searched Davis Island in Princess Anne County from tip to tip early today, chasing rumors of four of seven Caledonia prison break convicts. Officials said the tip likely came from farmers misreading sightings. four inmates listed are Payne, Smith, Yeager, and Page, all tied to robbery, murder, or safecracking sentences. Two escapees were captured Feb 20 near Wilmington, one linked to York and Pettit with bank robbery and murder records.
A number of U S labor strikes were settled on Saturday. In Youngstown Ohio a week-old bricklayers strike ended with wages rising from 1.25 to 1.50 per hour. A garbage workers strike led to the reinstatement of five discharged drivers after charges of watering garbage to add weight. Coshocton Ohio coverage notes the Indianapolis Glove company and local 89 of the International Glove.
PoPlar Bluff Missouri coroner Grover Greer canceled the post mortem for Deloss F Teed Butler county relief administrator after ruling Teeds Friday death due to natural causes. DoJ agents pursue the author of an abusive letter that warned Friday would be doomsday for Teed as investigators continue the case.
Raleigh news: North Carolina General Assembly plans to vote on a $1,980,000 bond issue for permanent improvements at state institutions a highway department reorganization and a revenue machinery bill as adjournment nears with a larger substitute bond package under discussion and reported favorably by the joint finance committee.
Chicago report by J R Hamilton argues that annual auto accidents stem largely from human limitations. In two years of experiments with Dr L L Thurstone, the study shows faster driving outruns human reaction, requiring drivers to learn new limits of the human machine. The work used street tests and university labs to gauge driver behavior.
Attorneys for Dr. R. G. Miller Charlottesville dentist jailed on a warrant for the death of 18 year old Cleo Sprouse say the case is too new to decide a defense. They will not seek bail now and consider an insanity plea along with other angles to ensure a fair trial.
Craft union leaders hostile to John L. Lewis hinted they may use a boycott as a weapon in their clash with his committee for industrial organization. The plan would target capital goods from workers in Lewis unions, with the Building Trades Union potentially avoiding steel made by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
Raleigh report says Harry B. Caldwell of the state Grange asked the General Assembly to grant a $300 tax exemption for homesteads. The amendment approved in the November election allows exemption up to $10 000 for homesteads.
Washington officials said the administration may use an untried quota device to curb imports of Japanese cotton textiles. A Farm Act provision could empower a quota after findings by the agriculture department and tariff commission. Domestic mills pushed for the step. aides to Secretary Wallace are assembling data.
Scotland Yard probes the disappearance at sea of Frank Vosper a 37 year old British stage star seen at a champagne party aboard the transatlantic liner Paris. He reportedly stepped onto a dark veranda near his hostess Muriel Oxford Miss Great Britain 1936 and did not return as the ship neared Plymouth.
New York reporters lampooned President Roosevelt as Sandow lifting the court and the mayor as Gypsy Rose Lee Guardia in a strip tease act at the Inner Circle dinner. State and city officials were sketched as part of a political midway at the 1939 world's fair theme show.
Leaders in every branch of surgery from across the nation arrive in Charlotte for the Southeastern Surgical Congress a three day gathering opening Monday. Specialists and representatives from numerous medical fields attend the event to discuss advances and share expertise.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says she hates guns but carries one when she rides alone. She notes she never had guards in New York or Washington and that she can use a pistol if needed, after training with the New York police.
In Madrid on March 6 government artillery struck a large clinic section where insurgents had fortified University City. The building portion 40 yards long and three to four yards deep collapsed, signaling a gradual loss of footing for the rebels near the city doors.
Sit down strikers evacuated two more plants under UAW negotiated deals. About 2,200 Timken Detroit Axle workers will return to work with hourly minimums of 75 cents for men and 65 cents for women, while Allied Products’ 300 workers receive 8 to 12 cent raises. Future talks planned. court injunction hearings postponed.
In dense fog the trans Pacific liner President Coolidge collided with the tanker Frank H Buck near the Golden Gate. The incident endangered over 1,000 people but all were rescued with only a scare as both ships sustained damage and the tanker later remained afloat.
Alonzo Perry and Henry Estes, young Black men, were found guilty of second degree murder in the flogging slaying of Norris Clifton, a 25 year old white farmer from Wake Forest. They received 30 year sentences after a one hour jury deliberation. A capias was issued for William Wadford as an accessory after the fact.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a U S Steel subsidiary, announces a ten cent hourly increase for skilled and semi skilled workers effective March 16 as part of a wage expansion following a 5 a day minimum and 40 hour week earlier. About 93 percent of its 120 000 workers are in the skilled group with overtime rules tied to a 40 hour week. The move comes after talks with a grievance committee and discussions between leaders of U S Steel and the steel workers organizing committee.
Railroad detectives arrest a man who resembled the Maddox kidnapper of 10 year old Charles Matteon. Frank Krivz, 28, held on trespassing with claims of Washington past in connection to the December 1936 case. Detectives Fadeley and McGuire say Krivz admitted state details and knowledge of the Mattson home area from newspaper reports.
In Austin on March 6, fifty thousand Texans in the 10th district may vote on President Roosevelt's court reorgan ization as part of a special election set for April 10 to fill the late Rep. Buchanan seat. Polk Shelton, former Travis county district attorney, declared a campaign on a no yes men judges platform.
A rapid drivers strike emptied most taxicabs in Chicago. Police arrested about a score of men after clashes with scabs and strikers at Wabash avenue and Randolph street. Oscar Kofkin, leader of Yellow and Checker Cab chauffeurs, was held for questioning as taxi stands emptied and crowds watched drifting confrontations.
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