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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1938
Page
1
Sumter county rural police chief W J Seale reports Mrs Redin G Pittman confessed this morning detailing events leading to the fatal shooting of Dr B M Davis of Mayesville at his home last Thursday morning by her husband.
Robert J. Rosenthal cashier for the bankrupt firm Richard Whitney & Co. testifies he removed large blocks of securities from the firm accounts for safekeeping and investment and handed them to Richard Whitney in January.
Raleigh Times reports Detective Captain Bruce Poole says no foul play suspected in the Saturday electrocution death of Phillip B. Winslow a North Carolina State College student from Greenville. Winslow was said to be attempting stunts and was photographed standing on his head atop a dormitory.
Budapest reports Premier Koloman Daranyi's cabinet resigns after 17 months in office following parliamentary debate over using most of a 1 billion pengees internal loan for rearmament.
New York March 9 Richard Witney senior partner of the firm bearing his name and five times president expected to assume full responsibility for the conditions that caused the sensational failure of the brokerage house.
Governor Frank Murphy agreed to write a strong appeal to Governor Clyde R. Ho ry of North Carolina on behalf of Koler Holsclaw alias Frank Bentley Buchanan Mich resident long sought for 12 years. He notes Holsclaw has been a good citizen in Buchanan and highly regarded there.
Paris reports Premier Camille Chautemps will resign his cabinet tonight as announced by Albert Serol, vice president of the Socialist bloc in the Chamber of Deputies, late today.
Unofficial notes from the sanatorium lodge indicate General John J. Pershing had a good night and is feeling well. Dr. Roland Davidson reports improved blood pressure and heart condition in the wartime commander recovering from a critical illness.
The state utilities commission approved four percent gas rate reductions totaling 35 000 annually for 17 855 Duke Power customers in 10 North Carolina cities including High Point Charlotte and Greensboro. The changes take effect March 1 and replace the old 1 M rate after 106 000 cubic feet with 1 rate after 2 000 cubic feet.
Terror mounted in eastern Spain as Insurgent and Government air fleets struck at troop centers artillery batteries and truck trains along the Aragon front. Insurgents bombed Barcelona outskirts Tarragona suburbs and were repelled from Cartagena by anti aircraft fire as they deployed trawlers and merchant ships with deck guns to bar war supplies to government ports.
In Moscow a scribbled prayer wrapped around bread was introduced as evidence against A. P. Rosengolts in a treason and murder case amid seven sessions of the trial. Prosecutor Vishinsky quoted the talisman claiming religious tendencies. Rosengolts said his wife placed it in his pocket for protection. he kept it for months until arrest.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain invites German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to a luncheon talk as Britain weighs an accord with Germany amid Italy and France moves on non intervention in Spain. Halifax, Perth, Ciano noted as participants. page two continuation promised.
Two wrecking crews of the Southern Railway company worked at Carlisle South Carolina to clear wreckage after 16 freight cars left the tracks early today. One damaged undercarriage caused the derailment pulling 15 cars off the rail. Forty eight cars stayed on track. no injuries reported though hoboes were believed aboard. Most cars carried coal and one load was dumped toward a nearby home.
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain told Parliament Britain reserves its rights over the Denton and Enderbury Islands in the Phoenix group amid plans for possible joint control proposals. Separately in Vienna Chancellor Schuschnigg planned a referendum to test Austrian independence within eight days, aiming to exclude youths from voting.
College friends of Philip Winslow a North Carolina State sophomore electrocuted Saturday night were to testify at an inquest. Coroner L M Waring said witnesses from Elizabeth City and possibly fraternity brothers would take the stand as officers and investigators seek how the death occurred. The body was found beneath a high tension telegraph pole with overcoat and trousers at the base.
Greensboro officials seek motive in a murder suicide that killed Annie Maness 37 and Joe Parrish 65. Coroner James M. Simpson reported Maness fled the home before Parrish shot her and then killed himself with shotgun blasts. No inquest will be held. Maness was wife of L P Maness, Parrish’s carpentry partner.
Murray Levine said no ransom had been paid for his 12 year old son Peter who vanished 128 days ago. He repeated there is nothing new as police guarded the Levine home by his request. Police added a separate report of Bernard Richards Jr., 14, missing yesterday, not linked to the Levine case.
New York March 9 Wall Street remains eager over possible reforms to Stock Exchange rules after the suspension and insolvency of Richard Whitney & Co The revolt against the old guard may push a new Board of Governors as amendments to the constitution are weighed Whitney was president from 1930 ousted in 1935 and linked to Morgan despite limited wealth or power
John Byrd of Durham faces trial on charges of complicity in the Bank of Candor robbery on Sept 28. Paye and Turner, already sentenced to death for killing Patrolman Penn, allegedly admitted the bank hold up. Byrd was captured after a gun battle near Wilmington. an accomplice escaped.
Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill heard over three hours of arguments on the pardon or parole for Dr. Ralph C. Flowers a dentist from Winston-Salem and Hickory serving seven to 10 years for robbery Gill took the matter under advisement for a decision later Walter C Feimeter of Newton presented letters and claimed about 5000 signatures urging clemency.
In Norfolk Virginia on March 9 two men Joe Thomas West of Elizabeth City North Carolina and Bernard E Royals of Norfolk county were charged with the fatal shooting of J W Jackson Jr a 45 year old alcohol tax unit officer near the North Carolina line on the George Washington highway. An untaxed whiskey car containing 100 gallons was found five miles from Deep Creek. Officer J F Estes and Jackson pursued the fleeing vehicle after it halted near the line. Five shots were fired wounding Jackson fatally and Estes returned fire. The suspects were held without bail awaiting a hear ing before a United States commissioner.
The House tentatively struck from the tax revision bill a proposed surtax on family owned and closely held corporations. A 180 to 4 teller vote defeated the item in initial effort to preserve it, with administration presses planning another vote before final passage. Representative McCormack of Massachusetts offered the amendment to remove the levy, as tensions rose over the bill and possible presidential veto.
Chinese forces blasted dykes and flooded areas to slow 900 Japanese troops with 20 tanks crossing the Yellow River near Szeshui 25 miles from Chengchow in Henan. Dykes failed to hold and Chinese reinforcements massed along the river as sporadic fighting continued across Shantung Shansi Shensi Henan and Anhwei provinces.
The Sixth District Republican convention will meet in High Point Friday afternoon March 15 to choose the congressional nominee and elect six state committeemen and two district officers. Delegates and alternates to the state convention will be chosen next Friday, with Guilford County allocating the most delegates due to its large Republican vote.
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