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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1931
Page
1
Police in New Orleans Riot Squad arrest 150 striking Negro longshoremen amid gunfire from snipers. Several treated for minor injuries as officers disarmed participants and detained three white men for incitement. March 18 AP report describes waterfront protest against wage cut and federal injunction.
Detroit March 18 AP Julius Klein secretary of commerce told the Detroit board of commerce that business is free from economic shell shock and panic psychology as February shows normal seasonal improvement. He warned against overoptimism but said the long decline may be halted and a gradual recovery seen. he cited rising auto output, cotton goods orders, and higher industrial employment as signs, with European and Far East political developments bearing on the outlook.
The Viking wreck off Horse in White Bay Newfoundland yielded one body found by sealer crews Eagle and Neptune. Bowring Brothers reported the discovery from St Johns while Beothic rescued three additional survivors, named Johnson Kean and Best, all exposed and injured.
President Hoover plans a ten day Caribbean trip departing Washington after dark aboard the reconditioned battleship Arizona. He will sail to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands with a staff of secretaries Hurley Ritchey Wilbur military aides and naval aides plus eighteen correspondents and six photographers.
In Raleigh on March 18, the North Carolina Senate held an executive caucus amid rumors the school funding issue influenced the session. The body, about half its members, reportedly favored a measure like the $10,000,000 equalizing fund bill presented earlier. The Senate passed many local bills while the House faced debates on the Hood-Parker act to cut tax levies for personal service 10 percent below 1929 figures, with county commissioners allowed to trim salaries. A substitute for the Powell bill to bar salaries from public funds for wives or daughters of high-paid state workers was defeated 26 to 15. The House passed a salary reduction act, exempting 34 counties and Raleigh. The Senate continued striking down House bills including licensing camps and foreclosures first.
Roy Williams of Russell Kentucky told a Raleigh cafe tale of hardship to get a meal. The judge ordered him to work and today he began a new job on the county road gang for at least 30 days under overseer supervision to ensure work.
The North Carolina House approved the Moss-Cherry bill shifting auto license fees from horsepower to weight. An amendment lowered the rate per hundredweight from 60 to 55 cents, narrowing projected increases. The measure limits city tag fees to one dollar per vehicle, with a large earlier estimate of raise about seven million dollars yearly reduced. The house recessed to meet again at 8:15 p m.
Raleigh March 19 The state supreme court released opinions on several cases including Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co versus the town of Sanford Wilkinson Stacy chief justice held the injunction against the tax was mistaken The company had been enjoined after a agent was arrested for failure to pay the $100 tax Payment under protest with a remedy for unlawful levy was not an irreparable injury and equity will not block the levy in similar cases Other cases affirmed or reversed involved Welons Lassiter Scott Register Johnson Refining Co and others with Wake Johnston Craven Sampson and Wake counties named The decision list covered numerous entities and locales including Henderson and Florida Carolina Estate and Citizens National Bank The end of the report notes the tax dispute remains unsettled in the outlined opinions
Mack Coad, a black communist candidate for city judge who won after drawing about 100 votes, faced his rival in court on a vagrancy charge. Police quoted him vowing if City Judge Martin Fleming did not send him to the workhouse he would abandon the red cause.
In Raleigh on March 18 AP reports a bill to reduce sub-divisions tax levies by 10 percent, with an amendment changing salary calculations from salaries to fees. Hood of Wayne explained it as the sole means to curb government expenses, noting 1921 to present tax burdens rising from 25 million to 102 million dollars. The measure, which avoids road or school salaries, faced opposition by Brooks and Hamilton who argued against governmental interference. an amendment protected unsenior salaries and efficiency. The initial tabling attempt failed 17 to 86.
RALEIGH March 18 The senate rejected the substitute bill aimed at nepotism 26 to 15. The measure prohibited paying women from public funds if their husbands or fathers earned $200 or more monthly from public funds.
Salisbury reports Dr Elmer R Hoke president of Catawba College is ill from flu complications and described as practically hopeless by authorities on March 18. The article notes his leadership at the college and the severity of his illness.
A blaze engulfed Statesville prison in Joliet Illinois as rioting erupted inside the twin penitentiaries. Guards fired on fuel and smoke filled the dining hall kitchen and laundry were destroyed. Nathan Leopold Jr arrived with a transfer group of 19 prisoners. Convicts were moved inside as two inmates were killed and two wounded in the prior week.
Governor Roosevelt releases charges from the city affairs committee alleging misfeasance in ten cases against Mayor James J. Walker. The letter cites incompetence in handling standards and appeals, licenses, health, budget, hospitals, docks, and police matters, threatening the city government’s reputation and effectiveness.
Four masked bandits robbed a New Orleans race track betting establishment of about $4000 after forcing 40 patrons to lie face down. Waiting for an armored car delivering yesterday’s wagers, they overwhelmed workers Emile Durreau and Milton Schotts and swapped cash into a canvas bag before fleeing into midday traffic. None were harmed.
In Yunnanfu, China, Mrs Vera Mosebar White of Battle Ground Washington and Mrs Victoria Marian Miller were killed in their beds by hatchet blows. The Seventh Day Adventist mission said Chinese discharged servants were suspected. Husbands were away on business. two White children were unharmed. Local authorities search for suspects with no arrests yet.
In Raleigh on March 18 about half the state senate met in executive caucus to discuss school problems. Rumors suggest they may back a $10 million equalizing fund with a statewide ad valorem tax, conflicting with the MacLean law and raising an $18 million six month cost, plus a $1.5 million extended term aid fund. The plan would demand stricter school administration.
JOLIET IL March 18 Warden Henry C Hill of the state penitentiary rejected an informal offer from prisoners to restore good behavior in return for milder treatment He warned he would place the first petitioner in solitary confinement and keep him there indefinitely on bread and water He said he would run the prison without any help from prisoners
In Raleigh on March 18 the Davis medicinal whisky bill is scheduled for a public hearing Friday at 3 p.m. The bill moved from health to judiciary committee with a without prejudice report. Davis cited county health data claiming 90 percent of North Carolina doctors prescribe whisky.
Boston reports the death of William Coolidge Lane librarian emeritus at Harvard university. He helped expand the Harvard library from about 200000 volumes to over 23000000 volumes, reflecting a major growth during his tenure.
Washington report shows first day income tax collections for 1930 fell by five million dollars from the same date last year. On March 16 the total was 13,100,362 versus 18,148,963 on March 15 of the previous year.
Rev E O Ware of Alexander Louisiana, head of the Louisiana Anti-Saloon League trustees, urged more first class funerals for enemies of prohibition at a luncheon in New Orleans honoring Dr Francis Scott McBride. He said he did not believe it sinful to pray for the death of all ex-brewers in the United States.
Washington reports a long telephonic talk among Secretary Stimson Ambassador Dawes and Senator Morrow indicating the United States need not participate in drafting the Franco Italian naval accord. The Anglo French Italian agreement will be Europe only with drafting starting tomorrow without U S or Japanese official involvement.
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