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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1932
Page
1
Hoover announces relief for railroads but money needs not as urgent as once. He says a coordinated plan developed after conferences on rail problems is now in place and working with coal companies to address issues.
Detectives report a thwarted attempt and the suspect Johnson held for further investigation in the Nurse Gow case. No formal arrest announced, as authorities continue to review evidence and interview witnesses.
In Hopewell New Jersey detectives questioned Henry Red Johnson about the Lindbergh baby case while another man George Malden was arrested nearby after an attempted kidnapping at Highland Park. Both incidents involved ladders to nursery windows and similarities to the Lindbergh method.
President Hoover announced that the required aid to key rail carriers for interest renewal and obligations is now estimated at 300 million to 400 million dollars, with as much as 66 million possible from the Railway Credit Corporation. He noted coordination among the government and railway bodies to streamline policies and reconfirmed ongoing surveys and policy determinations.
The article explains making a weekly budget to track income and expenses for essentials and luxuries. Advertising helps by showing prices before shopping and offering saving tips while encouraging asking for products by name and avoiding substitutes.
In Shanghai on March 13, Japanese and Chinese officials held a peace conference at the British consulate with American minister Nelson T. Johnson and foreign ministers of the major powers present. Chinese officials in Nanking expressed hope, while reports note Japan plans to withdraw troops and pursue a broader round table meeting later.
Cape Hatteras N C March 19 Wild ponies on the North Carolina banks suffered after a severe gale and high tides. Twelve carcasses counted on Pea Island and many more along sand strips. ponies captured by coast guardsmen and fishermen for domestication in coastal villages.
Speaker Garner announced formal support for the revenue bill and the manufacturers sales tax provision saying the ways and means committee found the sales tax the soundest way to balance the budget after extensive deliberation. He acknowledged no tax bill can be perfect or fully pleasing to all.
Congress debates Borah farm bureau pay cuts and Gore wheat sales. public lands panel resumes state transfer of public domain. immigration studies alien seaman bill. Ways and Means weighs tax bill changes. government economy special committee meets. billion dollar tax bill under continued review.
Washington reports continued drops in 1931 income tax receipts at the treasury. For March 17 receipts were 24 269 074 versus 44 178 148 a year earlier, with monthly total at 124 501 907 compared to 203 132 981 last year. Fiscal year total taxes rose to 782 703 249 from 1 627 457 567. Deficit declined to 1 829 443 080 from 1 843 478 962.
Harry F. Powers was executed by hanging in Moundsville after being convicted for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, part of a multi victim case labeled the mail order bride murders. A posthumous confession claimed five slayings and questioned capital punishment. Powers maintained innocence until death.
Police across Los Angeles San Francisco and Santa Cruz raced to locate a mother described as grief stricken who threatened to kill her daughter and herself after messages from a 12 year old in the Brown family pleaded for help. Officer Floyd Cullings in San Francisco sheltered the family by radio and sent encouraging replies and a plan for a fresh start to prevent the planned deaths.
Minneap olis March 19 Volstead rejects a draft to run for president asserting he will not enter politics even to protect prohibition He remains legal adviser to the federal industrial alcohol permit division in Minnesota and a boom organizer David L McBride promotes the draft but Volstead dismisses it firmly Secretary Hurley later denied discussing prohibition in public contexts and warned of possible wet sentiment at the GOP convention
In Dublin Eamon De Valera, new Free State president, suspends the Cosgrave era public safety act. He frees prisoners convicted under the act amid cheers as he advances the reform program. Britain’s Neville Chamberlain warns that oath loyalty and land annuity issues could provoke grave concern.
GLOBE Arizona March 19 Mac Seymour a 21 year old Apache Buck today faced cross examination on his story that he killed Miss Henrietta Schmerler a Columbia University student in self defense and while under the influence of liquor Seymour told of meeting Miss Schmerler last July 18 at her cabin on the White river reservation where she lived alone while studying the life of the Indians for a master’s thesis Declaring Miss Schmerler had plied him with whisky to get him to accompany her to a dance at Fort Apache Seymour charged the young woman had tantalized him while they rode toward the fort on the same horse He then told of intimacies after they had dis mounted in a ravine and he had several more drinks
An airplane carrying six hockey fans and a pilot, missing since Wednesday on a Oshawa to Timmins flight, was found south of Night Hawk Lake. All seven were injured but not believed to be in critical condition. Ed Ahr, who found the plane, flew back with a doctor and supplies. H. J. Marshall was the first injured flier returned to South Porcupine.
J A Johnson 38, said to have come from Winston Salem NC to see his estranged wife, was shot and killed in a Benfuca store near Covington Alabama. His brother in law Mack Stevens was jailed after Coroner Bulloch charged him with the slaying following an earlier quarrel. Stevens fired twice when he walked into the store and found Johnson with a cheese knife.
A Beverly Hills reader jokes that Geneva’s disarmament conference took a break for rest. He notes Japanese evacuations of Shanghai, questions the moral victory claim, and draws a provocative parallel to Irish pushing Jewish people twelve miles from New York.
Stepehn Rattin prepares to enter the Brazilian jungle to search for Colonel P H Fawcett, believed alive by his wife in Switzerland and sister in London. Rattin reports a rescued white man in an Indian village who may be Fawcett, prompting renewed rescue hopes and calls for action by British authorities.
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