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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1931
Page
1
In Raleigh on May 9 AP reports a nine minute house session with 18 members approving senate amendments to a local bill. Senate adjourned after a late night session while conferees prepare Monday talks on a revenue bill bound to oppose sales tax and ad valorem tax per resolutions.
Berlin banker and economist grandson of the composer urges unity to avert a world economic crisis. He notes 20 million unemployed, calls for removing barriers, harnessing scientific progress to convert surplus into real gains for mankind. He praises the United States’ unified economic area and urges action by leaders and business alike.
Wallace B. Davis, former president of Central Bank & Trust Co, testified he did not order a falsified September 24 1980 report to the State Corporation Commission. He said he first saw the document October 17 1930 in the directors room and signed it without reading details, denying any prior discussion with auditor William McCants.
Camel City Airlines will inaugurate direct flights May 14 from Winston-Salem to Chicago Detroit and Atlanta with an 8:30 a.m. departure. The route includes connections at Knoxville Louisville and Greensboro linking to Cincinnati Indianapolis Detroit and New York Washington Atlanta. The flight to Chicago takes about eight hours.
Jack Berg former lightweight challenger to Tony Canzoneri returned at Madison Square Garden and defeated El Paso’s Tony Herrera in ten rounds before a large crowd. Berg seeks another title shot as he resumes his comeback trail after Canzoneri’s recent victory.
A mother Mrs Criss Starnes 75 and her daughter Ada 40 were found slain in their Concord farm home. The elder woman was beaten with numerous head wounds while the daughter had a crushed head and was hung from a barn rafter. Robbery not motive. $265.89 found in the house. Neighbor reports no one seen on the farm.
Miss Lorna D. Smith fiancee of Ralph McPherson son of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson denied claims she said their engagement was off. She stated she did not say that and called it a personal matter. She will lead an evangelical campaign in Oklahoma and Texas after visiting her home.
Tijuana Baja California May 9 Mexican border city remains under martial law as authorities probe an attack on Mayor Miguel Angel Menendez and the fatal wounding of his secretary Roque Sabido Quijano. Menendez under technical arrest amid rival faction tensions. others in his party were beaten. Quijano died yesterday. General secretary Genaro Casio claimed he saw the mayor fire twice leading to the secretary’s wounding.
Earl Dawson, 15, of Pinckney near Goldsboro, N C, died of a heart attack while working in a field by his home. His brother James collapsed and died in November 1927 under similar circumstances.
President Hoover and Secretary Hurley plan weekend talks at Rapidan with top War Department leaders to study non military activities and policies. Attending include General MacArthur, Major General Mosely, Army engineers chief, the quartermaster general, and lawmakers. The motor trip began at 7 30 a m amid sunny weather.
Chicago police tracked 18 year old Woodrow Dawson from a brick thrown window break to a blood trail in an alley. He was treated for a severed finger and loss of blood, carrying a Greensboro North Carolina address.
Sir James Barrie father of Peter Pan is 71 years old today in London as of May 9.
The North Carolina Travelers Protective Association at its 35th annual convention supported stricter enforcement of drunken driving laws and safety requirements for motor transportation on par with railroads. About 400 delegates and guests attended, with adjournment planned for today at noon.
A slight earthshock struck Lima Peru at 604 in the morning today stirring streets and residents.
The German seaplane DO X unable to lift off near Bolama Portuguese Guinea at 4 a m due to heavy load. It was towed to Orange Island for another start attempt later today according to the National Telegraph.
Chicago authorities raid a “gangster flat” in East St Louis detaining six alleged kidnapers and bank robbers tied to the Cuckoo and Shelton gangs. They face charges for more than 60 robberies across Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Nebraska plus murders and kidnappings. The group’s leaders and raids linked to Fred Burke’s mob.
Two bandits held up the Deposit Guaranty Bank and Trust company in Jackson before opening hours today forcing employees to line up. They escaped with 17351 dollars after entering through a back door, police reported.
Lloyd Young, 30, is jailed in Spartanburg county after shooting George Smith, 18, of Lynn, North Carolina, in Campobello. Young says Smith approached as if reaching for a weapon while he believed his wife was being harmed. wife and two children witnessed the fatal shooting.
Police report an alleged plot to assassinate King Carol I during the fiftieth enthronement anniversary. An individual was said to be arrested while concealed under stands for the royal parade, with ample food supplies found.
In Winston-Salem a 28 year old clerk C E George was found shot to death in a street shortly after midnight. Police seek the slayers as two boys discovered the body, marking a northern city crime case with an ongoing investigation.
The third white man convicted in the Dennis Hubert killing faces a two to five year term. J. G. Garvin was found guilty, Aubrey Sikes and T. L. Martin were already convicted, with four others awaiting trial. Hubert, a Negro divinity student from a prominent family, was killed on a playground eight months ago amid disputed insult claims.
Northwestern University students and professors answered a questionnaire naming famous figures. Responses labeled Sinclair Lewis as an oil baron while others misidentified Greta Garbo and Howard Ehmke. The survey shows varying accuracy among faculties and students.
Sey mour C. Jones of Okolona Miss a Duke University senior was instantly killed when the car he rode in overturned after being blinded near the Durham city boundary. Lawrence C. Lawless of Norfolk Va a Duke student was fatally injured and Norfleet Hoggard of Lewiston NC the driver plus two sisters were slightly injured. the party was returning from a dance at Duke.
Ernest Herring, a black man, is sentenced by Sampson county superior court to die in the electric chair on October 22 for the murder of F. F. Newton the Kerr postmaster killed last June Chevis Herring also faced the same death sentence and a new trial was granted for Ernest after the supreme court voided the first verdict and Chevis acted as a witness in the second trial court proceedings prompted an appeal by defense counsel.
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