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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1929
Page
1
Republican leaders abandon talk of a summer recess and plan to keep majorities in Congress to push early decisions on farm relief and tariff issues. Administration objections focus on duties on cement, brick, shingles, and a sugar tax substitute tied to competition with American can and beet industries.
Governor Huey P. Long returns to Baton Rouge from a stumping tour awaiting the Louisiana senate impeachment trial set to begin. The house charged eight counts after April 6, with one exception for attempting to intimidate the press. Long plans to challenge the timing of the charges as the trial opens.
Mrs. 5. G. Hodgin of Greensboro died in a hospital after an automobile crash near Hickory. The truck driver said to have forced Hodgin off the road and down a 20 foot embankment was being sought by Parke County officers.
In South Jacksonville on May 13 the Florida State GOP central committee voted 28 to 7 to remove A. F. Knotts of Yankeetown as chairman after nearly three hours of debate. Supporters cited political incompatibility with national committeeman Glenn B. Skipper, while opponents argued removal without a hearing violated rules.
Across several crashes on Sunday five people died and two were injured. Army pursuit ship crashes after takeoff at Little Rock Arkansas killing Staff Sergeant Homer O Johnson and injuring Lieut. C H Roath. In California two men Raymond Kettenofen and Gordon both died in a borrowed plane near Crampton. A pilot Kenneth Graham died at Eureka Kansas injuring Richard Dobbs. Christopher Evans chief instructor at Granby Quebec died testing a plane at the club field.
Senate floor clash pits Brookhart of Iowa against Fess of Ohio over the term pseudo-republicans used to criticize farm bill supporters. Brookhart defines pseudo as lying or spurious while noting the phrase traces to Senator Johnson of California. The exchange centers on farm policy and characterizations of party members.
Walter Hagen named Jose Jurado to his all American ten man squad for the Manchester match, replacing Al Espinosa who sailed for the United States Saturday. The exhibition pits each American pro against the best ball of two Manchester amateurs.
Republicans in the House decide to reject the Senate farm bill after it included a revenue debenture plan. They vow to press constitutional origin rules and will confer with Senate leaders while insisting the provision be dropped. The disagreement between chambers delays final action on the farm measure.
CASBLANCA Morocco May 13 The Dutch tanker Barendrecht returned here with four crew dead and one injured after a boiler explosion fifty miles at sea. The ship had previously rescued survivors in 1916 and 1927 from European incidents, including the Russian Bark Imperator and two others.
Washington May 18. Charles A Lindbergh is not getting rich quickly from his role as advisor on aeronautics to the commerce department. Assistant Secretary MacCracken said Lindbergh has not drawn any salary since his appointment about five months ago.
GLASGOW Scotland May 13 British politics are shifting with social values changing the House of Commons. Parties diversifying with unorthodox candidates include Gwilym Rowlands a former miner and several trade unionists turning to Conservative and Labour posts. Women and notable figures enter races signaling a broad realignment.
Dr. T. T. Shields of Toronto called selecting Dr. H. C. Wayman as Des Moines University president the greatest mistake the university ever made. He blamed student disorders on Wayman and related tensions, noting Wayman’s leadership and questioned rights to degrees amid campus upheaval.
George T. Stallings famed as Miracle Man for leading the 1914 Boston Braves to the world championship died at his Haddock area home aged 63 after a months long illness. Survived by a widow and three sons White Vernon and George Jr. Funeral planned near Haddock with burial in Macon.
Twenty nine strikers were arrested on charges of intimidating textile workers but were released minutes later by Sheriff J. M. Moreland. Guardsmen dispersed crowds along the Stoney Creek road as picketing began at dawn and workers were warned not to return to their jobs.
President Hoover reviews tariffic schedules proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee on building materials and sugar at the White House. He invites Senator Borah and Senator Fess to discuss policy while Senate leadership resists an immediate summer recess.
In Henderson North Carolina the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina opens its 113th annual convention with a layman's fellowship dinner at Holy Innocents parish house tonight The Rev Lyman H Powell of New York City will speak on The Human Touch Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire of Raleigh will preside pastors and bishops Penick assist in sessions Tomorrow features morning and afternoon business sessions and an inspirational evening with two more sessions planned for Wednesday.
North Carolina's first state owned and operated industrial exposition opened in Raleigh with all exhibition space filled by manufacturers of state made products. Governor Gardner led the formal ceremonies as the fair week began with concerts, rodeo shows, fireworks, and nightly dances.
Kingston dispatch says a potent new explosive, described as more effective than any known, is being tightly guarded by the department of national defense. Trials at Petawawa camp involved DN defense and explosives experts. details and the substance name remain confidential and the discoverer unnamed, though a Canadian is indicated.
Windsor Ontario May 13 Detective Edward J Hickey concentrates on new evidence to support Walter T Huntington Harvard student killed himself during a weekend visit. Items found include an adhesive from Gertrude Schultz and blood stained handkerchiefs, with officials debating their meaning.
More than five hundred employees at Pelzer cotton mill number 4 walk out in protest after Dewey Cooley is fired for soliciting funds in the mill to aid Brandon Corporation strikers. Mill officials say fundraising outside is fine but not inside the mill, and the entire New England Southern group joins the walkout amid a broader strike over the stretch-out system.
A Gastonia North Carolina textile workers panel denounces the Senate probe as a political gesture. They say Wheeler Overman and La Follette failed to schedule testimony and accuse Overman of backing mill owners. They claim poor wages and slave conditions persist in southern mills.
Sixteen people were killed and 21 injured in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend. Officials opened an investigation into the Cleveland to Toledo bus collision early Sunday morning as 12 injuries were reported as serious and several victims were listed in critical condition.
Annapolis Md May 13 44 results of examinations for entrance to the United States naval academy show that neither of the Negro youths nominated by Congressman C DePriest of Chicago would be among the entrants in June of the class of 1933. One did not appear and the other failed to pass. Of 1000 candidates who took the examination 602 passed including 182 enlisted men.
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