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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1938
Page
1
Washington May 18 AP Attorney General Cummings ordered a thorough investigation into Jersey City civil rights complaints. Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon leads the Criminal division. The inquiry will determine if federal civil rights protections are being denied to residents.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Pennsylvania's state primary returns showing Democratic and Republican races. Key figures include Kennedy and Margiotti for governor, Wilson and Davis for U. S. Senate, with James and Pinchot leading Republicans. The Democratic slate leads as labor factions clash and John L. Lewis influence wanes. Continued on Page Two.
The Roosevelt administration seeks an immediate 450000 appropriation to set up a coast guard air station at Elizabeth City North Carolina. The base would advance a broader aerial patrol of the Atlantic coast.
William Green, rival of John L. Lewis, said the Pennsylvania primary proves the CIO is a political ability not a political power. He stated that no candidate bearing the CIO brand can be elected to high public office in the United States.
In Atlanta on May 18 firemen and laborers near the end of a search that has yielded 33 bodies from the Terminal hotel fire. Mayor Hartsfield ordered more workers to clear debris with hopes of finishing by nightfall. Seven bodies were found yesterday, three unidentified. Fire Chief Parker expected more remains to be found as a brick wall removal was planned after the search. John Sikes said the Fulton county grand jury would meet to address preventing another disaster.
Ernest Fowler, condemned to die for attacking his step-daughter, will serve a life sentence after Governor Hoey commuted the sentence yesterday. Fowler, a Wake County tenant farmer, would have faced death Friday. The decision announced amid Kenneth Taylor's murder case in Franklin County.
In Suchow, Chinese defenders repelled fresh Japanese pressure around the city walls while fighting to maintain control of the Lunghai railway area. Reports from Hankow say Chinese forces claim to have halted the Japanese drive south of Tangshan and kept morale high despite air bombardment. Nearby, consular dispatches note Americans in Suchow remain safe as talks of further offensives unfold. A separate Mississippi tornado injures two dozen, with four seriously hurt, and damages exceeding $60,000.
Chicago on May 18 reports guards at relief stations after 23 aid outlets closed for lack of funds leaving 93 000 families without service. Picketing and occupation of three stations followed the suspension. Fifteen hundred of 1 900 relief agency employees were laid off temporarily as state officials planned a special legislative session Friday night to address the crisis.
Five men and two women including three former Hot Springs police officials were arrested in Arkansas for harboring Al Capone era gangster Al Karpis. Other detainees included John Stover and Morris Loftis. Connie Morris was seized in St Louis. Karpis is serving a federal kidnaping sentence on Alcatraz Island.
BELMONT May 18 A Belmont businessman James Graham Todd 26 died when his car struck a pole last night witnesses said he swerved to miss a pedestrian The fatal crash occurred near Belmont with Todd the sole occupant of the vehicle and the accident being investigated by local authorities
Senate debate centers on a $3.154 billion relief and public works bill. Chairman Philip H. Gadsden argues cooperation with utilities could create thousands of private power jobs by duplicating existing systems. He urges boundaries on policy of duplication. Chairman Adams says a compromise limiting duplication could be written into the bill.
Three condemned killers who escaped Richland county jail were recaptured within five miles of the jail after a manhunt. Herbert Moorman, George Wingard, and Clayton Crans, all convicted of murdering a penitentiary guard, were returned to custody as authorities described their failed 16 hour freedom bid and escape method.
Julius E Marsh, noted manufacturer and founder of Marsh Furni, was fatally wounded seven miles from the city. The incident details remain sparse as authorities investigate a likely crime or accident near the rural stretch outside the town.
Mexican president tours expropriated oil properties with a stop at San Luis Potosi, amid troops and rumors of Cedillo uprising. The itinerary includes the stronghold of agrarian leader General Saturnino Cedillo as machine gun nests guard public buildings and the city.
Washington May 18 government attorneys plan to ask a federal grand jury in South Bend Indiana early next week to indict Ford Motor Chrysler and General Motors and affiliated finance firms on anti-trust charges for pressuring dealers to finance auto purchases through manufacturer affiliated firms. Cummings said the department would consider consent decrees if offered but would proceed if voluntary action is not taken.
Arthur Morgan, former TVA chairman, testified that President Roosevelt effectively cut him off from TVA records. A joint congressional inquiry voted to begin TVA hearings at the earliest date, and granted Morgan access to agency files after his requests were blocked.
In Fayetteville last night a car rollover left one dead and two injured. Victim Zula Smith Rankin widow of Alpheus E Rankin of Fayetteville hardware merchant rankin was killed in the crash near the city.
Kaunas May 18 AP Indications of friction surfaced as Poland protested Lithuania's constitution clause naming Wilno as the lawful capital of Lithuania. The new constitution promulgated May 12 retained the clause from the old charter. Wilno, now Vilna, was taken by Poland in 1920 on orders of Marshal Pilsudski who sought his birthplace included in independent Poland.
Cleveland May 18 Mayor Harold H. Burton urged all possible speed as a state house committee opened an investigation of the relief crisis. In city hall last night legislators mapped a course of action while relief clients in a sit-down protest swarmed the council chambers. The crowd grew from 150 to nearly 500 amid laughter applause and boos over curtailment of food orders.
RALEIGH N C May 18 Revenue commissioner Maxwell said today that state income tax receipts during the current fiscal year had reached a new high. The total was $56 more than the 1946 37 record return of $11 013 081 59.
LOS ANGELES May 18 AP The sheriff reports the charred wreckage of the missing Lockheed airliner with all nine aboard found twenty miles north of Lagos in rugged Sierra Pelona. Walter Peterson located the wreckage after a two day fog hampered search. seven bodies counted inside, two children not seen. The short cut flight ended in a burned crash scene.
NEW YORK May 18 UP Financial quarters today said probabilities favored the acceptance by National Power and Light Co of the offer by TVA and the City of Knoxville to buy the Tennessee Public Service Co. Directors postponed a meeting to 1 15 p m EST tomorrow. The decision hinges on Knoxville city credit and potential Supreme Court actions next fall.
Dr. Glenn Frank, president and editor of Rural Progress, denounced Senator Sherman Minton’s recent attack as a reckless misuse of governmental powers and misstatement of fact. He said Rural Progress is non partisan and founded to serve farmers and advertisers, not capitalists, and defended its purpose and founders. He condemned Minton as vindictive and aiming to cow the press and public into submission to his views.
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