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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1934
Page
9
The market closed on a dull note with mildly mixed prices and light volume. Shares slid for Du Pont while several so called war babies showed little reaction. cotton and silver posted small gains as bonds and foreign exchange stayed in narrow ranges.
Complete diagrammed Marian Martin pattern 9996 for women up to size 60. Describes gown shaping, cape collar, and fabric options and notes yardage for size 36. Includes ordering details fifteen cents per pattern and twenty five cents for book and pattern together.
President Roosevelt urged all citizens to back the federal war on crime as the Justice Department mounts new powers. The six bills aim to stiffen penalties for kidnaping, racketeering, and crossing state lines to evade prosecution, plus tougher acts against threats, smuggling, and bank robbery.
In May at Antarctica's Little America the Byrd expedition conducts a back to school program. Lectures by Captain Al Innes Taylor and Lt H Waite cover radio, geophysics, geology, biology, and transportation. Commander Byrd remains in isolation at Bolling base as crews continue winter work and weather observations.
An official communique reports bombings across Austrian railways with small material damage. No rolling stock or injuries reported and repairs completed. authorities promise full security against further sabotage to travelers. The origin of the blasts remains disputed with Nazis or the Soviets blamed by different voices.
Dissolution notice states that the partnership of A. Davis Bees Company in Gaston County dissolves as of May 1 1930s. A. A. Hylton and A. J Bolling withdraw from the business, which will be conducted as A. Davis Milling Co. under A. Davis. The firm will not be responsible for debts or contracts made by Bolling or Hylton. Dated May 18, 1934.
The article cites Davis urging action against arms profiteering and stressing a global effort for disarmament. It notes the disarmament conference recessed last October and plans to reconvene at Geneva on May 29, with a steering committee meeting on May 28.
An aviation unit has been formed at Tri-State College in Angola Indiana. The college offers a major in aeronautical engineering as part of its engineering curriculum.
In 1933 there were 63 900 unexplained automobile accidents causing 3 260 deaths and 63 240 injuries nationwide. The figures reflect the era’s growing road hazards and the high human cost of early motor travel.
The proposal for the new air mail contracts requires a minimum cruising speed of 110 miles per hour on all routes. The rule aims to standardize performance across bidders and ensure timely service.
Drivers are urged to yield and share the roadway as they pass each other meeting oncoming traffic. The Highway Safety Committee and Carolina Motor Club promote safe passing practices with drivers required to give space and proceed cautiously.
Four month old Jennie Boyd Hughes daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hughes died Saturday at 4 a.m. after a brief illness with pneumonia and complications at 810 Randolph Street Thomasville. Survivors include grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. BE W Green. Funeral services at home Sunday 2 p.m. with Rev. R L West officiating. Interment in Pairgrove Cemetery.
A brown Pennsylvania registered sedan carried three gunmen after they shot Newton officers Patrolman Arthur Huffman and Deputy Sheriff Ray Pitts yesterday morning. The escape vehicle, later seen in High Point and then heading toward Winston Salem, carried a Tennessee plate at the Newton scene.
A state department backed plan seeks a national prohibition on selling arms to Bolivia or Paraguay for use in the Gran Chaco war. A companion House resolution would authorize a proclamation banning arm sales in the United States to either side or their proxies. The move mirrors a Geneva treaty push and faces treaty-state friction and GOP opposition.
A nation wide manifesto blames party fracture and internal quarrels for a failed democratic system. It calls for a non party national government with army cooperation. The program outlines centralized ministries, stable local administration, budget balance, farmer credit, village culture, controlled industry, new markets, unemployment relief, educational reform, faster justice, and peaceful ties with neighbors and Soviet Russia.
In June Captain Albert W. Stevens will fly into the stratosphere carrying several containers. He will sample the air at various altitudes for chemical analysis by the U S Bureau of Standards.
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