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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1929
Page
1
In Elizabethton Tennessee workers protested the hiring of registrar T Perry for strikers returning to the American Zianzatoft and American Bemberg mills. A mass meeting followed as workers demanded action and blamed Perry for past abductions linked to labor leaders.
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and family host preparations at the Morrow estate for the marriage of his daughter Anne to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Invitations sent to about 1000 prominent guests in the United States and Mexico.
In Morganton North Carolina on May 27 seven children of the Jake Moses family, orphaned by an automobile wreck that also injured them, are believed to have a chance at survival. Their uncle Lee Moses is expected to recover. The eight were hurt near Toluca in Cleveland county when a tire blew out the car they rode in causing the vehicle to overturn. Mr and Mrs Moses were fatally injured and pinned under the wreckage as services for the couple were planned for the afternoon.
In Rome on May 27 King Victor Emmanuel III signed and ratified the Lateran treaties between the Italian government and the Holy See. Only the Pope’s signature remains to finalize the accord and heal the long breach between church and state since 1870.
Paris May 27 Havas Agency dispatches from Angora report 64 people killed and 72 injured across 74 villages in Central Turkey after a Saturday earthquake. Surge damage centered on Karalissar and Souhehir near Sivas. 1857 houses destroyed and 313 damaged. An earlier May 3 quake in Russia Turkestan and Persia caused about 2000 deaths.
County commissioners directed Lee Fentress and T. D. Hoyle to pursue collection of 8347 from R. M. Caudle, clerk of the municipal court, after an audit showed the shortfall. A bond option was rejected, and a civil action in Superior Court may follow if no satisfactory agreement is reached.
Returns from yesterday's general election show gains for the government parties with liberals reclaiming about half of the ten seats lost in 1925. Socialists and communists lose ground as Catholics shift to Flemish extremists. former liberal minister Forthcome wins at Verviers.
Paris May 27 Charles Aeschliman ranked No 1 in Switzerland defeated Dr A C Rawlins of San Francisco in the French championship second round 7 5 6 12 6 2 The match ended in straight sets with Aeschliman advancing in the tournament.
The supreme court ruled today that pocket vetoes are effective to kill legislation sent to the President near a session end even if not the final session of a Congress. The Muscle Shoals bill was vetoed by the close of the last session. Congress must be in session when the President returns a disapproved bill.
Wheat fell to below 81 a bushel with some trades at 99 14 cents as selling intensified midday. In New York the stock market dropped sharply with many issues off $2 to $12 a share amid fears of money scarcity and a new wheat price collapse.
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general overseeing prohibition prosecutions, is expected to retire from government service in the near future.
Robeson County highway board faces potential imprisonment unless a court grants relief. Taxpayers filed a petition seeking a permanent injunction to stop the boards from proceeding under recent state acts that order county chain gang road work from Philadelphia to Pembroke and Barnesville to Fair Bluff with tight completion deadlines. The hearing before Judge E H Cramer is set for tomorrow.
L. R. Ames, state highway engineer for the Louisiana Highway Commission, resigns citing lack of full authority to reorganize the department. He had been hired from North Carolina by Governor Huey P. Long at a salary of 13000 dollars and says duty to the state and his own reputation compelled resignation.
Paris May 27. Owen D Young Sir Josiah Stamp and Emil Moreau pressed a last remedy to save the reparations committee from collapse. An American plan, still unnamed, aims to outflank German conditions and allied reservations on annuities. Germany offered no written reply after Schacht outlined its position. The move drew cautious sympathy but little confidence as the fatal week of the conference neared.
The 141st General Assembly of the Freshbyterian Church in the United States urged action to strengthen law observance amid a perceived nationwide crisis. A national loyalty commission was proposed to support Hoover’s enforcement policies and raise public conscience, with a national loyalty Sunday set for the Sunday before Independence Day.
Eva Cofer a 21 year old farm girl in Georgetown Tennessee faces trial tomorrow on charges linked to the death of Lee Atchley. Witnesses say Atchley attacked her at his grocery store when she returned with a wagon wheel spoke and struck him after an earlier insult. Atchley died twelve hours later and his funeral was held yesterday as Cofer attended a family reunion.
Amoy Fukien China May 27 Dr C H Holleman Reform Ed Presbyterian church missionary at Lungyenchow west of here is held captive by communists. Mrs Holleman and their children and the Rev Henry Poppeu and his family escaped to Amoy and were safe here after losing everything in an attack by 2900 roving communist troops on Thursday May 23.
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, ends ties with Humbert J. Fugazy and plans to promote boxing with the Chicago Coliseum starting next fall. He says the Fugazy contract expired after no outdoor arena was provided for New York bouts, and he will pursue shows every two weeks in Chicago while continuing efforts for New York arenas.
Woodruff mill of the Brandon corporation resumes operations this morning in Greenville South Carolina, signaling near normal textile activity in the Piedmont region after eight weeks. Only one mill idle due to strikes, about 1 000 workers cut from a 200 weaver strike at Anderson. Brandon unit workers returned earlier, Poinsett unit later.
Brioni Italy May 27. Gene Tunney’s wife Polly Lauder Tunney is recovering from an appendix abscess relapse. Professor Arthur Wolf Meyer said her condition is unchanged from three weeks ago and that recovery is expected within a few weeks. He noted temperature fluctuations are normal and attributed relapse to temporary infiltration reduction after surgery.
In Morganton on May 27 Mrs. Logan Wakefield and her child were seriously burned when a spectator struck a match as gasoline was being put in the car’s tank. The tank exploded and the car was destroyed. The woman’s husband works at the state hospital.
Olin Bain Michael of Winston Salem received the doctor of science degree in social science and J M Saunders of Kinston earned the doctor of sacred literature degree at Northern Bible College during its second-year commencement on Saturday night.
Reno, Nev May 27 A young woman posing as a divorce seeker named Billie Rivers sparked a federal drive against local night clubs and roadhouses. She testified in Carson City and 21 people were arrested after 17 indictments for violations of the national prohibition law. Bonds ranged from 2000 to 4000 dollars.
A two man crew Reginald L. Robbins and James Kelly reached 172 hours 82 minutes and one second in Fort Worth Texas, refueling endurance flight setting a world mark before a propeller crack nearly caused disaster. Other flights included a Wichita to Minneapolis refuel and two trans Atlantic efforts by Old Orchard crews awaiting weather.
The senate reversed itself and voted 1 to 5 to pursue a senate led inquiry into the textile industry instead of involving the federal trade commission. The chamber must approve the move to start the inquiry, with key members split along party lines over who should conduct the probe.
Washington May 27 Charles P Cisson attorney general of Rhode Island was formally appointed assistant United States attorney general to succeed John Marshall aged 39 he has headed Rhode Island’s office since 1925 and will oversee the department’s personnel division a key office under the attorney general
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