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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1929

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Tardieu's Government Is Twice Affirmed

Paris November 9 AP The French chamber of deputies narrowly backed Andre Tardieu's new government twice in dawn votes 327 256 and 332 253 as Briand and Tardieu defended cabinet policy. Tardieu pledged Rhineland evacuation by June 30 1930 and said Young plan implementation would be complete with Reichstag action by year end. The session stretched into early morning with budget work to follow.

Paris Chamber of Deputies Andre’ .Tardieu Briand Tardieu Chamber Aristide Briand M. Tardieu M. Briand Hugenbergs Erzberger Rathenau Stresemann Germany France Stresesmann Reichstag

Senate considers Smoot recess to complete tariff reform

Washington November 9 AP chairman Smoot finance committee Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Borah of Idaho propose a recess until November 20 to allow a Democratic Republican independent coalition to reach a complete tariff revision agreement. The plan draws protests from coalition leaders who urge speed and prompt debate on the measure. Norris proposes a 99 percent tax on import prices to curb alleged profiteering, but Smoot’s proposal diverts attention.

Washington Senate Smooth Finance Committee Simmons North Carolina Borat Idaho Independent Coalition Borah Coalition Congress Tariff Commission Norris Smoot Norris Nebraska Smoot

Young Man Held For Murder In Automobile Wreck

Spartanburg S C November 9 Rhee Gault twenty seven is held under police guard at a hospital on a technical murder charge connected with the death of Bernice Pennington twenty three of Drayton killed in an early morning auto wreck on the city outskirts. A coroner inquest is set for late today. The car driven by Gault plunged into a ditch and struck a filling station front. Miss Pennington died instantly from a fractured skull. Gault suffered a crushed left shoulder and serious bruises.

Spartanburg S. C Rhee Gault Bernice Pennington Drayton Gault Miss Penn

Heflin blocked in effort to obtain Farm Board probe

In Washington senator Heflin seeks authority for a Farm Board probe into speculative trading on the New York Chicago and New Orleans stock exchanges. Senator Jones, acting Republican leader, blocked the request in the Senate.

Heflin Farm Board Washington Alabama Federal Farm Board New York Chicago New Orleans Senate Jones

Chinese Bandits Seize Missionary

The Rev. Ulrich Kreutzen of Calumet, Michigan, a Franciscan missionary at Wuchang Hubei, was abducted by bandits at Weiyuenkow, 75 miles southeast of Wuchang. He is held for a ransom of 10 000 Mexican dollars demanded by his mission.

Shanghai Ulrich Kreutzen Calumet Mich Wuchang Hupeh Province Weiyuenkow

Five Killed and Seven Hurt in Factory Explosion

A gas explosion at Times Spring company in Elyria Ohio ripped walls, killing five men and injuring four men and three women, with identifications including John Raple 38 Louis Butcher 40 and Mike Swetz 50 among the dead. The incident left W. H. Simpson and Louis among the missing.

Elyria Ohio Times Spring Company John Raple Louis Butcher Mike Swetz W. H. Simpson Louis

Bus Wrecks Near Thomasville In Highway Collision

A Southern Coach bus from Greensboro collided with an empty Knox Manufacturing truck on No 10 highway near Thomasville. Driver Alvin Swing of High Point suffered facial injuries. one woman, Miss Lela Tudor of Willow Springs, was seriously hurt. The crash caused major damage and a relief bus was sent to move passengers. The Times coil spring plant explosion after the crash caused over 100000 dollars in damage. no relation between events is stated.

Thomasville Greensboro Knox Manufacturing Company High Point Thommasville No. 10 R. M. Douns Douis6 Melvin Sink Sink R. @. Jennings Lela Tudor Willow Springs Raleigh Newton Alvin Swing R. M. Vancanon Claudine Saunders Hedrick

Tom Jimison quits International Labor Defense

Tom P. Jimison long known as a labor attorney in North Carolina severed all ties with the International Labor Defense. He announced he was through with the organization and said he was in Gastonia to discuss an attachment on bond money tied to three defendants. The break followed involvement of Solicitors Carpenter and Maj. A. L. Bulwinkle in a flogging episode.

Gastonia N. C Tom P. Jimison North Carolina National Textile Union International Labor Defense Jimison Carpenter W. H. Abernethy Maj A. L. Bulwinkle

Hoover Budget Plans Expenditures at 3 830 000 000

Washington reports the Hoover administration has drawn up its first budget totaling 3 830 000 000 for the 1931 fiscal year. It is 111 000 000 less than Congress planned but 158 000 000 more than the Coolidge era request. The budget omits farm board appropriations and includes 10 000 000 for inland waterways and full continuation of the five year army air corps program.

Washington Hoover Administration Congress Coolidge Federal Farm Board Hoover Army Air Corps Mississippi Valley

Wilkinson elected president at Southern Warehousemen’s meeting

J. L. Wilkinson of Charlotte was chosen president of the Southern Warehousemen's Association at the closing session of the annual convention. T. E. Cathcart of Atlanta was elected secretary, J. J. Woodside of Atlanta treasurer, and C. F. Baineau of Columbia, S. C., joined the board of directors.

Charlotte J. L. Wilkinson Southern Warehousemen’s Association T. E. Cathcart Atlanta J. J. Woodside C. F. Baineau Columbia S. C

Deathbed confession challenges Mooney bombing verdict

Mrs. George Monroe of Bellaire claims her dead brother Lewis Smith confessed from Cleveland seven years ago to planting the 1916 San Francisco preparedness day bomb that killed ten. The letter from Frank C. Stevens to Senator Schall is cited, backing that Mooney had no role and that Smith acted alone.

Bellaire, CO George Monroe Here San Francisco Tom Mooney Monroe Lewis Smith Cleveland Frank C. Stevens Dayton Ohio Thomas D. Schall Min Mooney California W. D. Stephen Stevens Smith

Union Ties Denied in Marion Church Dismissals

A. R. Black, clerk of East Marion Baptist Church, denied that letters of dismissal were issued for union membership. About 12 members received letters to seek placement elsewhere for their convenience, with two staying as property owners. Most members belonged to United Textile Workers and were involved in strikes causing riots and injuries during 1930s mill disputes.

Black Marion East Marion United Textile Workers of America American Federation of Labor Clinchfield Manufacturing Company Marion Manufacturing Company

Broke From Stock Crash Miss Shotwell Seeks Earnings

New York November 9 Miss Margaret Shotwell a 22 year old concert pianist once called the cigarette heiress after receiving 1 million from John Neal Reynolds estate says the 1929 crash wiped out 900000 of her inheritance. She plans to earn 50000 in her profession to pay a 50000 broker debt.

New York Margaret Shotwell

Kidnapped Furrier Pleads For Ransom

TIENTSIN China November 9 Brenner a New York furrier held by abductors sent a letter urging payment of ransom. A telephonic line with the captors then ceased, suggesting the kidnappers grew alarmed. Earlier a ransom demand of 599 dollars was reported.

Tientsin China Brenner Brenners

Ex-Soldier Granted Life Pension For Tuberculosis

Los Angeles reports the second court ruling in two days ordering the government to pay a $57.50 monthly life pension to ex soldier Robert Linderman who contracted tuberculosis after discharge. A prior jury in the Love case at Sawtelle National Soldiers Home reached the same decision, setting a precedent for about 56,900 similar claims nationwide.

Los Angeles Robert Linderman Argonne Homer N. Love National Soldiers Home Sawtelle

Switzerland to Get International Bank

The Bank of International Settlements will be located in Switzerland, likely Zurich, per the Young Plan reparations committee. Brussels was rejected as the site after three weeks of deadlock, with Belgium, France, Italy backing Brussels and London, Great Britain, Japan, and Germany supporting London. The Americans had no preference.

Badenbaden Germany Bank of International Settlements Switzerland Zurich Brussels London France Italy Belgium Great Britain Japan

Fourteen Held Under Bond In Wiggins Case

In Gastonia on November 9 Judge P A McElroy found probable cause for second degree murder or manslaughter in the Wiggins slaying. Fourteen men were bound over for the January term with bonds from Loray mill, while Horace Wheeler faced 5000 bond and others 2500. No new witnesses appeared and the defense asked for dismissal.

Wiggins Gaston County Court McElroy Gastonia P. A. McElroy Ella May Wiggins Gaston County Loray Manville-Jenckes Company O. Max Gardner Roy Carver Howard West Horace Wheeler Loray Mill Employe Jack Carver W. M. Borders Troy Jones Fred T. Morrow EF. F. Haynie Ll. M. Sassoman Lowry Davis O. H. Lunsford Theodore Simms George Fowler W. H. Holbrooks L. H. Thompson Yates Gamble Miles Wiggins Charlie Shope Carpenter B. H. Pasour Shope

Nationalists Launch Drive On Kuominchun

Dispatches from Hankow report Chiang Kai Shek to personally lead a general offensive against the Kuominchun in Honan Province. The first and second nationalist divisions are to stand on the Miksien front after a government victory at Sanguine. Japanese sources say Chiang's troops push rebels westward and that Mihsien casualties are heavy.

Shanghai Hankow Rengo Kuominchun People’s Army Honan Chiang Kai- Shek Chiang Miksien Mihsien

Basel Named Site for New International Bank

Basel, a city in northwest Switzerland, was chosen as the site for the new Bank for International Settlements by the organizing committee in Baden Baden Germany on November 9.

Baden-Baden Germany Basel Switzerland Bank For International Settlements

Rich Women Are Victims Of Holdup

Chicago reports a staged robbery targeting Mrs. Arthur W. Cutten and Mrs. Alfred T. Martin. Five bandits aided by a blonde woman pretended to be police, halted the Cutten car, and stole jewelry from the two wealthy spouses as they headed to Mrs. Martin's Gold Coast home after a theatre party.

Chicago Arthur W. Cutten Alfred T. Martin Cutten Martin Joy Morton Morton Salt Company Morton Mrs. Martin Mrs. Cutten Mrs. Morton

Winston Tobacco Mart Sets Record on Leaf Market

Winston-Salem tobacco market set a near-record week with 5,763,120 pounds sold for 1,000,409.88 dollars. R W McFarland, sales superintendent, reported an average of 17.35 dollars per hundred. Year to date totals reached 25,047,884 pounds for 4,259,103.47 dollars at 17.01 per hundred. Yesterday's sales were 938,588 pounds producing 158,883.57 dollars at 16.97 per hundred.

Winston-Salem Nov. Y R. W. McFarland

Patrolman Dies In False Alarm Crash

Patrolman Phillip Bruce, 35, died when a patrol wagon overturned after colliding with a fire engine while speeding to a false alarm of fire in Philadelphia. Two other policemen were injured in the crash.

Philadelphia Phillip Bruce

German Dramatist Sent To Prison For Notorious Murder

Berlin dispatch reports German dramatist Peter Martin Lampel en route to a Silesian prison after being charged with murder. Police tie him to the 1921 disappearance and presumed death of Fritz Koehler, a member of the Oberland free corps. A secret death tribunal and Lampel’s realistic descriptions prompted the case.

Berlin Peter Martin Lampel Silesian Fritz Koehler Black Army Oberland Free Corps Baron von Richtofen Silesia Npamed

Anonymous note leads to murder trial in Austin case

Orie Gatis, 32, is held to face murder trial after an indictment accusing him of killing Jesse D. Canada, foreman of the Austin Sand and Gravel Works, in April 1928. He admitted writing an anonymous letter to Constable Arthur Woody claiming to know the killer.

Austin Tex Orie Gatis Jesse D. Canada Austin Sand and Gravel Works Canada Arthur Woody Jesse Canada Gatis

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Friends of Ministry Borah and Simmons Workman Southern Knox Keyes Times W. B. Times Tom Jimison Bulwinkle Marion Church Miss Shotwell International Bank Gold Coast Winston Tobacco Mart
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