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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1932
Page
1
Washington reports both sides in the Prohibition debate framing the election result. The Methodist board of temperance says Roosevelt's win is not a wet victory and vows renewed church opposition to liquor. Clergy warn that Congressmen who voted for wet measures will face consequences.
Durham physicians prepare to operate to remove bullets from Dave McNair a Durham Negro held in the killing of Mrs Joseph P McCown at a Greensboro area filling station Police identify the wounded man and two other suspects while a witness places McNair at the scene during the hold up attempt
In Kinston on November 12 a superior court jury deliberated seven hours on Herman Casey's murder charge. The 46 year old Lenoir County man is tried a second time for killing J. C. Causey of Suffolk Virginia and burning the car with the body inside. The state seeks the death penalty while the defense says Casey was elsewhere at the time. Milton Wood testified he saw Casey shoot Causey, load the body in the car and set the vehicle on fire. Court recessed until 10 a m Monday with jurors to resume deliberations tomorrow.
Mobile story of Raymond Dyson 27 on trial for murder recounts his wife’s confession of intimate relations with H. M. Butler Jr. 27 a Mobile society leader. Dyson describes meeting Butler in a hotel room, acting to "keep him quiet" after a fatal strangulation.
The Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church voted to merger Rutherford and Weaver Colleges into a coeducational institution and Davenport and Greensboro into a single girls school. The four schools will finish their current years separately and merge before next fall. Greensboro College property will host the Greensboro Davenport school, while Davenport's Lenoir property will be used temporarily by Rutherford and Weaver. The new coeducational college will offer junior college work.
Wake Superior Court Judge N A Sinclair sustains demurrers by six leading North Carolina oil and gasoline distributors to the states restraint of trade price fixing suit. State Attorney General Brummitt says appeal planned. ruling notes lack of specific facts showing monopoly or anticompetitive conduct. Costs taxed. state may amend within 30 days and seek reinstatement if desired.
President Hoover, en route to Washington from California, received repeated cheers during a stop in Glendale and a drive through Pasadena Sierra Madre and San Gabriel. He toured Hoover Dam plans with family present and urged Republicans not to fear defeat as Roosevelt prepares to take office.
Senator Swanson of Virginia urged that the South deserve a cabinet share, backing Harry Byrd and Albert C. Ritchie for key posts. He named others considered for Roosevelt’s administration and noted past southern representation under Wilson.
North Carolina State shocked Duke 12 to 0 in Raleigh as UNC moved to edge Davidson for Big Five leadership. Duke suffered its first state defeat while UNC and Wake Forest remained unbeaten against Big Five foes. Next Saturday Duke visits Chapel Hill for the decisive showdown.
Buffalo reports winter with seven inches of snow piling up as cold winds blow in from Lake Erie. The city braced for icy conditions and travel disruptions as residents prepared for the storm.
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon told the Western North Carolina conference that prohibitionists remain determined amid the November 8 votes. He cited calls from the wet side and noted a large budget for the coming year, with Dr A J Barton also stressing opposition to liquor.
North Carolina tobacco bought in October averaged $2.66 per hundred pounds more than a year earlier, though sales volume fell by 21 million pounds. New bright belt sales totaled 68,161,040 pounds at $13.04, old bright belt 33,576,920 at $11.80, with South Carolina belts selling 3,133,546 at $10.69. Greenville led new bright belt volumes at 15,659,378 pounds ($12.55) and Wilson at 15,365,747 pounds ($12.77). The top average price reached $14.41 for 1,115,618 pounds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's cold improves and no fever remains. He stays at the executive mansion reading mail and dictating letters while Mrs. Roosevelt handles mail and plans a brief shopping trip before returning to New York. No word on a British war debts note or its transmission to Hoover.
Police report robbery as motive after Mr. A. C. Moore aged 67 and his wife 66 were found murdered in their Hartford City farm home. A missing automobile and double barreled gun accompany the scene. Driver Paul Macon found the bodies. nephew John Moore had recently lived with them. The killings likely occurred yesterday evening.
London papers expect the United States to grant another debt moratorium to Britain due December 15. France also sent notes to Stimson with contents to be published Monday. Hoover to speak after notes arrive. Borah calls for linked program of reforms.
NEW ORLEANS November 12. Speakeasies may operate in the city without police interference after an order by Superintendent George Reyer. He based the ruling on Louisiana voters repealing state prohibition enforcement in Tuesday's election. The mayor noted New Orleans voted 25 to 1 for repeal of the Hood State Enforcement Act.
Los Angeles reports a blood stained butcher knife found in a chaotic home triggered a search for Edith Smith Jaynes and Oole Hesselbrath. District Attorney Baron Fitts notes the women shared details on a gang of robbers, with one allegedly involved in a desert murder after a bank robbery tip.
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