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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1930
Page
1
President Hoover's law enforcement panel rejects repealing the eighteenth amendment as a solution to prohibition. The commission plans to refine the dry law, with no immediate move to beer or a national referendum. Eleven members guard a secret report after 17 months of investigation, promising decisive action.
Los Angeles report says Daisy Devoe, former secretary to Clara Bow, denies admitting embezzling 365000 from the actress and says she was not arrested. District Attorney Baron Fitts plans to present the case to the grand jury next Thursday after a lengthy investigation.
President Hoover cautions a small treasury deficit end of the fiscal year while Smoot opposes extending the one percent income tax cut. Dr Gideon Ireland Humphreys was formally installed as president of High Point College, succeeding Dr Robert M. An on the institution in 192.
The inaugural procession was canceled by severe weather. Inside the Wo man's Hall, speakers included Dr. Talton M. Johnson of Whitakers and Dr. Walter L. Lingle of Davidson College. Dr. Lingle urged denominational colleges to balance faith with high educational standards. Dr. Frank W. Stephenson of Westminster Junior College praised High Point College as a symbol of faith and Christian education. Dr. J. C. Broomfield of the Methodist Protestant General Conference spoke on liberal arts colleges gaining prominence.
Four men in Charlotte were sentenced to state prison terms for the October 1 robbery of the American Trust Company money car. Victor Hunter Walter Thomas and Carl Batley received seven to ten years. Richard McManus one to two years. Bailey confessed to planning the crime and offered restitution. Hunter and Thomas got delayed starts to arrange personal affairs.
Moscow papers push ten days of defense from today through November 25. They warning of a pseudo intervention plot and invasion risk, urging public cooperation with the red army and citing Stalin that no land will be ceded or taken. The editorials portray the red army at peak efficiency with labor support to resist any invasion.
Havana reports show martial law suppressing opposition to President Machado. Infantry and cavalry patrols enforce suspended guarantees while about 3,000 police are on duty. Government says martial law will persist to break morale of disturbants, mainly students, amid deaths and injuries this week.
King Carol opened parliament in Bucharest for the first time in his reign. He stood with his son Michael who wore the uniform of his military school as the chamber gave a several minute ovation.
An unverified Telegraph report from Canton claims communists retreating from Kiangsu passed through Hsinpu in Fujian province, killing about 2,000 people and burning 2,000 homes. Some 6,000 residents were reportedly taken prisoner amid an invasion last week.
A eight hour blaze in Valeaseaca near Bacau left 60 houses destroyed and 300 people homeless including storekeepers and peasants. Fire raged through the town during the night and caused extensive damage.
Five robbers trussed three attendants at a downtown New York garage and escaped with about 18 000 dollars worth of woolen and cotton goods from a truckload.
Seven fishermen aboard the Electra were saved by a coast guard patrol after 17 days at sea. The crippled schooner, bound for the Snapper Banks with 18 days of supplies, was towed to Tampa with its mast lost, engine dead, and rations spoiled.
More than fifty people marooned in snowdrifts near Glacier Park in Montana reached shelter without serious effects. All occupants of cars were accounted for when a woman and two small children were brought to Glacier Park station as a snowstorm lowered temperatures overnight.
In Conway South Carolina on November 15 AP reports Sheriff John Chestnutt of Horry County faced a violent prisoner Yank Stewart of Southport North Carolina held on a housebreaking charge. Stewart ripped an iron bar from a cot seized a knife and bludgeoned inmates and threatened guards. After multiple failed attempts to subdue him a physician drugged him with a narcotic and he was finally chloroformed and confined without weapons in his own cell.
In Bozeman Montana State College near turmoil as student strike spreads. Tear gas bombs fire and campus pickets appear after a curfew rule for women students. Leaders vow to continue until demands on social conduct and governance are met. Local business leaders back the students.
New York November 13 AP Thomas W Lamont of J P Morgan and Co told the Academy of Political Science that America is winning through the current business gloom. He urged no misgivings about the nation’s ability to endure and noted the economy remains well ordered despite short term gloom.
The giant German seaplane DO-X landed at Gauriac in the Gironde Estuary 80 miles northwest of Bordeaux after a misty morning flight. It resumed toward Bordeaux at 11 55 am flying about 70 mph and touched water briefly before a safe halt. An officer on the bridge signalled all well.
Greensboro reports star Catawba halfback George Zaengle may be ineligible for college football due to past attendance at West Chester Normal School. Catawba officials and Zaengle deny the claim, with sworn affidavits asserting eligibility and a game against Guilford planned.
A freight train wreck freed a carload of live Thanksgiving turkeys that wandered the hills near Pueblo Colorado. Local hunters prepared to start shooting as authorities cordoned the area and warned residents to stay clear.
Rioting broke out anew in Madrid as strikers clashed with police across the city. About forty thousand construction and metal workers quit in protest after yesterday’s riots left three dead and 50 to 100 injured. Five thousand university students joined the strike. medical students raised a red flag at San Carlos University. Extra police guards surround university districts.
West Point and Annapolis announced after a conference that the December 15 Army Navy game in New York will donate proceeds to the Salvation Army for the unemployed.
In heavy rain and fog the open sea dory Patricia with a crew of three was captured by a coast guard patrol in Gravesend bay. Federal agents value the seized liquor at $25,000. The raid followed the arrest of 15 men and a woman and the uncovering of liquor worth $116,000 tied to a radio directed smuggling syndicate.
Raleigh November 15 plans are set for the largest Engineers' Fair and Grand Brawl at North Carolina State College. G W Cameron of Bessemer City is president of the engineers council. The three day event opens April 2 with a torch parade and concludes Saturday night with the Grand Brawl and initiation into the Order of Saint Patrick.
At a joint meeting the aldermen and school board each allocated 186 dollars to buy books for indigent pupils, ensuring a supply for needy Fayetteville students despite a tight mood.
Eleven year old Thomas Briggs was found dead at home in Lansing with investigators probing whether he hanged himself with a sweater or was murdered. The body was discovered by his stepfather Burr Betts in an upstairs room.
Starkville Mississippi November 15 AP Christian Keener Cagle former West Point football star was released today from his two year contract as football coach at Mississippi A and M College
In Philadelphia a man, 58, hanged himself in his East Falls home after helping cut down a man found hanging a week earlier. His wife reported the distress from that scene and was later found dead by hanging in the couple's cellar.
Clarence Poe of Raleigh told National Grange members and radio listeners that the southern states offer large opportunity for young farmers, especially in dairying cattle hog and poultry raising. He urged a go south, young man motto, noting land is cheap enough for a young farmer to own a home and live independently. The 64th Grange convention and national radio hook up featured National Master Louis J. Taber leading the session.
A robber at the First Union Trust and Savings bank in Chicago threatened to blow up the bank but fled when a secret alarm activated. Guards pursued him into the street and fired two shots before capturing him. the robber displayed a package believed to contain dynamite and demanded money.
Mrs Herbert Hoover wife of the president toured western North Carolina scenery around Asheville visiting Biltmore Estate Biltmore Forest and Grove Park. She admired the fall foliage and rugged beauty and planned a return trip to Washington with possible departure times undecided for Friday or the next day.
Eight persons were seriously injured today in Munich during a clash where participants battled with beer mugs and chair legs. Police reported no fatalities and were investigating the cause of the brawl.
Brussels reports in La Gazette that important helium supplies were discovered in the Belgian Congo. The discovery signals potential mineral and industrial significance for the region and Belgium.
Reports say the Lagarist Mission at Han Chung Fu in Southwestern Shansi was looted by four roving bandits. The incident occurred as authorities investigate the raid and assess losses.
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