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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1939
Page
2
Investigators question Edward J. O Hare slaying suspects after a midnight raid on the Paddock Club in suburban Cicero once tied to the Capone mob. Lt Thomas Kelly and two state s attorneys squads visited the club shortly after.
Doris Davison's Melodears perform at Senior High School auditorium Thursday November 16 at 8 p m. The trio features Davison from Eastman School of Music with Ring of Excellence honors Ruth Trump violin oboe and Mary Guthrie harp with modern repertoire including Whiteman Kyser Spitalny pieces. Sponsored by the Civitan Club.
Police swept a Chicago club and cocktail lounge to question suspects in the O'Hare case. Officers found pistols and a record book while questioning three men linked to a slot machine syndicate and two described as exercise boys at Sportsman's Park.
Los Angeles police hold Albert Russell Stoddard 21 for investigation of a hoax linking him to the Chicago slaying of Edward J. O'Hare. Det Lieut Leroy Sanderson says Stoddard wrote a warning letter, claims of being stabbed are disputed, and an aunt attributes motives of a sensationalist hoax.
Chicago market report shows butter at 473,482 pounds and steady. eggs at 3,609 cases with refrigerators extras at 18 and standards 17 all unchanged. Firsts 17 and other prices steady, reflecting stable commodities in mid November trade.
Evelyn Brent with Harry Fox star in Streets of Paree. Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland appear in Night Work. Brighthurst presents Blondie Brings Up Baby with Leon Errol color cartoons. Shirley Temple in Susannah of Mounties with Randolph Scott. Four Girls in White at Rialto with Florence Rice and Ann Rutherford. last showings today.
Secretary of State Thad Eure said North Carolina Democrats will unite at the national convention to back Governor Hoey for the presidency. Eure noted state sentiment would likely support Hoey and consider Garner as a possible second choice.
Suburban New York Mayor Edwards was killed by an officer who disarmed the assailant and shot him once. Edwards died after being taken to Long Beach Hospital. Walsh, another figure, was listed in serious condition. Edwards, about 48, left a widow and four daughters and a son. Long Beach near New York City has a 6000 resident population and many summer homes.
Pete L Hastings president of Mount Gur Cemetery Corporation announces G C Phillips of Kernersville as the new full-time cemetery keeper. Recent improvements include north south and east west walkways, and eight acres of grounds now planted with green Italian and bluegrass.
Bayard H. Ellington 71, president of Ellington-Fay Lumber Co, died yesterday while playing golf. A Richmond, Va. service is planned. he was a Johnston County native who moved to Richmond in 1854 and to Fayetteville in 1931. Survived by his widow, two sons, a daughter, a brother and two sisters.
Dr J Watkins Lacy 71 pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian Church and the Geneva Church for 11 years died unexpectedly yesterday in Oxford. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial to follow.
G P Hester 56 farmer died after injuries from a team of frightened mules at his home Friday morning. Funeral from his residence at 2 and Pine Grove Methodist Church at 2 30 Monday. Survived by wife Plummie Larrimore Hester daughter Mrs E L Pegram three grandchildren three brothers one sister and many relatives. Interment Mount Gur cemetery near Kernersville.
In Chehalis Washington two men Robert Walzer and Fred Stine pleaded guilty to a July 27 200 blaze at Chehalis Lumber Mill Iron Works and Dairy Plant. They confessed to setting more than 40 fires in Washington and Oregon funded by a stranger who paid them $200. Judge Studebaker deferred sentencing.
A tremor rattled the East with the strongest impact in Wilmington Delaware and nearby chemical plants in Pennsville Gibbstown and Deepwater New Jersey. Residents fled into the streets as powder plants believed to be involved were questioned. Authorities warned more aftershocks may come within 24 hours though smaller than the initial quake.
Fresh Japanese reinforcements push into southern China as Pakhoi and Hainan Island come under continued bombardment. Tokyo states the operation will honor prior policy toward third powers. Britain and France monitor aims near Indo China and the Gulf of Tonkin as Guangzhou and Yangtze campaigns show quiet activity.
The report notes a German U boat capturing a prize as the war widens. A Norwegian tanker Kroede of 11 000 tons was torpedoed near British waters with 17 lives lost, raising neutral ship losses to 35. Britain leads with 66 sinkings, followed by Germany 14 and France 7, while sea warfare deaths reach 1 875 and known tonnage destroyed hits 500 117.
In the Laguinillas area near Maracaibo a tragedy is reported in a small Venezuelan town. The region hosts major oil producers including Royal Dutch Shell Standard of New Jersey and Gulf Oil with terminals in the Lake Maracaibo basin. Venezuela's annual output around 188 million barrels passes through Laguinillas and nearby La Roza Cabimas and La Salina.
A 790 ton British coastwise tanker Woodtown exploded off London today and sank. Nine of the 12 crew were lost with three survivors hospitalized with undetermined injuries.
Funeral services for Tom P. Hardie 54 long-time High Point resident who died of a heart attack will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m from his home at 219 Thurston Street with Dr A B Conrad pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. He was born May 15 1885 in Halifax County Virginia and leaves wife Mildred Garland Shelton a daughter Alfreda Hardie a brother and three sisters. He had been employed by High Point Store Company and was a Masonic member in Chase City Virginia.
Winston-Salem reports four warehouses sold 1,250,000 pounds of tobacco at an average of $18 per hundred. Sales supervisor Booth notes a slight decline in leaf quality since Monday and that all houses cleared their floors. High quality leaf brought $32 to over $65 per hundred. numerous individual lot figures follow.
Neutral Switzerland took its first prisoner of the war today a yawning German soldier found asleep on his rifle in the last coach of a train from Germany. Officials woke him and ordered internment for the duration of the conflict.
White Horse Yukon Territory November 15 Plane wreckage found in Lake Lebarge identified as Jesse Richs plane which disappeared six days ago with two passengers named Mike McKallion and D H Anderson Searchers reported no trace of the three men
Local resident Charlie Leonard of 312 South Hamilton Street faces a hit-and-run with property damage charge after an automobile collision. The warrant states Leonard failed to stop following a crash with a vehicle owned by Harrell Hedrick.
Waldo C. Cheek was elected secretary of the Asheboro Kiwanis Club for 1940 by the board of directors after the regular weekly meeting. R. L. Bunch was named a director to fill the vacancy created by Cheek's election.
In Greensboro judge found indictments faulty as defense showed whisky cargo owned by an insurance company. The case involves Frank Davis Irving Davis J F Binford and C M Hart charged with conspiracy and embezzling 3500 dollars worth of liquor from the Vance County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
The Fayetteville Street School PTA unanimously approved a resolution backing a new high school in Asheboro. Dr Cothran G. Smith presented the motion to mobilize support, while L F Ross reviewed county expansion efforts. Donations of used clothing for needy children were requested at the school Thursday or Friday.
Executive Secretary J Paul Leonard of the North Carolina Fair Tax Association says he will keep battling the state's 3 percent sales tax after the U S Supreme Court refused to review the case. He expects political change in 1941 toward an economy minded anti sales tax governor and a General Assembly led by business men focused on fair taxation rather than public payroll perks.
Mrs. Virginia Caveness of 331 West Bay Street was treated at Burrus Memorial Hospital after swallowing about two ounces of a strong disinfectant at her home around 8 15 this morning. Police say the act appeared to be an attempted self destruction and she was carried to the hospital by Yow's ambulance.
Fair to partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change. light scattered frost possible in southeast tonight. Sandy Hook to Hatters area shows variable north winds becoming moderate south and fair to southwest winds. Hatteras to Jacksonville expects northeast and east winds with partly overcast skies tonight and Thursday.
Prosecutor Campbell hailed Annenberg’s decision to end the national race information network as a victory for the Justice Department in breaking a vast illegal operation. Cook County State’s Attorney Courtney termed it the end of the biggest racket in the country.
Murry and Leonie Guggenheim founded a charitable foundation in 1929 and gave over 3 million dollars for free dental clinics for poor children in New York. He married Leonie Bernheim on March 15 1887 and had two children, Edmond A. and Lucille.
New York reports producer Billy Rose and aquatic star Eleanor Holm wed in a Manhattan ceremony at the State Supreme Court with Ben Bernie as best man. The couple plans a brief New York stay before a future trip to South America.
In Greensboro on November 15 the federal court will hear Duke Power Company versus the City of High Point. Judge Johnson J. Hayes will oversee the proceedings as arguments begin tomorrow after completion of evidence. The city alleges an overcharge in rates exceeding Utilities Commissioner limits.
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