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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1933
Page
1
AP report says Augus t Beard, wanted in North Carolina for a slaying, confessed to involvement in 68 robberies across the region. North authorities seek Piet IN WARSAW in connection with the case. Police at a station noted the suspect’s transfer procedures.
President Green of the American Federation of Labor urged workers to use arbitration before striking as the recovery program unfolds. He said the right to strike remains an option of last resort and backed orderly process under the New Deal while noting nearly 3,000,000 employed since June despite ongoing strikes.
Sunday court session in Raleigh will hear Paul Frizzelle pursue charges against W. B., former bank official, for embezzlement and making false statements to the jury.
Democratic chairman Farley today appealed to Virginia workers urging support for ratification of the 18th amendment. He said the outcome should reflect the voters sentiment and warned of precedents from a negative result, stressing strong statewide pro prohibition feeling ahead of the election.
The Farm Administration will press the NRA to modify or drop price fixing in the retail code, arguing that current markup plans would raise prices paid to farmers and hurt parity with prewar purchasing power. A hearing on the food branch code is set for October 9, with economists assessing impacts and officials signaling cautious, informal pressure.
Raleigh Sept 30 Governor Ehringhaus telegraphs President Roosevelt urging immediate action to secure parity for fine cured tobacco at 17.50 a hundredweight. He warns hesitancy could ruin the agricultural relief program and bring distress to growers facing powerful tobacco interests.
Cox reports his wife and two year old son missing from Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana after she allegedly left for Chicago to seek divorce. Federal agents questioned four men seeking a fifth as a $294,000 reward was offered for their safe return.
SPECIAL TO THE CHATTANOOGA DAILY NEWS Sept. 30 hosiery manufacturers face renewed consumer demand and price competition. Plants in North Carolina and the Philadelphia Reading district bid on exact cost to win orders, often sacrificing profit. Industry leaders expect government price codes to take effect in about 60 days, delaying full costing reforms.
Carolinas results include Davidson 0 over Caro states and scores across several schools. Georgia Tech defeated Clemson 39 to 2. Furman beat Richmond 14 to 6. George Washington 27 defeated Catawba 0. Newberry 26 over South Georgia 9.
American Legion, a million-strong, gathered in Chicago to press for strengthened national defense and opposition to economy cuts. Commander Louis A. Johnson denounced the economy act as striking at the nation's foundation while pledging to defend the defense system including the Navy, National Guard, and training camps. Police maintained order as delegations arrived and talks on immediate veteran bonuses were expected but uncertain.
Funeral services for W. Jacob Yokley were held from the Hobbs avenue home with Rev. Hutch ens and Rev. Hornbuckle officiating. Interment was in the city cemetery. Survived by wife Amos Yokley two daughters Nona Yokley and Mrs. W H Rogers and grandson Charles Edward Yokley.
In 1908 High Point embraced prohibition with a dry majority. The 2008 statewide referendum echoed that stance as City precincts voted dry 898 to 200, North High Point 308 to 63, South High Point 500 to 187, with Guilford County 3445 to 1596 and the statewide dry margin 44 106.
Seven defendants in the Charles Urschel kidnapping conspiracy were convicted in federal court under the Lindbergh act and await sentencing. Gunmen Albert Bates Harvey Bailey and others were found guilty for their roles including guarding Urschel and handling ransom money. Co-defendants from Minneapolis and St Paul were freed for home. Two alleged principals George Kelly and Kathryn Shannon were not on trial. In Edwardsville Illinois six gang members escaped the electric chair in a separate July kidnapping case.
President Roosevelt arranged a federal relief plan to provide coal food and fuel for the unemployed this winter. Hopkins said the program will start within a week with $230 million of the $500 million appropriated, demanding state and local participation. Roosevelt heads to Chicago to address the American Legion and Catholic charities while pressing credit expansion to lift prices and support recovery efforts.
Strikers press for recognition of their union and say they will confer with company employees on Monday but offer no commitment to meeting union representatives. Virtually all western Pennsylvania coal mines remain closed.
A circuit court jury sentenced Mrs. Lillian Chessen Randol Eugene Norvell and Percy Michael Fitzgerald to life terms and five years for related crimes. Mikele received twenty years. The one year old Alton banker who endured five days of captivity and a $100,000 ransom did not appear in court and declined comment on the verdict.
Three North Carolinians join 159 trainees at the Army Air Corps primary flying school at Randolph Field Texas starting October 12. Newly commissioned lieutenants Edward J. Hale of Fayetteville and James D. Underhill of Morganton, both West Point graduates last June, plus Pyt Charles Fisher of Asheville attached to the 20th Balloon Company Fort Bragg N C, are among those earning this distinction.
Route No. 15 from Raleigh to Creedmoor closed for repairs. Route 152 from Mooresville east to China Grove in bad condition. Route 18 from North Wilkesboro northeast to Sparta closed. Route 48 detoured due to bad conditions and repair zones from Littleton east to Weldon.
In Edwardsville Illinois a jury convicted five men and a woman in the August Urschel kidnapping with punishments ranging from five years to life. In Oklahoma City seven persons including Harvey Bailey and a woman were found guilty of kidnapping for 200000 dollars. Noted figures faced related crimes as other suspects were tried or acquitted and authorities formed an emergency committee to combat kidnaping nationwide.
Washington government officials announced a likely compromise noon tomorrow to end the coal strike in western Pennsylvania. Hugh S. Johnson said after a day of talks with steel industry leaders and United Mine Workers representatives that striking miners would return to work under the new terms.
Three men ascended 11.8 miles in an aluminum balloon named Stratostat near Kolomna, Moscow region, in an eight hour 19 minute flight. Leader Ernest Birnbaum and air service veterans Geo Prokofiev and Konstantin Gudenoff vowed to repeat the voyage soon, saying they felt fine after landing. Local crowds gathered as the news was celebrated.
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