07 Oct 1934
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1934
Page
1
Judge N. A. Townsend of Charlotte is reported to be appointed by a Washington dispatch. The Observer notes the honor as the special AP report details the expected selection and formal announcement.
Detroit roared back to knot the World Series at two games apiece with a 10 to 4 victory over St. Louis. Billy Rogell and Hank Greenberg led a scoring spree as Tex Carleton and Dazzy Vance were knocked out early, while Dizzy Dean suffered a head injury but recovered to remain in the game.
Washington observers report a broad study by the Post Office and Commerce departments into replacing the Ocean mail subsidy system with a new policy. Officials aim to cut costs by shifting to construction and operating differentials and outright subsidies, tied to renewed merchant marine support and potential ship replacements.
Barcelona faced a fierce clash as Catalonia declared independence under Luis Companys. General Batet’s troops imposed a siege while Madrid ordered Moroccan troop redeployments. Martial law followed with reports of prisoners and vigorous fighting in the streets.
Governor Ehringhaus will speak at Reidsville next Friday night at 8 o clock to launch the statewide Democratic campaign for November elections. The announcement came from state Democratic headquarters in Raleigh.
In Chico California on October six a state highway policeman and a garage employee were killed during a pursuit of an intoxicated driver. The killer, a former convict, was fatally shot by a posse when he refused to surrender and fired from a rifle.
Judge Harry B. Anderson in Memphis Tennessee rules that price fixing features of the National lumber code are illegal. He says price fixing contradicts competition and finds no basis in the National Recovery Act for such provisions. He notes past max price controls have varied success and rejects implied minimum price setting by Congress.
Alabama Governor assures New York Governor Lehman that the legal rights of two men charged with attempting to bribe a key witness in the Scottsboro case will be protected. They were extradited from Tennessee to Huntsville for trial and face no personal danger.
Rutherfordton October report says Marion Bradley, a young white man, jailed on murder charge for killing Norman Williams during a hunting trip in Muntford Cove area between Rutherfordton and Marion. Williams lived in Marion. Bradley formerly resided there.
The NRA reorganized its advisory council aligning industry labor and consumer sectors to advise on price and production control. The council can pass recommendations directly to the executive board, with two members from each advisory group and two ex officio appointees, plus a ninth member and committee structures to speed action.
Baltimore October 6 Bishop Paul B Kern Greensboro NC foresees united Methodism within ten years He notes gradual steps toward unification among the three branches and cites 1944 as a target year marking the 100th anniversary of the split over slavery at the 1844 sesquicentennial.
Former neighbor Willard Whitehead identified Bruno Hauptmann as the mysterious man seen near the Lindbergh estate in two sightings before the infant’s disappearance. Whitehead, among witnesses at the Bronx courthouse, connected Hauptmann to the crime ahead of possible extradition and trial developments in New Jersey and New York.
Lima reports the cabinet led by Premier Alberto Rey de Castro has resigned tonight after forming less than a year ago. The move comes as political pressure mounts in Peru’s capital.
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