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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1933
Page
1
Henderson October 10 AP Judge R Hunt Parker denied motions for mistrial and non suit against Beaufort Kelly and for non suit against Florida Bullock in the case charging two negroes with kidnapping and attacking Mary Lena Van Dyke.
Evidence was completed and attorneys began arguments in Charlotte in the murder trial of six men charged with killing Ss. H. Williams, a lottery operator shot on a city street.
United States Steel reports September back log declined by 114 704 tons to 1 775 740 tons. August backlog fell 129 681 tons. The month’s drop sets a new low since figures began.
Nicolina de Palma and James Medley were sentenced by federal Judge Alfred Coxe after pleading guilty to threatening to kidnap a niece of Russell C. Lef fingwell, a partner in the Morgan banking house. The nurse received five years and the gas station attendant ten years in prison.
The McGraw-Hill Publishing company approved a ten percent salary increase for 800 employees today in acknowledgment of improved business.
Henry Tripp of Greenville said three men robbed him of 1 0000 near Washington after he withdrew cash from Greenville post office to deposit in a local bank. The incident occurred last night as he traveled to the city.
T. T. Cox of Robersonville is jailed in Tarboro after the death of 35 year old Lewis Phipps of Tarboro in a collision late last night.
Senate hearing details Dillon Read and Company selling railroad stocks to its investment trusts as prices fell in 1929. EB B Tracy testified that United States and International Securities Corporation suffered a 26.56 million drop by December 31, with rail shares now in receivership. Senator Couzens pressed that insiders dumped depreciating stock on public trusts amid a $75 million public investment.
In Oklahoma City the Urschel kidnapping trial of George and Kathryn Kelly widens with testimony about the $200,000 ransom. Oilman Kirkpatrick testified paying the sum on a Kansas City boulevard and identified Kelly as the recipient. Jurors hear ransom notes and details as lawmen seek verdicts. Kathryn Kelly faces separate prison housing decisions if convicted.
Washington reports Secretary Ickes outlined a plan to form a government controlled corporation to construct and lease or sell low cost housing nationwide. It would acquire land via eminent domain, build homes or clear slums, then sell or rent while the treasury would be repaid from project funds. Estimated costs could reach several hundred million. The move aims to create jobs through housing and materials industries.
In Berlin Dus self Dorf an American businessman Roland Velz born in Maryland and formerly from Connecticut says Nazi storm troopers struck him twice for not saluting a Nazi procession. He was with Mrs Velz when the incident happened and notified American Consul General George Messersmith who protested to police and ministers of interior.
In Durham on October 10 buyers opened at markets across the middle belt with early averages near 14 dollars per hundred pounds. Aberdeen Sanford Fuquay Springs Warrenton and Henderson reported hefty volumes and mixed grades with early sales around 12 to 17 dollars per hundred, farmers largely satisfied.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor predicts an early reopening of NRA aides to raise wages and shorten hours. He cites statements by Senator Robert F. Wagner and Secretary Frances Perkins supporting a wider revision of wage scales and a 40 hour week. Green forecasts a convention push for a general revision to boost purchasing power, likely asking a 6 hour day and 5 day week.
In Beverly Hills a wartime exchange notes British willingness to settle debts. The speaker praises Britain for paying and talks of future settlement while humorously dodging customs and language. The voice reflects a wartime mood of gratitude and skepticism toward British image.
Washington report says trade association leaders representing about 75 percent of wholesale grocers urged approval of a master code for food and groceries at a farm administration hearing. They push delivered-cost pricing with a minimum markup of 21-2 percent to retailers and a 71-2 percent minimum to consumers, banning loss leaders.
Florida voters today faced a decision on repealing the 18th Amendment. The state could join 37 others in supporting repeal or stand as the first to oppose it as polls closed. Wet and dry leaders predicted victory, urging turnout across the state.
The body of Gus Winkler, linked to Capone’s era, lay in a morgue as investigators say four shotgun blasts were meant to stop him from talking about a $250000 Chicago mail robbery last December. Another linked figure, Edgar Lebensberger, was found shot dead amid murder or suicide doubts while federal probes intensify.
Halifax reports two score seamen missing as marine officials seek toll from weekend storm. Twenty one sailors aboard the Greek steamer Annuela are believed lost after foundering about 600 miles east of Cape Lookout. Newfoundland schooner Tel ic reached Yarmouth with flag at half mast. cook Walter Butland of Sydney, Nova Scotia, washed from deck by a giant wave.
John M. McCooey, longtime Brooklyn Democratic leader, faced a retirement demand from twelve district leaders as Brooklyn Democrats shift toward Joseph V. McKee, an anti-Tammany independent candidate for mayor. The move reflects a broader Brooklyn and Queens realignment away from Tammany influence.
The furniture industry hearings on a permanent code opened in Washington with Southern and National associations proposing amendments. Dinah Anwetin defended the draft after attacks on Article XI restricting production, while Finch urged a six month average to reach a 40 hour week and support for a one shift rule to prevent overproduction.
Havana reports indicate President Ra mon Grau San Martin faces growing opposition as Mendieta hints at a comeback. Grau’s concessions fail to quell dissent while student mobilization and military actions test the regime, with Camaguey resignations and federal troops enforcing arm restrictions.
Severe fighting between Tungans and Turkis in Chinese Turkestan has caused heavy losses on both sides. Turkish forces attacked the city of Kashgar on September 26, but Tungans reportedly still hold the city as reports reach New Delhi.
The American Federation of Labor adopted a 12 point program to protect education from kindergarten through university. It urges professional standards, smaller classes, broader curriculum, equitable wages with tenure, decent conditions, teacher unions, and teacher input on policy, warning salary cuts threaten public schools.
In California about 10,000 workers went on strike across lettuce districts in Salinas and Watsonville and in the southern San Joaquin cotton belt. State labor commissioner Frank C. MacDonald called the situation dangerous as 7,000 cotton pickers and 2,600 lettuce workers joined the walkouts, with evicted families camping along roads in Kern Kings and broader zones.
A 72 year old man died after falling near his home in Pittsburgh. Police identified the deceased as Francisco after a search of a shack he lived in revealed papers and books showing a leave of $100,000.
Steel workers in West Virginia and Ohio return to work after a week long strike escorted by state police. Pickets at a Steubenville gate dispersed by tear gas as California cotton and lettuce fields see about 10,000 workers on strike demanding wage increases. A Pittsburgh talks between Frick Coke and United Mine Workers focuses on union recognition and checkoff issues amid ongoing mining disruptions.
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