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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1930
Page
1
Wild scenes erupted in Berlin as thousands clashed with police during the Reichstag opening. Heavy guards protected the new building as mobs surged through the Tiergarten area in sharp revolt.
Rebel forces claim advances across Quiinhos Singues Punta Ribeira and Itarare as federal troops report repulsed attacks at Punta Ribeira and Itarare. Rio Grande do Sul leader Vargas heads revolutionary efforts while Tavora extends control to Alagoas Bahia apace.
New York report says Marion Roberts also known as Strasmick was taken to police to identify assailants after gangster Jack Legs Diamond was shot five times in a West Side hotel room. He survived with five wounds and later received a partial breakfast account with details of visitors.
Los Angeles officials continue investigating a week old blaze at Major Richard M. Cannon's residence office. Fire crews found burning paper in the center of the room and deem it incendiary in origin. Authorities seek Cannon on bad check charges tied to a boys' school promotion and expect his return from Washington.
Dr C Jeff Miller of New Orleans criticizes hospitals for letting young graduates perform surgeries without proven competence. He predicts stricter admission requirements to the College of Surgeons, including formal surgical apprenticeships and supervised operations. He warns hospital administrations bear moral responsibility when untrained surgeons operate.
President Chiang Kai Shek told the national government in Nanking on October 13 that the rebel forces numbered 600,000 with 150,000 casualties. He reported nationalist losses of 35,000 killed and 60,000 wounded in the revolt.
In New Orleans on October 13 the American Cotton Shippers association met with federal farm board leaders textile executives and cotton handlers to discuss stabilizing the market. President C E McCuen urged fair open cooperation and pledged the shippers would go the limit to restore confidence. The group called the situation desperate and aimed for a constructive outcome and reestablished value.
Johnstown New York October 13 1930 AP Mrs Ella A Boole national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union warns that a prohibition party in 1932 would be threatened if the two major parties call for repeal of the eighteenth amendment She also predicts Dwight W Morrow could be the Republican nominee in 1932 and push for a repeal plank in the party platform.
Princeton researchers report dinosaur eggs near Red Lodge Montana and a nearby mammal tooth dating with the eggs. The mammal, a small marsupial like creature, could imply early mammalian intelligence influenced the dinosaur extinction about 75 million years ago.
The North Carolina Crop Reporting Service says tobacco averaged 11.54 dollars per hundred pounds for September 1930, down from 14.20 in September 1929. September sales totaled 111,231,294 pounds, with season totals to October 1 at 129,717,936 pounds, and crop conditions at 76 percent of normal.
The Supreme Court today refused to review the constitutionality of the Jones law imposing heavy maximum penalties for prohibition violations. Hugo McElvogue and William J. Brown challenged the law after convictions in St. Joseph Missouri. The court offered no explanation, signaling the issue may be reconsidered if properly presented in a future case.
The seventh annual convention of the Young People’s Service League of the diocese of North Carolina will convene Friday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem. Speakers include Bishops Joseph Blount Cheshire of Raleigh and Edwin A. Penick of Charlotte.
Chief Justice R C Watts of the South Carolina Supreme Court died at his Laurens home at 77. He served as associate justice before becoming chief justice in 1927, after a long career including a term in the General Assembly and multiple terms as judge of the 4th circuit.
Leaders of national investment banking gather in New Orleans to open a three day session addressing issues in industrial and governmental securities. The 19th annual convention setup includes 25 committees submitting reports to the board for approval before transmission to the convention.
Brady Texas faced a second flood in a week when the river overflowed after heavy rains. Six inches fell at Eden upstream with fifteen businesses flooded and residents forced to move to higher ground. Efforts were underway to safeguard the town from a repeat of last week's $350,000 property damage and 200 homeless.
Constables prepared to launch a warrant charging Willie Wilson a 35 year old married Grover North Carolina man with the kidnapping of Esther Furcron a 17 year old Anderson College student. Governor and family counsel led to the decision and the minister's son confirmed the girl left with Wilson. Police in several cities were alerted to locate Wilson who also faces cotton and auto theft charges in Shelby North Carolina.
Chicago officials warn about 20,000 city workers including police and firemen likely receiving no pay this month. Payment may come after November 1 as banks refuse to buy city bonds until the state supreme court rules on the bonds’ validity under the special legislative action.
Henry Ford called at 1060 Downing Street and met with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald for about thirty minutes before the Imperial Conference session. Officials deem the call a social visit unrelated to conference business as empire delegates study inter empire trade relations.
G K Moose of Boone N C was named district governor of Civitan clubs in North and South Carolina as delegates opened their annual convention in Greensboro. He succeeds Walter L Tatum of Salisbury. Frank L Moore of Boone was named secretary and treasurer with district lieutenant governors C A Hines Wade Roddey E L Bolt Mr Lucas and others chosen. Arthur Cundy of Civitan International spoke at the morning session.
The Supreme Court consented to reconsider its May ruling and will reargue the Broad River Power Company mandate to resume running Columbia South Carolina electric street railway service in Columbia. The case is set for November 24. The court held the power company had assumed all franchise liabilities by acquiring Columbia Railway Gas and Electric and could not stop the railway while keeping benefits from the power system.
The federal trade commission hearing on the North Carolina Virginia cot tonseed industry recessed in Raleigh today. Maj W W Sheppard announced the next session would be at 10 tomorrow morning. Willis N Gregory of Norfolk chairman of the NC Virginia division of the National Cotton Seed Products Association and president of the Eastern Cotton Oil Company was on the stand when recess ended Saturday and will resume testimony Tuesday morning.
Mrs Keith Miller, British aviatrix, departed from Crustiss Field at 6 30 a m aiming for Los Angeles to lower Laura Ingalls transcontinental record. She planned Indianapolis as first stop and Wichita overnight with Captain William Lancaster. Weather favorable with high ceilings and good visibility across the Alleghenies.
Financial activities were at a standstill in Wall Street as all security and commodity exchanges and banks closed for Columbus Day observance. The holiday was observed on Monday when it fell on a Sunday.
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