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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1930
Page
1
Reports from Brazil indicate federals hold the edge in military operations as the revolution enters its eleventh day. The Associated Press notes ongoing clashes and shifting positions amid the crisis.
Delegates at the cotton textile institute convention voted to eliminate night work for minors under 18 and for all women, with a plan to finish by March 1 1931. The policy targets seven p m to six a m shifts, backed by a gradual escalation to 75 80 and 85 percent spindle coverage over three years.
Washington reports rising activity among dry advocates as leaders like Fess and Sheppard weigh future roles. Borah’s stance is awaited while Hoover shows reluctance to campaign and awaits enforcement commission findings. Senators Brookhart and Sheppard label the prohibition talk as financed propaganda not reflective of public opinion.
Local boxing star W L Young Stribling and party landed at the Charles Kenner flying port at 12 25 am in a 300 horsepower Travel Air cabin plane. He planned to referee a Roanoke bout tonight and later fly to Newark for a match with K O Christner on October 23.
Secretary Stimson announced official State Department support for Brazil's government in the current revolution. He said the US would allow arms sales to Brazil while it would bar munitions to Brazilian rebels, noting negotiations for military equipment including airplanes were ongoing but not complete.
Clarence Davis a 21 year old UNC Chapel Hill senior drank poison last night and remains in serious condition at the university infirmary. He has suffered a bone infection that worsened, and friends say he was delirious when he drank the poison. Davis is the son of J B Davis of Waxhaw and his mother is at his side.
Dr. B R Rhees announced an inquiry into 19 deaths in Newark North Dakota over the past two weeks linked to denatured alcohol diverted from commercial channels. The assignment as assistant commissioner of industrial alcohol follows reports of poisoned liquor.
Atlanta pilots began the first regular cross country flight on the southern route with three trimotor planes carrying aviation notables and USPS officials from Atlanta to Dallas via Jackson, Shreveport, Fort Worth. From Burbank another plane carried passengers and mail toward Dallas. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown rode as a passenger in the eastbound flight.
The Investment Bankers of America urged more courage and less platitudes to restore confidence on the final day of their meeting in New Orleans. Silas Hardy Strawn spoke on municipal finance and debt paydown, while Eugene R. Black warned against relying on confidence alone and called for tighter economizing amid a long recession.
Mrs. Fannie Ferris 39 shot and killed her husband R. E. Ferris 41 a merchant, and fatally wounded herself at their home in Eudora Arkansas last night according to local reports.
New York gangster Jack Leggs Diamond, shot Sunday by unidentified gangsters, shows signs of recovery. He rallied from a pulmonary collapse, with Dr C M Burnett calling his condition satisfactory though still critical. District Attorney Crain noted marked improvement and planned further talks with hotel manager John M Ginsberg.
C S Pruitt, one of 13 convicts who escaped Monday night from the Roxboro prison camp, was captured in Caswell County by a deputy. Three of the escapees have been retaken including Jim Wilson and Ernest Burrell. Caswell officers continued the search as details were sparse. Pruitt was serving two to three years for larceny.
GOLDSBORO Oct. 15 AP J M Caldwell NC state adjutant denied Boston disorder claims by legionnaires at the national convention. At the Statler hotel where 2400 Legionnaires stayed, Caldwell reported hotel damage under typical five day totals, with damages fixed at 194 dollars.
Frank P. Lockhart reports American missionary Bert N. Nelson of the Lutheran United Mission Home in Minneapolis is held by brigands from the first red army. He was captured after Kwanshans fall on October 5. a large ransom is demanded and efforts are underway with the Nanking government to secure his release.
The 126000 Berlin metal workers walked out at ten am over an eight percent wage cut for over eighteens and six percent for younger workers. The strike disrupts major plants including AEG Siemens Bergmann and Berlin Maschinenbau with Siemens largely halted.
E C Hilton a prison trusty at a Rooxboro camp thwarted a large escape after 13 prisoners fled. He raised the alarm when a 14th man was seen escaping, helping stop the jailbreak of 71 inmates. Superintendent Poll urged clemency to Hilton. Hilton, jailed since May 24 1930 for forgery, faced assault by inmates.
Indian police and government troops round up 190 nationals in Bombay raids. Most detainees had been sentenced to several months imprisonment on no charge of unlawful association. Nearly every nationalist leader in the city was taken into custody in a broad early morning operation.
In Oklahoma City two men described by police as communists were arrested after they leaped onto a motor car carrying Secretary of War Patrick J Hurley and shouted insults at him. The incident occurred on October 15 as Hurley traveled by car with his party.
Georgia announced the football schedule for 1932 with Yale to play in New Haven next year but no engagement with Yale in 1933. The move was announced in Athens, Georgia, on October 15.
Senator Gerald P. Nye and the Nye Committee open hearings in Nashville at 2 pm on the Tennessee Democratic senatorial primary. The inquiry focuses on campaign funds and related activities as the committee investigates campaign financing.
Washington October 15 Emmet McBride brother of F Scott McBride superintendent of the anti saloon league is jailed awaiting extradition to Ohio on charges of passing worthless checks
Springfield Mo October 13 Jake Fleagle notorious bank robber and murderer shot yesterday at Branson Mo by a posse of officers died in a Branson hospital today at 9 55 am
Dr. William J. Mayo spoke at Temple University’s dedication of a 1.5 million dollar medical school, urging reform of medical education toward clinical practice. He warned high costs and limited clinical training could create an aristocracy in medicine, deterring moderate‑income students from pursuing the field.
Southport report says Dr Frances Williams Acme physician was accidentally killed while hunting in a remote Brunswick County area this morning. Coroner R S Willeta departed to investigate the incident.
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