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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1933
Page
1
In Chicago on October 16, Ross King, 20, was executed by electric chair for murder after a long stretch as a jail inmate. Police officer Harry Redlich is connected to the case as authorities report the latest fatal end of a temporary inmate.
In Rocky Mount on October 16 AP reports Paul Powell a 35 year old laundry worker was found dead in the laundry with a sack over his head and a gas jet nearby. In Raleigh B B Jeffress chair of the state highway commission was in Washington for meetings with the park to park scenic highway committee tomorrow.
Governor Ehringhaus and Mrs. Ehringhaus were reported out of the city with officials saying little about their whereabouts or duration. The executive mansion attaches confirmed the governor was away and declined further details.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes opened federal court in Salisbury and said that prohibition law violators who are not hardened criminals will go on probation rather than be sentenced to prison. The statement comes as the court addresses early cases and considers alternatives to imprisonment.
U S District Attorney Louis H Breuer dismissed a conspiracy charge to violate the Volstead Act against Herbert Nations former state labor commissioner Jefferson City Missouri declaring the Eighteenth Amendment is on its last legs Breuer said the case was not prosecutable under current conditions and dropped the action in St Louis on October 16 1933 AP report
Senator Robert R Reynolds says he would be happy to see former Senator Cameron Morrison chosen as North Carolina Democratic national committeeman succeeding former Governor O Max Gardner.
Jean Harlow the platinum blonde screen star is reported resting easily at Good Samaritan hospital after an appendicitis operation Sunday. Her physician says she is showing signs of a quick recovery.
C. B. Mail, 88, died when his car crashed while fleeing after colliding with another vehicle on the highway near Raleigh. Police report he was burned to death at the scene.
Union South Carolina October 16 AP Safe crackers blasted the Buffalo Mills store office about 3 30 A M stealing about 1000 from an adding machine and wrecking the safe. The robbers left no clue aside from a heavy sledge hammer and no witnesses. Insurance covers the loss.
In Flint Michigan Edward F McGrady assistant secretary of labor told Genesee county Democratic club that NRA standards risk substituting democracy with fascism or communism in industry He urged employers and workers to settle disputes through local boards and appeal to national labor if needed without strikes or lockouts.
President Roosevelt urges leaders to redouble efforts to clear barriers to disarmament. Norman H. Davis transmitted the message to a Geneva peace mass meeting, stressing world opinion backs the conference and urging decisive progress. The note was written in Washington on October 13 before Germany left the arms talks.
A collision near Walker Town claimed the lives of Mrs. Laura Flanagan 74 of Ridgeway Va and Clyde Clifton 38 also of Ridgeway Va.
Miss Mary Dewson of New York is installed as director of women's activities for the Democratic National Committee. She has led Roosevelt campaign women and will head efforts alongside Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt and Postmaster General James Farley at Democratic headquarters. Dewson, a Wellesley graduate and welfare worker, succeeds Nellie Tayloe Ross.
Washington officials began implementing President Roosevelt's plan to advance about 1 billion dollars from the assets of closed banks. The deposit liquidation division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will organize special appraisal committees to speed payouts to depositors and orderly asset liquidation.
A Santa Monica reflection from October 15 argues the League of Nations failed because it had no enforcement power. The author mocks pledges and suggests an economic boycott by global peers could have forced concessions, noting that nations would sacrifice lives and money before giving up trade to avert war.
In Statesville on October 16 officers surrounded two North Carolina convicts who had stepped from a eastbound train. Charlie Hilton was fatally shot. Dud Travis was wounded and captured after resisting commands. Coroner exonerated Sheriff Kimball, stating the shooting was in line of duty. Travis had a prior burglary sentence and escaped prison on June 7, 1932. his mother resided in Hickory and his crime involved a mill and murder in Catawba County.
Norfolk dispatch reports Rear Admiral Richard Byrd laid up with acute laryngitis and pharyngitis at a hotel. Dr. Guy Shirey said Byrd may call in more specialists if conditions do not improve this afternoon, but expects Byrd to sail on the Jacob Ruppert the day after tomorrow.
World reaction to Germany leaving the League of Nations and the disarmament talks sparked broad alarm. U S officials blame Berlin while Britain France and Italy seek cool heads and restraint amid looming disarmament and budget debates.
Berlin dispatch reports growing evidence that President Hindenburg may retire after the November 12 elections. If he steps down Hitler could be Germany’s ruler in name and fact, with the cabinet and loyalists influential in the transition. Crown Prince Frederick’s recent visit is noted in context of royal figures.
The United States will stay on the sideline for three to four days during a German disarmament conference development. Washington will observe European discussions and await results before further steps. State Dept undersecretary Phillips said no new instructions were sent to Norman Davis, ambassador at large in Geneva. Dodds in Berlin reported German assurances would prosecute those who mistreated American citizens.
Governor William Langer announced an embargo on spring wheat shipments from North Dakota to raise prices and spotlight farmers plight. The proclamation, under a 1933 act, authorizes use of national guardsmen to enforce the order and may run indefinitely. Amber durum will be targeted alongside spring wheat due to extensive cultivation.
New York October 16 Henry Harmon a restaurant cashier died of a heart attack after being asked by police to view a murder suspect William Duff. The suspect fled but Harmon who died half an hour earlier might have faced first degree murder charges had the heart attack occurred during the holdup.
Mrs Arturo Del Barrio formerly Helene Costello reports from Havana that the Cuban capital has been terribly dull during the past month. She notes street shooting hindered shopping but life otherwise was uneventful and mentions two weddings tied to a California ceremony.
Langley, once under threat of the electric chair for murder, was escorted by Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill on an eastern North Carolina tour. Witnesses testified Langley was in extreme eastern North Carolina near the time Lonnie G. Russell was killed, supporting his defense. Police questioned Sergeants Joe Stovall and William A. Nelson.
Geneva reports the World Disarmament Conference adjourned to October 26 after a steering committee recommendation. Arthur Henderson opened with a disarmament resolution from a peace rally and urged continued efforts toward armament reduction as Germany weighs withdrawal from the League and the talks.
Albert Coates, director of the Institute of Government, announced that anonymous citizens contributed $50,000 to fund three years of work. The institute, formed to compare government structures in North Carolina cities, counties, and the state, will expand tax administration, accounting methods, and justice administration. Five full time staff have been hired and more will be announced soon.
Three persons injured when a car driven by Simpson Butler crashed with a vehicle driven by J A Queen of Gastonia and then crashed into a store window. Mrs Queen, her son, and Butler were hurt.
Senator Huey P. Long faced heckling at the South Louisiana state fair opening as a man challenged him on the Long Island affair. Long urged the crowd to come down to discuss the issue, joked about “Long Island” while defending his tax plan to raise 15 million dollars for schools.
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