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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1931
Page
7
Final dress rehearsal for the College Flapper comedy to be presented at the Senior High School auditorium tonight under the Woman's Club. A parade through the business district featured cast members this afternoon. Curtain at 8:15 PM, closing by 10:15 PM with two hours of merriment and wit. advance ticket sales at Hart's Pharmacy.
GREENSBORO Oct 28 Russell McIntyre of High Point entered a guilty plea in four counts of breaking and entering High Point locations. Richard Lewis and Jack Rivers of New York also pled guilty to breaking into a High Point house. No sentences today. Judge T J Shaw said sentences likely by week’s end.
The article explains how the Philippines current trade with the United States shapes debates on independence. It notes 1930 figures showing large export and import totals and a favorable trade balance, with sugar and copra derivatives as key products. Dwight Davis warns U S sugar duties could ruin Philippine industry.
Al Capone stayed in the county jail under a supersedeas during appeal while his lawyers weigh seeking bail from Justice Van Devanter. Denied bail, he remains in custody with no credit toward his Leavenworth sentence for tax evasion. Capone rests in a hospital ward cell and subsists on jail meals, with family-sent lunch.
Among Filipino political leaders, even the ardent independence crowd concedes immediate freedom would bring financial aches. Manuel Quezon, president of the insular senate, proposed today that the islands gain immediate freedom but maintain free trade for ten years.
National women candidates suffer losses with socialist incumbents falling, while Ida Copeland defeats Oswald Mosley to join Parliament. Irene Ward and other war-era figures win seats, including Mary Pickard and Florence Horsburgh. Lady Iveagh among few titled women elected, joining Lady Astor as the only peers to sit in Parliament.
The court labeled Capone’s group an outlaw gang that tried to intimidate government witnesses and pressured defense witnesses into perjury. Judge Wilkerson cited witnessing fear on the stand and noted a shocking array of perjury in closing testimony by bookmakers about Capone’s horse racing losses.
Belief that general credit benefits would arise from reform faces strain as many savings banks and insurance firms remain large holders of railway securities, complicating any policy shifts.
Strengthening railroad bonds could boost banks and rail carriers. Private bankers discuss a $600 million credit pool to aid carriers, with Hoover in touch as financiers report near unanimous support. Banks would rediscount securities currently ineligible for Federal Reserve action, freeing cash for solvent and some insolvent institutions.
United States Commissioner W S Lyon oversaw a Greensboro driven roundup arresting about all targets. Bonds ranged from 500 to 1000 dollars. Several pled not guilty or waived preliminary hearing. Notable arrestees include R L Beck Jamestown and Mrs R L Beck, John Newsome Lake Street, and Joe Shipwash Hayworth Springs Road. Authorities expect grand jury action.
Dispatches report Amur forces threaten Japanese interests on the Taonan Anganchi railway near Tsitsihar. The loan of about 6.5 million dollars from South Manchurian Railway to Chinese interests for construction remains unpaid. South Manchurian Railway crews and a small guard detachments repair the Nomni river bridge south of Tsitsihar, with repairs to take about a fortnight. Japan submits issue to the league of nations council as part of its Manchurian case.
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