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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1937
Page
1
Paris reports highly qualified spokesmen say both nations are ready to discuss a peace, with talks possible at Brussels conference opening Nov 3. Factors aiding hope include Japan overextension in Shanghai, fuel supply concerns, and China's potential to resist with a strengthened future.
French colonial troops and Moroccan courts joined to quell nationalist unrest blamed on foreign totalitarian agents. Soldiers and guards ringed the Medina and Fez native quarter as authorities declare a plot to overthrow the protectorate and form an independent Arab kingdom.
Authorities report more than 1,000 drowned northeast of Damascus and about 10,000 made homeless. Villages from Damascus to northeast areas suffered heavy losses. 500 listed missing near Dmeir. Nebek saw 100 houses destroyed with 70 bodies recovered. French troops and police sent aid to the devastated region.
Insurgent forces repelled a major attack northeast of Madrid at Guadaloja front amid heavy casualties. British officials plan to push Brussels talks with a tougher stance after Japanese offenses against British troops in China. Shanghai reports indicate three Royal Ulster rifles killed in Japanese shelling with more casualties forthcoming.
In Boston a quarrel among three cafe partners at The New Palace left Ardellio Victor dead from gunshot wounds and Emillio Chenel dying of stab wounds. Anthony Demaine was critically wounded in the groin as police investigated the scene.
Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell seventh Baronet of Monreith a noted Scottish educator and historian died today in London dying at the age of prominence in education and letters with his passing recorded by the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt turned from budget work at Hyde Park to meet a delegation from the peoples mandate for peace. Dr Mary Woolley, former Mt Holyoke president, leads the group touring the Americas to argue against war. Roosevelt earlier worked on the budget with Secretary Morgenthau and Under Secretary Magill at home.
Raleigh and San Francisco reports detail October revenue gains across motor vehicles gasoline and franchise taxes with totals up to 5.16 million in North Carolina while California Supreme Court denies Thomas J. Mooney habeas relief five to one though his attorney plans another appeal.
Tobacco prices on the Farmville Goldsboro and Wendell markets were largely unchanged from last week the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported. Quality offerings remained third to fifth quality leaf and second to fourth quality lugs with overall volume down. Federal grade prices for the week ending Thursday show slight shifts between last week and this week across orange and lemon leaves and lugs.
Franklin H. Price, chief librarian, admits defeat when a taxpayer demands the name and rank of the unknown soldier buried in Washington. The exchange highlights postwar curiosity and civic duty in Philadelphia.
Mary Lee Williams and Ben Spock wed in Warrensburg Mo and began farm life before officials learned they were brother and sister split apart in infancy. Foster mother revealed the truth and the marriage was annulled. Ben Spock had been living with Sid Yocom family in Mountain Grove prior to the discovery.
At the Carolina Yarn Association outing in Pinehurst North Carolina Earl Constantine secretary of the National Hosiery and Underwear Association warned that a boycott on Japanese silk would hurt about 85 000 American workers in silk hose and related jobs. The gathering opened yesterday and runs through tonight.
The Toronto briefing reports the Dionne quintuplets now three years five months old show normal development despite language delays. They weigh about two pounds at birth but have grown. they are slightly above average for age, with chest measurements above normal. They are not spanked. punishment is temporary isolation for misbehavior, and they share very similar outward features including wavy brown hair and alike complexions.
Lima Peru Oct 30 Premier General Ernesto Montagne presented a new cabinet to President General Os car Raimundo Benevides. Montagne led the old cabinet which resigned last night. The retiring group was all military men. the new cabinet includes civilians.
Generally fair weather with a midweek shower period. Cooler start, warmer midweek, then colder toward the end.
Washington leaders race to finalize the president’s five point program for the November special session opening Nov. 15. Agriculture measures lead with farm legislation, wage hour standards, government reorganization, regional planning, and anti trust reforms all under debate as Congress returns.
Federal agents remove Frank Bird from the wanted list and pursue Charles Bird, last of the Bird brothers gang who escaped the Cuyahoga county jail. Frank and his wife Sylvia were captured at the home of Mrs Anna Setber in Mayfield Heights after a late night ride, with deputies present and federal agents arriving after the capture.
Southern cotton growers heard hints that Congress may back an acreage allotment plan favoring the little farmer over large plantations. Senator Smith urged exempting the small grower and reducing the bigger operator. Ellender and Thomas signaled support for aid to the one mule farmer during hearings in Memphis.
Williard McCrary, 19, died from injuries after a car crash six miles north of Granite Falls last night. The accident occurred in October and the victim is identified in local reports.
Shanghai dispatch reports China’s Lost Battalion abandoning Chapel stronghold amid heavy Japanese bombardment. Foreign consuls urge withdrawal into the International Settlement as Americans and other foreigners face danger from shelling and raids.
Raleigh October 80 report says J. D. Buckner escaped Cary prison farm for about 24 hours. He tried to bum a ride and Deputy Sheriff Frank Farlow recognized him and helped return him to custody after being pursued by dogs.
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