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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1930
Page
1
Adjutant General Charles F. Barrett ordered several National Guard units to assist civil authorities policing a large oil well fire near Oklahoma City’s wholesale district. A light southeast wind carried oil over nearby business and residential areas as firefighting actions continued.
National rhetoric heats as Calvin Coolidge urges support for the GOP while Hurley and Raskob trade barbs. Cox accuses sectionalism, Borah previews anti liquor repeal fights, Reed pitches turning out Republicans as a cure for hard times. Local readers see a broad slate of issues shaping the upcoming vote.
Justice Adkins heard that Calvin Goddard would not be recalled to testify on bullets tied to Herbert M. Campbell's gun in the Mary Baker murder case. Prosecution and defense clashed over gun identification while ten bullets from five guns were tested, including Campbell's 32 caliber revolver.
W C Jones a leading High Point citizen and Democratic nominee for the state house shot himself in his office on North Main and English streets this afternoon. His son, 17, found the body, the revolver in his hand, and arrangements for burial were begun at Sechrest Funeral Home. местных
A massive oil gusher southeast of downtown Oklahoma City outputs an estimated 60 000 barrels of oil and 100 million cubic feet of gas daily. Fire hazards prompted school closures, travel restrictions, and extreme police power as inspectors enforce no fire rules over a two mile square danger zone.
Rome oct 31 Hugh S Gibson United States ambassador to Belgium said Italo French naval disarmament talks were progressing and that results could come. He stressed he came as a member of the league of nations preparatory disarmament commission not as Hoover envoy to settle France Italy differences. He planned talks with other commission members before Geneva sessions.
Spartanburg S C October 31 The Piedmont and Northern Railway rested its case in the Interstate Commerce Commission injunction suit seeking to restrain extensions. Judge J Lyles Glenn noted a key issue is whether the act applies to interurban railways and hinted the court may avoid literal construction if broader spirit governs the Transportation Act.
In Elizabeth City North Carolina two iron castings were hurled through a window at the home of W O Saunders editor of the Elizabeth City Independent and his son Keith Saunders an associate. Police had no clue to the would be assailants.
Miss Christine Hudson of Salisbury North Carolina has been named the Ideal Converse college girl in Spartanburg South Carolina as part of a regional vote. The selection highlights a student profile and campus ideals.
Woods reports industry rally to curb winter unemployment as the Navy Department outlines a program by the bureau of yards and docks to award contracts totaling 14 million dollars for shore works and related utilities. Contracts already placed amount to about 2.9 million with work at Quantico Annapolis Hampton Roads and other sites. Bids are to be sought by January first for projects at Quantico Washington Navy Yard Hampton Roads Anacostia Yorktown Pensacola and the Hampton Roads base.
RK W Rigsby of Charlotte was chosen president of the North Carolina section of the International City Managers Association at a luncheon in Charlotte. J T Womack of Reidsville and R M Cooksey of Thomasville were named vice president and secretary treasurer. About 10 city managers attended with guests including Horace Haworth High Point city attorney and Dr J M Hester Reidsville mayor.
The Raleigh Times reports a large American Tobacco warehouse in Durham burned this afternoon with losses estimated at $500,000. The blaze created extensive damage and disrupted operations.
Sofia crowds greet Czar Boris and Queen Joanna as their royal train arrives from Bourgas. A Bulgarian ceremony at the cathedral follows a marriage in Assisi under Roman Catholic and Italian law. Airplanes spell initials above the parade, ending a six day journey on the royal yacht Czar Ferdinand amid stormy seas.
London October 31 Prince of Wales plans a tour of Latin nations that mirrors President-elect Hoover’s South American itinerary. The itinerary is not fixed and may change, with Argentina Brazil Chile Peru and Cuba confirmed as destinations. The route may include entry via the west coast of South America.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church south remained uncomfortable as doctors worked to halt the spread of arthritis. Dr. R Lyman Sexton said the bishop's temperature was slightly higher but no alarm is expected for the immediate future.
A communist battery near Kiell Hupeh province opened fire on the British gunboat Aphis on October 31. The Aphis used six inch guns and machine guns to repel rifle fire from shore batteries along the Yangtse river, silencing the attack.
Herbert Hoover Jr will leave for the North Carolina mountains tonight with his mother and Captain Joel T. Boone the White House physician to continue treatment for a tubercular infection. Mrs Hoover will stay in Asheville until her son is settled in a bungalow and she is already there awaiting her husband.
A dynamite bomb exploded in the air near an unoccupied residence on North Tenth avenue in Phoenix just before midnight. Four blocks away buildings were shaken but no injuries or significant damage were reported.
J B Womble of Charlotte told the Raleigh FTC hearing he did not state the federal trade commission fixed cottonseed prices. He said Linker misunderstood his remark about operating under an ethics code approved in part by the FTC. Linker had testified that Womble and Buckeye Cotton Oil officials claimed FTC responsibility for price fixing.
The census bureau final population bulletin shows North Carolina with 3,170,276 residents, eleven fewer than preliminary figures, and an increase of 611,153 people or 23.9 percent over 1920. The bureau notes this is the largest numerical rise the state has ever recorded.
Raleigh reports October general fund receipts rose by 111 618 while highway fund income fell 152 416 from last October. Four month totals show general fund ahead by 32 466. highway funds down by 440 337. Gasoline tax fell 133 950 with 2 679 000 fewer gallons consumed. Watkins convicted of assault with deadly weapon faces six months. appeal filed. Bellamy death linked to heat prostration in a sweat box. officials indicted three convict camp officers, two acquitted.
Spartanburg police sought a motive for a triple shooting that left two dead. E Kennedy killed his wife Mrs J L Jolly and his mother in law then shot himself in his home after visiting his brother in law. Mrs Jolly died from wounds. Mrs Kennedy remained hospitalized in serious condition. World War veteran Kennedy, 35, acted after bringing them home. neighbors found the scene as children slept nearby.
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson was operated on for acute appendicitis. Surgeons reported no immediate alarm, noting acute inflammation, prior attacks, and fluid in the abdomen suggesting early peritonitis. a definite prognosis would wait 48 hours. Signed bulletin by Drs. Allen B. Kanavel L. L. McArthur and Milton F. Portis.
Secretary Stimson says Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson is reporting fully to him on informal talks in Paris and Rome about a Franco Italian naval accord. The statement frames ongoing diplomatic exchanges during wartime coordination.
Nan O'Reilly Newton, famed female sports writer for the New York Journal, is secretly married to Silas Newton, an oil magnate. They wed before sailing for Europe in 1838 and hospitality duties include 106 servants, yet she continues reporting. Newton fears no job loss.
The season's first cold snap brings light snow in parts of Tennessee and frost as far south as the gulf coast. Temperatures hover near freezing with plant damage near Memphis and frost from Florida to Louisiana as forecasts warn of more frost tonight.
Albert Floyd of Greenville was found guilty of murdering Howard Bell a Clearwater mill machinist and was sentenced by Judge Thomas Sease to die in the electric chair Floyd becomes the first white condemned from Aiken County to face execution Floyd is slated to die between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on December 12 the judge pronounced the sentence firmly
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