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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1933
Page
1
Police throughout Hamilton hunted an unidentified suspect described as a hunchback after a four month old boy was found battered in his crib with black eyes and bruises on his back and stomach while parents were away.
Two women were killed and 20 people injured when an Albany Saratoga bus with 29 aboard collided head on with a car. The bus left the highway rolled down a ten foot embankment and turned over near Round Lake south of Saratoga Springs. The incident followed by news that the Augusta Columbia Charlotte air mail service will be suspended September 15, with earlier plans to abandon on September 5.
Coal dealers announced an 80 cent per ton price rise set to take effect tomorrow with a possible additional 25 cent increase later.
Conrad Donnell 82 a Sanford resident and scoutmaster was shot at White Lake and transported to a hospital in Lumberton with chest and head injuries. Police described the wounds as gunshot and not life threatening. The incident occurred this afternoon.
Ira Dugger, 26, electrician for J. M. Deerman Coal and Ice Co of Elk Park Avery County, was electrocuted this morning when he touched an electric light fixture.
Jose Penate, once a sergeant in Machado era security forces, was killed in Havana during an escape attempt and his body was publicly paraded in an open car. Authorities said ABC revolutionaries carried out the execution.
The young Democratic clubs of America seized control from the Democratic National Committee and elected Clifford Woodward president, James Roosevelt as a senior ally, Miss Rowena Ruth Lockett as vice president, with Milwaukee chosen as the next convention site. John M. Holzworth was expelled after seeking delegate admission.
Governor Ehringhaus arranges Monday talks in Washington with the agricultural adjustment administration and a tri state tobacco committee from North and South Carolina and Virginia. The group seeks aid to boost 1933 crop prices. presidents and officials may not attend due to schedules and Labor Day. Ehringhaus urges Roosevelt for full hearing and action.
In Mitchell county Altapass community Henry Dayton 65 was killed five times in the heart and Jack Elliott 23 wounded in a road duel near Dayton's home. Elliott said self defense. he was arrested and jailed awaiting hearing. Coroner to hold inquest. Dayton survived by widow and seven children.
Washington September 2 Associated Press Staff Writer leaders of United Mine Workers and Appalachian coal operators agreed with recovery administrator Hugh S Johnson to postpone labor contract negotiations until next Tuesday. Johnson said open shop remains unlikely and union recognition is largely academic, as most mines are already unionized. Operators oppose deducting union dues from miners pay to avoid excluding non union labor from their territory.
The tropical storm slammed Cuba with high death counts rising past sixty while rescue teams reached isolated towns. Four sugar-laden sailboats were missing with crews feared lost as Cuba’s hardest hit area Cardenas faced power and water outages. A new disturbance northwest of Turk Island threatened further impact as forecasts varied.
Gus Pasley, a Black man, was acquitted by a Mecklenburg County superior court jury of the murder of Policeman B. H. Frye in 1930. He testified that an alleged confession was coerced by police with third degree methods during an attempted robbery.
The Roosevelt administration nears six months with farm plans shaping cash benefits totaling 400 to 500 million dollars by year end. Proposals target huge gains in agricultural income, with checks flowing to cotton farmers and taxes funding production controls for cotton wheat and tobacco.
Richmond dispatch details Southern Conference coaches launching fall practice next week as ten teams prepare for early September openers. Labor Day starts eight squads with Virginia and North Carolina following. Virginia Tech, Duke, NC State, South Carolina, Clemson and others eye strong seasons amid cautious optimism.
Detroit reports say Chevrolet Motor Company denies discrimination amid NRA auto code debates. Henry Ford expected to return for a possible solo campaign as code talks attract attention.
Newport News dispatch details the collision of the Coldwater with the President Wilson off Cape Lookout. Captain R Lee West of the Coldwater guided the burning ship’s lifeboat crew to save 20 seamen and two passengers while transferring the two daughters of a passenger to safety. No lives were lost amid roaring flames and exploding fuels, with Captain West hailed as the hero by Dollar Line officers.
Secretary Ickes announces the first NRA oil code step moving to market driven pricing while fixing daily output at 8 409 700 barrels and capping imports at about 80 000 barrels a day. He warns of possible price increases if prices fail to drop and vows no gouging of consumers.
Washington Sept 2 The Roosevelt administration nears a tentative plan to aid financially strained employers under the NRA by forming mortgage corporations and furnishing funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Hugh S Johnson heads extended coal code talks after labor dispute with John L Lewis, with talks adjourned until Tuesday. Johnson seeks an Attorney General interpretation on closed shop issues in the coal industry dispute.
President Roosevelt, sunburned but victorious in a hard fought fishing contest, sails south aboard the Nourmahal for another day of sport off the Delaware capes. A secretary’s message said the party boarded the yacht late, returning from Hyde Park, with part of the party fishing aboard near Montauk and others on a separate boat.
Sylvester H. Williams a Charlotte lottery operator killed while seated in his parked car on a downtown street by two Black men in a passing car police said the slaying appeared to be tied to lottery operations. Williams 40 left behind a widow and three daughters as witnesses described the shooting near Myers street between Ninth and Tent streets.
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