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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1931
Page
7
Washington debate centers on a hypothetical clash between bombing planes and battleships amid Chilean navy mutiny. Proponents note Chilean navy lacks heavy anti aircraft armament except on the Almirante Latorre, risking sinking with bombs, while opponents cite the air force’s limited bomber fleet and deck armor on ships. Analysts say victory could hinge on bomber marksmanship or AA gunners.
Premier Mussolini plans a meeting with the Pope early next week likely Tuesday according to good authority. The Vatican confirms the exchange will occur during the visit.
A New York couple has doubled the city aquarium population by 2 000 as a pair of black catfish busy themselves with their hatchlings. They enjoy a tank all to themselves while Susie May may find a mate in Cincinnati. Susie is a gorilla in the zoo, amid Congo expedition plans.
President Hoover settled into a Virginia camp for three days of relaxation before resuming duties at the White House. He will take time away from official events while enjoying the peaceful surroundings with no public engagements planned during the stay.
More than 1,800 wells in the east Texas oil field began to reopen today after 19 days of shutdown under martial law. The Kilgore area resumes activity as producers restart pumping and operations return toward normal in the nation s largest petroleum region.
Lieut. Gov. R. T. Fountain, a declared governor candidate, will speak at White Lake Beach in Elizabethtown on Labor Day, announced today. Local residents are invited to attend.
Asheville Sept 5 Testimony showed Central Securities Company of Asheville issued altered financial statements. Ruth Brown bookkeeper testified William D. Harris edited figures before mailing to customers. Harris and Wallace B. Davis face charges related to selling over 3.5 million in bonds across 14 states. Davis also led the parent bank. Brown described changes turning liabilities into assets and inflating profits.
In Raleigh Governor Gardner said there is little likelihood of a special session of the North Carolina Legislature to approve a cotton production curtailment plan unless all cotton growing states in the South agree on a common action. He stressed he would call one if a unified plan is needed but currently sees it as remote. Some fear an extra session could cover other matters, though officials see little demand for such a session.
A baby chick's alarm saved W. J. Church at 634 East Lexington Avenue from a close snake bite while he hand-cut grass in his yard. He paused after the chicken peeped, spotted a small adder coiled near him, then the snake was promptly dispatched and the chicken fed a special grain treat.
Legal authority to legislate on cotton acreage cuts is uncertain. Observers doubt any nationwide measure can be imposed and believe any reduction agreement will rely on voluntary participation rather than mandatory law.
Josephus Daniels and Governor Gardner urge President Hoover to convene a national cotton conference with governors and senators from cotton states. They warn without a united plan chaos will persist and three to five year acreage curtailment is needed, highlighting Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas as key producers.
Three youths calling themselves J. F. Reeves W. F. Hamner and H. L. Kinley tied to Charlotte were arrested by a state patrolman on Highway 66 near Winston-Salem. They faced larceny by trickery charges after a $5 change scam at Brinkley’s Welcome filling station and a later $5 theft from a cafe.
Frank Watkins of Greensboro was fatally injured when he tried to jump from a moving Armour and Company truck seven miles from the city on the Winston Salem road. The rear wheels passed over his body as he dropped his hat, and he died about 30 minutes after admission to High Point hospital.
Inquiry in this city revealed that three stores had been visited by the men in effort to work the change trick, but without results.
Winston Salem Sept 5 Clay S Jones died in a hospital here today as the second victim of an auto accident Thursday on the Lewisville highway. William Lambeth died instantly in the crash. Emmitt Vaughn, a passenger, escaped with serious injuries after leaping from the car.
Raleigh September 5 The director of the motor vehicle bureau Sprague Silver reported August new car sales in North Carolina totaled 43122 a drop of 273 from August 1930 when 3395 vehicles were sold. First eight months sales this year were 25317 compared with 29172 a year ago.
The Hayden Fitzgerald and Smith clans announce their annual reunion at Beau mont Farm near Linwood on Sunday September 6. Dr. F Whitegerald president and Mrs. W H Townsend secretary issued the notice of the event.
Prohibition agents conducted a crackdown on petty whiskey peddlers with 14 arrests in Fayetteville and eight in Dunn. Those detained were brought before U S commissioners and bound over to federal court for the term opening September 21. Undercover operatives had supplied the evidence over the prior three weeks.
MOCKSVILLE Sept 5 The murder trial of 81 year old John Henry Hauger for the fatal shooting of his son in law Fred Styers went to the jury this afternoon after evidence and arguments concluded in the Mocksville court.
Rains have flooded the upper Meuse valley threatening Verdun and other towns familiar to American World War I veterans as of Sept 5. The downpour endangers these communities and their historic sites along the river.
President Hoover plans to travel to his Rapidan camp in the Virginia mountains this evening and stay there through Labor Day.
The Raleigh convention venue for the 1932 North Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers association has been announced. Asheville hosts the September 5 dispatch noting the May meeting window, with organizers preparing the program and activities for the gathering.
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