09 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1938
Page
1
New York September 9 Justice Perdi nand Pecora rejected a defense motion to dismiss chemical conspiracy charges against Tammany District leader James J. Hines.
Frank Taylor, 24, of Wilmington, was found severed in the middle along Seaboard Airline tracks in Henderson. Coroner A. P. Paschall ruled no inquest necessary.
Philadelphia Athletics announce the acquisition of pitcher James Reninger from Baltimore IL club for 820,000 and infielder Clarence Ace Parker. Parker joined the A s two years ago from Duke University.
A coroner's jury in Miami absolved Mil dred Gaydon a 25 year old night club girl of any blame in the automobile accident that left the Count of Covadonga a former heir to the Spanish throne with fatal injuries Tuesday.
Three Texas convicts were sentenced to life in prison for robbing a dry goods store and shooting Red Springs officer A. J. Breedin on June 25. Joe Gupton James H. Massey and D A Stone were captured July 1 in Savannah Georgia. Massey admitted guilt on the shooting charge while claiming innocence on the robbery, Stone contended he knew nothing of the shooting.
Judge Ferdinand Pecora voiced doubt about parts of the Dewey case against Tammany district leader Hines after a six hour motion hearing. He warned the evidence might fit a conspiracy charge, but noted Hines was not indicted on that count.
The War Department announced contracts totaling 7,281,455 to strengthen anti aircraft defenses. The orders will add 330 to 340 new ultra modern high firing anti aircraft guns, increasing the Army's defenses fivefold from under 70.
Tennessee Highlander School official Dr. James Dombrowski told a National Council on Religion in Higher Education at Penn yan that evangelists are used to oppose union activity in the South. He cited a 1940s CIO campaign, sermons, and radio talks denouncing the union as the mark of the beast while noting a minority of preachers defend unions. He warned the South risks becoming the sweatshop of the nation due to industrial hunger.
Ten insurgent tri motored bombers fatally hurt several people and caused heavy damage today in a raid on the Valencia waterfront area. More than 100 hazardous devices were dropped, mostly on Pinedo Beach. no ships were hit.
The New York Times reports President Roosevelt will limit his purge to a few already targeted candidates in primaries. He may support liberal Republicans in November while avoiding a broader purge, with focus on Georgia Maryland New York City races and opposition to Senators McCarran Tydings and Representative O Connor.
President Franklin D Roosevelt rushed to Rochester Minnesota to be with his son James as he undergoes a gastric operation scheduled for Monday at the Mayo Clinic. Mrs Roosevelt and Betsy Roosevelt plan to join in Rochester while Roosevelt arranges talks with Senator Bilbo and GE official Gerard Swope before sailing aboard the Potomac on a Hudson River cruise with visiting dignitaries.
A sitdown strike by 900 Armour and Company workers at the Kansas City packing plant halted operations. The action was in protest over pay for five grievance committee members for time spent in talks with company reps. Don Harris was contacted about extending the strike to all Armour plants.
Government dispatches from Hendaye report Spanish militiamen retook Caballos Mountain positions seized by insurgents earlier in the week. Heavy rains slowed Franco’s Gandesa sector advance as 30 artillery batteries shelled fronts. hill 356 was temporarily lost but later reclaimed, while hill 287 remained in government hands after repulse.
The Kirkmen Furniture Company of High Point was granted a charter of incorporation by Secretary of State Thed Kure. It will manufacture and deal in furniture under an enameled capital stock of 100 000 dollars, with 800 subscribed by B. W. Kirkimas, W. G. Kirkihon, and L. H. Kirk mia.
The New York World Telegram reports unofficially that British war office orders may have asked technical reserve officers in the United States to prepare for mobilization Although no orders have been issued since 1914 and the official mobilization for the Empire was to come home for war The British consulate said notifications usually go through the military attaché in Washington and may have passed without the consulate’s knowledge
The seventh annual Young Democrats session opened in Durham as Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem appeared set to win the presidency with Hampton and Mrs. Charlies W. White of Gastonia as declared candidates. Hampton conceded a strong canvass and likely victory while White weighed a bid for national committeewoman amid talks of Hope Buck and Sara Ruth Posey in the committee race.
Relief rolls rose as WPA enrollment reached a new high of 2,066,953 after a 28,000 gain in the week ending August 27. Public assistance totaled 20,800,000 in July with households receiving aid up nearly two percent from June. Commerce officials caution that current trends put national income near 64 billion, about six to seven percent below 1937.
Wake Kearns of 239 Missteet is held in city jail without bond on a warrant charging criminal assault. The warrant was signed by Carrie Burrelace. A hearing is scheduled for the municipal court.
San Francisco Mayor Angelo J. Rossi works with both sides to reach an amicable settlement as a department store strike affects 27 firms and eight branches. Picket lines surround 36 stores with sporadic clashes but no serious injuries. Officials say 7,000 workers joined, while store executives report up to 4,000 clerks quitting.
The commerce department reported a weekly import of European gold totaling 87 769 152 dollars for the week ended September 2 the largest since 1936 and about 30 million more than any week this year England supplied 68 683 500 dollars with Belgium France Sweden and Japan also contributing. Experts attribute the surge to wealthy foreigners sending funds to the United States for safekeeping which spurred large dollar purchases in the foreign exchange market and required substantial gold transfers.
Three filers were killed and two injured today when two Argentine navy planes crashed in the Hood of Azul, province of Buenos Aires.
World tension over Czechoslovakia grows as Adolf Hitler skips a scheduled Nazi party event in Nurnberg citing state business. Reports say Russia may move troops toward Czechoslovakia with Romania transit. France and Britain push for a plebiscite and readiness for possible war, while Italy and Japan pledge support.
Shanghai dispatches report Chinese units halted further Japanese advances on both banks of the Yangtze in mid China. Hankow authorities acknowledge Japanese proximity and a northern push toward Hankow via the Peiping Hankow line with about 700000 troops deployed to defend a 400 mile front.
Fourteen Japanese planes attacked the Canton north station dropping five bombs before anti aircraft fire repelled them. Casualties were believed light. It was the first raid in three weeks.
Thousands gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral for the funeral mass of Patrick Cardinal Hayes archbishop of New York. A vast religious procession included three cardinals fourteen archbishops fifty-three bishops and over two thousand priests. The ceremony marked one of the most solemn ecclesiastical events in American history with mourners outside hearing the requiem by public address.
Elizabeth City reports Louis Sawyer 28 of South Mills died after falling into a boiling mash at a non registered still near the Dismal Swamp. His partner Kenneth Hewitt 30, WPA worker, was arraigned on bootlegging charges and held on bond for September 26 in U S district court.
Snow falls early as a Nor'easter blankets Lubec Maine on September 9 in what local reports call a record for early snowfall. The town sees a light flurry described as widespread and notable for the date.
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