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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1930
Page
1
U S S Kane Newport Harbor September 16 AP fog forces postponement of the third America's Cup race. Enterprise and Shamrock V remain in port. two large spectator yachts collide with little damage. Race rescheduled for tomorrow if weather permits.
Raleigh Banking and Trust Company with deposits of 2.167 million dollars on June 30 was placed in the hands of Page Trust Company as liquidating agent this morning after 5 o'clock.
Ambassador Morrow placed a wreath on the Independence monument in Mexico City during Mexican Independence Day ceremonies attended by the diplomatic corps and thousands of spectators. The wreath laying occurred amid a large parade with 30,000 troops, and rumors of an accident were denied by officials in Washington.
Ted Honeycutt and John Ellis, Charlotte youths, and two girls were convicted in Rowan County for the Rockwell bank robbery. Judge John Clements sentenced the boys to 11 to 14 years each. Mabel Yarborough to 5 to 8 years. Mary Frick to 6 to 8 years after a jury found her guilty.
Illinois Attorney General Carlstrom released a statement accusing Senator Gerald P. Nye of direct espionage links to Ruth Hanna McCormick amid a probe of campaign expenditures. Nye, chair, refused to let the statement be read as witnesses and countercharges echoed about wire tapping and agency shadowing.
Berlin Sept 16 Chancellor Bruening canceled out of town trips and opened a taxing round of talks with party leaders to win a workable majority. He has pledges from President Hindenburg and many influential politicians, building the sense his position is strong. Supporters insist the administration will not resign despite Sunday’s election results.
Wilmington report notes a five foot two inch, 25 pound diamondback rattlesnake killed near Carolina Beach by locals C. H. Michaux and George Atkinson. Atkinson fell onto the snake with a short iron pipe, crushing its head and preventing a strike.
Chicago report of a pole sitting accident ends in death. Stephen Walsh Jr 15 touched live power wires atop a pole and was electrocuted last night.
Cleveland prepared an elaborate tribute for Major Dieudonne Coste and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, French air conquerors of the Atlantic. Thousands were urged to attend a public hall reception at 3 p.m. with civic officials speaking. A dinner tonight in Cleveland and Akron honors awaited the fliers.
Eugene Meyer Jr of New York was sworn in as governor of the Federal Reserve Board in a simple ceremony in Secretary Mellon’s office. He succeeds Roy A Young of Minneapolis, who attended the ceremony. Meyer has long served the government as War Finance Corporation chairman and later as Federal Farm Loan Board commissioner.
Rocky Mount reports a sand pit cave-in that trapped three workers. Two were rescued alive while John Forbes, 38, died. Isham Roberson and Abram Small were injured. City manager L B Aycock said the accident was the first at the pit in ten years.
Berlin reports that on September 16 the German government officially recognized the new Argentine provisional government.
The Treasury Department plans rapid site selection for the High Point post office and will send architect L H Graham this week to evaluate proposed locations. Chief site agent L H Blaunton will not inspect in person, accelerating land purchase and construction plans. After Graham files his report, land will be acquired, blueprints prepared, and bids invited with a 30 day ad and typically a year to complete.
The body of 83 year old Grand Army veteran William Wrighton Ange was found on the Roanoke River bank at Calm Point with a head wound. Sheriff Roebuck seeks 19 year old William Dave Daniel who witnessed Ange cashing a $75 pension check at Jamesville before his murder. The coroner rules the death murder by unknown persons.
Noah Beery states his wife Marguerite has been missing from the Beery ranch near North Hollywood for a week. He plans to appeal to police for help locating her. Mrs Beery left September with her automobile and has been ill for months.
Gov Huey P Long orders an eight day special legislature session in New Orleans to consider a 68000000 road bond issue a new capitol building intracoastal canal completion and city roads and streets maintenance. The call follows a New Orleans political faction caucus to back Long's measures to move past primary animosities.
Washington reports the miniature golf fad has used 1,500,000 yards of cotton textiles. The Commerce Department branch notes this figure excludes potential cloth needs if courses move to canvas for winter operation.
A gusher named Number 5 Holmes erupted in a city school yard, flooding the area with gas and forcing temporary evacuation of more than a thousand pupils. Initial flow reached 65 900 barrels daily, with fire hazards prompting the school board to relocate classes. Hall-Priscoe Co. expects two nearby wells to be completed within a week to relieve pressure and allow return.
Chicago dispatch reports Patrolman William E. McCann age 32 was fatally shot while responding to a burglar alarm. Leon Davis said he mistook the officer for a prowler as they forced their way into Davis’s flat.
Democratic candidate Robert J. Bulkley in Columbus challenged Republicans to face prohibition squarely. He urged repeal of the 18th amendment, arguing states should decide liquor policy. Bulkley cited Senator McCullouch’s stance and said the issue is not a federal matter for the United States Senate.
In Geneva the Italian spokesman Signor Scialoja and German Foreign Minister Julius Curtius joined British Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson in urging immediate disarmament. They call for drastic reductions to the lowest safe levels, arguing disarmament must proceed without waiting for broader security guarantees. The leaders also favor European economic cooperation within the League of Nations framework.
President Hoover named Edgar B. Brossard and Alfred P. Dennis to the new tariff commission and added Dr. Lee Coulter as a third appointee bringing the panel to five members. The six member panel will include three Republicans and three Democrats with Henry P. Fletcher as chairman and Thomas Walker Page also named.
OMINATO Japan September 16 Lieut Harold Bromley abandoned his attempt to fly the Pacific this year but hopes to gain backing for a 1931 effort. Replacement of damaged parts in his monoplane City of Tacoma would take a month and be too late for the current season. He will store the plane in Yokohama for the winter.
A state probe into alleged irregular handling of Confederate pension checks by Guilford County Clerk Mason W. Gant awaited Raleigh records. Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt, arriving to lead the investigation, faced little action as charges from R. L. Dixon claim pension checks for Lemuel S. Dixon were paid after death. Dixon also accused the endorsement of matching Gant's handwriting. Gant denied the charges and withdrew from the Democratic ticket to avoid embarrassment.
Montreal health officials report discoveries of cat meat sold as rabbit in local restaurants. Dr. S. Boucher of the city health department said a number of convictions had been obtained.
Representative Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina who had an apoplectic stroke last week has not responded to treatment and his condition is decidedly unfavorable, according to physicians in Washington.
Mrs. J M Wells of Casanova Virginia faced a fatal blaze that killed four Wells children George Francis and Stuart and Miss Mary Hall while Betty escaped by leaping from a window. Mrs Wells and her daughter survived in serious condition after awakening to flames from an oil stove.
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