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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1935
Page
1
Secretary of Commerce Roper argued that amending the Constitution is the heartbeat of the system in a speech on Constitution Day in Alexandria Virginia. He questioned whether the federal government can act boldly in a national emergency without constitutional changes.
Ellwood Higginbotham, a Negro defendant in a murder trial in Oxford Mississippi, was seized from the Lafayette county jail by a mob and hanged while the jury deliberated his case for the killing of Lyn Roberts, a white man, last May. The mob overpowered the sheriff and deputies, took the prisoner, and carried him several miles out of town to hang him.
About 120 relief workers in Clinton Indiana were locked out by Works Progress Administration officials after a strike on two projects. Strikers were given until tomorrow to decide on returning to work and obeying regulations. Ollie A. Davis warned that refusal to resume would cut them from WPA and direct relief rolls.
North Carolina remains cloudy with possible light showers in the south and warmer conditions in the northwest. South Carolina Georgia and Florida may see showers tonight and Thursday with variable winds. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds shift from south to east with overcast skies tonight and Thursday. From Hatteras to Jacksonville strong northeasterly winds on the north and central coast and moderate to fresh variable winds in the south with rain squalls and overcast skies.
Dispatches from Pueblo report 100 residents of San Jeronimo Tecualipan invaded Acuestomac killing 10 and wounding 20 with several houses destroyed in a border clash between towns.
St Louis pennant hopes crumble as doctors announce rookie star outfielder Terry Moore will miss the rest of the season due to a left knee injury.
Five thousand Nedrow residents regained running water after the village agreed to pay 82050 in water rent due Syracuse. The city cut its mains yesterday when the rent remained unpaid, ending a more than year delay.
Vienna reports government plastered city walls with posters detailing air raid defense instructions as war consciousness rises across Austria. Local authorities urged civilians to follow safety measures and shelter plans amid escalating tensions.
Raleigh reports only about a dozen escapes from roughly 90 divisions for the first 17 days of September. Oscar Pitts, acting penal division head, says the record is the best since the state began taking county prisoners in 1931.
John J. Ahern a wealthy St. Paul manufacturer and sportsman was elected president of the National Boxing Association branch of the NAB National Wrestling in Louisville Kentucky on September 18 per AP report.
Federal and city officers arrested eight men on charges of conspiracy to violate federal internal revenue laws in Raleigh. The arrests came this afternoon as part of a coordinated crackdown on bootlegging operations.
Boston report notes on September 18 that a large building was being demolished as part of a major teardown. AP coverage highlights the scale of the project and its impact on surrounding operations.
The Geneva correspondent reported Premier Mussolini summoned Baron Pompeo Aloisi head of the Italian delegation to the League to return to Rome.
Pittsburgh Sept. 18 AP says Myron Taylor chairman of United States Steel Corp told local business leaders the company has spent 70 million dollars on plant improvements and will be required to double that amount soon.
Rome reports General Starace orders a one day mobilization across Italy classed as military in character. All uniformed Fascists must respond immediately, with exemptions for munition workers and public service police. Signal via church bells sirens and radios to mobilize 6 to 10 million. Cabinet discussions to answer British Mediterranean naval concentration noted.
Thomas J. Mooney, the 1916 Preparedness Day bomber, pursues habeas corpus relief after a California supreme court appointed referee pauses questions on testimony. His lawyers argue the conviction rested on perjured testimony. the referee will hear the case for three to four weeks.
Eleven of the thirteen balloons in the Gordon Bennett international race had been accounted for by reports reaching Moscow. In two cases the reports were vague and did not state the current location of balloons that had taken off from Warsaw on Sunday.
Reuters reports Ded Jasmatch Nadibeu governor of Harar calls all able bodied men to military service. Slacker disobedience will trigger arrest, dressing in women's clothes and public hanging. Exchange Telegraph says Egyptian subjects in Ethiopia told to return to Egypt.
In New Orleans on September 18, Governor O K Allen struggles to keep Huey P Long era factions united. Country parish leaders press for influence as tensions rise among Long loyalists. Reverend Gerald L. Smith interrupts with fiery oratory, signaling splintering in the political machine.
Memphis on September 18 reported New Orleans police sought J. Garland Ogden, a missing Memphis broker, on a warrant for theft of 45000 dollars from a widow and her mother. The indictment lists 9000 dollars from Mrs. Margaret Durham and 36000 dollars from Mrs. Katherine M. Shannon, a Kentuckian.
Tulsa Oklahoma September 18 The name of Long may return to the United States senate next year on a Share-the-Wealth platform if enough people contribute funds to finance a campaign Dr George B Long brother of the slain Louisiana dictator and a perennial campaigner for office in Oklahoma plans to run for the senate in 1936
A 256 strong Black railroad crew began work on a Norfolk and Western spur track at Grundy Virginia despite threats by white miners to blow up their railroad car homes. Sheriff J H Goff of Buchanan County Virginia placed guards around the crew and reported the situation quiet.
London reports authoritative sources expect an air ministry communique confirming a concentration of Royal Air Force squadrons in Malta Egypt and elsewhere in the Mediterranean. The home fleet remains off Portland while maneuvers in Scotland are uncertain amid tensions with Italy.
At Bonneville Salt Flats Capt G E T Eyston and his frog like racer completed a 24 hour endurance run on the salt beds, lowering 14 world records for racing machines. Officials held back speeds but unofficially the 24 hour record was set with a rate above 140 mph.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars in New Orleans set aside five minutes of their program to eulogize the late Senator Huey P Long and to receive a greeting from his wife. Rev Gerald L K Smith was chosen to deliver the eulogy and not discuss politics, and to read Mrs Longs message.
The North Carolina Supreme Court considered whether two 1935 liquor statutes enabling county controlled stores are constitutional. Justices heard arguments from both sides on whether the laws regulate or prohibit, with decisions deferred.
In Toronto on September 18 the attorney for two Detroit airmen charged with manslaughter over a mid-air struggle with Len Koenecke of the Brooklyn Dodgers said Koenecke likely died by his own action. He will subpoena Casey Stengel to testify on Koenecke's mental state and will call others to show the airmen acted in self defense. Pilot Mulqueeney and parachutist Irwin Davis remained jailed after Koenecke was killed with a fire extinguisher.
New York markets rallied as industrials and rails pushed to new highs for the recovery. U.S. government bonds remained weak while cotton rose about a dollar per bale. wheat faced profit taking.
In Gaffney South Carolina coroner W P Batchelor convened a jury to view the bodies of Gilmer Moss 25 and Drayton Batchelor 22 both of Cherokee Falls killed in a collision with a parked truck near Gaffney. An inquest date was postponed as officers search for two men believed to be in the truck. The truck papers indicate registration to Queens Brothers North Wilkesboro NC.
New York September 18 Surrogate James Delehanty ordered Dorothy Browning Hood the adopted daughter of the late Edward W Browning to receive $800 a month as maintenance and to withdraw $10,000 from her father’s vast estate. The ruling allows her to live in a manner to which she has been accustomed.
Italian delegation calls the League of Nations five power plan for Ethiopia unacceptable and far short of Italy’s demands. Officials warn Italy may withdraw from the League if offered terms seen as a take-it-or-empty-hand proposal. The five power committee continues refining text for a possible basis of negotiations.
Governor Eugene Talmadge charged the Roosevelt administration has reversed Democratic principles and said, we have gone to Russia to copy an entirely different government from that of our forefathers. He spoke in Des Moines at an Iowa Farmers Union event during a swing through the Midwest to oppose Roosevelt’s renomination.
President Roosevelt announced he will stay in Washington until the latter part of next week to finish an accumulation of work. He said it is very probable he cannot attend the American Legion competition at St Louis.
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