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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1932
Page
1
Franklin D. Roosevelt tours Arizona with Mrs. Roosevelt joining from Prescott. A ranch stop at the Greenway estate follows brief greetings in Phoenix Wickenburg and Williams as part of a laid back day after a long two week trek from Albany through the Pacific Northwest and California.
Vice Admiral Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, 59, died after abdominal ailment and anemia while en route to Washington. He served as technical adviser at the 1928 London arms conference and commanded the U S fleet battle force. His body to be sent to Annapolis with flags at half mast.
In Boise Idaho September 26 doctors said Mrs William E Borah wife of Idaho senior Senator was slightly better from psittacosis after four serum injections delivered by air from Washington and Pasadena California The illness is parrot fever and treatment has been given to her condition shows minor improvement.
In Georgia, milk shipments bound for Atlanta were disrupted as truckloads were dumped near Conyers despite a federal injunction. Pickets blocked roads, threats were made to vehicles, and leaders faced potential warrants from federal authorities. A joint conference of Georgia milk groups planned to coordinate additional actions across counties.
Willie Choice of Seneca North Carolina was held in Robeson county jail charged with first degree murder for the fatal stabbing of Willie Neal a Charlotte resident at Fairmont yesterday according to police reports from Lumberton North Carolina.
Police pursued fingerprint clues after yeggs cracked the treasurer’s safe at North Carolina State College in Raleigh. They escaped with $8,000 consisting of $7,000 in registration fees and $1,000 in game receipts. Authorities suspected professional safe crackers.
Indian Taft Brooks lay in a local hospital today with a gunshot wound as Pate Locklear was jailed on charges connected to the shooting.
In Springfield Illinois a street riot pitting United Mine Workers against Progressive Miners of America left one police officer killed and many injured. A Springfield detective Porter Williams died. Dominic Dirig alundo and Garnet Smith were among the wounded as clashes spread from the street to a hotel lobby amid tear gas and volleys of blows.
In Santa Monica on September 25, a Will column notes Mr. Roosevelt has come and gone. It comments that Democrats seem cheerful and casual about the event, while Republicans treat it seriously but conduct themselves with a joke-like air.
Shanghai reports the United States and China nearing a $9 million gold deal for 15 million bushels of U S wheat or flour. The national government would buy with a three year credit, paying 1937 to 1939, at 4 percent interest. Shipments to begin next month from the Pacific coast.
Asuncion confirms acceptance of a ceasefire proposal with Bolivia in the Gran Chaco. Conditions require immediate troop withdrawal, full demilitarization within two to three weeks, and a reduced military presence to internal security needs, with both sides approving and placing the dispute in international justice.
New York September 26 Speaker John N Garner Democratic vice presidential nominee arrived for talks with party leaders and said he believed Alfred E Smith would give wholehearted support to the Democratic national ticket. He stressed confidence in Smith and said he would not discuss his own campaign plans until after conferring with leaders.
Geneva September 26 Irish Free State President Eamon de Valera warned the League of Nations must prove its value by fully implementing the covenant on all states. He said criticism of weakness is widespread and the league should act decisively to regain public confidence. De Valera rejected the prepared speech.
The disarmament conference bureau adjourned in Geneva after failing to win Germany's participation. The meeting ends without discussing Germany's push for arms equality, and reconvenes on October 10.
The federal lottery trial of United States Senator James J. Davis reached a climax as the prosecution rested and a defense motion to dismiss was denied. Fred W. Jones testified that Davis led the Moose organization department until 1930 and that receipts from Moose charity balls linked to alleged lotteries were handled by his successors.
A damp weekend across the south saw 13 deaths from various incidents. Reported fatalities include Foster Stewart of Gaston Alabama, a high school football player who suffered a heart attack after being withdrawn from a game, and Harrington Sparks killed in an accident at Marion. Other states listing fatalities include Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and North Carolina with multiple deaths in several incidents.
Two men were shot and killed in the Hocking Valley mine field during recent unrest. Clarmont Banfield, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Banfield, Hunterton, and Boyd Vincent, 45, Lubrig, an active strike agitator, are identified as the dead amid a strike related outburst.
In Rockingham North Carolina a union formed by striking Han Nah Pickett mill workers keeps deadlock as about 1200 idled over five weeks. Picketing guards dispersed without resumed operations at Hannah Pickett mills Entwistle and related plants.
Mahatma Gandhi, in Poona, India, broke his self imposed hunger strike at 6 30 a m London time after abstaining from food for six days and five hours. Doctors warned his strength was ebbing and his condition serious. The move followed London government acceptance of a compromise plan on Indian untouchables' privileges with reservations.
The American Federation of Labor urged wage increases to restore buying power and promote growth. It said confidence is rising but consumer spending must rebound, hours should be shortened, and layoffs remain high with 11.4 million unemployed. The survey notes gains in textiles shoes clothing steel automobiles coal and car loadings.
Sam B. Bauknight aged 24 died in an Atlanta hospital from a fractured skull after tumbling 350 feet down Stone Mountain. He slipped from a ledge near a workmen's shed on the cliff near the General Robert E. Lee memorial, an area with a history of fatal falls.
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