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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1933
Page
1
A Hindu suspect tied to a communist plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler was arrested with his chauffeur at Hinating border station, Germany. In Turkey, a strong quake damaged Daday village near Mughila with unclear casualties.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas told AP publishers in New York that the administration’s inflation program should be used prudently to end the race to depreciate currencies. He urged international treaties to stabilize money, expand credit as needed, and support commerce while avoiding prolonged depression and disaster.
The Senate opened a contentious debate on an inflation measure tied to a farm relief bill, including provisions to curb undue expansion and permit 3 billion dollars in credit through open market operations by federal reserve banks. Party divisions and objections from some Republicans and a few Democrats were noted as House action on the Tennessee Valley Authority proposal neared a final vote.
In Washington on April 24 Franklin Roosevelt and Stanley Baldwin hosted optimistic discussions as France plans entry into Anglo American negotiations. Edouard Herriot to meet Roosevelt later.foreshadowed progress toward revised gold standard, arms reduction, and reciprocal tariff cuts. Canadian Prime Minister Bennett arrives for talks on wheat control with both sides aiming for quick progress.
Milton H. West won the congressional seat in Texas 15th district vacated when John Garner became vice president. The April 24 AP report notes West’s election to fill the vacancy and continues political leadership changes following Garner’s ascent.
The senate confirmed Breckinridge Long of Missouri as ambassador to Italy and Sumner Welles of Maryland as ambassador to Cuba on April 24.
Ruth Bryan Owen travels to Miami for a farewell visit before departing to assume her new role as minister to Denmark and Iceland.
The Johnson bill to regulate foreign securities sales in the United States via a foreign securities board received approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Members of the senate banking subcommittee drafting permanent banking legislation will confer with President Roosevelt at the White House this afternoon to iron out divergent views on the form the legislation should take.
San Francisco April 24. Tom Mooney's defense counsel gathered for the second trial of the convicted bomber and wondered if the state would prosecute. Assistant District Attorney Murphy indicated the state may make no attempt to present a case as trial begins Wednesday. District Attorney Prady expected to stay away from court. Frank J. Walsh and John F. Finerty joined the defense team. Mooney will leave San Quentin for the first time since 1917 as guards prepare to control crowds and keep interviews secret.
In Los Angeles on April 23, WIBL quips about Arthur Brisbane’s jibe on inflation. He notes confusion has ended as people now clearly explain the inflation issue and he claims to be explaining it himself, contrasting worried with confused.
A Hoover era Republican group named Republican Federal Associates forms to aid the party in a 1934 congressional return. Ogden L. Mills chairs the board with Walter F. Brown as president. Arch Coleman runs Washington HQ and W. Irving Glover directs. The aim is to mobilize active Republicans and reclaim former Roosevelt defectors, with state units planned. Ernest Jahnceke is first vice president, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth second, Charles J. Moos third, William R. Castle treasurer, Coleman general secretary.
The North Carolina Senate passed the beer regulatory act 38 to 2 setting license fees and rules for 3.2 percent beers and wines. The bill awaits amendments as the House planned to resume after a weekend rest and the Kirkpatrick bill was concurred to ban 3.2 percent beverages in Davidson. The Senate also approved measures allowing bank depositors in several counties to deal with deposits in closed banks.
Japanese reports claim about 3,000 Chinese dead over four days near Kupeikow on the great wall of China. Japanese forces under Major General Tadashi Kawahara, aided by airplanes, advance to five miles southwest of Shangsuntze and reportedly capture Nantienmen while dispatches note heavy Chinese casualties and a halt order to the pursuit.
A border region flareup quieted by releasing most arrested suspects. Police reacted to many foreign workers in fortifications along the German border. About one arrest a month. The latest case involved German Michel Leonard freed after four days as an innocent tourist photographer.
Reports from Tientsin claim a Chinese counter-offensive began today in the upper Swan river area as a reply to a Japanese proposal allowing Manchukuan troops to occupy Peiping and Tientsin. Chinese forces reportedly recaptured Chienan and Lu lung.
Financial markets extend gains with wheat cotton and many stocks hitting new highs for the year. Oil shares lead the rally while commodities such as silver crude rubber and coal push higher, though some profit taking trims early gains. Major names like American Telephone Allied Chemical U S Steel and Consolidated Gas rise, with oils trading in volume and majors reaching yearly highs.
Winnie Ruth Judd once called trunk murderess is to leave condemned row at Florence for the state hospital in Phoenix today. She will stay there for life or until she recovers enough to face possible execution again.
Atlanta April 24 report notes twenty three people killed in weekend accidents across the south. Twenty by automobiles, four by drowning, one by burns.
SANFORD Tex April 24 The Blonde Ezra Pat Holdridge eloped with Rev Sharon C Inman a married pastor to restore the Inman family happiness The pair left Cave Springs Mo two weeks ago and lived in the manse with the pastor his wife and two children Meanwhile Mrs Inman plans divorce custody proceedings for children Lowell 12 Danice 6 and the minister faces a Springfield church court on charges of gross immorality
Governor Ehringhaus granted parole to a dozen inmates in Raleigh including four long termers. Notable releases include Robert Foye and Julius Whitemire serving manslaughter and assault sentences from Beaufort and Haywood counties, plus others from Davidson, Richmond, Sampson, Wilkes, Stokes, Mitchell, Jackson, and similar counties.
A Lions club regional conference with representatives from 17 cities will be held here on May 4. The event brings together Lions from multiple locales to discuss community service projects and club activities.
Paris reports France holds 29 percent of the world’s gold in the Bank of France as the gold standard fight intensifies. Air shipments from Amsterdam and rail from Belgium and Switzerland push France’s vast hoard toward a symbolic fortress status while the United States holds about 38 percent.
Magistrate T. A. Gandy of Society Hill, DARLINGTON, S. C., sentenced a Black prisoner to a short chain gang term but lacked a deputy to transport him. He issued commitment papers directing the man to report to the Zone, and the prisoner walked over 20 miles to join the road crew.
In Wilmington on April 24 Prohibition agents pursued 15 year old Walter Gause after he rode a bicycle with a package. He discarded the package and fled, spilling a gallon of liquor. Gause was arrested and the bicycle confiscated.
The Associated Press described at its annual meeting how it reduced expenses by more than 2 million dollars for refunds and lower assessments while continuing normal operations. Kent Cooper said total reductions would amount to about 24 percent, excluding certain charges. Senator Robinson attended the lunch from Washington and Frank Noyes spoke on the mutual news organization. President Roosevelt sent cordial greetings.
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