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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1933
Page
8
Washington announces a program to combat profiteering from the recovery effort by issuing weekly price reports. Dr. Fred C. Howe, consumers counsel for the farm administration, outlines a service on food and textile prices with monthly reports already in place and future taxes planned on wheat and cotton.
Evangelist Aimee Semple Mison Hutton may preach after the vaudeville show with free admission. She aims to carry the gospel to new audiences in virgin fields. Her husband, David Hatten Jr., has filed for divorce and appears in vaudeville.
Howe cites rapid changes in conditions and promises consumer protection as the administration aims to lift farmers and workers from what President Roosevelt called the economic hell. Reports will gather retail prices on bread milk meat and other essentials from 59 cities and over 1 000 stores including independents chains and specialty shops. We will analyze the farmers
Duke University issued its annual catalogue showing a total enrolment of 4 236 individuals for the year after adjusting for duplicate names. Regular session registrations reached 2 841, with 1 452 in Trinity College and 649 in the Woman's College. Graduate and professional schools added 1 365, while 1 711 were in summer sessions.
Dr Howe comments on retail price goals and farmer earnings as prices advance. He argues farmers should receive a fair share of rising retail prices while efforts to assemble retail price data continue.
Enterprise Bureau reports the North Carolina Fair Tax Association formed with J Paul Leonard as executive director to educate and recruit for repeal of the general sales tax. The group aims to mobilize public support, pursue a petition drive, and press for a special legislative session to repeal the tax.
Former North Carolina Governor Max Gardner sailed for Europe aboard the Washington and predicted North Carolina would vote to repeal the 18th Amendment. He refused to speak for South Carolina. When asked about the line about a long time between drinks he replied he did not think it would be so long.
The ancient Egyptians allegedly incubated vast numbers of poultry, with Pliny noting they hatched 100 million chickens in a year. The figure appears in antiquarian accounts and reflects historical estimates rather than verified data.
London reports two influenza cures using a serum similar to that for ferrets. Dr. Ronald Hare says both cases, a 27 year old woman and another patient, showed dramatic improvement after injections and rapid relief from fever and breathing difficulty. Further results awaited.
The Lancet notes the discovery of ferrets as a viable model for flu research by doctors Wilson Smith H Andrews and P P Laidlaw. Earlier attempts failed to find an animal susceptible to influenza infection, delaying studies.
Local merchants highlight Ralistol Ballard Co. of Louisville Kentucky and Millers of Obelisk Flour with product lines including Obelisks Self Rising Flour Oven Ready Biscuit Flour Buckwheat and Pancake Flours in regional grocery promotions.
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