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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1933
Page
1
Police investigate a nighttime break in at the Alfred Street Detroit post office. Thieves drilled through brick and mortar to pilfer registered mail and about 819000 in postage stamps, with officials noting possible inside access and a vault breach.
President Roosevelt keeps Civil Works Administration active to spur employment through winter and into spring. Hopkins reports 4,000,000 men and 100,000 women already at work. funds extend only to February 15 with a request for 350 million dollars to taper off from March to May.
A Commerce Department committee reviews options to reform communications with three paths: keep current conditions, create government regulated monopolies across telephone telegraph and radio, or pursue direct government ownership. The report leans toward monopolies under federal control, citing Western Union Postal Telegraph merger prospects and a fragmented radio sector. Roosevelt will forward findings to Congress and wait for further study.
The Public Works Administration approved 84 177 300 for 382 non-federal projects in 15 states including 1 633 000 for the University of Texas in Austin for buildings. Great Britain to hand a 7 500 000 war debt token payment to the United States in Washington on Friday as stated from London authorities.
United States Ambassador William C. Bullitt and Soviet Russia President Mikhail Kalinin exchanged official greetings in the Kremlin. Bullitt presented credentials and called Kalinin a delightful human being while Kalinin praised Roosevelt and the U S Soviet rapprochement effort.
A strip along the upper Atlantic seaboard remained the coldest area on the national map with 15 degree readings in Pennsylvania and New York and 18 in Washington DC. Snow fell in the Great Lakes as Cleveland reported 15 and Chicago 24. Southern cities saw milder weather with Jacksonville at 65 and Dallas at 37.
President Roosevelt pursues bilateral treaties as a path to cutting tariff barriers. A Colombia agreement will set a model for reciprocity, with other pacts in the works. A Peek committee will study foreign markets, with a report due soon. He cites limited chances for world tariff reductions amid current conditions.
Nellie Hardinson 48 of 119 Tryon Street died last night at midnight from a stroke of paralysis. She was wife of Dudley A. Hardinson and is survived by three sons Elbert George of High Point John of Durham. two daughters Mrs Earley Estes Draper and Mrs Ledford Barney Winston Salem. one brother O W Chernault of High Point. Funeral services will be held sometime Thursday.
In Salisbury on Friday December 15 at 10 o clock cleaners and dyers from the state will gather at the Yadkin hotel to hear a government official explain the NRA code and its provisions. The talk will cover code details and implications for the industry.
Oakland reports the Japanese Abalone fishing boat Utah exploded and burned off Point Pinos near Monterey after an apparent explosion. Its captain and crew escaped to a motor tender and reached Monterey. coast guard and Guide searched rugged seas for survivors. Oil tanks found near the blaze suggest tanker cargo rather than fishing gear.
The Dillon-Vitt Underwear Company, whose Statesville plant burned, has acquired the Moffitt Underwear plant here and will start manufacturing at once. Reconditioning is underway, with cloth cutting already active and some machinery in operation. A 300 worker facility is planned. Jack Dillon and C. E. Bogle will move to this city to direct operations.
John D. Biggs, receiver for the Commercial National Bank of High Point, files suit against Paul W. Smith for 1200 dollars plus accrued interest on a note dated November 27, 1931. A divorce suit is filed today by Sadie Bowers against William Bowers on grounds of separation.
Horace G. Holerson of 907 West College Drive reported two Shetland ponies stolen last night. Police are investigating the case this morning as officers review clues and gather details.
Harry Carr, noted Pacific coast writer, touring the world, says England is ahead of the curve and recovering quickly. He claims England cut money prices to match the United States, aiding their economy and punching back at unemployment with a smart approach.
Atlanta dispatch reports Secretary Frances Perkins urged state input on labor and industrial policy. She framed a large building program as key to recovery, proposing regional meetings to align federal and state efforts, and emphasized housing, wages, and worker welfare as roots of broader economic balance.
A series of accidents and a deadly fight in the Carolinas claimed twelve lives. Odell Bessent, 17, died from a dynamite blast near Little River as the Currituck dredge worked inland. Ruth Ivester, age 2, perished from burns at home in Charlotte after falling into a fire. A landslide near HeroKee, N C, killed Edgar Miley, Robert Brooks, and A G Davis. The Carolina Special derailment near Hot Springs killed engineer H Arthur Houchins and injured nine. Mr and Mrs Thomas A Anderson died when their car was hit by an ACL freight near Conway S C. Three children perished in a Batesville S C house fire. Ruby Sides, 45, of Bessemer City and three Beater brothers died from other incidents. Beaters Lewis, Harry, and Eliott faced murder charges after Eugene McLemore died from knife wounds amid further injuries and accidents reported.
The government again offered today a price of 84.01 dollars per ounce for newly mined domestic gold as of December 138. The report notes the government price maintains a standard rate for gold sales.
Policy discussion on handling of service station applications at a city conference. Two proposed developments on North Main Street Woodruff Clinic property and J A Clinard estate at North Main and Thurston streets to be heard Friday at Five at Number Two Fire Station. No policy decision announced.
Herod summoned chief priests and scribes asking where the Christ Child would be born. They answered Bethlehem in Judea as the prophet stated. The passage reflects the biblical account tied to Christmas shopping days.
In Waynesville on December 13 Charley Buchanan described the slaying of 62 year old Thomas Price on a mountain trail last September. He portrayed the sequence with a chalk sketch and testified about the shooters Dewey Potter Clarence Potter Eric Ledford and Wayne Potter. The trial seeks first degree murder convictions with potential death sentences for the Potters and conspiracy for the boy.
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