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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
9
Chief W. G. Friddle ordered stricter enforcement of city and state traffic rules. About a dozen motorists were arrested yesterday for speeding and running red lights. others were stopped and warned. Drivers will face municipal court tomorrow as the policy becomes permanent.
The North Main Street Baptist Church Men's Bible class will host Dick Hartman and his Crazy Tennessee Ramblers in the Junior High School auditorium tomorrow at 8 PM. Proceeds fund church painting. The Ramblers, known from radio station WBT Charlotte, perform music yodeling and jokes. admission is charged.
Authorities announce strict law enforcement after more than thirty people injured in traffic accidents this month in a bid to cut the toll.
Pennsylvania troopers arrested a steamroller driver after it ran down an embankment. He was charged with intoxication but released because no state law applied to a non automobile vehicle.
The United States operates 775 radio equipped airplanes in commercial and private service with scheduled airlines accounting for 346 aircraft.
An advertisement touts Herb Doctor as a cure for gas indigestion and constipation while promising relief from rheumatic pains skin issues and sleep disturbances. It asserts cleansing the body of poisons and restoring organs with a regimen sold at Mann's Drug Store and by leading druggists.
A public wedding of a local High Point couple will be followed by a dance Friday night at the United warehouse corner of Tomlinson and High streets. The Industrial Workers' association sponsors the event to host about 3500 attendees with heating and amplified sound. Performers include John Petticord and his orchestra with Miss Gladys Frazier and Reginald Marshall plus the Rhythm Boys Trio. Frazier will sing "I Love You Truly" and "I'll Be Faithful."
A historical note asserts Alaska remains unprotected by regular U S forces with no navy or air defense. it highlights strategic vulnerability for the U S possessions and frontier defense in the Arctic.
Naval Stores in Savannah reports turpentine steady at 46 1 2 percent with 281 receipts 316 shipments and stock of 20406 rosin firm with 491 receipts 2503 shipments and stock of 124 80 quote levels range from B at 4 07 percent to X at 5 30 percent. As early as the Civil War balloons were used as observation posts.
North Carolina bank customers will be spared the two cent tax on each check paid after December 31 as the collector of internal revenue directs no tax on checks paid on or after January 1 1935. Wa Cheval Bank executive W C Idol notes the repeal ends a revenue act 1932 levy in effect since July 1 1932, with banks previously charging the tax monthly and remitting to the IRS. Banks expect a boost to business as 90 percent of transactions use checks. The final December charge will appear on January statements.
Smith and Sams waived preliminary hearing in Greensboro on December 18, facing charges of aiding and abetting in a Sumner Township murder and robbery case. Bound over to Superior Court without bond, they deny direct participation but are linked to planning the robbery. The case involves Ralph Dill Reuben Warner and Lathern Vidson. President Andrews Johnson remark is misattributed in the text.
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