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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1933
Page
1
Detroit February 7 1930 3000 Hudson body plant employees walk out demanding a 20 percent wage increase and overtime for all, with relief personnel, bonus on output, and guild recognition. Plant officials say assembly lines may run on stock bodies but whole plant could close if strike persists.
A Beverly Hills radio tribute honors Calvin Coolidge as Washington considers removing Senate Sergeant-at-Arms David S. Barry for an article alleging congressional bribery. The Senate Judiciary Committee favors immediate removal while a resignation option is rejected.
Rep Rainey of Illinois told reporters the American people will not accept a British lump sum debt cut. Col lier of Massachusetts favored a cash compromise but Rainey warned any settlement must be approved by the U S government. He noted Roosevelt has not contacted leaders about debt conference plans.
Vanderbilt University board authorized reductions of 10 percent in all general expenditures for the next year including salaries of professors at its semi annual meeting in Nashville.
Salisbury reports Louis J. Taber of Columbus and state Grange leaders outlined a farm financial program to be presented before Congress soon. The plan aims to aid farmers amid economic pressures.
The Rev. Frank Fesperman, currently in Concord on furlough, was chosen president of the 108th session of the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed church. Officers elected include Rev. J. D. Andrews as vice president, Rev. Huntt Carpenter as corresponding secretary, and Rev. W. C. Lyerly as reading clerk, with retiring president Rev. A. O. Leonard delivering the sermon.
Senator Smith of South Carolina introduced a measure in Washington on February 7 to aid cotton farmers by reducing production by 8,500,000 bales, aiming to secure support from southern senators.
A Senate banking subcommittee led by Senator Fletcher agreed to draft and push a farm mortgage relief measure this session to slow foreclosures. They favor a foreclosure moratorium and delinquent tax relief, considering various emergency loan options from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Hull Harrison proposals, while discarding larger permanent reforms for now.
Lieutenant-Governor A H Graham said the legislature is about halfway finished as both chambers hold routine sessions. The House passed the Dunagan bill shifting county prisoner maintenance to the highway commission, costing $400 000 to $600 000 yearly but saving counties. The Doughton gasoline tax bill seeks faster payments and curbs bootlegging of tax free fuel. The Senate approved a bill extending loan payments for World War veterans by one year.
Dutch mutineers in command of the cruiser De Zeven Provinciën chase to Surabaya as warships subs and a mine layer pursue. The crew, mostly Sumatrans, abducted eight Dutch officers over a wage dispute and vow to surrender in Sourabaya harbor without violence.
J. W. Perrin paid $6 for a car at auction instead of $5 and, after leaving, parked it in the wrong spot. The city of Florence fined him $1.
CAPE HATTERAS Feb 7 Captain John Alan Midgett a coast guard warrant officer denied Wilmington reports that rum runners on land near here are intimidating guardsmen. He and other station personnel said there is nothing to support such claims despite official-sounding reports from Wilmington.
A coroner's jury in Taylorsville found Isaac Welborn and his 11-year-old son slain and their home burned. Elisha Chapman, under 21, and an unnamed accomplice are charged with the murders. Chapman had been jailed for a recent store fire. Sidney Jolly is held as a material witness on $300 bond.
A mock battle unfolds as the Black Fleet sails from San Pedro toward a position between Hawaii and the U S west coast. The exercise, staged to simulate wartime secrecy, disables routine radio chatter, hides navigational cues, and uses spy-like deceptions to resemble a real conflict. The Blue fleet under Admiral Luke McNamee tracks the exercise.
Miami reports indicate Jease H. Jones of Texas will head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under Roosevelt. Selection would replace Atlee Pomerene and shape early New Deal governance as cabinet speculation names Woodin for commerce and Stevens Gardner and McNeil for other posts.
In Raleigh on February 7 Representative Randolph of Swain introduced a bill to permit John H. Harwood of Bryson City to resume the practice of law after completing a prison sentence for mutilation of court records. The measure would exempt Harwood from license suspension provisions after conviction on certain charges.
RALEIGH Feb 7 The senate judiciary committee number one agreed to a compromise divorce bill. It would let the aggrieved party sue after two years separation while the unaggrieved would wait five years. The current rule requires five years for either side. Senator Griffin opposed any change as the committee settled on the compromise. The measure replaces bills permitting two or three years of separation.
A foreclosure meeting is scheduled for February 14 in Kinston with 20 or more counties expected to be represented. The Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce and other agencies sponsor the event where farmers who have lost property under mortgage foreclosures are expected to attend.
Washington reports London considering a lump sum settlement for war debts between 1.25 and 2.0 billion dollars. Roosevelt is silent as preliminaries for forthcoming discussions unfold, with expectations of trade concessions in exchange for debt revisions.
In Charlotte a man identified as Shorty Williams was shot and likely fatally wounded by the salesman’s wife after Williams and an accomplice tried to scare Lee Buchman. Williams later confessed to the plot, saying they were hired to frighten Buchman and to seek further instructions if needed.
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