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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1933
Page
8
Enterprise Bureau reports North Carolina House members resist a 3 percent retail sales tax in the Revenue Bill amid pushback from rural representatives. Some favor broadening the tax to include manufacturers and professionals, while industrial strongholds expect resistance that limits tax cuts.
Captain G. Allen Hancock reports seven self exiles on Academy Bay Galapagos Islands sustaining on turtles bananas and fish for months. The Velero III with Smithsonian USC and San Diego Zoo staff will stay weeks to complete a scientific survey and aid exiles seeking Ritter’s escape plan.
Indigent pick pockets and clever magicians crowd Manhattan swankier night resorts. Nate Leipsig and other card manipulators entertain at the Algonquin as famous lights and autograph seekers gather, while a growing list of superstitions about celebrities circulates among patrons.
House and Senate finance sub committees debate a retail sales tax with industrial concerns pushing for tax on merchants while opposing production or luxury taxes. Senate members Rankin Waynick MacLean Raufort Aiken urged for merchant tax stance. House members Doughton Cherry Moss Coffey Flannagan Gattis viewed as more open minded.
An advertisement touts Baume Bengué as a quick, non blistering rub for neuralgia sciatica neuritis rheumatic pain lame back chest colds and headaches. It warns of imitations and urges readers to insist on the genuine product by name Beame or Gen-Gay.
Irving Mills notes Dinah is the best known American tune in at least five nations. European bandmasters favor it as a showcase piece while Mills cautions American conductors about rising European competition. Also recounted are a costume artist’s bouquet mix up and Mrs. Joseph Leblang’s Broadway profile with a candid home life diary.
Funeral services were held for Odessa Yarborough 18 at Bethel Methodist Church with Rev. J P Hornbuckle and Rev W L Hutchens officiating. She was buried beside her infant in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. Survived by husband Vernon Yarborough and her mother Mrs A W Surratt of Thomasville.
In Lexington on February 9 Mr. and Mrs. L C Sowers long prominent Churchland county residents marked fifty years of marriage with immediate family and friends. Mrs. Sowers was formerly Miss Fannie Florence Long of Rowan county before marriage.
The U.S. Army cavalry unit at Fort Russell Texas has been motorized. It is described as the first and most famous cavalry unit in the United States.
Raleigh dispatch reports that efforts to reorganize state government and gain $2,000,000 annual savings have stalled. Economies hinge on teacher pay cuts, while politics and senior officials shape prospects. Bills to abolish the corporation and merge commissions face Senate and House resistance and doubtful enactment.
John Cox of Jamestown says he cannot identify the meat seized by police as his stolen ham and remains on the lookout for his meat after authorities initially believed it matched his purchase.
A registered nurse reports three years of weakness improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with increased appetite and better health and notes the product carries broad female endorsements.
The American amateur field trials enter day two at Camp Lee Virginia with cold, frozen ground after rain. Marietta Joe owned by Dr. Tingley of Marietta Pennsylvania and Bob Wire owned by Louis M. Bobbitt of Winston Salem North Carolina draw attention with strong early performances as forty one coveys are flushed amid high winds.
In Lexington February 9 H L Peck of Thomasville was sentenced to six months on the county roads after conviction for manufacturing liquor in Superior court. Mrs Margaret Turner described during the Beck trial as wearing men's clothing was sentenced to four months in jail.
The joint insurance committee in Raleigh heard arguments for and against repealing the workmen's compensation act. Labor leaders contended for retention, while textile workers and opponents argued the act benefits are limited and seek remedy or repeal. A textile worker cited pre act compensation as higher, while proponents say the act speeds relief and reduces legal costs.
Pea Island station off North Carolina marks a historic record as the only Negro coast guard crew in America. George HE Pruden leads nine men with a veteran captain rating and a long history of lifesaving on the stormy coast.
Twenty two churches from the Liberty Baptist association were represented at the union meeting at Center Hill Baptist church near the Junior Orphans Home. The association has 27 churches with only five not represented. Evangelist Marshall Mott spoke on Evangelism and clergy including Rev B B Morris, Dr Joseph L Hart, and Rev J Canpe gave helpful addresses.
A report describes bloodhounds as calm loyal and loving animals rather than ferociously dangerous. Keepers praise their gentle nature, patience with children, and usefulness in search work. The piece contrasts common fears with positive traits.
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