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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1932
Page
13
Herbert Wells imagines Abraham Lincoln returning to explain today’s Depression would stem from fear. He cites Lincoln’s wartime use of greenbacks, calls agriculture the foundation of industry, and says Lincoln would urge collective duty and national unity to lift spirits and economy.
A raid with Captain T. C. Robinson and Policeman W. G. Andrews led to a suspended 60 day sentence for a woman. She was fined $25 and required to move from the neighborhood.
A reflective line jokes that if Lincoln were present he would note many people shaking the rope, implying instability or fear in the current scene. The remark frames public nerves and crowd behavior with a historic voice.
In a bold market report, Wilson North Carolina is highlighted as the world's largest tobacco market, attracting buyers, sellers, and growers to its bustling exchange and daily auctions. The article notes scale, activity, and regional significance for the tobacco trade.
Subtropical fashion notes highlight smart ladies in white and prints. Dorothy Fell shows a striped cotton frock with blue tones and white accessories. Princess Vasil i and Mary Brown Warburton wear white gowns. Mrs Rutherford and Mrs Hyde model lace and velvet ensembles.
A reader column riffs on regional speech and New York attitudes toward southern terms like pecan and grits. It contrasts northern and eastern pronunciation, cites Civil War era biases, and recalls wind lore in the South versus New York snobbery.
George C Wyatt, a 95 year old resident of Warren County Missouri, took out a 1932 hunting and fishing license showing continued participation in regional outdoor recreation.
A Washington dateline notes a meeting between the Secretary of War and Mr. Hoover about Manchuria Shanghai Hollywood and Claremore while seeking a small international dole. The President remained in good humor and joked about relief programs and Hoover commissions as they discussed funds and relief measures.
Paris February 12 the chamber of deputies voted overwhelmingly to grant suffrage to women though the measure still requires passage in the senate and final approval in France's constitutional process. The vote marks a major step in extending voting rights to women in the republic.
The senate approved the suffrage measure as an amendment to the electoral reform bill by 311 to 0. Deputy De onsi’s suffrage amendment allowing women to run for chamber seats and vote for chamber candidates passed 319 to 1.
The National Bank in La Grange North Carolina closed its doors on February 12 with just 15 cents in cash available. Officials reported the bank faced liquidity issues and halted operations pending further action.
President Hoover accepted the resignation of Andrew W. Mellon after eleven years as Secretary of the Treasury. Hoover praised Mellon while Mellon left the post with high esteem from the press and public.
Old beet dump at Goodale in Lamar County, in service for over 25 years, is being torn down to make way for a new all steel mechanical beet dump to meet local farming needs.
In Bridgeport Connecticut officials inspected cakes brought for inmates at Hillside Detention Home and found a bottle of high powered liquor concealed inside a cake. The discovery relates to an incident described as having helped someone party recently.
The La Grange bank closed December 30 and is under the direction of receiver John W. Simpson, same as the closed National Bank of Snow Hill. Bills receivable total 50,223.81 with 383.54 in other assets and unsecured deposits around 37,000 while secured assets are about 46,000.
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