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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1933
Page
9
Three men were hospitalized after a gun battle with nine officers over the fatal holdup of George Dryman on January 23. Mel Holden was seriously wounded in the abdomen and thigh, Fred Cable was shot in the left arm, and Quince Hodgin was hit in the right leg below the knee. J. R. Bell escaped.
An old advertisement touts Kellogg's All-Bran cereal as a health aid for regularity and well being. It claims two tablespoonfuls daily provide bulk to aid digestion and vitamins, urging readers to try it and seek medical advice if constipation persists.
Medical science notes atmospheric factors influence health and that dry hot rooms lower resistance to colds. Infants are especially sensitive to heat and cold, with seasonal shifts in bronchitis pneumonia and influenza in winter and diarrheal illnesses in hot weather. Overcrowding and poor ventilation worsen spread of respiratory diseases.
Officers reported a brief gunfight lasting about a minute after three men in a small roadster opened fire without warning as they emerged from a wood. The group fled on the Tennessee River scene, nine miles south of the town, following an automobile abandonment.
A native of the county, he spent nearly all his life here and belonged to a well known family linked to the city's civic social religious and business life for the past fifty years.
Funeral services for Charles B. McCrary, 69, longtime secretary treasurer of a local building and loan firm, were held at his East Fourth Avenue home with Rev. J. E. Abernethy presiding. Interment followed at the city cemetery. He is survived by his widow, three sons and one daughter.
Leroy Miller Jr son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Miller Cotton Grove has been chosen as one of four regular members of Guilford College debating teams for the spring intercollegiate schedule. He has earned scholastic honors and held student offices and prepared at Linwood consolidated school with extensive debating training.
A description of arithmomania, a condition marked by an uncontrollable urge to count objects. The text notes the unusual mental focus and repetitive counting behavior.
Raleigh, Feb. 17. The 1933 general assembly, 44 days in session on day 39, remains leaderless and dominated by local county interests. Observers say many members still see only their counties, hindering statewide progress. Yet the group is shrinking as more lawmakers grasp that state issues require broad, state wide remedies and strong committee work. Representative Tom C. Bowie of Ashe county is identified as the undisputed leader of the local minded bloc.
Bowie and supporters push local Ashe county measures through committees to show progress for their districts, but a bloc of Mecklenburg and other members resists. Despite appearances, insiders say much work is underway behind the scenes, with serious obstacles remaining before final action.
London reports of a serious cabinet split over war debts involving Premier MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain were emphatically denied at Downing Street. Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, was cited as central to the dispute. Sir Ronald Lindsay, ambassador to the United States, travels to Washington to arrange talks with full government support.
Rep Cox of Forsyth proposes amending the Murphy Bowie bill to allow North Carolinians to vote on legalizing light wines and beers. He suggests Governor Ehringhaus call a special election if Congress acts to determine majority support before the measure takes effect.
A large delegation from the Patriotic Order Sons of America local post will attend the quarterly Davidson Randolph Counties association meeting in Asheboro Saturday night. The association includes camps in Thomasville Lexington and Asheboro with about seven hundred members.
The damage to clothing is caused by the larvae of the clothes moth, not the adult moths.
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