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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1935

Page

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Auto Industry Bets On Record Weekly Car Output

Detroit reports the automobile industry will push weekly production to about 376 000 units in February and 400 000 in March, aiming for a yearly total around 3 350 000 passenger cars and trucks. New York business leaders view the Supreme Court gold decision as sparking higher demand, with U S Steel planning a 47 million dollar plant modernization and multi mill expansions by subsidiaries to meet auto industry needs.

Detroit New York Supreme Court United States Steel Corporation New York Times U. S. Steel American Sheet and Tin Plate Company Gary Ind Carnegie Company

Special Message Seeks Power to Set Standards

President Roosevelt urged a two year extension of the National Recovery Act and asked Congress for power to set minimum standards in competition and labor relations. He urged child labor limits, fair wages, hours, workers’ rights to organize, stronger anti trust enforcement, and government supervision of natural resources to prevent waste and price crashes. He endorsed the NRA and called for coordinated codes and clearer administration standards while leaving policy details to Congress.

Roosevelt Congress NRA

Stronger Beer Bill Approved in North Carolina

Raleigh February 20. A house judiciary committee approved a bill to legalize five percent beer in North Carolina by an 11 to 6 vote after an earlier 7 to 7 deadlock. The bill raises beer alcohol content from 3.2 percent. Senate health committee will vote on its report tomorrow night. Legal counsel for optical suppliers attacked the optometry bill amid testimony.

Raleigh North Carolina House Judiciary Committee Senate Health Committee House

Robbery of Bakery Truck Near Hillsboro

L Grice, driver for a Carolina baking company, said he was held up at about 7 A M five miles east of Hillsboro on the Durham road. Three men in a black Ford V-8 with red wheels forced him to stop and stole his truck’s cash collections worth several hundred dollars.

Hillsboro L. Grice Carolina Baking Company Here Durham Road Grice South Cedar Street Greensboro

Virginia Girl Disappears Third Time In Three Years

Caroline Mustane a 15 year old Stafford county girl vanished after leaving for school in Fredericksburg Virginia with a note claiming she had been kidnapped. Police report the third disappearance within three years with earlier cases ending in bound tree discoveries and investigations branded hoaxes.

Virginia Caroline Musante Fredericksburg Caroline Mustane Stafford County Leo Mustane Caroline Stafford Court House Department of Justice Frederick W. Coleman Lonnie

North Carolina approves $3 million road repair funds

In Raleigh the General Assembly approves immediate expenditure of 3 million dollars for emergency state and county road repairs. A slot machine ban becomes law immediately. Senate backs a house amendment giving the road commission control, with 10 hour workdays for emergency crews. The Griffin vaccination bill is referred to health as debate continues.

Raleigh General Assembly North Carolina Senate House Road Commission Asheville Judiciary Committee

Italian Troops Board Ships for Africa Move

Italian transports under steam at Naples and Messina as 1000 troops and hundreds of auxiliary experts board the Montenegro. The Vulcania stands by for possible troop transport to Africa tomorrow while Messina prepares the Peloritana division for embarkation. Mussolini to chair fifth defense council meeting as Ethiopia talks continue.

Rome Naples Messina Italy Ethiopia Africa Eritrea Somaliland Mussolini Supreme Council of Defense

Highway Commission Sets February Executive Session

The state highway and public works commission will hold a special executive session in Raleigh on February 27, Capus M. Waynick announced. The meeting will address the federal aid program among other matters.

Raleigh State Highway and Public Works Commission Capus M. Waynick

President's Message on NRA achievements and impact

President outlines the 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act goals and results. He notes 4,000,000 re employed, end of child labor and sweatshops, expanded collective bargaining, and new industrial cooperation. The piece previews continued discussion, with the text ending mid sentence as it continues on Page Two.

Hill condemns North Carolina liquor rules as intolerable

Senator John Sprunt Hill of Durham urges a liquor-store bill and a new statewide referendum, arguing NC liquor conditions are intolerable. He cites rising crime linked to drunkenness and contrasts NC with Virginia and South Carolina, calling for state control.

Durham Raleigh John Sprunt Hill Legislative Judiciary Committee North Carolina Hill Union Kansas Virginia South Carolina

Attorneys Argue Kennamer S Fate In Oklahoma Trial

Pawnee Oklahoma February 20 The close of the society murder trial of Phil Kennamer unfolded as seven arguments six by the state and defense. The 19 year old son of a federal judge faced a jury deciding if he killed John F Gorrell in self defense amid an alleged extortion plot against the Wilcox family.

Pawnee Okla Phil Kennamer John F. Gorrell Virginia Wilcox

Roosevelt asks two year NRA extension in new deal push

President Roosevelt urged Congress to extend the NRA for two years and warned that scrapping the recovery act would unleash industrial and labor chaos. He said further action on closing gaps to protect federal gold bonds would follow after study. Senate finance panel probed recovery administration amid work relief and social security moves.

Washington NRA New Deal Congress Roosevelt Supreme Court Capitol Senate Finance Committee Recovery Administration Francis J. Gorman United Textile Workers House Labor Committee Senate McCarran White House

Georgia to vote May 15 1985 on repeal of dry law

The Georgia legislature adopted amendments setting May 15 1985 for a statewide referendum on repealing the bone dry prohibition act and allowing whisky sales in unbroken packages. The changes were added to the Grayson Groves bill currently in committee to repeal the dry act.

Atlanta House Grayson Groves

Vanderbilt Unveils Three Year Commodore Football Agreement

Nashville Feb 20 Vanderbilt officials announced that the 1986 Commodore football agreement with Wade's Blue Devils would extend over a three year period.

Nashville Tenn Vanderbilt Athletic Commodore Wade Blue Devils

Lea heirship gives Luke Lea only father's law books

Washington Feb 20 AP Colonel Luke Lea already serving a Raleigh North Carolina prison sentence for embezzlement received only his father's law books in the will of his mother Mrs Ella Lea. The will was filed for probate today in district supreme court.

Washington Luke Lea Raleigh N. C Ella Lea District Supreme Court

Labor group questions NRA influence in code authority bill

Textile Workers claim labor's faith in the NRA has been shaken during a House labor committee hearing on the Connery bill which would require equal labor representation on code authorities.

Washington NRA House Labor Committee Connery

Husky CCC Woodsmen Attend Domestic Science Class

Handy in the Kitchen notes a CCC camp group near Shippensburg joining a domestic science class led by Mrs. Katherine Mickey. The husky woodsmen show aptitude and seriousness in pie and cake making as they begin a vegetable course.

Shippensburg CCC Katherine Mickey

Fire destroys Mineral Springs Baptist Church in Winston-Salem

Fire swept the Mineral Springs Baptist church in Winston-Salem early today causing an estimated nine thousand dollars in damage with only part covered by insurance. Investigators believe trespassers who had recently broken into the church basement and built a fire in a stove started today's blaze.

Winston-Salem Mineral Springs

Will Rogers Reviews Gold Decision and Court’s Course

Will Rogers comments from Chicago on the gold decision praising the court as a pillar for the country. He notes editorial criticism and warns Democrats against more “monkey business” while maintaining belief in law taking its course.

Chicago

Printing press part kills transit worker in Raleigh

Oka A. Thorneburg, 32, a transit company employee, died in Raleigh after a heavy printing press part slipped from skids and pinned him to a concrete wall. Evansville .

Raleigh Oka A. Thorneburg Evansville

Weather forecast for North Carolina and coast areas

North Carolina expect slightly colder conditions in the east tonight with fair skies on Thursday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras will see fresh to strong west winds over the south and strong west to northwest winds over the north with partly overcast conditions tonight and Thursday. Official records report temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8 P M in major cotton regions and nearby areas.

North Carolina Amatodes Pee Sandy Hook Hatteras South North Charlotte Official Weather Bureau

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U. S. Steel Company Auto Industry National Recovery B&, Ward Democratic Executive Council KR. K. Young Fourth Ward Fatman of Sas Voulie Caselotti Tppodrome Ueh Opera Morrisor State General Assembly S. S. Montenegro S. S. Vulcania Congress of the United National Industrial Recovery Act United States Kennamer House Ways and Means Committee Georgia Duke Vandy Lea Will Rogers Augusta Birmingham Charleston Columbia Denver Jacksonville Los Angeles Memphis Meridian Miami New Orleans San Antonio Spartanburg Tampa Etree Wilmington
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