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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1933
Page
1
Beverly Hills report notes nine new cabinet members including a forgotten man and a woman. Rogues’ gallery photos show three escaped from the Senate, while the rest seek reputations to earn.
Miami report states Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, wounded by Giuseppe Zangara, had little chance to live as his condition grew weaker. Dr. Frederick Jirka and Dr. Tice commented on the uncertain outlook while family members visited the hospital.
At the League of Nations in Geneva the Japanese delegation walked out after the assembly adopted a report condemning Japanese policy in Manchuria and urging continued non recognition of Manchukuo. Yosuke Matsuoka said Japan would cooperate when possible and urged acceptance of Japan’s terms.
North Carolina held a 14 to 5 lead over W. P. Ll at halftime in a Southern Conference game in Raleigh. A Mississippi Delta flood scene follows with Tallahatchie river waters breaching Pattison Bayou near Marshall.
Washington reports the incoming administration is studying using surplus farm crops to produce alcohol for agriculture at the request of President-elect Roosevelt. The inquiry signals a potential shift in farm policy and rural economic strategy.
Five men armed with revolvers and sawed off shotguns robbed the Canal Bank and Trust branch on Dryades Street in New Orleans, taking more than a dozen bank officers and customers as hostages during the daytime raid.
The House adopted five articles of impeachment against Federal Judge Harold Louderback after two hours of debate. The case moves to the Senate for trial where a two thirds vote is needed to convict.
Three unmasked white men with a negro chauffeur robbed the First National Bank of Hope Ark. yesterday taking silver and currency worth about 24 dollars. The foursome calmly emptied tills and vaults and departed as one bandit joked you all ought to know me.
Wall Street economist Dean Langmuir of Distributors Group Inc. sees rays of hope in the economy despite gloom in the financial district. He credits human factors and national leadership for potential recovery, noting a new president and congress could coordinate energies more effectively.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana 74 a veteran of Washington politics flew from Miami to Havana for a wedding set for tomorrow to Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont De Truffin widow of a Havana businessman.
Philadelphia Record editor David Stern urged a war like campaign to fight low mood in a Senate Finance Committee survey. He called for a gold embargo to stabilize the dollar and for expanding credit to circulating purchasing power, proposing government steps totaling about 5 billion dollars for banks, slum rehabilitation, farm mortgages, home loans, and unemployment relief.
New York report quotes Dr. David Levy at the American Orthopsychiatric Association. He says excessive mother love can mirror hate with a mother subconsciously rejecting a child while outwardly protecting it. He links this to modern women feeling a child hinders liberty and autonomy.
The North Carolina Senate amended and passed the Clement bill on second reading with Gov. Ehringhaus backing. It abolishes tax penalties for five years and erases unpaid taxes before 1927, offers a five year redemption period with six percent notes, and lets owners reclaim property by reimbursing purchasers and paying interest. The measure was laid over until next week for final passage at Hinsdale’s objection.
Raleigh February 24 Senator Waynick of Guilford introduced a bill in the general assembly to define the duties of the state labor commissioner and grant him authority to conduct investigations and inspections to ensure compliance with state labor laws.
Reports describe Japan and Manchukuo forces advancing from Manchurian fronts toward Jehol City as snow slows moves. In Geneva the League condemned Japan and walked out, while Chinese forces numbered about 150,000 opposing 60,000 attackers with Nanking dazed by the crisis.
On Cuba's 38th independence anniversary a wave of blasts struck early, climaxing with a dynamite explosion on a Camaguey railroad bridge. Havana feared a revolutionary move while reports tied rebels from the mainland to the unrest, with fires, arrests, and disrupted communications noted around Camaguey and Santiago.
A county grand jury is opened on the Charles Boettcher Jr kidnaping after an eleventh hour warning from Claude Boettcher and an ultimatum to abductors. Denver police widen search across northern Colorado aided by an airplane reconnaissance to Sidney Nebraska, but no solid leads were found.
Mrs. Christine Barefoot sues beauty parlor operator Mrs. Odis Warren for 10000 alleging permanent waving irons burned her scalp during an informal dance next room. She says Warren ignored calls for help and danced as the irons burned, leaving her bedridden for a month after infection. The incident cited occurred in 1931 at a Harnett county parlor.
Clinton Indiana reports two men killed in a dynamite explosion in a coal mine miles south of town early today. Investigators assess cause and safety factors as cleanup proceeds. The incident underscores mining dangers in the region and prompts emergency responses from local and state authorities.
The North Carolina General Assembly finance committees vote 20 to 10 that balancing the budget requires a sales tax. They back replacing the 15 cent land levy for schools with new revenue while weighing general versus selected commodity taxes. House members back a general plan 12 to 9 and Senate 8 to 1, as deliberations continue.
Claude McLeane of North Wilkesboro North Carolina was jailed in Hyattsville on a technical charge of manslaughter as state police investigate the death of George R Evick of Suffolk Virginia struck by McLeanes truck near Laurel Maryland Evick died at St Agnes Hospital in Baltimore a magistrate has not set an inquest date
Detroit plans to form two new banks to take over the liquid assets of the First National Bank and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce. With tentative treasury approval, the banks would begin 100 percent liquid operation using currency and U.S. government securities and absorb deposits while liquidating old assets.
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