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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1933
Page
8
Beatrice Ferguson, condemned for slaying an officer, is to be moved to state hospital as lawmakers consider action to spare her newborn from prison birth. The baby is due within two weeks while Ferguson remains in a maternity ward for examination.
Raleigh January 14 1933 sales of automobile license plates reached 202105 sets up from 232576 last year with 7371 pairs sold today vs 4491 a year earlier. The motor vehicle bureau reports the higher total reflects continued demand for plates as the year begins.
A Wake county jury convicted Mrs. Sophie E. Layton of manslaughter in a Creedmoor case linked to an illegal operation. Judge EB. H. Cranmer sentenced her to five years in state prison despite a mercy recommendation. The era's max was ten years, min four months.
Chevalier fights a divorce action with his wife nicknamed Love Bird. The case is described in an odd, fragmentary note noting daily life at East Cape and an astronomers’ agreement, suggesting a symbolic or unusual framing.
President elect Roosevelt plans swift moves on international issues as he travels to Warm Springs after a Washington conference with Democratic leaders. He defers details to Congress and agriculture officials, signaling readiness to back their parity plan if they unite, while remaining quiet until the White House begins seven weeks hence.
Rengo reports Read Spears and Big Swords concentrated near Kailu in northeastern Jehol. Volunteer bands join remnants of General Su Ping-wen's dispersed army under Cha Ching-Lun. Chinese force prepared to attack Tungnao, about 140 miles northwest of Mukden, as Japanese forces ready defenses.
Debate spans all day as 45 of 47 Democrats oppose the veto and a two thirds majority is needed to override. Filipinos fill galleries while Pedro Guevara and Camilo Osias watch closely as Senator Robinson urges independence. Also notes Soviet Dneiper dam by American engineers and Hoover dam becoming largest in world, with Confucianism or Taoism claimed as the largest religion worldwide at 310,925,000 adherents.
Mrs. W J Dillon 64 of High Point Route 2 died at home at 8 last night after a lengthy illness. Born in Stokes County she was the daughter of Reid Joyce and the late Mrs Joyce. She married W J Dillon October 2 1893 and is survived by six daughters six sons three granddaughters six sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at Fairfield M P church Monday at 2:30 conducted by Rev E W Jones and Dr Ss W Taylor.
The suit centered on former Governor Mara and James A. Farley with Tex Rickard figures in telegrams and letters showing attempts to convince Tunney and Dempsey that the other could not fight. Mara asserted a $30,000 payment by Tunney justified his claim.
The tourist industry in France has fallen to about half a million visitors, a sharp drop from roughly three million foreign guests per year before World War I, reflecting postwar travel shifts and economic constraints.
The article notes Tucson in Arizona as the sole walled city remaining in the United States. It emphasizes the city's historic fortifications and urban layout under preservation themes.
The note states James Whitcomb Riley once used the alias Benjamin F. Johnson. It also claims birds have keen and far sighted vision and cites 11 304 licensed drivers to 8 013 taxicabs in London.
Harvard originally introduced football into American colleges. The record notes China and its dependencies have the largest population, 375000000, while Andorra has the smallest population, 6231.
The joint reorganization committee began hearings to study all state departments with plans to report consolidation or elimination by January 20. Proposals on license tag prices licensing drivers heavier levies on trucks and buses and hitch hiking were filed. Debates on county municipal debts and a statewide readjustment dominated discussion with calls to protect credit and a new unemployment insurance measure to be paid by employers.
Eli Cunningham, a negro ex convict, sues Dr. W. F. Brown of Winston-Salem and Dr. Charles Wharton of Rockingham in Forsyth superior court seeking 50000 damages. He states they certified him fit for road labor, causing permanent health injuries after 28 of 61 days he was sentenced for assault. He was later transferred to Richmond county where Dr. Wharton allegedly repeated the misdiagnosis before ordering his release.
James Edward Williamson, 65, a prominent textile manufacturer, died in a Charlotte hospital after several weeks of illness. A Reidsville native, he had lived in Charlotte 15 years and prior to retirement was general manager of Highland Park mills after earlier work with Springs textile interests at Fort Mill, S. C.
Report states the war’s daily expense across all participants reached 107 million dollars, reflecting immense wartime spending and economic impact.
Four members of the Southern Hotel Men's association with its legislative committee and directors met in Winston-Salem to discuss tax revision measures but made no announcement. Attending officers included W. E. Hackett of Richmond president Earl H. Spence of Greensboro treasurer and R. K. Young of High Point vice president and committee chair.
Currency expansion proposals moved from the shadows as the House banking committee promised hearings. Chairman Steagall indicated testimony would be heard for and against, but he doubted any legislation would pass this session.
New York January 14 Columbia University announced scholarship awards to Ashbel Brice York South Carolina Edwin Todd Memphis honor scholarship in Columbia college Tim J Manson Lookout Mountain Tennessee medical school scholarship Flossie Marie Foster Salisbury North Carolina New York State Library Association scholarship in school of library service
The star Alpha Orionis emits the most heat reaching Earth compared with other stars. This highlights its exceptional energy output and influence on our planetary environment.
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