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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
2
The Furniture Mart reports a record high as the southern market shows broad buying. Early market activity features many normal sized commitments rather than a few large purchases, with mid winter markets elsewhere often yielding the year’s largest sales.
The southern market reports higher volume than recent years with firm prices and many bargains as 165 exhibits attract buyers. Rug displays draw strong interest representing 85 percent of U S production, hotel reservations indicate a large attendance and authorities expect a new all time buyer record. Registrants include W P Amos Asheboro and Richard Loughran Asheville.
The report details weather-related deaths across the U S and Canada with flooding snow and cold. Mississippi Tennessee West Virginia Washington New York Philadelphia and other cities report fatalities and mass relief efforts. Arctic cold and blizzards disrupt travel and daily life across the nation.
The joint finance committee heard the Fair Tax association oppose a three percent general sales tax while other bills move. Proposals would tax domestic burial associations, raise teacher and state employee salaries, and extend auto license and tag provisions with a mix of fee changes and retroactivity.
In a 1935 message Roosevelt argues for a permanent national resources board to guide yearly appropriations around five hundred million dollars for unemployment relief. He cautions against rigid schemes and urges national scale action to boost employment and align development with natural limits.
The article discusses a proposal for a small non-partisan council appointed by the President with Senate consent to advise on policy and possibly call nationwide referenda to amend the constitution. It argues for a swift, direct vote on key matters and contrasts with the current seven year amendment process.
The House planned action on relief appropriations as members debated the treasury disclosure of tax exempt bondholder names. Secretary Perkins urged stronger purchasing power via Social Security reforms. Lt. Col. Haris pressed for price controls and avoidance of forced labor in future conflicts. Jesse Jones spoke on liberalizing RFC loans for industry.
The legislature debated bills to designate roving gypsies as nuisances and penalties for displacement. The Bryant divorce measure faced hostile votes while a substitute limited suits to the injured party after two years of separation. A drivers license bill was set for introduction this week and other measures stalled.
New Jersey closing hours in the Lindbergh kidnap case as state star witness Arthur J. Koehler, a federal wood expert, testifies that Hauptmann’s tools and ladder components match the ransom ladder. The court considers exhibits including the attic plank and Hauptmann car while questioning continues after a recess.
Defense counsel C Lloyd Fisher presents a photograph of a trunk in a car while Frederick Pope cross-examines Koehler about wood defects and ladder construction. Koehler notes rails were North Carolina pine and Douglas fir and deems the ladder a poor worker’s job.
The Commissioner will sell, at 2 p.m. February 11 1935, at the east door of the Greensboro court house, two land tracts in High Point Township Guilford County adjoining other lands. First tract contains 15 acres more or less, and second tract seven and a half acres more or less. The sale follows a court order in the case Mary Elizabeth Peace vs John Peace docketed in Guilford County. The title references a 1800 deed to W P Peace and wife Mary Elizabeth Peace as survivor.
High Point defeats Thomasville 16 to 11 in a tight wrestling dual. Key results include Lloyd Evane at 105 pounds and Charlie Parks at 115 pounds winning for Point, with several falls and decisions shaping the final score.
In Baton Rouge Huey Long presses a grand scheme to link the city to its capitol with a Pennsylv avenue and to develop lake and state lands for funding. He taunts critics as the Square Deal Association and Standard Oil fight over taxes and policy as new appointees align with his cause.
Notice in High Point North Carolina requires all claimants against the estate of Mrs. Tishie Hodson Barker to file by January 3, 1934. Creditors must settle debts owed to the estate, and Allie Hodson Barker is named as administratrix.
Public sale for cash set for Thursday February 7 at 2 PM at the east entrance of Guilford Court House Greensboro North Carolina. Property is lot 27 in the Zimri A Burns vision plot No 1 in High Point Guilford County with described boundaries and improvements. Trustees David B Harris and J A Myatt attorney list the notice and record details.
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