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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1933
Page
1
Representative Whittington of Mississippi introduced a bill to reduce congressional salaries from 10 000 to 7 500 dollars and cut house clerk hire by 25 percent. He urged further reductions in office allowances and a new supplemental clerk expense allowance up to 900 dollars via vouchers when needed.
Ambassador Lindsay of Great Britain travels by air toward Warm Springs to confer with President-Elect Roosevelt before returning to London. The meeting aims to guide Britain's stance on imminent war debt negotiations, with Sir Ronald proceeding to Atlanta for further discussions.
Jamestown deputy CC Peavyhouse said he was advised the Leas surrendered to Sheriff Peavyhouse after being in North Carolina. Asheville solicitor Zeb Nettles said he knew nothing about surrender claims and still held requisition papers. Covington attorney J E B Gwinn mocked reports of surrender.
The January nor’easter battered Cape Cod and coastal towns ripping seawalls flooding hundreds of cellars and forcing mass evacuations. Nantucket lightship broke from station while Cape Cod signal towers were toppled and communication failed across the region.
Santa Monica observer reports a skeptical view of technocracy and a lame duck congress, noting the era began in 1983 with economic pressures and a loss of humor as both ideas appeared without solid plans or ideas. The piece mocks both concepts as inept and disconnected from reality.
Washington reports Hoover may accept National Republican club invitation to give final address of his administration at a Manhattan rally on February 13.Observers note a possible link to gold standard policy and tariff debate as Hoover weighs future party direction and his own post presidency plans.
The American Railway Association reports revenue freight loadings at 496,434 cars for the week ended January 21. This is 9,888 fewer than the prior week, but 65,667 fewer than the same week in 1932 and 219,040 fewer than the same period in 1931.
Former New York Governor Al Smith states he will not accept a cabinet position in the incoming Roosevelt administration. He says he is already head of many things he wishes to be and comments on potential roles and rumors about Ambassadorship and a Senate seat. He plans to attend the inauguration.
Phoenix January 28 The Arizona board of pardons and paroles granted Winnie Ruth Judd a reprieve extending her life to April 14 from February 17 to allow a thorough investigation of her self defense murder case. Judd awaits parole or commutation while in Florence state prison.
An Iowa hog raiser and other opponents told the senate agriculture committee that the domestic allotment plan would not benefit farmers. Henry Wood of Moville called the bill a novel experiment, while J. T. Sanders of Oklahoma urged concern over world market impact. Clarence Poe of Raleigh supported the bill only if it provided tariff-like protection.
Philadelphia police said an anti fascist bombing caused the blast that killed Mrs John M Di Silvestro wife of the supreme master of the Order of the Sons of Italy in the United States and injured at least 12 others. The attorney and former Italian consul was away from home at the time and arrived five minutes later to survey the ruins.
Garvin P. Taylor said he was notified that his father W Hetherington Taylor, resident and publisher of the Montclair Times, disappeared Thursday night in St Petersburg Florida.
A mistrial was declared today in Newport News Virginia in the case of Charles Herbert Young accused of attempting to extort 10000 from Homer L Ferguson president of Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company.
The Bank of Wayne announced a three day week banking service at La Grange beginning next Wednesday. LaGrange has lacked banking facilities for months, while the bank here opened in December with 100000 capital and 100000 paid-in surplus.
Police in San Francisco found Ernest Bosch a 48 year old unemployed school teacher lying beside a portable phonograph in Golden Gate Park with wrists slashed. He said he planned to die listening to his favorite tune The Moonlight Sonata and that he had recently come here from Cleveland.
Berlin January 28 Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher resigns after 56 days in office the shortest for a non imperial era leader since Max von Baden. President Hindenburg refused to invest him with power to dissolve the Reichstag leaving the crisis unresolved as Papen takes charge to explore cabinet options and Hitler is floated as a possible chancellor.
Washington Jan 28 The national transportation committee aims for a comprehensive report by February 22 after a conference with Rayburn and others. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith led the talks with Bernard Baruch Clark Howell Alexander Legge H G Morton and W N W Splawn. Smith said the trip sought ideas and to check the railroad plan, stressing speed and fuller explanation before recommendations.
Raleigh lawmakers wrestle with a hard budget balance as the joint finance committee weighs tax options and spending cuts. Senators and representatives hear dire estimates from railroads utilities merchants and others about funding the next biennium. A sales tax or deep cuts to institutions including the medical school are proposed while some still cling to muddling through.
After a coastal storm and heavy mountain snow, forecasters predicted sunny but colder weather for the weekend. Winds lashed Ocracoke with a 60 mile gale and three inches of hail, while Charleston felt a sharp wind. Snow persisted in the Balsams and Great Smokies with depths around 20 inches in places.
Addressing a largely idle session the General Assembly met briefly in Raleigh on January 28. The House approved one local bill and 14 other measures in about 15 minutes while the Senate passed two local bills and two more measures in roughly 10 minutes. Leadership discussed a resignation and a conference trip. Regular sessions resume Monday night.
The Southern railway posted December net operating income of 1,362,408 dollars, up from 349,800 dollars a year earlier, in New York on January 28.
Paris reports the Boncour cabinet resigns after a sharp taxation clash in the chamber. President Lebrun orders consultations with party leaders to name a new premier as Edouard Herriot seeks to rally support amid Socialist desertion. The vote toppled a 40 day-old government, with a 396 to 193 tally.
Washington January 28 reduced freight rates on vegetables and citrus between southern and southeast points were approved by the interstate commerce commission to help railroads meet track competition. The Atlantic Coast Line Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway sought the cuts, about 15 percent, effective on short notice with examples including Orlando to Atlanta from 1.01 to .82 per 100 pounds and Miami to Birmingham from 1.11 to .99.
Mrs Franklin Roosevelt arrives on foot to the White House to view rooms and plan furnishings ahead of her March 4 move. She declines car service, walks from the Mayflower, and then travels on to Atlanta with her son Elliott for his birthday observance.
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