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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1933
Page
7
High Point marks Inde pe Day Tuesday July 4 with orderly observance. Stores factories and offices close. city hall and library close except emergency and police. postal service suspended. mills shut Monday night and reopen Wednesday. Enterprise suspends publication. no disorder anticipated.
June library statistics show three records broken the largest single day circulation reaching 650 books on June 7 and a new monthly total of 12 000 books.
The Italian air minister Italo Balbo commands a vast air armada set to showcase Italy at the Chicago World Fair. The Aleutian Islands are noted in the accompanying detail, and a Roman numeral indicates 154.
Juvenile members are allowed only two gooks at a time. August last year saw a total circulation of 10 313, with 10 248 in June. This month records the largest new member intake with 892 juvenile and 99 adult additions. January 1927 and June 1930 hold peak registrations of 464 and 449 respectively. Vacation Reading club now exceeds 1000 members and about 100 children earned library buttons. Space remains tight but new adult and children's books arrive weekly for rapid processing.
Acheson outlined a weak revenue year with a fiscal 1938 rise in gross public debt to 22.539 billion dollars. Income tax receipts fell 811 million, though rates were higher. Miscellaneous internal revenue rose due to the billion dollar tax bill and beer taxes, while customs duties dropped 77 million. Expenditures fell by 1.02 billion, in part from prior-year RCFC stock spending and other department cuts.
The Florida delegation demanded an apology from Gilbreath for labeling critics as cheap politicians over book trust talk. Gilbreath denied the remark or said it was not meant as an insult to Governor Shultz. He clarified that critics spoke through ignorance or viciousness, easing tensions at the convention.
State and federal authorities advance a Wisconsin style program to finance farm mortgages. Iowa faces a large pool of frozen loans while Minnesota Michigan Illinois Indiana and others are preparing similar studies. Henry Morgenthau Jr will receive state data after a New England trip.
An official Wolff agency statement denied rumors that Chancellor Hitler joined the new national Protestant church. It asserted Hitler remains a Catholic, with no intention to leave the Catholic faith, amid widespread reports of church reorganizations and government ties to Protestantism.
Nation wide Luther birthday observance prompts Protestant Catholic dispute with Hitler’s stance and Hindenburg appeals. Separately Wedell Turner wins the national air race in a re redesigned monoplane, earns 5050 dollars, after refueling stops from New York to Los Angeles. A crash shadowed the Indianapolis event as Boardman’s plane failed in a wind shift.
The report discusses industry criticism of slow code submissions and a plan to raise purchasing power through higher wages and broader work distribution. It notes proposed minimums of 12 and 13 dollars per 40 hour week in the south and north and outlines a committee to work with Johnson on implementing certificates for machinery additions and credit information to support emergency measures.
Roscoe Turner completed a continent spanning flight in 11 12 hours setting a new record. He departed New York and landed near New Bethel Indiana at 12:29 PM Pacific time with only Wedell remaining to finish. The flight averaged about 219 mph with a 640 mile leg between Wichita and Albuquerque at 261 mph.
A $40,000 blaze swept the wooden section of the old Cramer plant, now the Thomasville Chair company, across from the Southern Railway. About 200 workers were laid off as crews from Thomasville High Point and local aid fought the flames, which damaged machinery but spared the brick building. Fire extinguished by 4 pm. officials estimate total loss $35,000 to $40,000 covered by insurance. T. Austin Finch of the firm was in Chicago for furniture markets while in Washington for industrial code hearings.
A section of a presidential rejection outlines a declaration where nations on and off the gold standard seek rapid stability in international monetary affairs. It states that reestablishing gold as a measure of exchange value should proceed as countries determine stabilization timelines and parity.
Mrs. Walter Newby hosted the Ace of Clubs Bridge club at her suburb home with three tables in play and a luncheon. High scorer was Mrs. Alvah Boyles, second high Mrs. W. B. Tomlinson, visitor’s award to Mrs. O. R. Hodgin. Guests included Mesdames Hodgin Tomlinson Boyles Finch Lam beth, Lee Lam beth, and Pauline Connolly. others attended. Mrs. T. S. Rucker visited from Winston Salem. Goldie Morrisette and Marian Crider to visit Monday. Ziegler injured in an automobile crash returns home. Mrs. Zeigler also injured.
The article reports on a proposed declaration where signatory governments pledge to limit exchange speculation and, at the proper time, reestablish an international gold standard. Cordell Hull visits and plans to address American monetary policy after questions are answered Monday. The president emphasizes central banks should handle fluctuations, leaving decisions to the Federal Reserve.
The pupils of Miss Elizabeth Teague's Sunday school class at First Baptist church enjoyed a swimming party and picnic supper at Davidson Pool on Thursday evening June 29. A large number of members spent the evening in games and swimming.
R. C. Harville left Friday for Swainsboro where he will spend the weekend.
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