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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1933
Page
4
A reflection contrasts St. Matthew’s warning on judgment with William Winter’s call for charitable judgment. The pair links biblical admonition to modern ethics, urging mercy in evaluation of others.
A Parsons Kansas bank cashier shot two bandits during a robbery. One bandit died from a rifle shot. the other is believed mortally wounded. The cashier’s defense is praised as protecting law and public safety amid rising crime.
Raleigh reports merchants near agreement with the revenue commissioner on a single method to pass on the sales tax. Regulations for July may be revised as experience dictates, showing the commissioner's flexible authority as preferable to a fixed statute for two years.
A criminology student suggests forming a national secret police with concealed identities to detect and suppress kidnapping. The idea envisions a metropolitan level of covert officers operating to counter this harrowing crime.
The passage argues policemen could corruptively influence crime victims who could not distinguish between a genuine officer and a government agent. It notes fear of hidden authorities stems from historic tyrannies, leading people to prefer open dealings even with kidnappers over secret national police.
Industrial leaders argue against setting minimum wages as the national average. They warn uniform scales could derail recovery, urging fair wages based on ability and dependents. The piece cites Anatole France and stresses humane policy to sustain prosperity and labor welfare.
The government uses indirect federal tools to fight crime, leveraging income tax and postal channels to deter gangster activity and ransom schemes. The public expects stronger action as kidnappings rise, with postal routes and tax enforcement seen as new countermeasures.
Howell Wright in Public Utilities Fortnightly calls for an official investigation of municipal utilities and for state utility commissions to gain regulatory authority. He argues many municipal plants sustain low rates through subsidies, a practice needing scrutiny.
A critique argues that municipal utilities suffer from weak regulation and poor cost accounting, echoing findings from Utilities Fortnightly. It urges strong oversight to protect consumers and taxpayers from political manipulation and inflated rates.
Bruce Catton argues that despite rising factory activity and mobility, the recovery could fail without strict intelligent control of the economic machine. He warns that assuming normal recovery will restore prosperity on its own risks a new plunge.
The piece argues that profit hunger drives rising prices, delayed employment, and stockpiling before wage increases. It claims the crisis reveals flaws in the traditional economic system and warns against overoptimistic recovery without restraint on profit seeking. It notes friction with labor and industry resistance to control plans while referencing President Roosevelt humorously about weight.
A quip suggests newlyweds in film face rapid strain and early separations. The item comments on the quick path from marriage to divorce in the Hollywood scene, calling attention to high-profile marriages and abrupt splits.
A statement from Elyria Ohio suggests that 75 percent of women depositors keep money in their stockings. The remark implies bank tellers should improve their guarding and attention to deposits.
A humorous slice suggests husbands dull of life should try a tactful quip while seated across from their wives at a dinner with guests, aiming to spark conversation and brighten the mood.
The Metropo litan Opera Company weighs competitive summer challenges? a rival Wagner season in English with Blumenthal and stars like Frances Alda may redraw talent and venues. Hippodrome crowds prove opera via lower prices has mass appeal while relocation rumors swirl around Rockefeller Center.
Off Wilmington North Carolina last night the tanker Cities Service Petrol burned and sank after Captain F L Sears refused to abandon ship. Rescue by Gulf Gem and Tri Mountain saved 34 crew. two men died aboard with Captain Sears. Survivors were taken to Charleston South Carolina for treatment.
Captain Nilsson recounts Gulf Gem aiding the burning tanker Cities Service Petrol off North Carolina on July 15. The Gulf Gem and Tri Mountain recovered lifeboats and rescued eight men before the City Service Petrol sank. Captain Sears remained aboard the burning ship as rescue operations continued.
Coast guard headquarters in Charleston reported a radiogram from the tanker Gulf Gem saying it would dock about midnight with some survivors of the tanker Cities Service Petrol which burned and sank off the North Carolina coast last night. Officials had little detail, noting slow progress or the ship being farther out to sea than first indicated.
Hendersonville reports the death of Dr. Stanhope Sams longtime associate editor of The State Columbia who died of a stroke at a hospital. Born in Greenville South Carolina he worked as editor of The Atlanta Journal metro desk reporter for The New York Times Washington correspondent and Japan Times editor prior to joining The State and later journalism in the Far East. Funeral services were held in Hendersonville and the body sent to Columbia for burial.
John C. Calhoun served as vice president under John Quincy Adams and remains the sole holder of that office from his administration.
C. Smith a Martin county representative visited and predicted 85 percent of the county would vote wet in the repeal referendum set for November 7.
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