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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1933
Page
3
Henry Ford, 70, remains unafraid of a changing world and advocates decentralizing industry and a new conception of money. He argues that unemployment will be solved by people creating their own work and returning to the land, while minimum wages and technocratic production sustain growth.
The United Dry Forces of North Carolina opened offices in Raleigh to organize opposition to repealing the 18th amendment. The campaign targets the Piedmont and western regions with offices in Statesville directed by James A. Hartness and Dale K. Burgess leading the Raleigh effort. Banners on Martin Street urge voters to cast ballots against repeal and for no convention.
RALEIGH July 25 Thirteen men seven white and six negro were confined on death row at state’s prison under sentence of electrocution. Durham county sent three convicted murderers here over the week end Cade Ferrell white Theodore Cooper negro and Jesse alias Pete Brooks alias Woody de Wilder alias John Read negro Homer Brown 18 year old Haywood county youth convicted of murdering his wife was committed to death row Sunday All four new arrivals have appeals to the supreme court pending so their execution dates are uncertain
The Salvation Army pool was crowded as 250 people sought shelter from extreme heat. Visitors ranged from toddlers to older adults, with mothers bringing children to the wading pool. The diving boards remained popular, delivering quick plunges into cool water during the hot spell.
Lavonia Georgia July 26 W A Bowen 75 year old farmer was found shot to death at his home. Police said he was despondent over the indictment of his son Pryor Bowen in the kidnapping of Atlanta banker John K Ottley.
The English poet Lord Byron swam the Dardanelles in one hour ten minutes at the channel's narrowest point where currents run strongest. The viper fish dwells deep in icy seas with two rows of phosphorescent spots along its body. Argentina New Zealand and Australia are top wool producers.
Miss Martha Blake Washington 90 of Charleston D C obituary notes her role as a founder of the South Carolina United Daughters of the Confederacy and her long service to the organization.
The Rev. A. H. Temple, a Presbyterian minister, is associated with Stanley, North Carolina. The brief notice identifies his clerical role and location.
Hundreds from over 30 North Carolina counties petitioned the State Highway Public Works Commission for emergency federal road funding. Delegations led by current or former legislators pressed multiple routes from Reidsville to Stokesdale, Burgaw to Elizabethtown, and High Point to Winston-Salem, with hearings expected to last three days.
Berlin rises to third in global ranking behind New York and London with a population of 4,297,000, highlighting its growing economic and cultural influence.
Calvin Coolidge made the largest number of appointments by any president, totaling 42 121. This figure highlights the expansive staffing and administrative reach of his administration.
Omaha psychiatrist Dr. George Neuhaus urges every new couple to take a honeymoon as the proper start to married life. If a real trip is unaffordable he suggests a home version by disconnecting the telephone and telling friends they are away in Europe, while inviting a similar atmosphere at home.
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