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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1933
Page
4
The wets score a 9 to 0 victory in Indiana as repealists gain momentum. Anti repeal forces gather in Birmingham Alabama to plan a Southern push, hoping President Roosevelt's forthcoming message will sway the South and hasten repeal before Alabama’s July vote.
A North Carolina editorial praises a General Assembly rule that lobbyists must register and report their clients and fees. It notes disclosure of relatively small lobbying expenditures, about $40,000, and fears of noncompliance. The piece argues the law strengthens transparency and deters misreporting by individuals and firms.
The report notes that the North Carolina Education Association funded special counsel in the General Assembly session. It highlights Rivers D. Johnson, President Pro Tem of the 1931 Senate, who represented the association, and cites a well regarded Albemarle figure who was paid about 4000 for Raleigh work in 1933. It argues NC does not send lawmakers to Raleigh to be bought and stresses hospitals and medical services as public necessities.
General W. A. Smith of Ansonville aged 90 traveled to the state Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in the city. He spoke at the opening session and again at the banquet, drawing laughter with his wit while recalling Civil War incidents.
The Christian Century comments on the rise of Cook County Medical Society as a rival to Chicago Medical Society and asks if medical care could be treated as a public utility. It warns lay readers to seek more facts before judging, noting concerns over costs and access to affordable care amid professional guild interests.
In Greensboro federal court Mrs. J. R. McGinn of High Point admitted violating the Harrison narcotic act and was sentenced to 18 months in Alderson federal prison for women. Several others pleaded guilty or were sentenced for liquor, white slavery, conspiracy, and related offenses across Randolph Guilford Orange Rockingham and Person counties.
A note on penguin locomotion explains that underwater they propel with winged strokes while feet serve as rudders. Another tip advises greasing and heating pie pans prior to baking to prevent sticking.
A. T. and T. statisticians claim 35,057,669 phones exist worldwide. The note humorously doubts the figure and remarks that moths are among the least aggressive insects, while commenter jokes about summer bathing suits and a scientist.
Convicts in Kansas staged a sudden escape attempt during a baseball game drawing police pursuit. The incident disrupted the stadium as authorities corralled the fugitives, while spectators watched with growing concern. Nearby Philadelphia fans are noted as unlikely to imitate such a stunt.
Dr. Hans Luther, German ambassador to Washington, says he is pursuing warmer relations between the United States and Germany. The remark comes amid ongoing U.S. German diplomacy and public interest in cross Atlantic ties.
Three European royal scions choose love over dynastic duty. Prince of Asturias plans to wed Cuban Edelmira Sampedro, while Prince Lennart of Sweden becomes Berndotte after marrying Karin Nissvandt. Prince Wilhelm of Prussia marries Italian-descended Dorothea Von Salviati, rejecting royal claims.
Sir Josiah Stamp told Duke University commencement that democracy shows weakness in decisions on economic issues. The British economist noted democracy handles civil liberties and local expenditure well but struggles with complex foreign and international financial questions. He spoke at Page Auditorium honoring Walter Hines Page, a 1875 alumnus and wartime U.S. ambassador to Britain.
The Wilke Expedition report funded by the U.S. government was never fully published and only 250 sets were printed at a total cost of $29,131, making it the most costly scientific publication by size.
The Board of County Commissioners will sit as the Board of Equalization and Review on Monday, June 19, 1933, in Court Room No. 2 at the County Courthouse. The board will hear taxpayers who own and control taxable property in Guilford County on matters of valuation or property affecting others or other businesses that may come before it. By A. C. Hudson, Clerk.
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