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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1933
Page
1
The State Corporation Commission granted East Coach a franchise to operate a Fayetteville to South Carolina line via Raeford and Laurinburg. The firm cannot pick up passengers between Fayetteville and Raeford.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. assumes command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard today succeeding retiring Rear Admiral W. W. Phelps. Admiral William V. Pratt relinquishes his post as Chief of Naval Operations and enters retirement after 47 years of service, with Rear Admiral William H. taking over the Naval Operations staff.
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle rests in state at a Broadway funeral church where fans filed by the coffin. Elks Lodge services are scheduled for 1 p.m. tomorrow and cremation will follow at Fresh Pond cemetery. Arbuckle died of a heart attack and had been hopeful for a comeback with eight film options already confirmed. His widow Addie McPhail accompanies the process to the cemetery.
George Hill a 10 year old negro was executed at the state prison farm in Tucker Arkansas for attacking a young white girl in Phillips county last year.
Washington reports begin midnight termination of disability payments for about 387,600 World War I veterans under the economy law. Special reviewing boards will reassess cases by July 10 with some rolls ending October 31. overall 1934 appropriations fall by hundreds of millions while peacetime duty injuries gain a small increase.
County Farm Agent Kope Elias announced here that a large percentage of Mecklenburg farmers had signed up in favor of cotton acreage reduction, signaling broad local support for the program.
Boston June 30 United States Senator Joseph T Robertson of Arkansas warned that if the London conference fails the economic war will intensify. He cited shrinking federal revenue and rising government outlays, with dwindling foreign commerce and paralyzed domestic trade. He urged stabilization of tariffs on mutual interests and fair living costs in contracting nations.
New York June 30 The Jimmie Mattern rescue expedition departed Floyd Bennett Field for Alaska to search Nome for the missing world flight attempt. Chief Pilot William Alexander leads a crew including Fred Fetterman Harold Persons and Thomas Abbey. They plan to stop at Dayton Akron Winnipeg Edmonton White Horse Nome and search in a grid once at Nome. Friends fear Mattern was forced down in a remote area and the plane carries hunting gear for survival.
Atlanta June 30 The Georgia attorney general moved to dismiss the injunction suit brought by ousted highway board members against Governor Talmadge. He argued a 1931 reorganizing act gives him sole jurisdiction over legal disputes between subordinate government units. The three judge federal court session opened with questions on precedent.
The 30th annual convention of the North Carolina Building and Loan League ends with election of officers. Speakers at a banquet include David Owens of Charlotte and Congressman Walter Lambeth of Thomasville. C. K. Laroque, deputy state insurance commissioner, was to address the league today.
North Carolina starts a new biennium July 1 with a three percent general sales tax and major reforms. A new public works commission consolidates highway and prison departments, affecting motorists and prisoners. Country school children will gain parity, and the revenue department will shift tax collection duties to merchants.
Raleigh June revenue collections for North Carolina are projected at over 30 million, the best in about three years, with tobacco tax stamp sales reaching about 2.7 million in a single day. Grissom will retire as collector tomorrow after twelve years in the post. Robertson will succeed him.
London reports indicate Western leaders push for currency stabilization with the United States. Washington awaited after talks among France, Britain, and the gold bloc officials. A new proposal to curb speculation and stabilize the dollar was sent to President Roosevelt, who was expected to respond.
Virginia Beach June 30 The Tobacco Association of the United States president A B Carrington said the trade is in a much better liquid condition and moving toward cheaper products with medium grades finding good markets. He cited reduced exports due to lower production unsettled exchange and Britain’s tobacco imports.
Beverly Hills dispatch notes the American delegation reaches London for a crucial economic conference. It argues wheat profits go to others, not to growers, and mentions state gains from betting on horse racing. The piece reflects on Fatty Arbuckle’s death and public backlash.
President Roosevelt delegated to Secretary Wallace all powers in the industrial recovery act related to handling of milk tobacco and all foods except hours of labor rates of pay and other employment conditions. Johnson and Peek said the order would foster cooperation between the industrial and agricultural administrations and codes of fair competition would be coordinated with approval by the president.
The Tobacco Association of the United States sales committee announces opening dates for tobacco markets in the belts selling the 1988 crops. Virginia Beach, Va. June 30 AP reports the schedule details.
Washington June 30 AP textile industry agreed on a compromise minimum wage plan for unskilled labor in mills set at 12 dollars weekly in the south and 13 in the north. Conference foresees no change to a 40 hour workweek though hours remain unsettled.
Greensboro was chosen as the home office for a planned statewide bank formed from the Page Trust, North Carolina Bank and Trust, and Independence Trust companies. The three old banks in liquidation will participate through four representatives of depositors, two of stockholders, and one from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation on each committee. A six member board of directors was named with plans to add more later.
Drenching rains and high winds end a short drought lull as heat returns across the Midwest and Great Plains. Temperatures soar with Shattuck Oklahoma at 120 degrees, Junction City Kansas at 116, and many places above 100. Damaging storms trigger sizable losses in Illinois and Indiana.
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