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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1933
Page
1
The North Carolina General Assembly moved to adjourn sine die at noon Monday after passing the school machinery bill and a compromise on the eight month term. The session included regular meetings on Saturday with quorums in both houses and a race track betting measure in the House.
The Farmers Holiday Association halts a general food withholding plan though isolated milk strikes persist in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Milo Reno says leaders will meet in Des Moines to gauge Roosevelt's farm program while dairy farmers in Wisconsin and northern Illinois proceed with their plans.
Berlin May 13 Chancellor Adolf Hitler will address the Reichstag next Wednesday to defend Germany’s uniformed groups including the storm troops and the steel helmet veterans. He argues foreign nations misjudge the Nazi militia and aims to frame the disarmament issue in the broader context of the upcoming world economic conference. He will respond to warnings from Lord Hailsham and Joseph Paul Boncour about possible consequences of Geneva disarmament talks.
The American Railway Association reports revenue freight loadings at 523 819 cars for the week ending May 6, down 11 857 from the prior week and 16 132 below the same week in 1932.
Emmanuel Levin and Harold Hickerson, avowed communists, resign from the Veterans National Liaison Committee which organized the bonus army convention in Washington. They say the aim is to keep the right wing veterans, now camped at Fort Hunt Virginia, from being labeled as Communist led. They pledge to send a delegation to the right wing group to seek compromises on immediate cash payment, repeal of compensation reductions, and more relief for unemployed and farmers. Fort Hunt encampment houses about 1,100 veterans with new arrivals from California and Colorado led by James Bartlett.
Mahatma Gandhi weighed 93 pounds as he continues a three week fast begun the prior Monday noon. Concern grows over his distaste for water and fears he may not be drinking enough. he is so weak he must be carried.
The spring meeting of the Piedmont Section of the American Association of Textile Colorists and Chemists convenes here today.
In Washington AP reports a federal official dismissed Gaston B. Means tale of kidnappers as a figment of a weird imagination. In Charlotte AP notes Freddy McCanless, 21, led after two rounds of the Southeastern Open, posting 76 to run 54 hole total 222.
The Rev. Sharon C. Inman 35 escaped a church trial on presbytery charges of gross immorality and conduct unbecoming a minister. His resignation from the Cave Spring Presbyterian Church was accepted by Ozark presbytery after he deserted his wife and two children for Ezra Holdridge.
Vernon Nash a Misenheimer school student from Salisbury drowned in Ritchie’s lake near Albemarle while swimming with friends at about 6 am. The body disappeared in 15 feet of water as sheriff T F Crisco went to search the lake.
Dr. Augus Matthews, 60, a local dentist, was killed when struck by a truck near Asheville. Police investigated the fatal accident and identified the victim.
In Raleigh on May 13 the House, under suspension, passed a pari mutuel betting bill claiming a Rowan County election feature. Murphy of Rowan said he had not read the bill and attributed it to W C Conghenor of Salisbury. The measure was sent to the Senate for amendment to include a vote and remove a proposed secretary.
The North Carolina Senate approved a bill requiring the 3 percent general sales tax to be passed on to consumers. A Willard Dowell letter urged the change to avoid court challenges. The tax, in the 1933 revenue act, goes into effect July 1 and is projected to raise about $8 million annually.
A Japanese carrier arrived off Tangku near Tientsin with about six of 49 planes on reconnaissance. Fears grew of an attack as Japanese forces northeast of the city moved toward Pieping. Yuh Sueh Chung, Tientsin defense head and governor, said the Japanese aimed for Peipei and Tangshan, near Kailan mining interests.
Funeral services are held today for the Rev Matthews aged 66 pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Loneweran. He died at his home from a heart attack.
The April cotton report shows total lint and linters used and stocks across consuming establishments, public storage, and compresses. It notes imports for April, exports, and active cotton spindles, with figures for cotton on hand in cotton-growing states and changes from March and last year. Leading entities include census data, lint, linters, and various storage and trade metrics.
The Hoover name is dropped from the great Colorado River dam now under construction. Secretary Wilbur renames the 730 foot structure the Boulder Dam and begins cement pouring in weeks. The project, a $165,000,000 irrigation effort, was long debated under Hoover’s administration.
Durham May 18 AP One record and a tie marked the state collegiate track meet. Poo vey of Lenoir Rhyne shattered the javelin record with 180 feet 11 2 inches while Frank Sizemore of High Point Duke tied the broad jump mark at 21 feet 8 1 2 inches set by Childers of North Carolina in 1982.
Paris May 13 reports say Leon Trotzky former head of the red army now in Turkey is considering a return to Russia. A confidential agent in Moscow is said to confer with Stalin on conditions for Trotzky to make a mild public statement and be reinstated in the Communist party. Trotzky supporters say he will not accept the condition.
Stalin deemed anti party activity and expelled Trotzky from the Communist Party in 1927. He first went to Vienna Turkestan then settled on Prinkipo Island. He visited Denmark for a university lecture last December and is reported in poor health.
London May 13 Fifty nations were urged to join an immediate tariff truce led by eight countries led by the United States Great Britain France Italy Japan Germany Norway and Belgium. The eight kept core American principles while inviting others to join and promised no new initiatives before June 12. Norman H Davis Roosevelt envoy left for Paris then Geneva to pursue the disarmament crisis.
Goldsboro reports rising commerce after April gains. A survey of 24 establishments shows sales compared to April last year were excellent, with responses ranging from on the upgrade to 69 percent better. Department stores posted the largest increases.
A broad decline followed heavy profit-taking with losses of 1 to 2 points on many issues. U S Steel fell to 47.50 and American Telephone slipped to 95. General Motors dropped to 23.37 while Du Pont closed at 62.37 and National Distillers rose to 40.12. Volume reached about 2.5 million shares as the market recovered briefly in later hours.
The free conference committee reported an educational bill to shift the school tax burden raising about 1.23 million dollars through indirect taxes including added income taxes. It would permit removal of the four mill statewide levy and other property taxes. The session aims to adjourn sine die by 11 40 tonight in Columbia.
In Tulsa May 12 a note says Oklahoma faces an election on the beer issue but lacks funds, while Missouri offers to pay for the election if Oklahoma keeps a dry stance and maintains sales privileges as currently. Roose velt mention and farm prices cited as context.
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