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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1933
Page
5
Tax measures set by the 1983 revenue act shift license and gross receipts taxes across many businesses. Old rates are replaced with flat licenses, percentage taxes, or brackets based on population, with additional per-item or per-device fees for specific sectors like amusement, vending, and advertising.
Delegates appoint six chairmen from industry branches to shape codes. Key goal of the National Industry Recovery bill is reemployment, with minimum wage plans tied to jobs. Tax details cover gross receipts, shoe shine parlors, installment paper dealers, and coffin retailers with population or chair counts as bases.
Mrs Lucy E Snider died at Guilford County Sanatorium shortly before 8 pm after months of illness. Born January 9 1908 in Montgomery County she moved to this city in 1920. She married K J Snider in 1926 and is survived by her husband parents Lonnie Epps and Mrs Y M Mooney. Funeral plans set at Welch Memorial M P Church with burial at Lineberry church near Denton.
D W Bradley, president of the hosiery workers association, invites the public to a general meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM on the city lot corner North Main and Church streets. The week also includes Sunday school at 9 45 AM at 124 1 2 North Main, plus a Monday degree team session and a Tuesday Lock Knit mill gathering, with a Friday Crown Hosiery mill special call meeting.
D N Brooks memory honored at meeting of Guilford Council No 23 N O U A M with speakers W T Anderson R G Callicott J F Hart and W M Tucker at East Washington street hall. Council draped charter 30 days for former member D I Brooks who died in Greensboro. New member Howard W Edwards initiated. officers to be elected next meeting.
Indoor and outdoor lab tests show artificial lightning bolts do not pose the same risk to airships as believed. Ohio insulator firm led experiments with 1 500 000 volt bursts testing Akron Macon type craft and all metal construction vs fabric covered wings. Results indicate all metal ships better dispersed heat and pose less danger than fabric covered designs.
A High Point 1933 resolution condemns the Industrial Workers Association as a company union not affiliated with the American labor movement. It supports the Industry Recovery Act and urges dissemination to Frances Perkins and Congress.
Asheboro reports a county wide union revival starting Sunday at 8 p m in a tabernacle on the school grounds. Rev Arthur Fox D D of Morristown Tenn will preach twice daily at 10 a m and 8 p m On Sundays after opening services the schedule becomes 9 30 and 8 p m Evangelist John H Jones and Mrs Jones from Greensboro will lead singing with local church choirs invited to assist.
Funeral services for Mrs. Odelia Stanley who died after a sudden heart attack while visiting friends in Durham will be held at 3 pm from the Providence Wesleyan Methodist church. Ministers Drew Ruth B E Jones Tom A Sykes and M C Connor will officiate.
Local post office clerks travel to Raleigh for the annual North Carolina unit meeting of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks. B G Leonard of the local office will respond to the opening welcome. The program includes sessions, speeches by Carl Williamson and A H Tucker, and officer elections. Winston-Salem hosts the 194 convention.
The Watch Shop on South Main Street next to J. C. Penney Co has extensive improvements. New display fixtures and a remodeled interior showcase a fresh stock of jewelry diamonds and watches. The new department is under Paul A. Stamey’s supervision.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 7 45 PM Monday at the VFW home on East Washington street. All members are urged to attend to prepare for the upcoming convention.
Interment will be made in Fairfield cemetery.
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