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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1933
Page
5
Headquarters urges total driver cooperation to enforce traffic rules in High Point. The police pledge to persist until well regulated roads are achieved and drivers are urged to “do his part” to avoid penalties. A Kansas oil well shows diluted hydrochloric acid boosting output from 25 to 1440 barrels daily.
A High Point driver backs a police effort to straighten traffic on Main Street and calls for shared responsibility between motorists and police. He urges clearer parking rules for trucks and supports a signal at Main and English to ease heavy-traffic tangles, noting dangerous late-day conditions.
Earth excavated from New York City's subway system was dumped on Governor's Island in the harbor increasing the island's area from 69 acres to 173 acres through the fill project.
Horace G der ton Motor Co hosts a free Wednesday night screening of Hell Drivers featuring Barney Oldfield and Billy Arnold at their show rooms corner Commerce and Willow Brook. The program includes Three A Minute and promises thrilling driving scenes with top speed kings.
The estimate puts the full canal system from Boulder Dam to California's Coachella Valley at 34 million dollars. Construction plans anticipate funding, route, and long term water supply impact for the region.
Mary H. Rumsey leads a bid against retail price fixing on gasoline aiming to save motorists about 500 million annually. The Interior Secretary Ickes proposes margins that would set minimum wholesale and retail adds, potentially eliminating competition and delaying the recovery effort.
The Shasta daisy arose from the union of three distinct flower species from Europe, America, and Japan. Home care notes suggest removing rust on linens using lemon juice, salt, and slow sun drying.
A French press row reports about 125 papers that publish financial irregularities and personal misdeeds. They build cases into large public facts unless creditors are paid to forget.
A North Carolina state law enforces motorists approaching any through highway marked stop to come to a full stop before crossing within High Point city limits. Main and Lexington from city line to city line Monthew from Main to limits Broad and Broad streets fall under this rule. Through highways retain right of way. Cars on them have priority.
W. M. Pitts of Mechanicsville was arrested for operating a car while intoxicated after his vehicle collided head on with Police Officer A. J. Hussey near the Sheraton hotel on North Main Street. Pitts then struck another car near Richardson Street and continued toward the business district, making travel by either vehicle impossible until repairs.
The Pentecostal church sets Sunday activities with Sunday school at 9 30, preaching at 11 and 7, led by the pastor. Revival begins Monday night conducted by Rev L T Fortson of Winston Salem with a quartet providing special singing. Public invited. The note on rice famine mentions Wisconsin wild rice to lure migratory waterfowl.
Plymouth Motor Corporation reports 193,037 registrations in the first nine months of 1938, up 111.9 percent versus 1932, with sales rising in virtually every state. Chevrolet announces October 1933 production at 69,357 vehicles, with ten-month output reaching 960,000 units, the best since 1929, as demand remains strong in the United States.
The latest tabulation from A. Van Der Zee Dodge sales manager shows Dodge dealers delivering 5 104 passenger cars and trucks in the week ending November 4 up from 4 694 the prior week. The increase is 11 1 percent and marks a dramatic 840 percent gain over earlier deliveries.
Jack Burris of the Piedmont Automobile Association says a special meeting will be held at the Greensboro courthouse Monday night at eight to discuss the national dealers code and the plan to attach waivers to the code recently signed. All district dealers are urged to attend.
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