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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1933
Page
8
Willis Booth, county accountant, presents a chart detailing how the county tax dollar is spent. Debt service consumes about 63 cents, with 47.16 cents for county debt and 15.97 cents for schools debt. School current expenses total 2.98 cents, and the Tae eese fund receives 26.44 cents for operating costs of the sheriff, jail, convict camp, and clerk of court offices.
Handsome Jack Klutas, called a collegiate chief, heads a kidnap ring alleged to have extorted nearly 500000 dollars from Midwest gamblers and bootleggers. Authorities search for him in and around Chicago as he hides.
The county budget allocates seven tenths of a cent for health charity welfare and the county home. Tax assessing collecting and other county offices use eleven and twenty nine hundredths cents. The county sanatorium requires 7.45 cents of the tax dollar. Thirty makes of motor vehicles will be shown at upcoming national auto shows in New York and Chicago. New York show runs January 6 to 13 at Grand Central Palace and Chicago show January 27 to February 3 at the Coliseum.
The Red Cross Roll Call will be extended for the rest of the month to give all city residents a chance to enlist. C B Diffendale and W F Pleming praised the strong response to the regular roll call and noted the total so far exceeds previous city totals. Industrial plant results are pending and volunteers will press on to push the campaign over the top.
A Park Lane tea for French writer Valentine Thomson exposes American reliance on English. Attendees spoke every language but English, underscoring a national ease with foreign tongues yet comfort in English.
A Parisian style gathering features Comte de Forceville, Filorentine, Duchess de Richelieu, Baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, and many others speaking French, German, Italian, Russian, and Chinese as luminaries discuss music, cuisine, and champagne. The event also notes Tillier’s champagne experiment with editors and actors, Maud Adams retirement talk, and a non-stop seaplane record by Squadron Five-F from Norfolk to Coco Solo. Additionally, future Indianapolis 500 fuel limits are announced for Memorial Day cars.
In Wheeling West Virginia on November 17 AP reports William C. Piper assistant prosecuting attorney finally obtained an apology from a sophomore who paddled him as a freshman at West Virginia University years earlier. Dr KR Haistip a witness in a court case was reminded of the episode under oath and Piper asked aren’t you sorry you paddled me and the witness replied yes sir.
The Daily News reports Alfred E. Smith's White House visit with Roosevelt outlines major personnel changes. Woodin resigns as secretary of the treasury with John J. Raskob to replace him. Jesse I. Straus leaves as ambassador to France with Royal Copeland to succeed him. Lehman appoints Smith to Senate to replace Copeland. James A. Farley named next Democratic governor candidate.
Malcolm Giles supreme secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose from Mooseheart Illinois will address the local Moose at the city hall courtroom tomorrow night at [time]. He will formalize the action of last night's pre organization meeting and is noted for his eight years in the post and prior work as a Moose organizer.
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as combining seven best aids of modern science to fight germs quickly. It emphasizes no narcotics and easy, pleasant use, with a druggist offering an on‑the‑spot refund if the cough or cold is not relieved.
In its study of thermal currents the British Gliding association notes Indian birds that use air currents to climb to about 2000 feet and float without moving their wings.
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