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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1932
Page
4
A newspaper page item notes delivery by carrier for daily and Sunday editions in High Point and nearby towns, outlining routes or timing for home subscribers.
A quoted verse from Malachi 2 7 urges priests to keep knowledge and seek the law at his mouth as messengers of the Lord of hosts. The reflection notes scarce knowledge given to keep but to impart the grace of a jewel lost in concealment by Bishop Rall.
The article notes North Carolina faces a deficit alongside New York due to revenue shortfalls in recent years. Governors redirected funds to curb costs, yet tax measures based on fluctuating values yielded unstable income. Fixed-value taxes performed more predictably than income or business-volume levies amid leaner revenue years.
The article notes the tax collector post is the best federal appointment likely to open in the state. It explains the position pays $12, a year, and is crucial for funding federal operations in North Carolina. Tobacco manufacturing dominates the state’s tax revenue and underpins government expenses.
The article notes a low collection rate in the state and suggests a less harassing role for NC collectors. It discusses rewarding the Democratic party chair after a big electoral win, with J. Wallace Winborne named as a possible appointee and Allen J. Maxwell, then state commissioner of revenue, as a highly qualified prospect.
In Raleigh three 13 year old editors publish the Raleigh Gazette on a mimeograph. With circulation about 45 to 50, the five month old paper openly opposes Prohibition and blames older generations for current social ills. They urge a hopeful future under the new deal.
For week ending November 12, 26 basic commodities showed price gains while 15 advanced and nine declined the prior week. Secretary Chapin of the department of commerce cites this fall in price fluctuations as evidence of sound, substantial improvement with October gains above normal seasonal trends and a third straight monthly rise in employment.
Governor Gardner used executive order to fill the state treasurer vacancy quickly. Charles M. Johnson, local government commissioner, was named, followed by Easterling as his successor. The changes come after Stedman’s resignation and are praised as efficient by officials, though concerns about haste persist.
In 1911 France pressed into Morocco while Germany pressed for Congo gains. Caillaux and Fallieres asked Joffre if a 70 percent chance of victory existed, and his cautious reply led to a negotiated settlement avoiding war. The passage underscores how leaders shape fate while common people toil.
The French government honors the last three French soldiers who died minutes before the eleven o clock armistice on November 11, 1918. The author questions the need for any further firing as the war was effectively over, criticizing the generals for the morning’s killings.
Hartford dispatch notes major life insurers weigh steeper rates after cut dividends and weaker securities earnings. An uptick in personal crisis reports by policy owners disrupts actuarial tables, signaling likely premium increases and a grim view of Depression era fears.
A quip suggests robbers often act calmly when victims lack weapons and urges readers to spend Christmas savings now. The remark frames cautious behavior around holiday crime risk and personal preparedness.
The clipping jokes about post prohibition crime and oversized crops. It notes a seven pound turnip shown in Kansas and mentions much larger turnips elsewhere. The piece quips that farm labor and bootlegges could shift to garages while warning staying home carries risk on ships and trains.
The swimming champion Helene Madison signs with a movie project and models a daring dress, testing public reaction to a star crossing into cinema. An election leaves lingering doubt about Ford employees' votes, while London experiments with a house topped by an airplane landing sparking curious expectations of friendliness and night-time escapades.
Washington reports Roosevelt gains power before inauguration with Democratic majorities in both houses. Hoover seeks accord on war debts while the president-elect plans to guide policy, balancing vetoes, tax questions, budget issues, prohibition, and state duties during a four month interim.
Paris reports that this year's French army maneuvers were nearly fully motorized. Tests measured how fast a motorized force could rally against a rapid advance and evaluated autogiro use as an aid to conventional aircraft in serial warfare.
Fishermen in 1928 reported gross income of 124000 dollars from selling 2344000 pounds of fish scales to paint makers for use in pearlessence paint.
Misses Emma and Amelia Richardson, aged 76 and 73, long-time hermits in a Toronto house, died from gas fumes after 30 years cut off from the modern world. Police found the sealed home filled with Victorian furnishings, as a grocer’s boy alerted authorities.
Sam D. Scott, superintendent of state highway prison camps, says no sweat boxes exist in any camp and no shackling to bars is permitted. He notes solitary cells are ventilation adequate and used only in extreme cases. leg shackles are light and for safety to prevent escapes. Escapes have declined: September this year 42 of 4,614 prisoners with 60 recaptures. October 40 escapes, 23 recaptures.
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