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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1932
Page
7
London police clash with unemployed crowds as riots erupt across the city. Thirty people sentenced in Lambeth court for yesterday’s disturbances, facing fines of forty shillings or two weeks to a month in jail. Police report a quiet spread after shop windows were smashed and crowds dispersed.
Hollywood season brings diverse youth into film work as veterans wait for scraps. Geraine Greer and Mary Mason gain exposure on Warner Brothers and RKO lots while Paramount trials its Panther girl winners on the road. A nudist colony location calls eight nude extras, provoking curiosity about attire. Elizabeth Patterson remains famous for roles yet little public memory of her name.
San Francisco report shows Democratic registration rose sharply in California for the November election, nearly doubling 1928 totals. Republican gains continue but Democrats lead in 28 counties with nine inland counties showing higher Democratic than Republican registration.
Police guarded Lambeth court after about 30 arrests in a seven hour riot. Demonstrators gathered in Kennington Lane while police used cars to block routes to Parliament Square. Dozens injured as mobs looted shops amid persistent clashes across the river from the Houses of Parliament.
SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE Chicago Oct 19 The American College of Surgeons reports dramatic gains in hospital safety and efficiency over 15 years with 2 294 hospitals meeting standards now and 93 9 percent of 100 bed plus hospitals approved North Carolina facilities listed include High Point Hospital fully approved and multiple others with conditions Notes show surveys conducted at hospitals 25 beds or more at no cost to the institutions.
The Southern Railway announces new schedules effective Sunday October 23 improving through passenger and sleeping car service among key points. Train 136 departs Atlanta at 7 45 p m for Greensboro and Columbia with arrivals 6 25 p m and 6 30 a m. Train 18 from Greensboro reaches Durham Raleigh and Goldsboro by 11 a m. Train 135 will reach Atlanta 7 05 a m with a sleeping car from Columbia. No 23 travels Charlotte to Columbia arriving 9 45 p m. New York sleepers depart 6 36 p m with connections via Greensboro and Durham and Raleigh.
Rev. G. Ray Jordan pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist church urged Woman's College of the University of North Carolina students in Aycock Auditorium Greensboro to face facts as they are courageously. He said one might live listlessly or cynically, but the finest attitude was to face facts with courage in trying times.
An old advertisement promises relief from serious coughs with Creomulsion. It touts germs fought by a 7 Sen formula described as powerful yet harmless and pleasant with a money back claim for lingering symptoms.
North Carolina relief officials announce most funds will finance work relief with direct aid where work is unavailable. Counties set local wage scales, considering family size, while able bodied heads of families must work in exchange for support. Single mother households receive aid without work requirements. Public welfare officers oversee disbursement and reporting to Raleigh and Washington.
Joan buys a warm yellow chiffon velvet gown for a rain damped night with David Harter expected to visit. She worries about calls from a romantic past as she awaits him, pondering if she can reconnect with the man she once loved.
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