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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1933
Page
1
Des Moines reports the city council, led by district congressman and labor leaders, negotiated the use of the old post office as the Public Library. Milne Reno leads the National Farmers Holiday movement urging a nationwide nonbuying strike, with Roosevelt hinting at a major statement amid rising tensions. The movement seeks fair costs of production and broad labor support.
A train carrying petroleum products collided with another wrecking near Sinaia Romania tonight. Nine people were killed and six were injured as the wreckage burst into flames spreading burning oil over a wide area.
Dr FE C Brooks president of North Carolina State college will depart for Atlanta to meet Tennessee Valley Authority representatives. He aims to outline a definite policy of cooperation between North Carolina State, state universities, and land grant colleges and the TVA.
Prisoners in the Lagos local jail seized arms and fought a gun battle to escape. Four inmates were killed and three others escaped as authorities battled them for freedom. Authorities investigated the incident and searched for the escapees.
A military seaplane crashed into the heart of Venice on the Rio Nuovo, killing two Italian officers instantly. Rescue teams cordoned off the area as witnesses described a loud impact and rising smoke. Authorities opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.
The Davidson football center Julian West was reported to have a concussion after the Duke game this afternoon. He sustained injuries during the Duke Davidson matchup in Charlotte.
After a lengthy session begun at 5:40 p m the judge in the state versus Joe E Dalton on a first degree murder charge related to the May 28 death of his wife Mabel Dalton retired for the night at 10 40 p m in Hendersonville AP reports the jury remains deliberating.
James Wilkerson a 21 year old Black man from Alma was found shot to death in a wood near his Lumberton residence. Police suspect an accidental fatal shooting and no inquest will be held.
Senator Reynolds left Washington by automobile for North Carolina to begin a repeal of the 18th amendment speaking tour. His first speech will be in Charlotte Monday night with twenty one other addresses scheduled. Johnston Avery will join him by train tonight.
Moscow reports say Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov may lead a Soviet delegation to Washington to negotiate recognition with the United States. President Roosevelt reportedly asked for talks on official relations, with focus on credit tariffs and East Asia. Izvestia Kalinin and Komsomolskaya Pravda note hopes for wide cooperation and a peaceful reapproachment between the two nations.
Roosevelt fights NRA program criticism from urban voters over prices and farm groups seeking higher farm incomes. Norris supports currency expansion as a means to lift farm prices while Nebraska Governor Bryan denounces recovery policy amid wheat belt strikes and broader farm concerns.
Georgia labor leader George L. Googe warns that strikes loom across the South if the government does not shield workers rights under the National Recovery Act. He says boards cannot act due to undefined authority and reports workers are being dropped from payrolls for joining unions.
Washington moves show a large bundle of Russia US facts and figures valued over 500 million dollars prepared for possible recognition discussions with Soviet Russia in early November. Bolstering talks are talks with Litvinoff and a US delegation plan led by Hull possibly as Pan American talks loom in Montevideo. Mc Murray, new envoy to Latvia and Lithuania, joins short work with Kelley as data gatherer on Russian affairs.
Acquisition of the old post office building as the new home for the High Point Public Library was announced by Carter Dalton. The Treasury Department will provide the property at no cost, with Congressman William B. Umstead instrumental in securing the donation. Occupancy is planned within weeks, targetting a formal seventh birthday observance by November 11, and no city funds are needed for the move or initial setup.
Harvey Couch a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corp says he will appear before the Senate stock market investigating committee if called. He said a letter to Charles S. McCain of Chase National Bank was personal and related to a potential reorganization offer not connected to his RFC duties. He plans to return to Arkansas after his government work and offered to answer questions in any investigation.
Secretary Ickes denounces land sharks profiteering around Bonneville project in Oregon as the Public Works Administration allocates 22.25 million dollars to start the dam. He warns federal funds will not support land speculation while noting limits of his authority and recalling Muscle Shoals lessons.
In Raleigh the tobacco market reports a week of higher averages across most grades in Henderson and Oxford government graded markets. Leaf prices show gains of about eleven percent vs last week, with heavy Farmville sales and lighter activity at Washington. A drying political race in North Carolina features dry forces pushing to repeal beer expansions ahead of the November 7 election, including debates and mass meetings with Governor Ehringhaus and Attorney General Brummitt among speakers.
President Roosevelt urged a cooperative path to recovery without dictatorship during a talk at Washington College in Chestertown Maryland after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws. He denounced five year plans and urged Colonial spirit of cooperation noting wealth and education must spread to secure daily needs and national progress. Gilbert Meade was inducted as the college’s nineteenth president amid the ceremony attended by Mrs Roosevelt and Governor Ritchie before Roosevelt returned to the Sequoia for the voyage back to Washington.
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