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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1933
Page
1
An Italian air ace perished when his aircraft crashed during takeoff. The incident occurred amid ongoing aviation losses as authorities investigate the cause and pay tribute to the pilot's service.
Washington reports focus on Soviet Russia and Western Hemisphere trade as Roosevelt diplomacy enters a second phase. The White House under Franklin D Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull pursued nonaggression pledges, disarmament talks, and economic cooperation after a flurry of postwar diplomacy.
A bolt of lightning struck a soft drink stand in Cabot Arkansas last night killing three people and injuring eight as residents sought shelter from a rainstorm. The incident occurred during a brief severe weather outbreak.
ANOTHER NRA MEMBER NEW YORK APP The Western Union Telegraph company announced it has subscribed to the requirements of NRA and will operate under that code. VETERANS BACK ROOSEVELT MILWAUKEE APP The Veterans of Foreign Wars voiced support for President Roosevelt to revive business and urged fair treatment for veterans of all wars.
In Zanesville Ohio on September 1 a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed near Pleasant Valley. At least three men were killed and eighteen injured as crews frantically searched wreckage for additional victims believed buried in the debris.
Lloyd Johnson, a filling station operator in La Follette, Tennessee, was charged with murder for the burning death of his wife and three children in their home on Wednesday night. The AP report notes the suspect was arrested today as investigations continue into the fatal blaze.
Baltimore patrolman Martin Goonan quit after admitting he had a few drinks before a two hour stretch in which he arrested 11 Black men. Charges against all but one were dismissed.
Tarboro reports Thomas Denny Eva Johnson Mark Speight and Catherine Thompson were held on charges of occupying a car involved in a highway wreck that killed Robert Carter near Tarboro on Wednesday night.
Tobacco sales in New Bern this week reached 317,062 pounds at an average of 90.38 per hundred. Last year’s first week averaged 81.86 per hundred. Friday’s sales totaled 77,372 pounds at 89.28 per hundred.
Washington officials announced a plan to pay flue cured tobacco growers who cut 1934 production with a tax funded program. The proposal, to be followed by burley and other types, aims to restore parity prices and reduce supply, with payments during next fall or winter and proof of crop reduction. Governors from South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia react with calls for action and delegation visits to Secretary Wallace.
In Buffalo New York on September 2 salespeople employed by retail stores who worked on a straight commission basis before June 16 are exempt from the maximum hour and minimum wage provisions of the retailers code. Fred M Rayburn district manager of the US department of commerce announced the exemption citing liaison circular 3 dated August 28 from L H Peebles NRA Washington office. Section 7 paragraph A states inside salesmen paid solely on commission prior to June 16 are exempted from the code.
Thirty six crewmen were saved after the U S Coastwise tanker Coldwater collided with the liner President Wilson about 200 miles off Cape Fear North Carolina. The Coldwater sank after catching fire and both ships were en route to the Orient. The President Wilson picked up the crew and headed for Norfolk Virginia.
Detroit reports Henry Ford, resting at Huron mountain club, may challenge the national industrial recovery act in court. Ford refuses to sign the automotive code as is, while NRA officials deny any pending conference.
In Chicago on September 2 a nineteen gun salute welcomed Attorney General Homer to the World Fair. The event marked a formal reception as part of the fair’s opening ceremonies.
Governor Ebringhaus will be a principal speaker at the Willard Annual Field Day exercises at the coastal plain test farm. The event is scheduled for September 14.
Mary Lena Van Dyke, 16, testified that Florida Bullock and Rated Kelly attacked her at home on August 23 seeking her father's hidden money. She identified the pair, who confessed no testimony was offered. Bail set at 5000 each. held for October term of Vance County Superior Court.
Helen Hicks of Inwood New York gains a two up lead over Virginia Van Wie of Chicago at the halfway mark of their 36 hole final for the women’s national golf championship at Exmoor. A high wind hampered play as Hicks stretched her early forward nine advantage while Van Wie faltered.
Washington reports a possible four and a half million gallon shortfall after repeal, with 18 million gallons of whiskey in bonded warehouses and aging stock of 3.5 million. Prohibition era rules limit sales to four year aged spirits and physicians’ prescriptions. Distilleries run at capacity. August output reached 5.5 million gallons, with a 7 million gallon quota for the year and plans for further additions.
Recovery administration officials say the latest snag in the soft coal code talks will be settled without White House pressure or Hugh Johnson. No clear deal expected before next Tuesday. Henry Ford’s unsigned automobile code and a merit clause in codes remain unsettled, with labor opposing its spread.
A Beverly Hills reader asks what inflation means and how cheaper money will affect purchases. The letter notes skepticism about “money will be cheaper” and questions how a dollar with less value can ease spending, mentioning a chat with financier J P Morgan.
Vermont faces a special election next Tuesday to decide whether to repeal the 18th amendment. After fifty years of anti liquor laws, dry and anti prohibition groups push opposite sides with church rallies led by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes and support from Postmaster General Farley at Rutland rally. The state teeters between continuing prohibition and joining other states in repeal.
A 42 year old worker named R. R. Hudson was fatally injured when he fell from a scaffold while helping erect tanks for a gas company in Wilmington.
A pink and yellow moth found by Wayne Fowler at 220 Tryon Street was placed on public display in the Enterprise window.
General Francesco De Pinedo, famed Italian aviator, dies when his heavy fuel laden plane crashes during takeoff at Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn. A 1027 gallon fuel load causes a loss of control and a fatal fire as spectators watch in horror.
Henry Ford remains the NRA holdout as the deadline nears to sign the automobile code. Huey Long appears with a black eye on front pages, while resignations shock Washington: Moley from state and Cates from NRA staff. The piece notes the broader codes, repeal progress, and political jests.
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