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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1933
Page
1
East Chicago officials announce a $1,100,000 steel rail order from Chesapeake & Ohio, the largest of its kind since 1929. Separately, in Ljubliama Yugoslavia, a passenger plane crash near an asylum kills eight people.
In Havana the National hotel is sieged by 300 to 500 former officers backed by ABC and OCRR secret societies. They reject President Grau San Martin's ultimatum and demand the reinstatement of de Cespedes' administration. Captain Mario Torres Menier warned of possible bloodshed as tensions rise.
Congressmen Hancock urges bank deposit insurance as essential to recovery. He criticizes the American Bankers Association and Wall Street influence, calls for dollar revaluation, and plans talks with Jesse Jones on thawing frozen bank assets. He also sees insurance as protecting small accounts and argues for expanded currency to lift farm prices.
Washington reports that every city will form NRA compliance boards to investigate complaints about Blue Eagle codes. Boards assess exemptions, hearings, and possible disciplinary referrals. they lack executive power and are chosen by local NRA committees.
Columbia South Carolina will house a farm credit administration regional office and officials plan to set up a production credit corporation and a bank for cooperatives in the city next week. In Rock Hill South Carolina N M McDill and others pleaded guilty to banking law violations in federal court with sentences likely this afternoon.
Secretary Ickes of the Interior Department says an allotment of 12 777 000 is allocated for low cost housing projects in New York City Indianapolis and Raleigh in the latest federal housing program. The move aims to expand affordable homes in these areas and support urban development.
Officials said members of civic clubs within a 100 mile radius of Raleigh are invited as guests at the state fair opening on October 9. The notice emphasizes broad civic participation and highlights local event accessibility.
Maine backed repeal by more than two to one, joining 26 states voting to ratify the 21st amendment. The Maine convention of 80 delegates pledged to ratify, signaling a possible nationwide end to federal prohibition.
Three bandits believed to be B G Greene and his son Lester held up the Huskins Huson filling station near Lotta Mitchell county at about two this morning. They bound the owners and stole 82 50, a car, cigarettes and groceries including two slot machines. Officers pursued Greene and son tied to the July Taylorsville bank raid, with two accomplices already sentenced to death for murder.
Robert Cassidy, eight, wandered off to a movie matinee in Alliance Ohio. He did not return for supper or bedtime, prompting his parents to call police. Officers woke the theater owner who joined the search and found him asleep in a balcony seat.
Wall street analysts say autumn revival after Labor Day is a myth and recovery from depressions has been rocky. A recent dip in steel and cotton textiles may be expected, while NRA effects add uncertainty. Capital remains hesitant amid higher wages, new securities act rules, and slow financing for heavy industry. Public works and easy money policy aim to lift the economy.
Thor Lake Ontario September report recounts balloonists Ward Van Orman and Frank Trotter surviving a violent crash and a week in forest and brush after their Goodyear balloon was forced down. They described navigating with minimal supplies, making a camp, and edging toward a railway while enduring rain and moose signs.
Duluth Minnesota Sept 12 The Duluth city council refused to seek bids on a half ton Ford truck because officials could not confirm whether Henry Ford had joined the NRA Water and light department had requested the truck Commissioner James Farrell asked if Mr Ford belonged City clerk Clarence A Williams said to find out The council also authorized selling a 1926 Ford roadster
Cecil Grey of Green Isle Minnesota entered a cafe and hurled beer and steins through a plate glass window after drinking part of a stein. He continued smashing until police arrived during the fourth stein. A judge fined him $15.
Five more bodies were found in Texas raising the death toll to 29 from a tropical hurricane that struck the lower Rio Grande valley and gulf coast last week. Four unidentified Mexicans were crushed in a shack collapse and another body drifted ashore.
Beverly Hills California September 11 Oscar Lawlor, a prominent local lawyer, says the NRA amounts to a code of fair ethics among businesses and views federal control as a nudge toward greater market decency. He suggests the goal is to curb excessive preferred stock.
Margaret La Gette of Jacksonville Florida told Chicago police she was held prisoner for more than a year in a second floor flat by Theodore Economakos a State street cafe owner. She described beatings and constant confinement while employed as a nurse. Police arrested Economakos on charges connected with keeping her captive.
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