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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1933
Page
1
In Lisbon on Sept 14 the British Hope raced to Magyar as it sank after SOS calls and rescued the entire crew. Separately in Lumberton on Sept 18, highway worker Jacobs aged 28 died from injuries after a car crash.
Casualties reach 14 with four family members drowned when the Dale of Sea Level schooner wrecked near Morehead City. Reports say six houses need Red Cross aid and life boats were swept ashore. Senator Bailey aids relief as Sanitary conditions worsen along the stricken coast.
An automobile plunged into a 40-foot deep section of Lake Lure last night, presumed to carry Morris Dominets of Biltmore to his death. The car was hauled from the lake today but no body was recovered.
Chicago reports King Levinsky tipped the scales at 205 1 2 pounds while Jack Sharkey weighed 201 pounds for their 10 round heavyweight bout scheduled at Comiskey Park tonight.
Chapel Hill Sept 18 University of North Carolina registration officials were swamped today with boys who waited until the eleventh hour to file applications for admission. About 700 applications had already been accepted, indicating a larger freshman class than anticipated.
Greenville Ohio reports a rise in textile business as T M Marchant president of the American Cotton Manufacturing Association notes improvement over the past week. He says mills face costs from a processing tax but will not drop the fight. Farmers may gain from better cotton prices. mills prefer high prices for cotton to aid farmers.
Green Bay and Boston Redskins battled to a 7 to 7 tie as the NFL season opened. The Packers faced a powerful group of youngsters on the Green Bay gridiron in Wisconsin. Cincinnati defeated Portsmouth 21 in the opening games.
Storm town area begins rebuilding after a hurricane. streets cleared and communications restored. High winds caused widespread damage with roofs torn off and crop losses. 15 deaths reported including a girl buried under timbers. Food supply and power disrupted. repairs expected to finish soon.
President Roosevelt authorized an additional 150 million dollars via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to assist refinancing of farm mortgages held by banks restricted by heavy portfolios. Southern leaders and cotton states rally for currency inflation, with Senator Thomas organizing a committee to convey inflation views to the President.
Regular bus and steamer service to Manteo resumed as Sam Midgett drove the Manteo bus to Elizabeth City and the mail steamer Trenton arrived after. The inlet crossing used a shad boat and the Roanoke Island causeway remains torn up needing rebuilding. Midgett planned to return to Manteo that night.
A Santa Monica reader rails against trial sympathy for victims, hints at anti Cuba sentiment, and proposes practical trades and drinking black coffee. The informal note uses sarcasm to comment on legal and foreign policy topics.
Havana dispatch reports provisional president Ramon Grau San Martin foresees a quick solution to Cuba's political crisis and hints he might surrender. Labor unrest intensifies with American nerves rising as 37 business groups threaten a 24 hour shutdown to protest worker violence and strikes. Communists in Santiago threaten to seize mills and banks while American women flee to safety.
Idaho voters prepare for a Tuesday referendum to decide whether to repeal the 18th Amendment while New Mexico voters face a repeal election funded without state appropriations. Repealists claim a solid lead in New Mexico, with churches holding temperance meetings nationwide as campaigns intensify.
NEW BERN Sept 18 A girl drowned when a fallen timber pinned her arm in a storm wrecked home as her father and neighbors could not lift the timber and the rising tide engulfed the house. The family fled to safety leaving the trapped girl beneath wreckage.
London reports that Anglo American debt discussions will start in Washington on October 5 with first interviews between Sir Frederick Leith-Ross of the British treasury and U S treasury representatives.
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd moves toward his second Antarctic mission as the Howton navy yard loads supplies for a two year stay aboard the Bear and Pacific Fir. Crews from Norway join, a maiden man oversees cargo, and plans include a south pole flight and resource survey.
In Yuma Arizona on September 18 at 4 20 AM Jean Harlow a blond screen actress and widow of Paul Bern married Harold Rosson a Hollywood cameraman. They traveled from Los Angeles by plane and obtained the license at 4 AM. The platinum blonde star was widowed a little more than a year earlier.
An Asheville doctor recalls a visiting man who, after a brief “hard luck” tale, asks if the doctor is “under this hare blue eagle.” Receiving a nod, the man takes a dime and adds he does not beg from slackers, implying code adherence among beggars.
Near Lexington two youths, John L. Grimes 17 and James T. Dennis 19, died when a wing failed during stunt flying at about 1600 feet. Grimes, unlicensed with about 60 solo hours, had been teaching Dennis in a plane owned by his father, W A Grimes. The elder Grimes directed emergency help from another aircraft.
J S Wannamaker president of the American Cotton association urged suspending gin ning and selling cotton unless prices rise to a profitable level. He called for drastic acreage cuts and
In St Louis on September 18, health officials reported three deaths and thirteen new sleeping sickness cases since yesterday morning. The outbreak totals reached 153 deaths and 859 cases, showing a slower spread than in August and earlier in the month.
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh visited the colonel's cousin Baarby in Stockholm and planned to continue a flight started yesterday that may take them to Russia.
Nine pirates disguised as passengers boarded the Chinese steamer Tsin Ping off Wenchow Chekiang province last Tuesday. They overpowered the crew robbed about 100 passengers and rifled the ship before escaping in small boats.
A flurry of kidnapping trials and arrests unfolds from Oklahoma City to Peoria and Jackson Mississippi. Bailey and Bates face a $200,000 Urschel kidnapping case in Oklahoma City under tight guard. In Edwardsville Illinois five people and a woman are tried for abducting August Luer, while Clyde Culbertson is sought in Denver for a plot to kidnap a wealthy clubman. A Norristown threat targets Tommy Loughran with a demanded ransom. Clyde Crews, 18, faces charges in Mississippi for attempted extortion amid threats.
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