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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1933
Page
1
The American Railway Association reported for the week ending September 28 loadings of 652,660 cars, up 653 from the prior week and 57,065 above the same week in 1982, but down 85,367 versus the corresponding week in 1991.
Detroit based Employers' Association reports Flint and Pontiac firms reject joint settlement talks for a multi city tool and die strike. Carl Carmody seeks living wage settlement while Detroit strikers demand 25 percent pay hike and longer workweeks. Pickets at plants and a brief clash with Highland Park police accompany ongoing mediation efforts. Ford plants face new labor troubles as Chester Edgewater and Richmond see strikes and threats to mobilize Detroit area workers.
In Rocky Mount on September 20 the state convention heard AP reports showing a 30 percent increase in church membership and a 20 percent rise in collections over the prior year.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Talian Estonia this afternoon following an uneventful flight from Moscow. They departed there just before noon after four days of sightseeing and study of Soviet aviation.
Oscar Johnston financial adviser to the farm administration said the loan machinery for cotton farmers based on 10 cents a pound would likely be ready for announcement late today.
Louis J. Comiskey announced Lew Fonseca will be retained as manager of the Chicago White Sox for the 1934 season.
Raleigh September 20 Congressman Frank W. Hancock Jr of North Carolina says the proposed tobacco marketing agreement will not yield farmers 17 cents a pound on average for their tobacco. He voiced opposition to the plan during the visit.
The North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs board met in Greensboro and set the 1934 convention for April 24 to 26 with Wilmington as the planned meeting place.
The defense in the W. B. Drake embezzlement case decided to offer no testimony to rebut state evidence. Arguments to the jury were started as the trial proceeded in Raleigh.
Raleigh reports seventy-five state prisoners escaped in September amid an epidemic of prison breaks. Nine prison employees were discharged or suspended, with multiple camps affected including Mocksville and Burgaw. Since July 1 merger of prison and highway camps, escapes total 237 with 165 recaptured, as personnel face sweeping changes.
Leonard Bradley, 30, a farmer and newly wed, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot on his father’s farm near Gastonia. He married last Saturday in Bessemer City and returned with his bride before disappearing. his body was located in a deep gully after an extensive search.
Havana reports a general strike by communists tied up nearly all commerce and transport while the ashes of Julio Antonio Mella were to be honored with a marble obelisk in Fraternity Park. Government troops faced subversive plots as clashes and arrests occurred in multiple cities including Matanzas and Colon.
In Beverly Hills California a letter from WiLL argues a taxpayer can rally to trim the political payroll while recalling a kidnapping case and the buried ransom. The writer also laments government waste citing a steamship charge to move a pound of picture postcards abroad as evidence of fed waste.
Washington AP report shows that during the Coolidge Hoover era Export Steamship owed the government over 1.2 million dollars while receiving 45.28 million in federal grants. A 1928 mail contract had paid 1.044 million annually, later raised to 2.185 million in 1930 after four faster ships were added.
In Leipzig on September 29 Marinus Van Der Lubbe admitted guilt in the Reichstag fire. Judge Buenger prepared a version of events and pressed for confirmation while Van Der Lubbe, with downcast eyes, said he set the fire unintentionally after walking past the Reichstag at two o clock and spending the day in a suburb until returning to the city at eight.
Capuse Way, state director of the National Reemployment Service, issues a call for skilled road construction map operators for highway projects in Raleigh. The notice emphasizes qualified candidates should apply promptly to join the regional labor force effort.
Berlin denounces Moscow for expelling German reporters in retaliation after two Russians were expelled from Leipzig. The foreign office says the move harms bilateral ties and notes Soviet reporters were barred from the Reichstag trial, with claims of distorted reports and tempory arrests.
H. J. Inn, 40, was injured when a loom being unloaded at a textile plant fell on him from a truck in Burlington.
The convict ship La Martiniere departed Saint Martinie Re with about 670 prisoners in chains for the French Guiana penal islands including Devil's Island. The voyage marks the first such transfer in two years as guards in bayonets and iron cages move the inmates to exile for life amid stark scenes and few public farewells.
Washington reports the treasury completed details for reorganizing 375 national banks across 87 states to resume operations and expand purchasing power. J F T O Connor announces approval of plans. licenses to reopen will follow after banks complete outlined steps. Unlicensed banks with approved plans include several in Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and Virginia. The list names North Carolina First National of Granville and Farmers National Bank and Trust in Winston-Salem among those to be reorganized.
Governor Ehringhaus urged NC tobacco warehousemen to cut auction hours from seven to five daily starting October 2. He cited glut in markets and declining prices after a three week sales holiday ended, warning the situation could worsen without remedy. It was unclear what action the warehousemen would take or whether South Carolina would follow.
John Edward Funk testifies in chancery court that his wife Mary hurled a knife a cut glass bowl a chair a smoothing iron and more then dumped garbage and water on him and scrubbed his shirts while three children watched He files for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty.
Bids totaling about 400000 were opened by the state highway and public works commission for 11 NC projects. Low bids came from R B Tyler Louisville on four jobs and from Riker and Yount Reidsville on three. Final awards hinge on approval from the federal bureau of roads and nearby delegations urged road matters.
Reoy Calhoun of Durham was brought to Danbury by his father and jailed in Stokes County on a murder charge for the death of Grady Young during a fight at a Walnut Cove conservation camp last Saturday. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday. Calhoun declined to speak.
Joseph V. McKee declares candidacy for mayor as an independent Democrat challenging Fiorello La Guardia and John P. O'Brien. He criticizes Tammany Hall leadership for worse city finances, taxes, and payless paydays, citing public sentiment against corruption and bankruptcy risk.
Elizabeth City report ties large amounts of vegetable matter washed into streams by hurricanes on August 23 and September 15 to oxygen depletion. Chemist Rn. W. Luther argues this causes rapid fish deaths similar to air exposure or overcrowding. Edenton Mayor BE. W. Spires warns residents against eating affected fish and calls for a health department inquiry.
The government ends its role as purchaser of pigs and sows after spending nearly 50 million dollars. By nightfall the farm administration expects about 6 million pigs and 150000 sows to be ready for relief distribution, with over 100 million pounds of pork in storage. A new program to curb hog and corn production is near completion, shifting toward benefits payments for agreed reductions. A hog processing tax plan, possibly a half cent per pound, would fund the purchase program.
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