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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1930
Page
1
J Sterling Moran views district will conduct a door to door census. Moran will appear at the W DP to enumerate and ask the president about providing information as head of the family. The process will use the same large form and method for household inquiries.
A reform effort outlines rigid rules for theater and performance content. Officials voice concern about obscenity and brutality while urging conformity to wholesome standards in the arts. The piece notes funding and organizational oversight amid evolving norms.
Three men, posing as census takers, invaded a Sheridan Road mansion and bound six occupants, then escaped with jewelry valued around 50 000 dollars. The raid occurred yesterday in Chicago and investigators pursue leads.
Wallace Wade announces resignation as Alabama head football coach and signs a five year contract with Duke University starting September 1931. The Tuscaloosa report confirms Wade will depart after the current season and join Duke to helm their program.
The article describes Lottie Brenner Von Buelow suing for divorce from Enrique De chow Von Buelow. The couple and family were bound during a home invasion by two masked men posing census takers. Jewelry worth about 50000 dollars was stolen during the ransacking at their Chicago residence.
North Carolina tax relief association executives vote to hold an April 14 meeting to name officers and draft resolutions ahead of a general conference April 21. Allen J. Maxwell, state revenue commissioner, urged against a general sales tax and warned luxury levies would raise costs for retailers and government.
Kansas City reports two suspects arraigned on extortion charges in the Katz kidnapping involving a $100000 demand. Investigators link the crime to gang figures from St. Louis as Raymond Tipton and associates deny involvement while police press for further questioning of arrested men.
A bill by Representative McSwain of South Carolina would create a soldier's medal of merit for any army officer or enlisted man who renders conspicuous service to science literature art world peace or improving the efficiency and economy of national defense.
Prohibition agent finds a pint of whisky in the traveling bag of Superior Court Judge N A Sinclair. Williamston men Arch Dunning and J L Hasse1 claim Everett admitted the prank saying he did it without malice and unaware it would cause trouble. The judge reported the discovery after being stopped on a highway en route to Sanford to hold court.
In Alcutta India five men were killed during rioting after a passive resistance demonstration against a rule limiting cartels from taking buffaloes out in the day’s heat. In Tucson Arizona Captain Frank Hawks resumed his trans continental glider flight at 6 am as his tow plane Waglet started the leg to El Paso Texas.
The Interstate Commerce Commission said it would seek an injunction to stopPiedmont and Northern railway line extensions from Spartanburg to Gastonia and Charlotte to Winston-Salem. N A Cocke vice president of the railroad said work would continue until legal action halted it.
William J. Locke, noted British novelist, underwent an operation at a hospital in Aris today. He had fallen ill some time ago but regained strength. Surgeons withheld comment until they could examine him again tonight.
Eighty hunger marchers depart Glasgow for London to protest unemployment conditions. They expect the journey to take about a month before reaching the cabinet in the capital.
A sharp earthquake hit Volo and nearby villages with five successive shocks. Several houses collapsed and caused widespread damage as residents fled into the streets in panic.
Coast guard headquarters announced the capture of the British schooner Ida HM with a liquor cargo off the New Jersey coast last night. The seizure highlights ongoing efforts to interdict contraband maritime shipments.
President Hoover urged nationwide cooperation to ensure the census starting tomorrow is effective. He said the census serves government, economic progress, and social development, with every citizen having a stake in its success.
The New York State Athletic Commission approved a 15 round bout between Jack Sharkey and Max Schmeling for June 12 at Yankee Stadium. It will decide the world heavyweight title and establish the New York State champion as the successor to Gene Tunney.
In Gaston County two middle aged men were treated for partial paralysis blamed on adulterated Jamaica ginger used as a beverage. Dr W B Parks disclosed the cases noting one patient had not drunk Jamaica ginger for a month but was a constant user of cheap whiskey.
Calvin Coolidge announced he and Mrs. Coolidge will move from a two family house to a 16 room mansion called The Beeches in Northampton Massachusetts within a month or two. The estate spans nine acres and features an outside pool tennis courts and flower gardens with four baths an elevator and floor telephone connections. They bought The Beeches from Mrs. Morris Comey widow of a West Boylston manufacturer who will remain on the property for some weeks.
The Mary Sudik No. 1 wild gusher near Oklahoma City sprayed thousands of barrels of oil into the air as winds drove spray over the countryside. Fire precautions were set along the edge of the city and oil fields, with houses urged to close windows and firefighting equipment placed for possible outbreaks.
Chairman Caraway announced John J. Raskob would be called to testify next Friday. Raskob sent a telegram offering to appear at any time, amid Republican calls to probe his role with the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
Charlotte prepares for a gala tonight as the first air mail planes halt here on the New York and Atlanta route. The southbound plane from Greensboro opens the event at 9 20 p m with 10000 to 15000 pieces of mail to be carried. The northbound plane lands at 4 40 p m. Greensboro readies a double airway mail service inauguration with the first plane due Greensboro airport at 5 20 p m and its 8 36 p m flight toward Charlotte.
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