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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1930
Page
4
In retirement Cal Coolidge moved into a 16 room mansion and commented that the spacious home will make their dogs more comfortable, a remark signaling his plans to enjoy long walks and a settled routine.
APTAIN CHARLES FARMER reports orders to stop theft of flowering growths near roads. Offenders within 100 feet of highways face arrest, up to 50 dollar fines and 30 days in jail. Plan may deter landscape depredations during dogwood bloom as motorists fear enforcement along rural roads.
The Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington urged staying armed to meet any emergency and not assuming the millennium is near. The piece frames the group as militantly conservative and anti revolutionary, preserving autonomy and political status through force if needed.
North Carolina's fire losses for January to March 1930 totaled 2,537,405, up from 2,022,322 in 1929, with 63 fires report ed in the period. March alone reached 885,026 from 336 fires, and major conflagrations struck towns including Lincolnton Burlington Chimney Rock Monroe Salisbury Albemarle Scotland Neck Kinston Stovall Goldsboro. Rocky Mount reported no fires.
The attorney general urges the Senate Judiciary Committee to expand federal prisons as crowds grow. Federal prisoners rose by 6,277 in nine months and every facility is overcrowded, prompting calls for a large building program to house more offenders and redefine crime.
The piece argues that lax enforcement and rising bootlegging activity show little fear of law. It envisions a future with many federal and state prisons, creating prison jobs while expanding control. The author urges Congress to heed Mitchell and build jails in every state and county.
The Piedmont and Northern railroad construction is suspended awaiting the Interstate Commerce Commission injunction ruling. The delay costs the company money as it continues work on right of way, seeking a thorough test of its claims with prompt action from the ICC or another agency.
President Hoover criticizes mass opinion noting crowds feel and not think. He argues mobs are credulous and destructive, feeding demagogues who lead by emotion rather than intellect or progress.
Fragmentary quotation references deliberate consideration education and conservative leadership as themes in a political discussion. The line hints at guiding principles shaping party strategy without detailing participants or events.
A hopeful observer predicts a World Series clash between Boston teams, expressing faith in their future success and rivalry across the season.
Paris tax collectors threaten to strike prompting concern for residents who would face disrupted services and potential delays in tax collection.
A circulating rumor claims Fannie Ward will receive a free camera from George Feast for every 12 year old applicant. The report lacks confirmation and specifies no official source or date for the giveaway.
In extreme conditions a space mission endures minus 250 degree temperatures. The couple navigates isolation and protective measures aboard the vessel as they adapt to the harsh environment on the new world.
Three Indiana youths who robbed a bank following a dance marathon may now have an opportunity to try out a new step the lock step.
A quip links Rudy Vallee to sympathy for Englishmen as beer tax increases provoke calls for gentler song. The line suggests Vallee might sing the stein tune with more feeling if such taxes touch him.
Gov. Gardner announces the commission of new notaries public at his offices. Names include W. K. Ballentine Middlesex Miss Fay B. Clayton Brevard Kathleen Edwards Greensboro A. S. Hamlett Wood A. A. Hurdle Trotville J. D. Long Winston-Salem Mrs Mildred Merrill Southern Pines Co A Morris Albemarle R B Johnston Pineville Evelyn F. Brown Rosemary F A Huntley Wadesboro Irene K E Richardson Nashville George E. Welch Mount Airy Lee A Bailey Charlotte Sue Barker Ahoskie Henrietta Craig Gastonia La Rita Lowry Elizabeth City Fred B Monroe Pinehurst J Thomas McLean Lincolnton J L Avent Whitakers S W Black Jr Charlotte H W Cooper Laurinburg May H Grimes Lexington Eugene Lee Dunn W Linville Belmont R F Mintz Wilson Alicea C Moore Charlotte Inez Moser Winston-Salem James Galloway Paterson Greensboro C F Riddle Winston-Salem M V Secrest Waxhaw Mrs Samuel McKay Charlotte.
Greensboro report on April 17 notes the formation of a Carolina William and Mary alumni chapter with plans for local chapters across the state. J. S. Jenkins of Washington D C is president. vice presidents include H Page Williams Raleigh W H Boyles Winston Salem Katherine Dennis Greensboro and Art Matsu Asheville. Ross Ashby Greensboro serves as secretary and treasurer.
Goldsboro high school manual training class will build two cabins at the Tuscarora Boy Scout camp in Wayne County. Each cabin costs 85 dollars and will be donated by the Goldsboro Rotary and Elks clubs.
Fairmont inaugurates its Rotary club as Henry R. Dwire district governor presents the charter No 52 in the 57th district at a banquet attended by over 150 visiting Rotarians from 15 towns in the district.
Brazil is surrounded by every South American country except Chile. The statement notes Brazil’s extensive geographic reach across the continent, highlighting its absence of a direct land border with Chile.
Judge Aly O. Thompson granted a charter to the Improved Pall Bearers of America a Negro organization whose members seek to improve social religious educational and moral conditions. The judge found there is nothing professional about the group and members participate only as amateurs and as infrequently as possible.
A student leaders retreat sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church South board of education will be held at Lake Junaluska June 8 to 15. Dr. J. M. Culbreth announced the gathering which invites students from southern colleges, faculty, and college church pastors to discuss campus Christian issues.
Mrs Grace Thompson sues Ford Motor Company in superior court for 350000 damages claiming her husband, a farmer, was killed last February when a tractor backed up after a steering wheel allegedly broke. The suit seeks judgment for the deceased’s widow.
In Raleigh on April 17 the Department of Conservation and Development announced the annual spring planting on Mount Mitchell to restore the fire scar. F. H. Claridge directs a crew to plant about 15 000 balsam seedlings, part of a four year effort yielding 55 000 trees so far with about 90 percent survival. The program will continue yearly as funds allow.
A district alumni association of North Carolina State college has been formed, covering Forsyth, Davie, Davidson, Surry and Stokes counties. W. L. Steele of Winston-Salem is president, with Tycho Nissen from Forsyth and C. S. Lee from Davidson as vice presidents. Charles Woodruff represents Davie, T. C. Barber from Surry serves as vice president, and William C. Hubbard of Winston-Salem is secretary and treasurer.
Billy Rogers of Salisbury suffered a slight concussion after a golf ball struck him on the Lexington Country club course about seven miles from Salisbury. The ball was hit by a golfer several hundred yards away.
GOLDSBORO April 17 Wayne County would install a permanent grand jury and enforce laws against slot machines and punchboards if adopted. The retiring grand jury submitted its final report to Judge N A Sinclair urging the courthouse grounds be better kept and asking the Wayne delegation to sponsor the plan. Members would serve 12 months under the permanent jury proposal.
A brief note reports that half the members are named every six months. The sentence provides no further context about organization, dates, or locations.
Daniel Horn, a 15 year old Negro youth, was convicted in police court of taking a frying chicken from its owner for fried chicken. The judge gave him four months in jail after learning he had prior larceny of clothing.
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