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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1928

Page

6

Amigo Bridge Club Meets Friday Afternoon At Miss Bessie Myers

Local notice: Amigo Bridge Club will meet Friday at 3 PM at Miss Bessie Myers home on South Main street. Community updates include Mrs Grayson's father ill, Billy Manley with measles, and birth of Hazel Arlene to Mr and Mrs T C Bule on Russell street.

Amigo Bridge Club Bessie Myers South Main Street Billy Manley Cable Street T. C. Bule Russell Street Hazel Arlene Faithful Bible R. C. Rogers Centennial Avenue E. W. Holton High Point American Association of University Women Friend's Church Edna Morganthaler Josephine Setzer Roland Park-Emerywood D. H. Parsons Farriss Avenue Eliza Stevens Jack Burris Johnson Street J. R. Montgomery North Hamilton Street Philomathean Club S. H. Tomlinson Hillcrest Drive Mary C. Coleman Poland Beta Pi Jesse Harris Bain Avenue Lottie Holden H. C. Fogleman Newton Street Second Thessalonians

Local Figures Named in Community Roster

The list includes Brockman, Herbert Hunter, Frank Hunsucker, M. K. Price, W. k L. Jackson and Kenneth Denny among noted community figures.

Social notes spotlight regional visitors and events

Bar A Byrum attends Philadelphia knitting arts exposition. Mrs Charles Whiteley of Greenville NC visits sister Mrs F H Gray on Parkway. Mrs Murchison Walker and Mrs Frederick Dixon arrive to visit Mrs Rodney Snow. Miss Judith Bell Lambeth of Henderson KY visits Miss Mary Muse. Mrs W M Horney and Miss Ethel Welborn spend day in Greensboro with Mrs George Donovant. Dr J J Hamlin returns to practice after North Carolina Dental Association in Charlotte.

Miss Muse Mary Muse Bridge Judith Bell Lambeth Henderson Kentucky Frances Moffitt Fred Thomas Charles Whiteley Greenville, N. C F. H. Gray Parkway Murchison Walker Frederick Dixon Rodney Snow W. M. Horney Ethel Welborn Greensboro George Donovant

State Supreme Court Hands Down Eleven Opinions

The North Carolina Supreme Court released eleven opinions. Cases listed include State vs Bennie Boswell in Guilford affirming defendant connection to assault with a deadly weapon and larceny, Stewart vs Stewart in Forsyth on heirship and land inheritance, and others involving Wayne, Bertie, Caswell, Forsyth, and Davidson counties with outcomes such as affirmed, new trial, or appeal dismissed.

State Bennie Boswell Guilford Stewart Owart Forsyth Associated Justice Connor Frank Stewart Samuel E. Stewart Heritage of Lands State Supreme Court Bizzell Mitchell Wayne Byrd Southern’ Ry. Co Tadlock Mizzell Bertie Bennett-Brown Corp Coble Stanville Toler Caswell New Jal Covington Hosiery Mills Tise Hicks

Witnesses in Teapot inquiry dispute Abbott claim

Testimony shows Chase denying memos and knowledge of a $60,000 liberty bonds claim by a William Abbott against Citizens Trust of Sullivan Indiana. He clarifies Abbott as a different man who ran a country store while noting Robert W Stewart of Standard Oil Indiana visited Three Rivers when Blackmer was present.

Chase Washington Nye William Abbott Three Rivers Citizens Trust Company Sullivan Indiana Abbott Standard Oil of Indiana Fall Blackmer

Tragic Farmhouse Killing Ends in Double Lethal Shooting

A man identified as Hawk killed his wife and two daughters with an axe then shot himself at a Newport area farm. The mother, older daughter Maude Ella 23, and younger Lucille 18 were found mortally wounded or dead, while Hawk died beside a shotgun at the barn. No witness to the killings exists, an inquest status unclear.

Newport Maude Ella Lucille Hawk

Great Race On 10 Test Speed Of Rival Cars

A $25,000 wager marks a 24 hour race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway pitting a Stutz Black Hawk against a French Hispano-Suiza. Stutz owned by F. E. Moskovics of Indianapolis, with Jil Andersen and Tom Rooney driving. Hispano-Suiza crews Weyman and Robert Bloch.

Indianapolis Ind Indianapolis Motor Speedway F. E. Moskovics Paris Moskovics Stutz Motor Car Company Weyman Jil Andersen Tom Rooney Weyrman Robert Bloch

New Building Opens at State Hospital in Goldsboro

The Nathan O Berry building at the state hospital was formally opened by Governor McLean who praised its modern accommodations. An open house ran from 10 a m to 5 p m. Tomorrow a separate open house will be held for the hospital’s black patients at the adjacent Negro hospital.

Goldsboro Nathan O’berry State Hospital McLean

Mackerel Sky Term for Cloud Pattern

A sky flecked with small white clouds is sometimes called a mackerel sky. The phrase describes a high, mottled cloud pattern resembling fish scales and is used in weather lore and literary descriptions.

Governor Al Smith of New York a Close-Up Series

The Enterprise presents a multi-part profile by Robert Talley on Governor Al Smith. The first article runs today on page 9, with subsequent pieces to follow daily. The series promises an accurate, unbiased view to help readers form an opinion of the presidential candidate.

al Smith New York

Fossil Oil Lease Negotiations Revealed In Senate Testimony

Robison testified about meetings with Sinclair in 1922 regarding the Tea pot lease and pipeline plans. He recalled Fall saying he found a man to handle the lease and that the Interior Department preferred negotiated terms over bidding. The record cites statements on Standard Oil, Gulf, and Texas company propositions and public disclosure timing.

Robison Sinclair Roberts Fall Three Rivers N. M Cheyenne Interior Department Teapot Gulf Oil Company Texas Company Standard Oil Company Robinson Naval

Dramatic Bremen Flight Fails to Find Landing

Fragmentary New York report recounts the Bremen’s perilous Atlantic crossing from Greenland to Newfoundland era with fog ice and fuel low. Baron von Huenefeld kept a pistol handy as the crew chased land and finally found Greenly Island and an ice breach for a risky landing on the island.

New York Bremen Atlantic Costello Galway Koehl Newfoundland Baron von Huenefeld Greenly Island Murray Bay Que James Fitzmaurice Clarke City C. A Duke) Schiller Herta Junkers Fitzmaurice

Four Tennant Children Die In West Virginia Fire

In Siskerville West Virginia four children of Mr and Mrs Denton Tennant aged eight ten seven and three were burned to death when a fire trapped them in their bedrooms at McElroy Creek. The parents escaped after attempting to reach the second floor and gas from a leaking pipe is suspected to have ignited the blaze.

Sisterville W. Va McElroy Creek Denton Tennant Vorda Brooks Garnet Betty Lee

Exoneration Granted in Mary T. Hill Inheritance Tax Case

The United States circuit court of appeals cleared the late Mrs. Mary T. Hill widow of James J. Hill of any attempt to defraud the government of a million dollars in inheritance taxes. It ruled that she created two trust funds transferring 5 000 900 dollars to nine children and thirteen grandchildren.

ST. Louis United States Circuit Court of Appeals Mary T. Hill James J. Hill Northwestern Railroad

Frank Graham elected president of North Carolina social work group

Frank Graham of the University of North Carolina was elected president of the North Carolina conference for social work at the general business session in Winston-Salem on April 18. The group also elected Mrs. W. B. Waddill first vice president Dr. Howard W. Odum second vice president Gilbert T. Stephenson treasurer and Miss Harriett L. Herring secretary.

General Conference Toronto London Dickey Texas New Mexico Illinois Kentucky Louisville West Virginia Jessie Monroe Quincy Florida Atlanta James Edward Dickey Jeffersonville Methodist Episcopal Church, South Emory College Georgia Winston-Salem Frank Graham University of North Carolina North Carolina W. B. Waddill Henderson Howard W. Odum Gilbert T. Stephenson Raleigh Harriett L. Herring Chapel Hill Stephenson Miss Herring General Assembly

Estate of Sir Mortimer Davis Divides Vast Montreal Will

Mortimer Davis Jr and his stepmother Lady Davis will share equally in the estate revenue of Sir Mortimer Davis. The will filed in Montreal states an estate valued at about 150 million dollars. The document notes revenue sharing over fifty years.

Montreal Mortimer Davis, Jr Roszika Dolly Lady Davis Mortimer Davis

Estate division directive in Quebec if heirs die

Wording from a will directs the estate to be divided among a hospital the federation of Jewish philanthropies and non secular charitable institutions in Quebec if his son and Lady Davis die without issue from the marriage, before settlement of the estate.

Lady Davis Mortimer Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Province of Quebec

Traveling at Two Miles a Minute It Would Take An

A fragment notes travel speed of two miles per minute and estimates time for a journey. The readable portion implies a calculation of distance or duration but lacks complete details to specify the exact route or endpoint.

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