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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1928
Page
16
Washington's Florence Trumbull stays at the White House with Mrs Coolidge confirming ongoing gossip about her engagement to John Coolidge. She served as a personal page during the D A R congress and charms staff with a democratic demeanor while wearing a ring on the engagement finger.
Mahmoud Samy Pasha and Mme Samy Pasha, with their children and friends, traveled by motor to Annapolis this week. They stopped at a rural road house near the Maryland capital for a mid day meal as the weather allowed.
The national spring holiday seen in Egypt draws crowds as the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes host a season’s final home event. Mrs. Dawes greets hundreds in a crowded residence, maintaining the customary reception pose as she rests on furniture during the afternoon.
A dinner at the British embassy hosted by the Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard kicked off a week of lively entertainment. Leander McCor kept the pace moving with engaging events and social rounds throughout the evenings.
Miss Janet Phillips daughter of Thomas W. Phillips Jr of Pennsylvania will wed Mick Goodhart next Saturday. The ceremony follows at Bethlehem chapel Washington cathedral with reception at a Sixteenth Street residence. The groom, more than twice her age, is heir to the McCormick fortune. dowry rumored from one to four million dollars.
Mrs Coolidge and Mrs Charles G Dawes sponsor a Monday night event at the Willard under the Mary Washington chapter D A R. Debutantes and society figures will wear costumes from 1628 to today to raise funds for Wakefield Manor, birthplace of George Washington.
Dispatches from Guadalajara report 73 insurgents killed in four engagements in Jalisco. General Ascension Escalante defeated Jose Trinidad Guillen’s band at Las Habillas, with 26 followers killed and 19 captured after a court martial. Other clashes at Ojo de Agua and in Los Altos added further deaths and seized arms.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture plans to market the western potato crop entirely within the state. Officials note the western counties Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, Henderson, Buncombe, Haywood and Avery produce superior potatoes and could supply 2,000 to 3,000 cars each August. Eastern North Carolina typically ships 6,000 to 7,000 cars in June.
London April 21 The breach of promise suit once used by widows and spinsters is losing popularity as women gain economic and social independence. Judges and juries are reluctant to award damages, often granting only enough to buy a spring bonnet. Courts treat these suits as broken civil contracts, with some favoring the view that they reveal female inferiority.
Stamp issue in Peking bears Chang Tso Lin portrait with a Postage of the Republic of China legend. The directorate general of posts limits use to six provinces and abroad, omitting delivery in 16 provinces where warlords rule. Denominations include one cent to one dollar featuring the dictator with flag and crossed army navy standards.
A Spanish mathematician debuts a mechanical man that plays chess and automatically responds to a human opponent’s moves, showcasing automatic decision making and game interaction in a self-contained device.
The Elliott Grays chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy plans a monument in Richmond to mark two Stuart's cavalry graves on a McConnellsburg turnpike site, one North Carolinian F A Shelton and one Virginian W B Moore. The American Legion will maintain the plot, and a fundraiser seeks 250 dollars with donations of 1 to 10 dollars. North Carolina groups are urged to contribute half the sum.
A North Carolinian is identified among the men. The note suggests securing information on F. A. Shelton, including any living relatives or war comrades. Further specifics are not provided in the readable material.
Paris reports a jeweler Rene Racover hired burglars to stage a robbery for 24000 dollars. He saved on security by omitting an iron bar and delaying payment, raising police suspicion. Burglars demanded 3600 dollars in advance but left no credible break in or safe work, exposing the ruse.
Members of the Lafayette Escadrille and relatives of deceased fliers travel from America to France for the July 4 dedication of the Escadrille memorial in St. Cloud park. A grand memorial arch and crypt will honor 24 dead, set in an 11 acre glade overlooking the Seine, touted as one of Europe’s most imposing war memorials.
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