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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1931
Page
4
Publication note lists High Point Enterprise as published afternoons and Sunday mornings with pricing figures for various issues and a publisher identified as R B Terry. Includes monetary amounts: 7.80 53.90 41.95 65 15e.
An editorial argues county commissions should not pay legislators beyond the fixed six hundred dollar salary for a sixty day session. It condemns ethics violations and police corruption critiques, urging integrity and restraint in public pay and power.
Greensboro Daily News notes a New York Herald Tribune discussion of Gerald W. Johnson’s piece on the futility of expecting policemen to enforce morality. The Harper’s article argues for Gaynor’s principle that government duty on vice ends at maintaining outward order.
Dan Boone of the Pointers pledges an action packed High Point baseball season to win a league pennant. Fans are urged to support the team as summer heat and business grind fade for peanuts, pops, and cheering in a city craving great baseball.
Franklin D. Roosevelt then New York governor confronted a political trap over demands to remove New York City mayor Jimmy Walker. He faced a clash between party unity and reform, choosing to act on principle rather than personal gain, with critics certain to attack him.
Bruce Catton notes Edmun d Wilson’s contrast between the marvels of a modern auto factory and the human cost to workers. He warns that progress favors machinery while human well being lags, urging focus on humane conditions as the nation industrializes. A brief on presidential tree plantings ends with optimism.
The City Affairs Committee denounced Mayor Walker as legally and morally culpable for corruption and public-life decline, but failed to prove the case. Governor Roosevelt faces charges of toadying to Tammany, while Judge Seabury may act if evidence is substantiated. If not, voters decide in the next municipal election.
A New York woman files for divorce citing her husband’s habit of pretending to be dead, a behavior she notes also mirrors his long running dummy play in bridge games.
A boy who attempted to wreck a railroad train was ordered to undergo tonsil removal. The judge implied the procedure might steer him toward the right path.
In driving about this summer you will notice the usual fleet of weenie stands hot on the trail. Vendors prepare their grills and signs as travel season heats up with classic Americana roadside eats.
A reporter observes that some people who purchase hats for themselves often expect something extra at no cost. The remark points to a mindset of entitlement among buyers as they seek value beyond the purchase price.
A reader to The Enterprise challenges a previous piece praising local registrars. He alleges registrars Brindle Lewis Stone and Kersey were unavailable for registration night after night, hindering Republican voters and accusing Democratic registrars of blocking registrations. He promises to name the guilty parties.
An unidentified radio operator on the burning tanker Castor, loaded with petroleum, jumped into the sea to protect his clothing and radioed for help until the fire disabled his set. Four ships answered, including the British freighter Ousebridge and the Excalibur, with rescue backing up the crew after the vessel caught fire southeast of the Azores. The operator’s final SOS said all crew were safe in boats as flames raged aft.
The New York State Athletic Commission postponed championship recognition for the June 10 Sharkey versus Carnera match at Ebbets Field, citing unresolved questions and a possible Garden of Madison Square legal entanglement over Carnera’s potential future bout with the winner of Schmeling Young Stribling.
A fragmented list presents clues and answers for a word puzzle. It includes definitions for terms from hoisting machines to diplomatic agents and ends with a reference to a named archaic vocabulary task. The scattered items resemble a crossword style cache of terms.
Bryan Grant, UNC star and former southern and national clay court champion, won the NC intercollegiate championship by defeating Wilmer Hines of Columbia 6-2 6-4 8-10 6-4 in the Chapel Hill final. Doubles matches were delayed by darkness with Yeomans and Wright versus Graham and Hendlin tied 1-1.
The Duke tennis team defeated Sewanee 4 to 2 at Durham despite a brilliant showing by Charlotte native Ted Burwell of Sewanee. Davidson beat V P I 56 to 4 at Blacksburg and faced Washington and Lee in Lexington.
North Carolina meets Wake Forest in a headliner while Duke plays Princeton on the Tiger field. Davidson visits Erskine and N C State falls to Virginia 6 to 1 at Charlottesville. Davidson loses 13 to 3 to South Carolina at Columbia as Catawba beats Bridgewater 10 to 3 at Harrisonburg. Elon defeats V P I 7 to 6 and Elon trackmen lose 98 to 28 at Hampden Sydney.
SALISBURY April 29 Milo T. Roseman 76 a farmer died from a self inflicted bullet wound. Roseman placed the pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger. The bullet exited the top of his head and he lived eight hours afterward conscious most of the time but gave no explanation for his act.
In 1924 25 England had 601 millionaires, dropping to 487 in 1928 29. The downturn reflects wider economic shifts and rising taxation affecting the wealthy.
In Juarez, police assess intoxication and a next morning judge sets fines. A humorous chart lists seven stages from Merely drunk to Habitually drunk with fines from five to forty pesos. The guide notes acts like scolding Mexicans or insults affect penalties.
Prof. William Boos of the University of Minnesota says the average man provides only one cent an hour as a source of energy.
Robbins Mill baseball team to play a Friday practice at High Point College field at 6 45 pm before the regular season starts Saturday. The club, boosted by Moore and Guyer from American Bakeries, aims for city amateur honors with a likely rotation of Moore on the mound and Guyer at short. tentative lineup listed for Friday includes Hoov, Fowler, Guyer, Bryan, Banks, Boswell, Kid, Stewart, Burge.
A fish spits a powerful water jet striking a small lizard near the bank. The sudden spray topples the reptile into the water, where the fish quickly pursues the prey.
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