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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1932
Page
2
In a heated court scene the defense questions a witness about what Mrs Brown said in reaction to a prior remark. The judge allows the question after objection and argument, and the witness replies that Mrs Brown said Nothin.
President Hoover dined with 22 state governors and their spouses after the governors conference in Richmond. Notable attendees included Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albert C. Ritchie, White of Ohio, and Gifford Pinchot. Olson of Minnesota was late to the gathering.
North Carolina representative sent regrets from Richmond and missed the dinner to catch an early train. Governor Ritchie quipped about 60 cent cigars as music played before more smoking. Afterward, governors returned to their home states. A farmer in Lapworth, England, runs an automobile pulled by a team horse to save gasoline.
Officials report Scotland’s average school attendance at 90.4 percent for the year, up from 90.2 in 1930. The gain comes despite severe weather and epidemics, with health standards among pupils also markedly improved and attributed in part to more attractive school buildings and surroundings.
Loussiemouth Scotland rents its town hall which serves as a weekly motion picture theater to the United Free church for Sunday services, reallocating civic space for religious worship.
Winston Salem April 29 Ray Johnson assistant trust officer of Wachovia Bank and Trust writes in The Wachovia monthly about owning a home. He notes many well designed affordable houses exist and warns against low price bargains with weak construction. He advises evaluating repairs and neighborhood access and keeping payments to 20 to 25 percent of annual income.
The Electricity Board of Northern Ireland contracted two new lines. One links the Harbor Power House to Orangefield Belfast and should be ready before winter. The other connects Dungannon Pontzpass and Rostrevor.
A new automotive safety device automatically shuts the engine when starting and sounds a horn continuously as the car turns over. The device aims to alert owners to potential misstarts and prevent accidental movement.
Reports note M. Briand favored old clothes on holidays. While hiking in rural France he was briefly jailed as an undesirable loafer before police confirmed his identity. After release he treated the arresting officers to coffee at a local cafe.
A. Campbell Blair bequeaths the southern part of Ardmeanoch headland known as the Burg to Scotland. The Burg cliffs rise about 1200 feet above the Atlantic and shelter sea birds. The area includes MacKinnon Cave once visited by Dr. Johnson and houses a noted fossil find.
Patrick Flanagan of St Andrews Scotland died when a boat carriage wheel ran over him while attempting to launch a life boat to aid a ship in distress. He was a local seafarer known in the port community.
A worship session led by Rev. B M Jones of Ward Street and Archdale M E churches in Asheboro will open Friday morning. Twenty six delegates to the Western North Carolina conference are to be elected, with committee reports due Friday afternoon. The district pastors and many laymen are expected to attend.
High Point ministers are expected to attend the 36th Greensboro district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church south at Muir's chapel on May 13 and 14. Opening session on May 12 at 10 o'clock will begin with communion. Reports from the 36 charges in the district will be heard in the afternoon and Rev. R S Truesdale will deliver the Thursday evening sermon.
The large house centipede appears and is described as a threat in the home. Text indicates concern over centipedes and tremors or tremulous movement but lacks concrete events or dates.
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