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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
2
Senator Borah denounces federal government as the most wasteful and extravagant form of administration. He cites rising appropriations, commissions, and a bureaucratic trend, urging voters to demand accountability and curb the growth of government expenditures.
An old advertising notice promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for feverish, cross or upset children. It explains dosing for infants and older kids and claims quick relief, palatability, and bowel cleansing. The ad invites readers to request the free information booklet from The Phillips Co. in New York.
Kingston suffers a bank closure as Farmers and Merchants Bank does not open its doors. Officials say state banking department will take charge with Raleigh officials en route. Deposits were reported at 567000 with 772000 total resources and 50000 surplus. President Sylvester L. Stough, VP William Allen, and cashier Frank O. Fitzgerald named.
Gladewater Texas April 30 Plans were laid today for blowing out a blazing gusher that burned eight men fatally Tuesday night H M and Harry Kinley veteran fire fighters from Tulsa Oklahoma led the plan using more than 100 quarts of nitroglycerine mixture Heavy rains slowed equipment trucks The eight victim died last night John Keys oil worker from Oklahoma died in Longview Texas Frank Fiock 35 of Woodfield Oklahoma was near death A blood transfusion was given Keys a few hours before he died nine workers offered their blood
Dr Harris E Kirk, longtime Baltimore preacher and noted religious writer, will deliver the UNC McNair lectures May 19 to 21. A Tennessee native and Southwestern alumnus, he has taught at Princeton and Goucher and preached in London and at major universities.
A 1777 George Washington letter warning a regiment’s colonel to curb officers from Philadelphia temptations sold at auction for 375 dollars. Written from Washington's Morris Town HQ New Jersey to Colonel Alexander Spotswood the note urges recruiters to enforce discipline and duty.
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr begin the 2,500 mile New York to Porto Rico training leg toward a world girdling flight. They depart Jacksonville for Miami with Captain Lewis E. Yancey aboard to teach navigation, arriving after a nine hour non stop flight from New York.
At the U S Commerce meeting in Atlantic City the chamber discussed installment buying’s role in business, retail, taxes, and trade associations. M B Folsom of Eastman Kodak cited Rochester industry measures stabilizing employment through forecasts, scheduling, stock manufacture, standard products, diversification, and boosted sales efforts. Edwin C Vogel defended installment buying amid critics, noting credits held up better than other forms during downturns.
Charles F. Abbot, executive director of the American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., says trade associations are the voice of their industries and take the lead in bringing about recovery. He notes the experience of the past 18 months supports this view.
A minuscule creature, about the size of a mouse, labeled queer by witnesses, sparks scientific curiosity in London as researchers debate its appearance, behavior, and potential classification. The case prompts calls for further study and verification from multiple laboratories.
Fragment mentions ascent near a location unnamed and an individual identified as Me Man. No clear event, date, or organization available from the readable text.
In Tiffin Ohio a plumber named Ray Riddiebaugh reported seeing a man thrusting a pipe through a small hole in a Findlay building. The incident involved peering through a hole and raised concerns about privacy and safety in the neighborhood.
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