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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1929
Page
4
The State Police report a string of nine-car crashes on the Jamestown to Thomasville highway last weekend. Lieut Early blames drivers crossing the center line and urges strict adherence to right side driving to prevent future wrecks. He warns fewer warnings and stricter enforcement as patrols continue.
A North Carolina born millionaire Richard J. Reynolds, 23, was sentenced in England to five months imprisonment for manslaughter after a drunken driving incident. The English judge urged jurors to judge the case without regard to Reynolds wealth or citizenship. The Greensboro bar demands reform of magistrates in Guilford county and urges lawyers statewide to enforce stricter standards.
Surgeon General Cumming of the Public Health Service says keeping busy is the best cure for heat. A cheerful frame of mind helps prevent heat suffering and many discomforts are psychological rather than physical.
The excerpt debates human capacity to work in hot weather versus cold weather, suggesting people overestimate endurance in heat and underestimate winter's impact on productivity. It contrasts seasonal work limits with the idea that winter may hinder work more than summer.
Washington dispatch says Bremen like liners threaten naval parity as modern passenger ships can be converted to cruisers with speed and armament. Critics warn a national drift toward distrust may undermine Hoover MacDonald efforts at Anglo American accord and arms reduction. Dam concerns about Boulder Dam electricity profits loom as power demand doubles potential output.
An elderly Massachusetts inmate, Jesse H. Pomeroy, age 71, who began life in prison at 17, is transferred to a state farm after 53 years inside. He experiences his first car ride and airplane flight, marveling at advances while noting the tragedy of slow human self-change.
The Greensboro bar association files a broad bill of complaint challenging justices of the peace. They contend magistrates would hear grievances and advise on rights and remedies while possibly accepting commissions and fees. The move aims to curb encroachment on lawyers’ domain and preserve judicial character.
A quip notes that an optimist in bridge passes after his partner bids one weak to trump, implying the opposite view as a pessimist.
A columnist jests that Leon Trotsky resembles a new car you acquire then fear you cannot dispose of, using satire to reflect on political and social upheaval and the burden of new ideas.
The new NC tax commission meets in Roaring Gap with Governor Gardner to set groundwork for a 1931 report. Members include A. J. Maxwell chairman L. A. Bethune and J. K. Norfleet. The group continues work begun by the McLean era to study state taxation.
High Point Kiwanis luncheon featured memory experts R. E. Nutt and N. A. Atchison of the American Institute of Memory who named each member and recited his business. Sam Holt won the attendance prize and led part of the program. Next meeting with the Asheboro club is scheduled for Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the Boy Scout camp near Jamestown.
F R Bell of the state police based at Burlington was injured when a dog darted into his path on Liberty Road. He was thrown about 50 feet at 50 mph, suffering a lacerated leg and knee and a facial cut. Treated in Greensboro then moved to High Point, he will be off duty for several days. His motorcycle was wrecked.
Industrial girls aged ten are organized for a weekend trip to Camp Otakne run by the YWCA. Irene Yarnall, the industrial secretary, calls on all participants to notify headquarters immediately. The group departs tomorrow morning from the YWCA building at seven. A Lend-a-Hand ice cream supper is set for Highland Mill tomorrow, and Florence Nightingale club members will gather Monday for a watermelon feast at the camp.
Local citizens invited to a watermelon feast hosted by the Farmers' Community Civic organization at Blair Dairy farm Wednesday night at 7 o clock. Over 100 invitations were extended in High Point and a large crowd is expected.
A Chicago district federal court set a record by returning four not guilty verdicts in the year ending July 39, 1929. The unusual total marks a high clearance of accusations with acquittals across multiple cases in the period.
Negotiations are underway for an auto racing program at the North Carolina state fair in October. Horse races likely on the first four days with auto events on the last two, using the oval track at the fair grounds. Last year’s racers called the event among the best in the South with many stars expected to return and others to join. Races will follow American Automobile Association rules and official records will be kept.
Miss Vivian Matson general secretary of the High Point Y W C A leaves for Smith Center Kansas for a month's vacation. The article notes English Parliament chimes sounding hoarse after 70 years drawing comment from Englishmen.
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