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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
12
London reports the Prince of Wales in a canary colored waistcoat and trousers as flying garb. In White Plains laborers copy park workers by cutting off trouser legs. Montreal hosts a 24 hour relay with six teams of men and as many horses, prize to jockey if horse wins.
Worcester report says Dr. N. P. McGay, president, announced a warning to Society of Philatelic Americans members against substituting stamps in approval lists. He noted several members have been expelled for such practices.
Detective Alexander sought relief from a rear yard faucet in a Brooklyn garage and found beer. Seventeen men were detained, all held in jail after the find.
George Bernard Shaw signs his first contract to permit filming of a play. He states the motive is financial gain, saying he wants to makes some money.
Citizens in the financial district watched as a fire broke out at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Rumors swirled about a billion dollars in gold inside and fears it might melt away. The blaze was slight and the gold remained secure.
London reports the expanding peerage challenges naming in the new nobility with peers often using their residence as identity. In Poona India the poet Sarojini Naidu, jailed for salt law violations, cooks for prisoners using a stove and supplies vegetables to inmates.
In a Kentish Observer cartoon a mother lecturing her young son about being her child prompts a sassy reply from the boy. The exchange captures domestic humor and family dynamics in a period illustration.
Carthage August 8 W L Stanley vice president Seaboard Air Line says trucks are taking the cream of the railroad business and leaving bulkier loads like sand and fertilizer, threatening profits. He prefers the public understand the facts and noted the unfair competition while in Carthage with C H Sauls of Hamlet NC division superintendent.
The Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Gardner praising pure-bred bulls while disparaging governors. In South Carolina Asbury Lever, a gubernatorial candidate from York on a farm relief platform, echoed with a new slogan claiming one pure-bred bull is worth all eight governor candidates combined. Lever, a former congressman, faces seven opponents in the race.
The governor criticized county officials and urged 4-H members to be tree-setters not tree-sitters in later remarks. His first line about a pure-bred bull being worth more than a county commissioner sparked media attention, with the governor requesting a chang e to a more striking version.
Raleigh Aug 8 The annual 4 H club short course at N C State College ends tonight with candle lighting. Officers for the new year will be elected this afternoon. Larry L McLendon Kenansville is crowned king of health with 39.5 points and Mancy Evelyn Neely Pineville queen with 98 points after a state wide contest among club members.
Geneva Illinois report notes human hearing extends beyond the lowest note on a piano, suggesting ears perceive frequencies lower than the instrument’s base range. The brief item highlights a discrepancy between piano limits and auditory capacity.
Sun glasses fitted with canvas nose shields are now worn by sun and sea bathers at fashionable French resorts. They aim to prevent freckles and to stop the nose from peeling.
Cool headed traffic officers in Norfolk Virginia will wear new light sun helmets this summer. The helmets weigh under ten ounces and have a half inch air space between the head and the hat to prevent heat buildup.
F W Kranz of Riverbank laboratories reports to the Acoustical Society of America about a piano note range extending beyond two octaves above the highest note, indicating significant acoustic findings.
Tests in England show ordinary drivers often fail to stop at lights or signs and ignore illuminated pavement barriers. As a result, illuminated lines are installed in several streets as an experiment with lights beneath small glass lenses flashing under the pavement.
A North Carolina druggist creates a multi ingredient blend claimed to relieve any headache in three minutes and calm neuralgic, sciatic or rheumatic pains with no after effects. Sold under the name B C at drug stores for 10 or 25 cents, advertised as harmless and fast acting.
Aileen Stanley records The Hammock 8 Love You So Much for a radio picture segment featuring The Cuckoos. The piece highlights Stanley's performance and the group’s vocal collaboration.
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