City Managers Favor State Exam for Drivers
City Manager F M Knox and Mayor C A York back abolishing city license tags and driving licenses as a nuisance. They support state licensing exams for all drivers and say revenue should be shared with municipalities by warrant of automobile counts. Legislation action expected next session.
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F. M. Knox
C. A. York
Knox
Greensboro
York
High Point
Lieutenant Early
North Carolina
Glass makers sue railroads over freight rates
Three large plate glass mirror makers led by Consolidated Mirror Company Ford Ecker Mirror Company and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unjust and unreasonable freight rates on shipments of glass not exceeding 120 inches from Ford City Creighton Blairsville and Butler Pennsylvania The 79 1 2 cent rate per hundred pounds with a 24000 pound minimum weight is claimed to violate the Interstate Commerce Act and some railroads planned a higher charge set for May 20 1930 but the tariff was suspended by order of the commission.
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High Point
Interstate Commerce Commission
Toda
Interstate Commerce Commis
Consolidated Mirror Company
Ford Ecker Mirror Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Michigan
Ford City
Creighton
Blairville
Butler
Palmer Faces Superior Court Bond After Church Break In
Sylvian Palmer, a young white man, was ordered held on $750 bond for the superior court after probable cause found regarding breaking and entering First Presbyterian Church for robbery. Palmer was apprehended by Policemen Wade and Davis inside the church.
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Sylvian Palmer
First Presbyterian
Lewis E. Teague
Palmer
Wade
Dvis
James McIntyre
Jack Cecil
Roby Hedgecock
Mamie Williams
B. V. Neese
Springfield Memorial Ass'n Meets Tomorrow
The 23rd annual meeting of the Springfield Memorial Association will be held at the Springfield Friends church tomorrow starting at 10 45 in the morning and continuing into the afternoon. A bronze tablet honoring Allen Jay Joseph Moore and Francis T King will be presented at 2 0 clock by Col W A Blair. Dr Harlow Lindley will deliver the morning address. A picnic dinner and social hour follow.
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Springfield Memorial Association
Springfield
Clara I. Cox
Dr. Lindley
Annie Robbins
Norman Fidler
Col. Blair
Messrs
Jay, Moore and King
Springfield Normal School
Treasury receipts and outlays for August 12 reported
Treasury data shows August 12 receipts at 3.347 million dollars against expenditures of 8.496 million, leaving a balance of 118.958 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Hbbalance
Mason Lectures At Masonic Temple This Week
Master Masons invited to daily lectures at the Masonic Temple from 9 to 12 am 3 to 6 pm and 7 36 to 8 70 pm this week conducted by J W Patton of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina All Masons urged to attend to increase their knowledge By order G C Howard W MM H Massey Secy
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Masonic Temple
J. W. Patton
Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
Committee Plans 10 Renew Inquiry Into Police Probe
City officials resume police department investigation with City Manager Knox and City Attorney Haworth reviewing records. A stenographer has logged questions and answers from the inquiry since its start. The schedule for this afternoon is unclear, but officials expect to finish soon and deliver findings to the council.
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Knox
Haworth
Councilme
Three Injured In Auto Mishap On Hamilton Street Crossing
A Ford coupe driven by Paul Hedgecock overturned near Hamilton street railroad crossing around 7 this morning leaving three injured. All were treated at High Point hospital. Vera Kersey required stitches but left for home. Ida Hedgecock and Paul Hedgecock had bruises.
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Paul Hedgecock
Hamilton Street
High Point Hospital
Vera Kersey
Ida Hedgecock
Butterbean Display Adds Notable Giant From Local Farm
A Japanese butterbean weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces and extending five inches was received at The Enterprise office for the freak vegetable display. Grown by B Wardell of 110 Phillips Street, the bean is described as squashlike and prepared in the same way.
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Enterprise Office
B. Wardell
Phillips Street
City Managers Plan State Organization Meet in September
City managers from across the state will gather in Greensboro on September 5 to perfect a state association for city managers. Six managers met yesterday in Greensboro to discuss plans and agreed to another meeting here. Fe. M. Knox praised the session and expects final organization next month with about a dozen managers attending in High Point.
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Greensboro
FE. M. Knox
Knox
High Point
Mr. Knox
Sears Roebuck Manager on Vacation
M. P. Quinn, manager of the local Sears Roebuck Store, leaves tomorrow for a two week vacation. He will visit Philadelphia to meet company executives, then travel to New York City before moving on to Pittsburgh to visit his mother.
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M. P. Quinn
Sears-Roebuck
Philadelphia
New York City
Pittsburgh
Mr. Quinn
New York
Return Journey Of Local Residents Quillins Sechrest
Mr Quinn plans to return to the city around September 1. Clerk W Sechrest leaves tomorrow for Chicago then Canada and will rejoin the city by way of New York meeting Mr Quinn in New York.
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Quinn
W. Sechrest
Chicago
Canada
New York
Mr. Quinn
Well Known Pilots Visit Local Port
Everett Fisher of Red Bank New Jersey sales manager for the Aero marine Klemm Corps and former instructor of the Instructors Royal Flying corps stopped off at the Charles Kenner Flying service field Tuesday en route to Miami Florida. Mr Fisher has 13 years of flying and is a friend of Paul Davis chief pilot at the Charles Kenner field. He was here two weeks ago and left for Canada to see the British dirigible the R-100. Mr Sutton of Raleigh sales manager of the Curtiss Wright builders was a visitor at the flying field yesterday.
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Everett Fisher
Red Bank
N. J
Aeromarine Klemm Corps
Royal Flying Corps
Charles Kenner Flying Service
Miami
Fla
Fisher
Paul Davis
Charles-Kenner Field
Canada
Sutton
Raleigh
New Meat Market Cut Rate Market Opens in High Point
A new meat market named Cut Rate Market opens today in High Point located at 625 East Washington.
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High Point
East
Washington
Native Beef Only: Kilby Hotel Market Opens
Pat Murphy, owner, announces the Kilby Hotel street market will sell only native beef. He stated today the new market will feature exclusively locally sourced beef for customers.
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Kilby Hotel
Pat Murphy
Davis Makes First Solo Flight At Local Air Field
Olin Davis completed his first solo flight yesterday afternoon at Charles Kenner Flying Field after eight hours of instruction from chief pilot Paul Davis. multiple solo hops were declared successful by his instructor.
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Olin Davis
Paul Davis
Charles Kenner
Davis
Mrs. Wagger On Vacation From New York Purchase
Mrs. Sara Wagger left for New York last Saturday night to buy new fall merchandise. She will take a short vacation and probably visit Atlantic City returning about September 65th.
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Sara Wagger
New York
Atantic City
Sound transmission on sea noted by researchers
New York report explains the sea as an ideal stage for sound transmission being nearly level. It notes winds affect transmission and fog banks can reflect sound waves, influencing acoustic behavior at sea.
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