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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1930
Page
10
City Manager Knox told the council the police investigation led by himself and City Attorney Haworth would likely require another week to complete. About 200 typed pages exist with at least 100 more to go. seven or eight city employees are involved and witnesses have been interviewed.
Dr. Thomas B. Ashcraft of Colby College argues the thirteen month calendar as a practical time system. He says holidays would move to Mondays, monthly payments adjust with supply and demand, and business records would be simplified, while urging young men to consider long term impacts.
Bandits entered the Broad way cafe at 160 South Wrenn Street around midnight and robbed manager Daniel Harropely of between 50 and 60 dollars after brutally beating him. He was taken to High Point hospital, later discharged, and police spread a citywide manhunt with a detailed description of the attackers.
Postmasters in Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Winston Salem High Point and Greensboro sign a petition to the second assistant postmaster general seeking a Chicago to North Carolina air mail line. The High Point post office sent the petition and officials expect action soon. The plan aims to link western finance with the southeast via quick mail and follows the New York to Atlanta route expansion toward Miami and Central America.
J. OH Katte, a well known business man, was sentenced by Judge Lewis bk Teague in Municipal court to one year on the county roads. Katte appealed to the superior court and was released on a 500 bond. He faced abandonment and non support charges, with appeals repeatedly to the higher court as cases move toward a September 5 superior court hearing.
A regular meeting of the Elks will be held at the lodge tomorrow night at o'clock. All members are urged to attend as several matters of importance are scheduled to come before the meeting for discussion.
More than 15 000 dahlia blooms of various sizes will be exhibited in Asheville on September 23 and 24 at the tri state dahlia show drawing participants from the region.
Bailey Groome, patient at Guilford General Hospital after an automobile accident on the High Point Thomasville highway, was reported by attending physicians this afternoon to be resting nicely and no longer in serious condition. Groome is a well known figure in the state, having served as sports editor for the Charlotte Observer and as secretary of the Statesville chamber of commerce.
Police believe two men fled the city after a cafe incident as the manager finally summoned help and officers assess the area for their tracks.
C. D. Moore of 110 Phillips street surrendered at the police station last night admitting he struck N. O. Gray with his auto on North Main near Lyles Chevrolet. He posted a $500 bond pending a municipal court hearing next week for hit-and-run and reckless driving. Gray was taken to Guilford General hospital with painful but not serious injuries. The accident occurred late yesterday afternoon.
New certificates of incorporation issued by James A. Hartness secretary of state authorize an Industrial Bank of Albemarle in Albemarle with capital stock 100000 and subscribed 50000 by John R Jones Jr Eli Kendrick and M J Harris of Albemarle. Also Mitchell Drug Company of Hamlet authorized capital stock 25000 subscribed 3300 by CC P Mitchell Burlington M S Mitchell and H G Mitchell of Hamlet.
New York inmate Jack Levy attempted to escape Sing Sing by sealing inside a mattress. The plan unraveled when guards noticed an unusually bulky mattress at the gate and discovered Levy hiding inside. He was returned to solitary confinement.
Danbury North Carolina reports extreme drought with wells and springs drying up. An elderly resident named Uncle Mart Ashby walked seven miles to Danbury to beg a jug of water and haul it home. The drought is described as the worst in 50 years.
A playful dialogue frames an exchange about a single word that can express a long wish. He declares the word to be everything, while she teases that one word suffices to cover many desires. The joke hinges on concise wit.
High Point welfare officials announce a watermelon feast for residents reliant on public aid. The city farm will provide all melons, with G B Wimberly supplying the produce to aid the welfare department.
The secretary of the navy named Miss Jane Brown Kennedy sponsor for light cruiser No. 28 Louisville, to be launched at Puget Sound navy yard on Labor Day September 1 1930. Kennedy, daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Kennedy of Louisville, is granddaughter of James B Brown editor and publisher of the Louisville Herald Post. The Louisville completes a program of eight cruisers authorized by Congress on December 18 1924.
Maj. Gen. Abel Davis of Illinois, a longtime national guard commander with 33 years in military affairs, is referenced amid a report on Australia planning its first cigarette factory following tariff increases.
The High Point Fair Baby Show drew 270 entrants with director H E Wilson predicting final counts near 559. The Miss High Point popularity contest retains its listed entrants while new babies include William McIntyre 30 months and James Seward 9 months among others, with mothers urged to vote before a deadline.
Under Clarence M. Young, assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, 45 glider pilot licenses have been issued in Washington with license number one noted among the recipients.
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