28 Aug 1926
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1926
Page
1
Mrs Clemington Corson of New York becomes the second woman to swim the English Channel finishing in about 15 hours and 28 minutes. She beat many male best times and completed the feat with Frank Perks ending his attempt near the coast.
Bailey argues for state control of bank failures to prevent long ownership ties. The idea features prominently as a way to stabilize financial handling during crises and reduce prolonged private stakes.
Mrs Clemington Carson of New York is believed near Deal England after leaving Cape Gris Nez to swim the English Channel. Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the Channel, congratulates Mrs Carson and calls the feat great in a message from her Amsterdam Avenue home guarded by police.
Texas voters go to the polls in a high stakes run off as Miriam Ferguson defends the governorship against Dan Moody. Moody campaigns on ending Fergusonism while Ferguson’s husband Jim campaigns and attacks Moody over Klan and oil interests in a closely watched contest.
North Carolina moves to block publishers from charging higher prices in the state after contracting nine elementary books, aiming for an injunction to stop price discrimination of 1 to 17 cents. Attorney General Brummitt authorized to file suits if needed. next term looms.
Salisbury reports Receiver Fourt of the defunct People's National Bank announces another dividend to depositors beginning Monday August 30. The 10 percent payout is the fourth dividend, totaling about 340000 dollars with initial 20 percent and two more 10 percent payments already made, and about 85000 dollars to be distributed this time.
In Raleigh on August 28 AP reports the North Carolina Supreme Court rules that a person denied a law license for want of upright moral character cannot reapply for two years. The rule stems from Rex L. Farmer of Wilson, denied last February amid embezzlement protests related to the Ku Klux Klan.
The Haggard Evangelistic club will meet at the Christian church on West Green Street tomorrow afternoon at 2 30. Members are urged to attend and the public is invited.
Reports from Hakodate indicate heavy rains caused disastrous floods in Hokkaido with thousands of acres of rice washed away and 2,500 houses inundated. Many lives are feared lost as communications are difficult.
William T. Tilden, national singles champion, defeated Alfred H. Chapin Jr. of Springfield Mass in the Newport invitation final, 3 6 6 4 6 0 8 6, to win the tournament.
Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line sought a federal injunction to bar North Carolina regulators from enforcing intra state fertilizer shipment rates from Wilmington. The request, tied to conflicts with Interstate Commerce Commission orders, was denied by a special federal court. Judge I M Meekins filed the opinion and decree.
Mrs Sarah J Swaim 78 widow of C H Swaim died at her residence near Old Union church Randolph County after several months illness. She was born in Randolph County and lived there all her life. Survived by two sons J Ed Swaim Thomas Swaim a daughter Sophronia Swaim of Sophia and brother David Welborn Marion SC. Funeral at Old Union Methodist church tomorrow at 2 pm conducted by Rev S T Barber with burial in the church cemetery.
A sensational jewel offer presents the largest known perfect blue diamond to date. The gem weighs 127.01 carats and measures 15 32 by 9 32 inches, offered for about 300000 dollars.
New York news notes Peggy Joyce arriving from Europe carrying five diamond bracelets two solitaire rings and an ulcerated tooth along with a sprained ankle. Her only engagements on arrival were with a doctor and a dentist.
In Paul Smiths New York President Coolidge wore knee leather boots while haying in Vermont, and now hip boots are seen for fishing. The shift signals evolving outdoor footwear trends among leaders and the public.
Louis B. Miller of San Francisco says his automobile trip across the continent took 83 hours and 12 minutes, averaging over 40 miles an hour, a feat he claims beats the cross continent train time by ten hours after noting trains face traffic cops.
Funeral services for Allison Gray a prominent local Black resident who died after a brief illness will be held Sunday at 2 PM in the Fairview school auditorium. The Masonic order will conduct special rites. Burial follows at Oakwood Cemetery. Gray lived at 413 Taylor Street and was born in Randolph County.
Boston August 28 AP The national doubles tennis tournament draw was announced today at Longwood Cricket Club Chestnut Hill with six teams seeded. Richard N Williams second and Vincent Richards head the four American pairs.
The North Carolina commission urges moving failed banks from receivership to state control. L. M. Bailey argues annual depositor savings and faster asset liquidation are possible if the State Corporation Commission administers defunct banks until all assets are liquidated and depositors paid. Bank failure costs under state receivership often reach 25 percent versus 5 percent for national banks. The general assembly may be asked to change laws to adopt this federal style approach criticized for receiver delays.
George and Mack Kimes, Arkansas ex convicts, were captured near Rudy Arkansas after a gun battle with officers. They confessed robbery of two Covington Oklahoma banks last Wednesday and the fatal shooting of Perry Choulate Sequoyah deputy sheriff. They were held in Van Buren jail with non serious wounds.
Marines landed at Bluefields to protect foreign lives as revolutionary forces threaten the city. In Michigan, twenty five convicts escaped Michigan State Reformatory with guards overrun. several recaptured and a large manhunt underway across multiple towns.
Commander John Rodgers perished when his land plane plunged into the Delaware River near the navy yard after circling for landing. Mechanic Schultz was wounded, with Rodgers dying two hours later from chest injuries as medics fought to save him.
Richard Schoenberger, a Pennsylvania youth, jailed after attempting to fill a radiator in an air cooled car at a Burlington filling station. The stolen Raleigh car was recovered and returned to its owner. In Raleigh, a carnival scene formed before a newspaper office as bar exam passers rushed the first edition.
Salisbury reports Ella Trexler, age 16, attacked by a strange cat that entered her home, clawing her before fleeing. Neighbors search yields no trace of the feral cat as Miss Trexler undergoes pasteur treatment.
Raleigh theater ends midnight Sunday screenings after next week following a request from the local parent teachers association. The films began at 12 01 a m on Mondays and will be discontinued.
Fort Smith Arkansas August 28 194? Matthew Kimes and George Kimes wounded by buckshot are in Crawford County jail after 14 hours eluding officers. They were sought on charges of robbing the American State Bank and Covington National Bank Covington Oklahoma and for fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Perry Chuculate of Sequoyah County Oklahoma Chuculate died late Friday.
Charlotte August conference of southern textile leaders focused on expanding the cotton textile institute to include most of the nations 32.6 million spindles. W J Vereen chaired and reported 18,514,414 spindles enrolled as of August 26 with 10,295,880 in the south and others in New England. Attendees included James P. Gossett George P Harris and John A Law.
Eight people feared dead after the towboat Patton sank on the Mississippi near Convent Louisiana during the hurricane. Captain W A Bisso announced recovery of Mrs George Theis wife of the captain. other presumed victims include Captain Theis engineer H Bond and F Grangler plus four African American crew members.
Playing in high wind, Daisy Page of Maple Bluffs Mason Wisconsin forged a rapid start in Chicago. She reached the first eight holes tied two up on Mrs. Q O Hill Kan City, as the women's western championship final began.
In Raleigh on August 28 AP reports C P Barringer president of the state federation of labor must prove upright and good moral character before practicing law after J M Waggoner of Salisbury filed charges. Waggoner acted for O K Everhardt in a fraud suit seeking 465 dollars. the court allowed the charges to proceed despite Everhardt’s lodging.
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