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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1927
Page
4
A religious reflection notes that Hebrews 12 6 says the Lord loves he chastens and that gifts arrive in their own peculiar forms, invoking Goethe on divine providence. It presents a moral meditation on providence, discipline, and the nature of gifts.
A two council member committee and the city manager examine moving the High Point Public Library from the municipal building to the old high school on South Main. Library board members oppose. decision delayed for a future meeting as office space for administration remains a priority and summer circulation shows gains.
Pardon Commissioner Bridges advocates forming local civic club chapters to aid released prisoners in securing work. He argues faith in prisoners can reclaim them as good citizens and urges broad support for the plan to improve employment prospects after release.
The State Highway Commission reports seventeen grade crossings removed in North Carolina at a cost of 351463.77, bringing total overhead crossings and underpasses to 72 with 455 remaining. Since 1921 more than a million dollars has been spent to remove crossings, while new ones are created at far higher expenditure.
Mr Bridges proposes a program to help youths who crime, noting former prisoners struggle to find work after serving time. Civic clubs, composed of reputable men, could back the effort and steer the wayward back to the straight path, with widespread backing anticipated across North Carolina counties.
The passage questions the value of long-distance flights for commercial aviation and the risks involved, urging citizens to weigh the cost in lives before promoting further prizes and global exploration.
The piece recounts innocent bystander deaths in Chicago Los Angeles and New York including Samuel Goldberg a breadwinner killed on Columbus Avenue after a speeding car shot him. It condemns random violence and notes Mayor Walker aims to assist Goldberg's six dependents urging public sympathy.
The note argues in favor of a strong military buildup for Romania to deter critics and keep peace by projecting strength. It frames a large army as protection for King Michael against public pressure and perceived antiroyalist sentiment.
A terse line notes that publicity can be gained via the delinquent tax list. The remark frames tax delinquency as a vehicle for public attention and awareness.
The Sentinel notes daily court cases that convict holders of worthless checks and urges merchants to require sound endorsements and reliable references. The piece argues checks are convenient yet prone to abuse and stresses that businesspeople should refuse strangers’ checks without verified credit, to curb fraud and protect dockets.
Miss Vivian Matson leaves for Kansas for a month with family while Miss Henrietta Roeloffe returns from a six month tour of Kansas through Florida noting that rural women prioritize prohibition children and peace. The Girl Reserve Movement in the United States has 192000 members and a new acting executive secretary is named to succeed Miss Gogin from Parsons Kansas.
Crowds gather before the Brunswick News office as Redfern Warner and officials fear for aviator Redfern who departed Brazil with possible landings at Rio de Janeiro Pernambuco or Para. Reports of head winds across the Caribbean raised hopes he would reach Para with sufficient fuel, but no word has come and officials fear a forced landing en route.
Brunswick authorities and the Paul J. Warner flight committee fear Paul Redfern, who left Brunswick Thursday in a Stinson-Detroiter bound for Brazil, has been blown off course. With fuel exhausted after 51 hours 45 minutes, hopes rest on later reports of landings near Para Pernambuco or Rio or possible water survival with remaining fuel. Mrs Redfern waits anxiously, remaining hopeful he is safe somewhere.
Tolls on the new Camden Bridge in New Jersey totaled 2,132,000 dollars from 7,847,220 vehicles. After maintenance costs, the revenue surpasses the initial cost by a profit of 100,000 dollars.
Interstate Commerce Commission examiners recommend cutting coal freights to Wilmington and other South Atlantic ports from Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia by 38 cents per ton to 2.82, supporting Wilmington Traffic Association and North Carolina efforts to lower rates to interior points. The decision, if upheld, could trigger broader reductions across North Carolina.
Hector Graham, a negro, was found guilty of first degree murder by 12 jurors in Rae Ford. He was sentenced by Judge N A Townsend to die in the electric chair on September 30. The verdict followed a two hour deliberation after testimony on the killing of Captain Paul W. J. Johnson of Raeford at Puppy Creek.
Farrell is hailed as best dressed star while Walter receives top redress in a playful column about celebrity attire and a courtroom style dispute.
Aug 27 Los Angeles. E B Lefferts, public safety manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California, proposes arrest and prosecute all drivers involved in any accident to make streets safer. He argues most accidents result from criminal negligence or recklessness, and both drivers may be at fault.
Will Rogers is elected a life member of the American Red Cross for fundraising and a New Orleans benefit totaling 50000 dollars. The same notice seeks aid for Desmond D Morris a Canadian World War I lieutenant missing since 1924 whose service record and physical description are provided to help locate him.
American Red Cross to operate four first aid stations in Paris six in military cemeteries and three at embarkation ports. US ports Boston New York Hampton Roads Charleston Galveston New Orleans will also host first aid services with central station at Place Vendome. William Fortune and Ernest J Swift lead the overseas units with French war ministry loaning ambulances and tents. Administrative offices to be set up in the region building at the Tuilleries.
One year after the first national bank in 1791 the government receipts for 12 months were about 3.7 million and expenditures 8.269 million. The US population neared 4 million. In the Red Cross fiscal year ending June 30 contributions for Florida and the Mississippi Valley reached about 20 million, eight million more than 1792 government receipts and expenditures.
In Middletown Rhode Island a foreign mother, advised by a Red Cross nurse and a child specialist, followed strict care for an underweight newborn. Despite folk remedies, the baby thrived, weighing 14 pounds at one year with a 98 percent rating on National Child Health Day.
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