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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
2
Geneva, Dec. 15. An international general staff and aerial service to move troops within one or two days to any hostilities area has become necessary for the League of Nations. The idea replaces the rejected plan for an international army.
Milwaukee reports a $2,234,000 surplus with all bills paid and expects about $3,000,000 in tax receipts before year end. Comptroller Koteski notes a possible $400,000 bank balance, a $25,280,988 general tax levy for 1932, and a $600,000 unemployment relief fund. City has completed a $10,000,000 courthouse and $3,000,000 safety building. population around 600,000 under Mayor Hoan.
A new National German Air Association forms in Germany to promote aero nautical interests and unite nationalist aviation groups. Washington reports about 2000 airports valued at 135 million dollars with 663 commercial facilities and 645 municipal fields as over 500 new airports are planned. A proposal envisions a 55 member international general staff from League nations to rapidly deploy seven to eight officers to conflict zones by air, citing Sino Japanese tensions and Manchuria as context.
Montgomery Alabama Governor B M Miller extends Christmas parole to about 300 inmates allowing 10 to 30 days freedom to visit families and friends. Miller notes a low escape rate with only 10 men failing to return in three years praising conduct and previous programs started by Governor Bibb Graves.
Washington reports at the Carnegie Institution show exhibits on moon rocks and spectral reflection revealing how moonlight mirrors Earth's rocks. A Milky Way map by F H Seaves displays dust clouds obscuring distant star clusters. Diagrams place our sun in a local hot star system within a vast network of star systems spinning through space.
Derluft grew over nine years to carry 13,363 passengers and 729 648 pounds of baggage and freight along with 261 765 pounds of mail and fly 3 003 700 miles. The 1921 start logged 91 962 miles with 238 passengers 40 142 pounds of baggage and freight and 2 307 pounds of mail. In 1930 the line flew 577 252 miles carrying 2 941 passengers 127 704 pounds of baggage and freight and 60 042 pounds of mail.
Fashionable Ears debuts ball shaped earrings studded with rhinestones. The chic accessories feature long silver chains that reach nearly to the shoulders, creating a dramatic statement.
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