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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
6
Mrs. W M Epps announces the marriage of her daughter Frances to Homer Stewart on December 18 at Anderson South Carolina. They will live in High Point after holidays in Georgia.
Alabama Attorney General McCall ruled the Democratic state executive committee acted within its rights when barring from the 1930 party primary candidates who did not back the Democratic presidential ticket, while letting them vote. Heflin and Locke, who supported Hoover in 1928, seek independent campaigns.
The New England Watch and Ward society announced it would not oppose amending Massachusetts book censorship rules to replace the phrase containing obscene language with which is obscene to align with federal and other state laws. The group faced sharp criticism after a Cambridge bookshop case led to the conviction of its manager and clerk.
Mrs W E Davis and family spend Christmas in Chicago with her parents. Hugh W Chaffey Georgia Tech student arrives to spend holidays with his parents at 706 Morris St. Mr and Mrs A H Whitley travel to Morganton to visit Mrs Whitley’s parents. L W Phillips of New York arrives to holiday with his parents at 301 Pickett St. J Edward LaMarr Southern Surety Co. manager from Indianapolis stays with sister Mrs Edward L Robinson. Miss Maude Barrows of Chicago visits Rathburns on Bain Ave. Miss Hibernia Hudson Boston University and Miss Lavernia Hudson Randolph Macon College arrive for holidays with their parents.
San Francisco reports that many Chinese in America are returning home to a dream of a new China where citizenship mirrors opportunities in the United States. Editor Chieh T. Chiu says U S Chinese numbers have fallen from about 100000 to 60000 in ten years, with only a few remaining likely in the near future.
An 88 year old Philadelphia woman visiting her son in Indianapolis was hospitalized after the crash of the T A T plane. She traveled to be with Dr Mahlon Kline but the exertion and shock led doctors to advise bed rest immediately upon arrival.
Vatican City reports Pope Pius receives gifts daily and the flow increases during the jubilee season with Christmas m oments. The year marks his golden anniversary since his first mass on December 21, 179.
A Chattanooga Tennessee banking group is organizing, combining 12 banks with capital of 20 million dollars and resources of 50 million, announced by T R Preston president of Hamilton National Bank.
Miss Lillian Robbins daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Robbins of this city wed Alonzo Jeffers formerly of Cincinnati at the home of Rev E W Jones on Sunday December 22. Mr and Mrs Jeffers will make their home here.
Governor Gardner granted a reprieve for Ray Evans, a Richmond county Black man sentenced to be electrocuted at the state prison. The stay delays the January 24 execution to allow further review, easing Christmas week tensions after a prior plan to proceed.
New Bern Sun Journal and Morning New Bernian sold to New Bern Publishing Co. Inc. formed by Aaron Miller of Tuscaloosa News with T. M. Diggs and Roy Garner. Miller becomes president and treasurer, Garner vice president, Diggs secretary. New owners assume charge today.
New York December 24. A near completed four story brick Bronx apartment house was destroyed by fire police say the work of racketeers. Eleven unfinished houses in the Bronx have been fired in the past year as a grand jury probes charges that racketeers set fires to extort protection payments from builders.
A humor quip depicts a diner asking how a steak was cooked and the waiter replying smothered in onions. The diner remarks it died hard, illustrating a playful kitchen pun.
The 1928 death rate for Utah, as reported by the U S department of commerce, was 962.1 per 100 000, compared with 907.5 in 1927.
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