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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1930
Page
14
Dr. Benjamin M. Squires, an economist and labor arbitrator, is appointed czar of the dry cleaners and dyers trade in Chicago with autocratic powers to restore conditions in the 820 million industry. For years gangsters controlled the trade with rival factions led by Bugs Moran and Al Capone.
Raleigh man L Polk Denmark was appointed alumni secretary at North Carolina State College, effective January 1, to succeed the late E B Owen. A 1915 civil engineer, Denmark has long been active in State College affairs and Raleigh civic life, including hosting football team events and serving in military and community roles.
Deaths report Ray Gaddy a messenger boy struck by auto suffered serious injuries in Charlotte. Fireworks seized at Seaboard Cafe near Seaboard station with city limits sale forbidden. A drowning occurred when W R Jenkins 24 fell into a well on Sam Legette’s farm in Washington. L Polk Den mark named alumni secretary at North Carolina State College succeeding E B Owens effective January 1.
Carbon forms more compounds than any of the other 92 elements. Its versatility and tetravalent nature enable a vast range of chemical bonds and structures. This abundance underpins complex chemistry essential to life and materials science.
Sefton will travel to New York to accept a Chrysler award from Walter P. Chrysler chairman of Chrysler Corporation. The prize is among 1,011 global winners from nearly half a million essays from 47 countries. jurists include Floyd Gibbons Edgar A. Guest and Thomas P. Henry. awards include five world trips five $1,000 cash prizes 25 Plymouth cars and cash awards from $500 to $10.
I H Sefton editor of the Colfax Record wins $1000 annual lifetime prize for best essay Why I'd Buy a Plymouth in a Plymouth Motor corporation contest. The telegram arrived on Christmas Eve confirming the award and Sefton's spirited belief in Santa.
World News In Brief reports widespread Belgian fog raises fears of a repeat of the recent fog deaths though no fatalities are yet reported. In Belgrade, seventeen Yugoslav officers are arrested over alleged secret league against King Alexander. In Madrid, the government moves to address ongoing matters as of December 24.
Vatican City December 24 Pope Pius told the college of Cardinals that no civilized nation could consider war while the world suffers from the wounds of the last conflict. In London on the same day Vivian Stayner wed Cecil Hamilton Bradshaw rubber planter.
Countess Westmoreland declares men are more susceptible to flattery than women and see themselves as lords of creation. The piece notes men swell with praise while women praise sparingly and cites examples of self-importance and vanity.
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