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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
13
Paris welcomes a youthful shift in 1925 with Baron De Rothschild’s new Paris playshouse, Andre Tardieu as premier at 62 pushing tax cuts for roads ports and telephones, and a broader embrace of modern art and lighter city noise.
Nat B. Crouch of Louisville credits Konjola with ending years of distress from digestive, liver and rheumatic problems after four bottles. He reports restored appetite, normal stomach, active liver and vanished pains. Sold at Mann Drug Stores in High Point and by druggists in the region.
Owensboro Kentucky resident Martin Daley 24 claims to find oil deposits by inspecting sediment in kettle pots and pans He predicted oil at a local farm and soon the Walters farm well struck at 1400 feet prompting residents to abandon doodle bug and rock hound forecasts and read their tea kettles
Prof H H Newman of the University of Chicago told the AAAS genetics section that a study of 50 fraternal and 50 identical twins examining 2000 fingerprints found identical twins often have very similar but never identical prints, while fraternal twins resemble ordinary siblings in their patterns.
Officials report nearly all seats booked for 32 July and August performances at Oberammergau. Most tickets go to Americans. other nations urge extra shows in May June and September.
Prof Henry Schultz of the University of Chicago challenged the 2100 US population projection of 196 million. Speaking at a joint session of the American Mathematical Society and AAAS, he warned the forecast could be off by about 10.5 million due to projecting past trends too far into the future.
Mrs. Payne Whitney’s stal les from New York bring 46 aristocratic racing horses to Macon Georgia for wintering. The group includes 44 trainers and eight truckloads of equipment, arriving on a special train for the stay.
Described as the most practical genetic advance for farmers the new crossing of inbred corn strains by detasseling aims to create super inbreds by 1940. H A Wallace predicts stalk stiffness and uniform ear height averaging three and a half feet.
Prof W B Cooke at the Sidney observatory perfects a sun powered clock. Rays pass through a small hole onto a scale connected to hands that record fractions of a minute. The clock remains accurate whenever the sun shines.
Enterprise Bureau reports North Carolina faces a stable teacher supply for future years. State Superintendent A T Allen credits raised training standards and the Hancock law for longer teacher tenures, reducing turnover. Earlier shortages spurred talk of new training institutions, but now prospects favor maintaining existing programs over expansion.
An advertisement describes a narrow lot friendly house design with a bright, roomy interior and good lighting. Built of common brick with solid walls, it emphasizes easy heating in winter and cooling in summer. The design includes a narrow footprint yet ample rooms, attractive timbered gable, broad porch, coat closet, and accessible drawings from The Common Brick Manufacturers' Association.
Dr. Allen argues there is a slight over supply of teachers this year and that establishing an additional school is not justified now. He cautions conditions may change after this year but current indicators show sufficient teaching staff.
The note lists five issues including a thermometer bulb position, misspelling of Fahrenheit, missing bow on the right man's hat, incorrect weather claim about Rio de Janeiro in December, and a scrambled word DICTIONARY.
In Dallas on December 26 a 2 year old boy Cecil Collins Jr died after being struck by a car. His parents found the child in a grocery store area and police sought a woman driver as the cause of the fatal hit and run. The boy had been playing with Christmas toys.
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