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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1929
Page
3
The fifth annual reunion of the Senior Hi Y is set for tonight at the local Y. About 200 former members are expected at 7 PM for a program with Rev. R I Farmer as speaker plus Chas McAnally and Edgar Hartley. A swimming party follows and at 9 PM a game pits old timers against current Hi Y members.
Two Missouri state penitentiary inmates attempted an escape early today as guard John T. Bradley was stabbed and a convict, Virgil Davis, shot. Davis and Clarence Hansen crawled over the wall. Davis was wounded by a guard, Hansen captured nearby. Bradley is hospitalized with a slashed abdomen and head wounds.
Raleigh Dec 30 State Treasurer Nathan O Berry said he was undecided about running for re election in 1930. Appointed by Gov Gardner to fill the late Benjamin R Lacy term the constitutional office must be filled at the next general election. The four year term includes George P Pell and several judges and solicitors in 1930. O Berry commutes daily from Goldsboro to Raleigh by automobile.
Kappa Alpha, the southern collegiate fraternity with all chapters south of the Mason Dixon line, opened its annual convention in Louisville with over 300 delegates and members. Discussion will cover expansion into the north, a long-standing issue. The order lists 77 southern chapters and includes Rt. Rev. H. J. Mikell of Atlanta as knight commander. Other officers named include W. B. Crawford of Orlando, H. B. Handy of Richmond, and Sam Graven of St. Louis as purser.
The Army and Navy store at 206 East Washington street was broken into and robbed last night for the 10th time in three years. About 50 pocket knives, a pair of boots, gloves, neckties and shoes were stolen. The theft was noted by a DeLuxe cafe employee and Bailey, the manager, said repeated break-ins have occurred with no thieves identified.
Decatur authorities report that robbers hit the city police station after looting stores. They stole two pistols and cash from bonds posted by defendants, marking a bold escalation in crime.
Twenty percent of Civil War pensioners died last year leaving 59 945 on the pension rolls. The aging veterans faced continued financial strain as years pass.
A Simple Youth recalls milking when a cow lashed out with her tail. He tied a brick to the tail to stay safe, a risky makeshift solution witnessed by Pasing Show.
At Chapel Hill the American Association of University Professors adopted a resolution commending the Carnegie Foundation on its findings about college athletics but not endorsing specific recommendations. The body ordered Bulletin 23 to be circulated to chapters for discussion with reports due to the council for the 1930 meeting.
A southwest gale that killed seven in Britain and hit the European coast eased but brought heavy rain and flood fears along the Thames. Thames floods rose past Windor banks, Eton cellars flooded, roads blocked. Germany suffered damage in Dortmund Cologne Duesseldorf and Muenster with injuries. Channel shipping disrupted. Imperial Airways resumed service and Chelmsford wireless aerial restored.
Funeral services for Homer D. Alderson, killed on West Point avenue, were held Sunday at 3 30 p m at Sechrest Funeral Home with Rev Sam T Hensly officiating. The Fairmont Quartet sang The Old Rugged Cross and Rock of Ages. he was buried in Oakwood cemetery. Surviving relatives include his father W M Alderson, grandmother Mrs F P Barlow of Danville and three brothers Delma Clarence Kyle, plus two half sisters Margaret and Lucile Alderson.
Mayor C A York urged removal of a central Main Street bus loading platform near Washington after a drunken driving case highlighted its danger. Police note several accidents near the platform since its installation over a year ago as councilors discuss moving it out of the street.
Raleigh North Carolina December 30. Associate Justice W J Brogden said he expected an announcement within a week to clarify the senatorial situation. He is considering entering the 1930 Democratic primary for the seat currently held by Senator F M Simmons. He stressed the issue is not personal ambition but what is best for the Democratic party.
Raleigh dispatch reports Sprague Silver of the state revenue department said license plates sales for 1930 were ahead of 1928 by about 3,000. Estimated 200,000 licenses had sold through Saturday with 59,000 more expected before January 1 as operators must display plates by then.
The High Point Radiator and Body Shop relocates from 120 Willowbrook Street to 107 Willowbrook Street across the street. The move updates the business address while retaining its name and services.
J W Mills engineer of the fifth highway district announces grading has started on a six mile stretch of route 74 between Carthage and Calvary church Moore County. The 18 foot concrete paving project is being moved to site and pouring will start after grading. Brown Paying company of Lexington holds the contract.
A witty exchange in the Passing Show notes a hostess misidentifies a violinist as Paderewski the pianist. The novelist quips that Paderewski is not a violinist, and the gentleman in question is likewise not the famed pianist.
A vertical and horizontal word puzzle page listing clues with numbered entries across topics like Pre-emine, Frozen water, Malicious burning, Wing, Finish, Delicacies, To respond, Insulated, Father, Male child, Coin, Prophet, Lariat, Itinerant, Cubed, Image, To sell, Inborn characters, Obliterator, An agent, Conjunction, Type of letter, Nimble, Growing out, Accelerated, Fish, Puffed, Member of the upper house, Type of prison release, Voiceless, To deposit, Boxes, Chums, Boon, Plan, Carbonated drink, Metal, Beer.
Asheboro residents vote December 31 on issuing 25000 dollars in bonds to help fund a new hospital. The Duke Foundation would donate 50000 dollars if the town matches with 25000 more, totaling 100000 for the project. A mass meeting with Dr Rankin discussed the plan and over a thousand citizens have registered in support.
Nearly 150 delegates from North Carolina lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows gathered in Greensboro for a special session to decide the 1930 operating budget. The meeting followed a trustees’ session at the Odd Fellows Home in Goldsboro where six-year superintendent Charles H. Warren resigned effective tomorrow. several applicants were considered but no appointment made.
R F Simmons of Winston-Salem chaired a late afternoon meeting on the home’s operating fund and new year budget, which sparked extensive discussion among attendees.
A brief dialogue reveals tension between a mother and daughter over an attempted kiss. Doris explains she did not know her daughter wanted to be kissed, and the mother responds with a direct question about why she was left out.
Shanghai dispatches report Beijing reserves reaction to Japan's bid to appoint Torikichi Obata as minister to China. The nationalist news agency says China questions Tokyo’s insistence and cites Obata's links to Japan's 1915 Twenty One Demands as a reason for opposition.
More than 150 members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity gathered in Richmond for the twenty first national convention. James J. Davis US Secretary of Labor was to be principal speaker at the afternoon session. John C. Harris of Dallas Texas presided at the morning meeting with reports and committee appointments.
A witty exchange from Tit Bits hints at a gag about shirts returning from laundry with their sides split. The brief joke reflects light humor in a newspaper items collection.
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