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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1930
Page
4
A biblical quotation asserts that a king declares men tremble before the God of Daniel, whose kingdom endures forever. The accompanying line from Tillotson notes fear as the strongest force guiding adherence to God and His laws.
A Raleigh analysis notes a nine month rise in state taxes by about four million dollars due to 1929 legislature revisions and a one cent gas tax increase. Advisers urge budget cuts to avoid a deficit while resisting a special session and call for a constitutional amendment and tax reform including taxing exempt foreign stocks.
Senators Boral and Norris oppose making total abstinence a test of federal lawmen. Norris says officers must enforce all law, not just the dry law, and he declines to probe drinking unless a drunkenness charge exists.
The passage argues against fanatic proposals to test lawmakers for teetotalism. It warns such tests could threaten many judges and officials, jeopardize tenure, and reduce government to a skeletal structure. The senator notes potential political and constitutional fallout from broad loyalty tests.
The High Point audience questions pinched Teddy Bear girls with claims arrests stem from prudish motives. Officials insist no health concerns prompted the actions and note the suspects had stayed in town about two weeks, shaping public sentiment into a Bostonian slant.
An analysis argues Paris designers push long skirts while American buyers favor shorter styles. The piece notes a lasting French grip on fashion, contrasting past Puritan reactions with modern comfort claims and suggesting France will prevail as skirts return to the ground.
Bruce Catton notes the January auto show season reflects a century shift. Cars moved from luxury to necessity, shrinking rural city gaps and linking regions, as millions roam highways from April to November and suburbs rise.
The Fifth Federal Reserve district reported December activity weaker than December 1928 with higher unemployment, lower building permits, and reduced district-wide wholesale sales. Textile mills consumed fewer cotton bales, and只有 116 business failures occurred in December, raising liabilities to $2.08 million. North Carolina tobacco and grain markets posted mixed results with Winston-Salem and Wilson leading district sales.
In Chicago on February 1 two women fell to a nighttime assault by a man wielding a club in a Gold Coast neighborhood. Both victims, Miss Josephine Belsk and Lucy Hartman, a maid, were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries after the unprovoked attacks near their homes on North Dearborn and Banks streets.
The Susansh class of Wesley Memorial Sunday school will observe a homecoming day at its meeting tomorrow morning at 9 45. All former members are urged to attend and visitors are assured of a cordial welcome.
Chicago February 1 AP Iowa expected to rejoin the Western Conference by nightfall after a faculty committee on athletics approved action to readmit the school. The committee noted Iowa cleaned up its athletic department by declaring 29 athletes ineligible and policing activities, signaling an end to past charges of subsidizing and proselyting players.
State witnesses described Brady’s demeanor after Miss Jehlia Highsmith’s stabbing. Policemen testified Brady spoke of having “the goods on all of them” and moaned when told of Highsmith’s death. Witnesses also recounted Brady’s conduct at the scene and at the jail, including threats and apologies.
The meeting produced little real business beyond tacit agreement that the navy measuring rod task should be handled by the conference itself not by a special committee. France proposes a flexible total tonnage per nation with intra class transfers and nonbinding allotments, aiming to throttle ships while allowing adjustments.
The article notes a tense conference with many numerical spaces left blank in the technical treaties. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald hosted seven American delegates and their partners at Chequers for lunch and offered a countryside sightseeing trip as a distraction from looming trials.
Elm Elkin family member Clement E Hendren 20 dies by self inflicted gunshot after leaving a letter to his mother citing ill health. Pete Buchana claims egg eating title by consuming 20 raw eggs. Mecklenburg county marriage licenses fall to eleven, divorces start at eighteen. Masons burn bonds paying off 40 000 debt. 40 000 of cancelled obligations burned. D W Morton named receiver for North Carolina Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge.
Death notices report George L. McBryde 75 a farmer of Kudsville North Carolina dies of pneumonia at home. Mildred McCain daughter of Dr J R McCain head of English at Erskine College dies in Atlanta. Judge Thomas M Jones funeral held in Asheville North Carolina after death the previous Thursday. William Turner 81 Confederate veteran dies at his daughter’s home in Beeville South Carolina after long illness. J E Robbins 63 Greenville contractor dies after two months illness.
Police and detectives in bullet proof vests with shotguns raided two Cleveland apartments and arrested Lowell Foster 34 Garrett Petro 22 and Mrs. Louise Petro on report of bank robbery links to Kansas City and other midwest cities. Tip from Kansas City authorities prompted the raid at 3 am.
Princess Juliana is noted for achievements in literature and philosophy. The University of Leyden conferred a degree in these subjects after she served as a student there.
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