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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1930
Page
2
Broadway musical star Marilyn Miller has traveled from Rosalie to Hollywood to film the talkie Sally, her celebrated Ziegfeld success. Alexander Gray supports Miller in this first talking screen version following Sally’s tour days.
Marilyn Miller and Alexander Gray sing Look For the Silver Lining and A Wild Wild Rose in Sally shown at the Broadhurst Theater. Cast includes Joe Be Brown Pert Kelton Maude Turner Gordon Nora Lane Ford Sterling Jack Duffy. John Francis Dillon directed. Open tomorrow.
Robert M Daniel formerly of Virginia died at his son A F Daniels home near Kivett drive after noon following a three month illness. Born in Rowan County on April 14 1873 he was 56 years old at his death. Survived by four sons A F Daniel Ralph Daniel Austin and Holland Daniel and two daughters Bertha Boyles and Ray Daniel plus one brother Edward Daniel. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon near Mocksville.
A collage of quirky items reports inheritance plans by Joseph Horowitz and a month’s opera trek from Indianapolis to California. H. L. Mencken returns from London with a colossal 20 quart beer glass. A Guernsey cow named Sunnymeade Ollie performs airborne milk drops. Mildred Harris and Maria Korda headline Los Angeles screens and divorces follow with Mildred’s split from Charles Chaplin and Maria’s from Alexander Korda. A barber hires 25 show girls to polish nails while singing, inspired by front row ticket prices.
A violin recital was performed at High Point College last night by Prof Henry Fuchs head of the music department at N C W Greensboro with Mary Lois Sires as accompanist. The concert took place in Roberts hall and featured works by Bach Wieniawski Muehert and Mazurka.
Raleigh February 19. Sponsored by the ROTC and State College as a boxing exhibition in Frank Thompson gym. Local college regiment faces UNC freshman class in seven matches from 115 pounds to heavyweight. Three two minute rounds per bout with a referee and two judges. Ring equipment installed for possible intercollegiate boxing adoption next year.
New notaries of public commissioned today include Miss Mary Binder Mount Airy R W Bowman Mr Olive W H Cobb Highlands L P Colvard Jefferson W P Covington Raeford Miss Dorothy Garvin Hickory Edwin M Knott Oxford Geo K Mitchell Wilmington W M McDonald Raleigh J M Nichols Rockingham C K Pettitt Rocky Mount Wister L Poole Hendersonville Amanatha M Reid Wilmington Miss Nellie E Strahl Elizabeth City C E Wall Hillsboro Miss Maude O Johnson Coats and W A McAnuilay Mt Gilead.
President Harry W. Chase of the University of North Carolina was honored at a Lexington alumni banquet in Davidson County. He was hosted by Rev. J. T. Mangum and spoke at the First Methodist church during his Lexington visit.
Guilford College hosts the Musical Art Quartet on February 25 led by Sascha Jacobsen and Marie Roe Maet Rosanoff. The group, though new, has drawn acclaim in New York with multiple recitals praised by critics and press. Local music officials anticipate a large turnout and full arrangements are in progress.
Davidson county commissioners ordered two one week special terms of criminal court to clear congestion on the docket. The first term begins March 24 with Judge J H Harwood presiding and the second starts May 12 with Judge Cameron McRae, appointed by Governor Gardner. No grand jury will serve at either term. About 150 cases remain on the docket and officials expect the terms to finish by the end of May.
In Guatemala City the new United States currency confuses Central Americans who fear the smaller bills have less value or are counterfeit. Only in major cities does it circulate smoothly, forcing some travelers to exchange money at frontiers amid doubts about genuineness.
New York February report on Frances Marion Brandon suing George J. Gillespie for 574000 in fraud and breach of promise to marry. Diary diary entries describe red triangle markings as proof of a 1921 1922 relationship and implied marriage when Gillespie’s wife died.
Greenville South Carolina reports a family naming. J Furman Sloan and his wife announce their 12th child named Charles Lindbergh and their 13th named Anne in honor of the aviator’s wife. The baby Anne was born recently.
The passage describes a woman handing her law practice to a man as she becomes assistant corporation counsel via his letter of recommendation. She understood she would share in her practice fees but states she did not receive her portion.
ASHEVILLE Feb 19 The trial of J Frank Richardson Jr of Greenville S C for manslaughter in the death of Mrs Maude McMillan of Spartanburg S C in an auto crash will be postponed to the March term of superior court The delay cited by Solicitor Robert M Wells is due to Richardson being unable to attend court and Miss Sadie Leatherwood also injured in the accident being too ill to testify before the grand jury. Late cold weather is said to have affected the Oroville Calif olive crop.
Columbia S C Feb 19 Arthur Wellwood resident engineer in charge of construction of the Saluda river dam said a landslide that loosened waters of a small temporary lake caused rumors the dam had failed The dam nearing completion remains intact The lake floodwaters swept over the dam and damaged the power house slightly with water about 100 feet deep in the dam area.
A gray suede purse features a triangular design with a strap handle and Milady’s silver monogram on one side. The item emphasizes a neat, structured look and distinctive branding.
New Orleans plans a major upgrade to its drainage network, doubling the capacity to reduce flood risk. City officials say the project will add new pumps, culverts, and floodwater reservoirs, with completion phased over several years.
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