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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1926
Page
2
Seven Darktown figures appeared in municipal court charged with gambling labeled as trotting the ponies. One pleaded guilty, six claimed innocence, while the judge and audience reacted with mixed amusement at the scene and confessions.
Judge MacRae sentences the slick-haired youths seen as society leaders in Darktown after a fiscal and legal battle. The eight dollar fine mocks a powerful crowd, highlighting the city’s profit from the case while the state gains a minor victory on the witness stand.
Greensboro report shows North Carolina titled 3,277 new cars in December, down from 5,630 in December 1924, due to a Revenue Department recap method change. South Carolina rose to 1,317 titles from 1,198. Wake led with 228, followed by Guilford 186, Mecklenburg 177, Forsyth 145.
Captain George H. Wilkins plans a March takeoff from Point Barrow Alaska in two Fokker planes to fly toward the uncharted Arctic Basin hoping to find land. The voyage will be minimal gear gas and rifles replacing dogs and sledges with a nigsik retrieval rope system for seal. The first objective lies 800 miles away near the Ice Pole at 3 50 north 160 west then Spitzbergen 2100 miles from Barrow on the homeward leg.
Captain Wilkins maps a route across the Geographical Pole and plans a landing if sighted between Point Bagrow and the Ice Pole. If land is not found, he will return to Alaska to report and then launch a second plane to chart the new land and reach Spitzbergen. If no land is sighted on the initial dash a 2100 mile non stop flight to Spitzbergen is planned.
Gastonia records show infant mortality fell from 99.4 per thousand in 1924 to 54.4 in 1925 and contagious disease cages dropped from 548 in 1928 to 67 in 1925. City Manager D L Struthers credited dairy milk quality at the dairymen's annual banquet, calling the record a result of milk quality.
The city manager lauded dairymen for their cooperation in the county wide drive for better milk quality and production, noting their support and active participation throughout the campaign.
A federal grand jury in New York indicted thirteen Coast Guard personnel and 48 other individuals in a wide ranging investigation. The case centers on alleged trafficking and fraud schemes connected to maritime operations. Authorities disclosed details and potential penalties as the probe proceeds.
An old report ties the alleged syndicate to Bill Dwyer once known as a race track owner. The piece notes a family remark about choices and reflects on past public figures.
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