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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1930
Page
6
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty announce a dance at their hall over the Enterprise office Tuesday evening January 28. Dancing runs nine to twelve with music by Thomas Jones Orchestra of Greensboro. The public is invited.
Carter Dalton is spending several days at Bayview. Thomas Gold Jr a UNC student spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs T J Gold. Mrs C T Ingram and others returned from Asheville after visiting Mrs Ingram's sister Mrs Ellis. Miriam Poliakoff associate editor of the Southern Furniture Journal arrived to attend the Southern Furniture market and guest of Mrs Van Holt on Centennial Avenue. Miss Irene Douglas McAnally has returned to Salem College after a visit.
About 2,080 spectators gathered at Willard flying field on Greensboro road for an Army air show led by Lt. Fred Johnson. Bob Haefely leaped from a plane at 2000 feet, pulling his parachute after a 1500 foot drop as Lt. Johnson maneuvered the aircraft.
Mr. Carraway came home after a week away visiting the United States Veterans Hospital Perry Point Md and Walter Reed Hospital in Washington Dc. He noted many ex service men from the region are patients in these hospitals and he met with officials on ex service men claims. He urged passage of a congress act to extend filing time for adjusted compensation service certificates and said the bill should pass.
Among relatives of the two air men, Eielson appeared hopeful they may have escaped alive. The accident notes cite a lack of skill on the plane and that the two were reported to be equipped with certain gear.
The two Arctic flyers Eielson and Borland vanish after departing Nome for Nanuk. Frank Dorbandt and Kielson press on through storms as Crosson Gillam join the hunt from North Cape. Volunteers, dog teams, and Soviet aviators assist, with conditions halting many missions.
A tentative plan proposes a five power declaration safeguarding navy sizes as a preamble to a 1936 review. The body would fix future building limits per class while allowing shifts among classes. Mediterranean security pact remains undecided. Britain cancels work on two cruisers amid cautious talks with Mussolini era tensions.
Former governor resigns his own bid for the North Carolina Senate to back Senator Simmons. He cites party interests over personal reward and notes no criticism of friends choosing Bailey. The Robesonian editor had prompted questions about his choice.
Forty four people appeared in municipal court amid one of the heaviest dockets in months. Among those tried were Jack Day Mrs Andy Wall and George Gibson with Gibson held on $2000 bond for the next superior court term. Day and Mrs Wall remain in custody for Charlotte authorities facing similar charges. The docket lists multiple offenses including prostitution drunkenness affrays and prohibited liquor violations with fines costs and several orders to restrain driving within state or county limits.
J. F. Richardson, a young white man, was held on $250 bond after a preliminary hearing before Justice W. G. Brown. He is charged with attempting to pass a doctored $1 bill for change at a West End store. Government agents are handling the case. testimony cited a clerk and wife of a shopkeeper who described the altered bill.
A man claims innocence after being charged with a crime tied to a dark exchange for change. He maintains he did not participate in the alleged act and asserts his lack of involvement.
Donald Obrian Driggers aged three died at 426 Mangum Avenue at 7:30 AM after three weeks of illness. Born in High Point on June 9, 1926 he was the son of A C Driggers and Julia McKay Driggers. Survived by four brothers and three sisters, funeral Wednesday at 3 PM at the home with burial in a local cemetery.
Secretary Hyde urged farmers to study prices and warned that blind production would undermine a sound 1930 agricultural outlook. Speaking on NBC he said government farm programs would be useless without market awareness and responsible practice.
The U S dirigible Los Angeles passed over High Point at 3 00 pm during its Florida cruise return to Lakehurst New Jersey. Flying at about 50 miles per hour the craft drew thousands of spectators while two escort planes from Charlotte joined the flight through the Piedmont region. The ship later landed at Parris Island South Carolina and St Augustine Florida for tests and calibration before reaching Lakehurst at 10 40 pm with Lt Commander H V Wiley in command.
Hyde stressed that farmers should reduce production to meet domestic demand and avoid blind overproduction. He noted the Farm Board's market act and half a billion public dollars to foster cooperative merchandising, urging six million farmers to work together. Extension service will bring detailed outlook data to communities in the coming month.
Manila reports anti Filipino riots in California spark threats from Manila gangster chiefs against Americans. authorities assure that Americans are safe and not in danger despite the discussion.
Karl B. McEachron of General Electric announces Thyrite to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The compound acts as an insulator under normal voltages but becomes a conductor under lightning surge, guiding excess energy harmlessly away. Thyrite is moldable, small, lightweight, and promises predictable arrestor performance with lower cost.
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