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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1930
Page
15
Winston-Salem mayor George W. Doan Jr sets a policy to hire only local residents for city work, cited by Frank D. Grist as a key step to relieve unemployment in North Carolina. He argues wages stay in communities, boosting business and reducing seasonal floaters drawn by state prosperity advertising.
Mr Grist argues that anchoring jobs to permanent community residents will curb unemployment while floaters inflate it. He cites state wide adoption of Winston-Salem practices and says those truly seeking work can usually find it, with improvement expected as winter ends and construction resumes. He notes the building trade and farms can absorb much of the surplus.
The article urges keeping Castoria ready for babies at night when crying or diarrhea signals trouble. It emphasizes Castoria as a harmless, effective comfort for children and a reliable precaution for parental peace of mind.
This history note recalls the January 30 1862 launch of the ironclad Monitor at Greensport L L its clash with the Merrimac on March 9 1862 the ensuing Union naval actions including the failed Richmond chase and the Monitor's loss December 31 1862 off Hatteras. It also notes the 1838 Richard Lawrence assassination attempt on President Jackson and the 1897 treaty with England on Alaska.
Paris fashion salons report standing room only as couturiers unveil summer styles. American protests against long skirts meet resistance as designers extend hems from calf to ankle and even floor, with a February 6 deadline for buyers to accept the trend.
The text lists corrections for a prior errorgram. It notes a replacement of baboon with monkey in the cage and explains baboons have short tails. It corrects hippopotamus spelling and clarifies the hippo is not an amphibian. It mentions diaeresis placement over the second o in geology and identifies the scrambled word as PERMANENT.
A London tourist feature describes new "ballroom" buses with seats that fold back into a dance floor a piano for music and refreshments sold by the conductor, letting riders dance en route to Liverpool.
A Brooklyn hotel ballroom painted white becomes a canvas for light and shadow from 6000 concealed lamps in walls and ceilings. Red blue and green bulbs create 190000 possible patterns, producing vivid effects through saw tooth apertures. The lighting system also speeds up wrestling bouts at the New York Coliseum by applying resin to the mat.
A Detroit showroom lists models including Roadster 435 and Phaeton 440 with coupe 500 Tudor sedan 8500 two window Fordor 600 three window Fordor 625 convertible Cabriolet 645 Town Sedan S670. Prices are f o b Detroit plus freight and delivery. bumpers and spare tire extra.
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