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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1930
Page
2
In Austin on January 29 the Brady murder trial continued as defense witnesses portrayed former Judge John W. Brady as an intellectually capable man damaged by excessive drinking, aiming to establish a basis for an insanity plea.
Dr. Joe Wooten and Goodall Wooten alienists will testify for 59 year old defendant Brady accused of stabbing 28 year old stenographer Lehlia Highsmith. Four defense witnesses were called after six earlier testimonies. Brady's wife described him as once brilliant but ruined by drink and revealed an affair with Highsmith.
In a bleak lagoon 90 miles southeast of North Cape Siberia searchers dig in ice like snow to recover the bodies of Pilot Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic Earl Borland from a plane wreck after a storm on November 9 en route to the fur trading ship Nanuk. The aircraft, badly wrecked and nearly buried, was found by Pilots Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam during an aerial scouting flight from the Nanuk.
A city meeting at the Commercial club gathered business leaders to discuss surveying the cost of rerouting Southern railway tracks around the city. Leaders plan to present figures to city officials and railroad executives, aiming to avoid grade crossings with under passes or overhead bridges.
The High Point Woman's club unanimously endorsed the February 4 bond issue to be placed before voters for ratification. T. Wingate Andrews, superintendent of city schools, spoke on the inadequate facilities and anticipated growth necessitating expansion. Mrs. Jack Edwards led the meeting.
Mayor C A York urged Monarch club members to back the forthcoming school bond issue set for next Tuesday. He warned that failing to support the bonds would mean increased city taxation. Guests included N Leslie Wheatley of Fredericksburg VA and S A Bowman of Greensboro. L E Whitescarver joined Slane Hosiery as a new member.
High Point music lovers expect a large audience for the St Olaf Lutheran choir of Northfield Minnesota in Reynolds Memorial auditorium Monday night at 8 15. Tickets are available at the chamber of commerce bureau. Critics hail the group as among the world’s finest with international tours and performances in four foreign countries.
George Smith Shafer 67 president of the Norfolk and Portsmouth belt line railroad died at his Portsmouth home after a seven month illness. He came to Portsmouth in 1896 with the Pennsylvania Railroad and helped survey and construct the belt line, serving as superintendent from 1898 to 1918 before being named president. Born May 8, 1862, in North Coventry township, Chester County Pennsylvania, he was educated at Hills School Pottstown.
Marshall C Hoppins, aviation specialist from the U S Department of Commerce, toured High Point and inspected potential sites for a major airport serving a 25 mile radius. He urged a site of about 400 acres with good drainage and runway plans, and recommended a broader search of surrounding counties.
Greensboro attorney Norman A. Boren was the principal speaker at the Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion during Roundup Week. The event occurred with North Carolina posts for a state-wide membership drive. Plans were made to form an automobile corps to help mobilize voters for the upcoming school bond election, with J. E. Lyon in charge.
Fay Wray and William Powell star in Behind the Make-Up now showing at the Rialto Theater. Audiences are promised a polished performance and a look behind the scenes of Hollywood romance.
Surveyors from the federal agriculture department arrive at J I Wagoner’s office to inspect Guilford farms offered as a 200-acre Piedmont demonstration farm. The program would lease for 10 years with possible renewal and likely no rent, returning the improved property to the owner.
Greensboro Jan 29 The home of farmer J. H. Freeman two miles south of Greensboro on Elm Street extension was burglarized last night. A thief pried up a back window and entered Freeman’s bedroom while he was present, but Freeman mistook him for a resident. The intruder took three sweaters.
A heavy snow storm coated the Asheville district on Wednesday morning as Chief Justice Taft, despite the weather, took his habitual car ride at 11 o clock with Mrs Taft. He appeared to be in good spirits and was reported to be.
The subject is enjoying good health and takes all meals except breakfast in the main dining room at Grove Park Inn. He is spending a six week recuperative vacation and previously dined in his suite. He sleeps soundly at night, according to members of his party.
Frau Prof. Dr. Klothilde Gellwitzer-Meier appointed Germany's first hospital medical superintendent. She will serve at the Hildegard hospital in Berlin and oversee medical operations.
Guernsey Breeders Association of Guilford county will meet Friday night in the county courtroom to canvass county herds for possible sales at the Winston-Salem May sale. T. H. Antrim of Sedgefield, president, will preside. meeting to start at 7 30.
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