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Lars seeks help with a coworker named Harry in Hong Kong. The note references assistance on a work matter involving Harry. Specific roles or outcomes are not stated.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1930
Page
1
Lars seeks help with a coworker named Harry in Hong Kong. The note references assistance on a work matter involving Harry. Specific roles or outcomes are not stated.
Nine people die in airplane wrecks reported Sunday causing shock in Vernon and nearby towns. The events prompt inquiries into causes and safety measures as authorities piece together details from scattered reports.
Chicago reports 121 drownings and 178 highway deaths during the Fourth holiday period. Across the nation 226 lives fell to fireworks and related accidents amid high heat and heavy beach crowds along Lake Michigan.
Goodyear Zeppelin entry from Iron Ohio piloted by R J Blair with aide F A Trotter won the Nations elimination balloon race here. Brandenburg and Trotter landed safely after a close contest while other contestants trailed. Clear weather and a strong field preceded the selection for the international event in Cleveland.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tokyo reports 27 dead and thousands homeless due to extensive floods and heavy rains in the Yamada river district. The river rose about 15 feet, inundating towns and farms and prompting emergency relief efforts.
In Emelle Alabama violence over an Independence Day debt dispute ends with two white men and four black residents dead. Four black fugitives, each with a $300 price on his head, remain at large as Governor Graves says rewards cover arrests and convictions of all involved.
President Hoover calls for a special Senate session to ratify the London naval treaty and argues that delay could push the world backward from peace. He warns that opponents claim the pact is unfair to the states and notes several Republicans may seek to break quorum to block action.
Claudius Huston declares no intention to resign as party chairman at the Republican conference in Washington. He spoke with President Hoover and refused to comment on reports of his departure, while Hoover and party leaders avoid further public discussion of Huston’s future amid Tenessee River interest questions.
Major C. S. Wynne Eyton of England was hospitalised after a crash at St John’s Newfoundland ended his eastward Atlantic flight attempt. His De Haviland Moth burst into flames on takeoff from Harbor Grace, the craft nose diving after a 20 foot drop. Onlookers pulled him clear as flames enveloped the craft and doctors expect a full recovery.
New York July 7 An attempt to rebroadcast in the United States the address of King George in London at the opening of the New India House at Alawyeh will be made tomorrow morning at 7 19 by the National Broadcasting chain.
O E Mendenhall longtime High Point leader and Guilford county Democratic official dies at 55 from angina pectoris after hospital stay for appendicitis. He was real estate and insurance man, Rotary active, VP of local bank, and local committee vice chairman. Funeral set for 11 tomorrow at Central Friends church with Oakwood Memorial Park burial.
Britain's largest liner Britannis reaches New York on its maiden voyage. The White Star vessel measures 680 feet in length with an 82 foot beam and a 44 foot hold. It carries about 1,500 passengers in cabin tourist and two third class categories.
Severe electrical storms hit eastern and southern New England with rain wind and hail causing extensive property damage. One child died when struck by lightning in Hull's Hill Connecticut. In eastern Massachusetts several buildings were struck and five fires started at Marlden. Providence Rhode Island and nearby areas suffered building damage and street flooding. Connecticut hail damaged crops at Danbury.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 71, author of Sherlock Holmes stories and longtime spiritualist, died at Windlesham in London of heart disease. He passed with Lady Doyle and his children at his bedside after a two month illness. Born in Edinburgh in 1859, Doyle rose to fame in the 1890s as the premier detective writer and left a lasting imprint on mystery fiction.
The report lists Democratic selections in multiple counties: Wilmington nominating W N Harris for clerk, John R Morris for sheriff, and R M Harmon for meter inspector. Wadesboro for sheriff J Flake Martin. Lumberton for clerk W N Harris and recorder J G Proctor. Rutherfordton reelecting Sheriff W C Hardin with county commissioners J C Jones George H Blanton and A W Deck. Monroe for State Senate H L Price and State House T L A Helms with Emsley Armfield for register of deeds and E Hamilton for recorder. Durham notes John H Harris to county board. Whiteville for State Senator Walter Powell in 10th district. New Bern for State House David H Willis. Polk County nominees W K McLean for State Senate and W Wilkins for sheriff.
Edgar Dudley a Los Angeles detective arranged a secret trip to Chicago for Frankie Foster indicted in the slaying of Alfred Jake Lingle. Extradition papers were signed but the detective planned a covert departure to keep Foster away from gangsters who might force him to talk.
Darmstadt Germany July 7 Eight persons were seriously injured in clashes between police and communists. More than 390 rioters were arrested as they returned from a Worms meeting. Police also arrested about 190 communists at Frankfurt and halted eight trucks at Mainz with many arrests.
A. L. Bullwinkle of Gastonia leads in the Ninth District after a runoff primary victory over Hamilton C. Jones of Charlotte. With 37 precincts unreported, Bullwinkle holds about a 2,300 vote edge, 15 631 to 13 338. The fall opponent will be incumbent Charles A. Jonas from Lincolnton.
J Wilbur Bunn of Raleigh, a prison board director since 1929, was named acting chairman after the death of Walter D Laroque of Kinston. Governor Gardner also appointed Bunn to lead the board and filled Laroque’s vacancy with B S Copeland of Kinston, a prominent farmer merchant and prison work supporter.
Winston Salem reports a coroner's inquest was ordered after Will Keaton a 27 year old farmer was found fatally shot in a second story room at his West Bend county home. The investigation could not determine if the shot was accidental or self-inflicted.
In Walhalla South Carolina on July 7 a judge indefinitely postponed the trial of 17 men charged with lynching Allen Green a black man. The continuance was agreed to by both sides due to 75 witnesses and hot weather. The state may redraw indictments and seek a fall term.
A Colonial Airways twelve passenger plane with nine aboard left the Newark airport runway while landing from Boston, veered into a grass strip and struck a wing of an unoccupied tri motor plane nearby. No injuries were reported.
Rome reports the Italian government hands Briand a memorandum rejecting a United States of Europe in favor of a cooperative system. Italy insists on complete sovereignty for states and aims to protect minor nations while defining boundaries between liberated and conquered peoples.
In Vinson Salem July the Lyon family publicized a belated honeymoon invitation for Ben Lyon and Bebe Is as they board for Hollywood. A. Lyon Sr, prominent Point furniture leader, described the plan after an injury and said he would welcome the couple during their vacation.
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