Local happenings include surgeries and social news
Miss Elizabeth Reitzel underwent an operation for appendicitis at High Point hospital. Mrs. Durland improves after surgery on July 5 at St. Luke's Richmond. T. E. L. Class meets July 15 at 7:30 with Mrs. Davis. Birth of Margaret Anne Noland on July 12 at home. Silvan Bulla and Helen Von Drehle attend DeMolay dances in Concord. Piedmont Woman's Golf Association second tournament Wednesday at Greensboro CC with entrants from Greensboro High Point and Sedgefield. Miss Jessie Burton hosts a party on Burton Street with many attendees and Lake Junaluska trip. Several residents visit or return from trips to Stuart Va., Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and various NC points. the North Carolina tour highlights including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Pike's Peak noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Silvan Bulla
Helen von Drehle
N. C
Jimmie Trussell
Jack Sears
High Point
Pimlemont Golf Ass'n
Piedmont Woman's Golf Association
Greensboro
Robi. L. Parker
L. F. Ferre
Calvin Alexander
Mexico
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Yosemite National Park
California
Columbia River Highway
Oregon
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pike’s Peak
Cal
North Carolina
Local Socials Roundup of Weekend Trips and Visits
Mrs. R. H. Wheeler and Mrs. John Henry spent the day in Winston-Salem. Silas McBee visited Statesville with Mrs. McBee, a patient at Long Sanitarium. Mrs. H. A. Millis left for Chicago to visit relatives. Miss Lois Snipes left for Norfolk Portsmouth and Ocean View for a week. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Moose motor trip to Richmond and Washington. Annie McKay of Wilmington visits Mrs. C. A. Ring on Oakwood court. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rogers at Virginia Beach for a week. Al Orlach, Lou Shulman, and Al Cramer of Atlanta were guests of H. Gordon on English street. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Perkins and children return from trips to Atlanta and Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas McBee
Statesville
Mrs. McBee
Long Sanitarium
Annie McKay
Wilmington
C. A. Ring
Oakwood Court
al Orlach
Lou Shulman
al Cramer
Atlanta, Ga
H. Gordon
English Street
Move To Pacify India Launched
Aimed at amicable settlement of India's political difficulties a 40 member central legislature group met in Simla and authorized M. Jayahar to pursue a solution. He planned to meet the viceroy and Mahatma Gandhi soon. Jinnah, Sir Abdul Qayum and other prominent Moslems were not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
India
M. Jayahar
Jayahar
Mahatma Gandhi
M. Jinnah
Sir Abdul Quayum
Dial Phones Come To Moscow
Automatic telephone exchanges are rapidly installed in Moscow with plans to eliminate all manual exchanges. The dial system will eventually operate the central exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Hunted gangster evades raid at Hess Lake cottage
Fred Burke, Chicago gunman with a $101,000 reward, eluded a Newago county raid on Hess Lake near Grand Rapids. Detectives found Burke and a woman had escaped half an hour earlier, taking the companion. Authorities seized 100 quarts of whiskey and guns. Burke is linked to the St Valentines Day massacre and other crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Fred Burke
Chicago
Hess Lake
Here
Newago County
Burke
Wm. A. Smith
Smith
Thomas Bonner
Bonner
St. Joseph
Jefferson
Wis
Hoover's School Ends First Year
Washington July 14 Fifteen mountain children completed their first year at the Hoover founded school in Virginia. They are to hold a commencement Friday with hope the president and Mrs Hoover attend. Uncertainty remains due to Senate sessions. Teacher Christine West closes the term for summer, pupils return home to resume farming duties and prepare to return in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Virginia
White House
Senate
Christine West
Sumer
Colorado Streams Quiet After Floods
Rifle and Elk Creeks returned to normal flow after a cloudburst that tore through Rifle and Newcastle, washing out railroad tracks and bridges. Officials estimate damage unofficially above 100000 dollars as renewed storms did not materialize Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rifle
Colo
Newcastle
Prohibition Cost For 1929 Estimated At $959 Million
Washington officials release a National Prohibition cost estimate for 1929 totaling $959,872,870. The American Association of Port Authorities notes the high expenditure across enforcement, administration, and related programs as part of the cost of nationwide liquor prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Estimated revenue loss from prohibition amendment cited
The association against the prohibition amendment reports a total loss figure of 869 507 697 dollars as the estimated revenue loss to the federal treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Federal Treasury
Prohibition Enforcement Costs and Revenue Loss Estimate
The document states enforcement costs total 45 800 000 dollars. The remaining balance estimates the loss to state and local revenues.
Tennis Stars Absent From Entry List At Opening Tournament
The 38th Longwood bowl in Brookline Mass opens with top players missing from the entry list. Edward W Feibleman of New York is top seed among 64, while John ny Doeg is in Europe with the Davis Cup team. Other seeds include Clifford Sutter Eddie Jacobs Sidney Wood Keith Gledhill Ellsworth Vines Phil Neer and Donald Cram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
Tilden
Johnson
Patterson
Allison
Doeg
Edward W. Feibleman
New York
Johnny Doeg
Europe
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Eddie Jacobs
Baltimore
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
Keith Gledhill
Santa Barbaa
Cal
Ellsworth
New Jersey Reports 24 752 Mentally Disordered Inmates
State and county institutions house twenty four thousand seven hundred fifty two mentally disordered persons as reported in New Jersey. The figures reflect the scope of institutional care within the state's mental health system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Reitzel
High Point Hospital
T. ER. L
West End Baptist Sunday School
R. A. Davis
West Green Street
Herbert Noland
Margaret Anne
South Main Street
Noland
Ruby Sykes
Miss Burton
Jessie Burton
Burton Street
Mildred Burton
Dot Kennedy
Juanita Napier
Eva Sloop
Mildred Fouts
Alda Gray Swain
Virginia Perdue
Pauline Younts
Gladys Hodgin
Lucile Peace
Ethel Johnson
Nettie Burton
Minnie Potts
Hilda Fay Workman
Fay
Nell Nunn
Mount Airy
Nell Bohn
Owen Kinney
Claude Blackwell
Euton Brooks
Gordon Foster
Hubert
W. B. Moser
Ruth, Bernice
Billy, Jr
Winston-Salem
S. W. Sechrest
Bobby
J. R. Lackey
M. L. Holton
Stuart, Va
E. M. Barnard
Joe Best
Billy
Detroit
Michigan
Washington, D. C
H. H. Fouts
A. S. Gibson
Mildred, Fitzhugh
Harold
Asheville
Chimney Rock
Sarah Duff Davis
Elizabeth Ragan
Jane Hess Weaver
W. S. Poole
J. D. Bevis
Alfred Poole
Earl, Reitzel and
Roy
Beulah Poole
Roy Beck
City
Moffitt’ S
North Main Street
R. H. Wheeler
John Henry
Winston- Salem
H. A. Millis
Lois Snipes
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Ocean View
C. E. Moose
Richmond
J. D. Rogers
Virginia Beach
J. W. Perkins
Atlanta
Douglas
Ethel
Hoover's
Colorado
Hosiery Hospital, Inc
MES. E. M. Brower’s
Charlotte
N. Main Street
Bonnie Betty Beauty Shoppe
Woolworth's
Merry Fahrney
Bruno Schustek
Eagee
Nelly Don
Beavans
the Ladies’ Store
Tennis Stars
Lake Michigan
Qmhe
Tom Thumb
King Pin Bowling Alley
T. M. Hall
Nobel’s and Hudson's
Crescent
Efird
Elc
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