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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1930
Page
6
Willing Workers and Philathea classes at local churches plan meetings with officer elections and transportation help. Nearby gatherings announce a watermel on feast at Municipal Park Tuesday evening and call for members to attend.
Mr and Mrs John R Peacock returned from Wrightsville Beach after a weekend. Mrs J S Lynch of Winston-Salem visits her sister Mrs EF S Hutchinson on Hillcrest Drive. Thomas Gold Jr attending UNC summer school spent weekend with parents. J David Parsons Jr expected home from Paradise Point. Mrs J F Hardee of Madison Fla visits relatives in Winston-Salem and stays with Mrs T J Gold on Oakwood Court.
In a brief note from Washington it reports that Peggy and Herbert Hoover III will receive small chairs crafted in a Virginia mountain workshop. Mrs. Hoover chose them during a visit to a remote shop near Madison, Virginia, for the presidential lodge.
An advertisement promotes Teethina as a safe remedy for baby fussiness due to constipation gas and indigestion during teething. It claims Teethina regulates bowels gently without opiates, replaces soothing syrups, and aids sleep. The offer includes a free sample and Dr Moffett's Baby Book from C J Moffett Co Columbus Ga.
Alfred E Smith announces plans for the Empire State Building to rise on the Waldorf Astoria site with a 1222 foot observatory gallery. The 102 story tower now under construction will be chaired by Smith as head of the corporation.
Cigarettes consumed last month in the country totalled 11 750 524 523 an increase of more than a billion over June 1929.
At a National Wallpaper Wholesalers association convention in New York the latest color modes include green peach ecru and yellow for washable wallpaper.
Darrow and Clarence True Wilson tour Ontario separately to gather ammunition against government liquor sales. Each preacher frames opposition as a key issue while visiting cities.
Mrs. Bessie Drexel Lahr, widow of Harry Lehr, arrives back in Newport R I after years in Paris. She comes as a social arbiter for the yacht races surrounding the America's Cup events this season.
Senora Marie Elena Puig Casurano wife of the mayor travels toward Spain and urges American visitors to Mexico City. She praises the city’s shops likening them to Paris hostesses to New York and children cared for like Boston.
Raleigh July 21 Gov Max Gardner was urged to back a national crusade against airguns and slingshots as Christmas gifts for children. The La tath Foundation of Oakland California led the appeal signed by George L Killion urging Hoover to endorse the effort. Gardner offered no immediate plan.
In Chicago on July 21 a heatwave left an apartment door open and two armed men entered robbing Dr. Christopher S. O'Neil and guests of jewelry valued at more than 15000 dollars.
Mary Mendenhall Hobbs 79 wife of Dr L Hobbs Guilford College president dies. Franklin Shoaf 71 prominent Thomasville citizen passes away. Tennessee American Legion reports a 149 percent rise in enrollment last year.
A national home furnishings style show to be held September 28 to October 4 aims to educate and excite the public about fashions in home decor. The expo will be promoted nationwide with extensive newspaper, magazine, radio, and public sections. Women leaders and civic groups back the effort with local participation.
The exposition features widespread participation from home furnishings stores with women leaders as patrons and hostesses. High school girls will usher in several cities and some principals will suspend classes to allow students to visit exhibits. Bernard C. Jakway will send merchandising courses to stores to guide sales staff on style and color balance as orchestras, phonographs, and window displays entertain attendees.
London July 21 The MacDonald labor government is prepared to yield a point to the house of lords on the coal mines bill regarding mine working hours. Lords opposition has delayed passage and an agreed change would replace a 7 1/2 hour day with a 99 hour spreadover fortnight, directing further negotiations with the miners.
Federation executive endorses the spreadover plan. A government amendment will enshrine the principle but restrict its application to joint agreement between miner owners and the miners.
The upper house aims for final approval after a crucial amendment is added. All parties hope to complete the measure and wind up parliament by July to begin their vacations.
The United Kingdom purchased $79,583,009 of American meat products last year, accounting for about three-eighths of U.S. meat exports and signaling strong trade ties between Washington and London.
Vienna reports brigands held up a train near Constanza with one guard shot and many passengers reported wounded. Details remain scarce as officials confirm the incident and assess casualties.
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