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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
2
Governor Gardner calls a Raleigh meeting with all state department heads and the O Max Gardner administration to prepare detailed cost and operation data for the next biennium. The aim is to aid budget decisions and possible consolidations while resisting past lobbying and data gaps.
Legge proposes pooling stenographic support across Wheat Belt departments to reduce costs, with central offices and shared aides for officials. The plan mirrors practices in insurance and utilities, and aims to curb duplicated duties among State University, State College, and Agriculture. The coming assembly is seen as less lenient to political patrons and may cut jobs for political supporters.
Construction of a memorial highway in west Tennessee has begun to honor the late Gov. Austin Peay who originated the state's highway system and favored a pay as you go approach. He died in his third term with plans for a statewide system. the first of four Tennessee River bridges, budgeted at $600,000, has been completed.
A classroom chorus answers that the first and most important action is to find the can opener.
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh July 24 The state board of assessment has met daily for over a week to fix valuations of power companies and public service corporations. They plan to raise assessed values to reflect actual costs, potentially adding millions in taxable property, and will later review telephone telegraph and railroad properties. The board will base values on physical property plus stocks and bonds, using full corporate records to determine true value.
New York report explains the two way TV circuit provided by AT and T where a central station completes both the talking link and the picture connection. Operators view miniature copies of faces through two eye pieces, giving a sense of looking into the space between distant callers.
A Paris contest sought the instrument most popular with French listeners. The event highlighted the accordion as a favored choice across audiences in France.
Ralph C. Stoddard, 40, director of the Antilles steamship company, was found dead in his Mamaroneck bedroom from a rifle shot. The incident, placed as death by own action, involved his ten year old son discovering the body in pajamas. The family, formerly of Havana, had lived in Mamaroneck six years. two other children were present at home. Mrs. Stoddard and two children were en route home from North Carolina.
Men of the Rainbow Division arrived in Cherbourg to visit World War I battlefields and graves. They will hold a divisional reunion at Chalons Sur Marne with time in Champagne Argonne St Mihiel and Verdun where the 42d Division forged American battle history.
The accordion topped the list with the violin second and the cello third while the saxophone appeared at the bottom of the ranking.
Estelle Wheeler and two men, Henry Reid and D A Harvey, were tried for drunk driving assault and prohibition violations after a late night car incident. Wheeler got ten days in jail, four months suspended, and a ban from the county after August 10. the men received seven months each to serve on roads. Appeals to the supreme court were filed with bonds set at $500 for each defendant.
Lexington's R. T. Black Jr., 18, reached 121 hours in a nationwide tree sitting contest at 9:50 this morning, perched in the tallest tree in his yard since last Saturday, planning to stay until September. His parents, supportive, have posted bulletins as the public watches the feat.
A report by Frank G. Pedley M D to the American Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing states that cotton stuffed ears reduce noise by about one fifteenth.
The First Baptist church hosts a Thursday reception at 7 oclock to honor Dr and Mrs A B Conrad the new pastor and wife recently from Virginia Heights Baptist church Roanoke Va Congregation members and friends are invited Also Mrs E L Pownall of West Palm Beach Fla visits cousin Mrs L W McFarland on White Oak Street
The American Theatre of High Point launches the Greater Movie Season Club offering free entry to residents in the area. Prizes include a Hudson S8 Coach, a Chevrolet Coach, a $500 diamond ring, a Majestic radio, cash prizes, and long term passes. Entry week begins now with ten free credits per paid admission.
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