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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1934
Page
7
Margot recounts a chaotic poolside scene at Emery wood Country Club with overexcited families and young swimmers. The narrator highlights lively kids, local names, and gossip while noting a rainstorm finale and an incongruous sight of two fully clothed participants.
John Boles and Gloria Stuart lead the Universal musical romance Beloved at the Broadhurst for Wednesday and Thursday. Dorothy Peterson Edmund Breese Anderson Lawler Lucille Gleason and Morgan Farley join a strong supporting cast in a production praised for its 100 year span and screen artistry.
Mrs Artie Proctor hosted a Thursday evening lawn party at her home honoring newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Archie Chase Jr. The event featured games, music by Miss Helen Hilliard and Ted Hilliard, and a gift of china for Mrs. Chase. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Proctor and other Proctor and Chase relatives and friends.
Delegates voted 80 to 61 to strike the resolution off record amid a heated debate on liquor control. W Roy Francis urged support for the resolution while objections pressed by Tom Bank and Ed Hudgene shaped the session. County voting led to Robert Proctor of McDowell winning the nomination and the officer slate being chosen by acclamation.
The article describes Glanay's settlement offering reemployment of 25 strikers within 60 days if accepted, with hires from strike ranks by January 1, and ties to the recovery act's section 7 A. It notes disputes over compliance and a claim that Greif, a large clothing firm with 10 plants in PA, MD, and VA, failed to maintain wage differentials above the minimum code.
Marian Martin pattern 9047 offers vintage pajamas and shorts looks in sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with fabric options and a hint of ruffle. Pattern 9882 covers shorts and blouse in pale blue or gingham. both include yardage guides and a 15 cent pattern order.
Report notes that a marriage license can be secured quickly without examination for Bruce Carraway.
The governor stated that North Carolina has reduced bonded indebtedness on land by 80 cents on the dollar, kept schools open and teachers paid, and collects revenue at low cost. Bonds now sell near par, from $1.08 to $1.11, with a call for better funding for schools and teachers.
The governor says the state is living within its income and will keep to a businesslike government. He vows to fight for western North Carolina’s parkway, an erosion project for the Piedmont, and a port for the east while he and allies pursue efficiency over partisanship.
Birmingham Ala July 28 apt William Flood pilot of the Army No 1 balloon announced at 6 25 p m that the national balloon race scheduled for 9 30 oclock tonight had been postponed for 24 hours due to heavy rain that began after 4 p m and continued with dark clouds signaling more bad weather for several hours
Sheriff Howard Curlin of Crittenden County reports a posse is searching for two negroes accused of criminally assaulting a white tourist near West Memphis Arkansas. The woman was traveling from Minnesota to Alabama when attacked.
In Danville Kentucky Judge Harlan jailed 23 year old reporters Jack Durham and Wesley Carty for six hours each for contempt after they refused to reveal sources informing them that Representative J. Sterling Towles was to be hanged in effigy. About 150 spectators filled the city hall court room as the pair promised to return Monday.
Austrian federal troops and Heimwehr battle Nazis in Carinthia and Styria as Vienna considers inviting Yugoslavia to withdraw border guards. Thousands interned as fighting spills into Graz Maribor and across the border. police seize a Nazi radio lab and arrest officials.
Major Kepner and two colleagues bailed out at high altitude as a balloon carrying instruments for cosmic ray and atmospheric tests drifted downward. They landed safely after a staged descent, while the gondola suffered torn lower fabric and the mission’s scientific results remain unconfirmed.
Bruce Carraway reports on automobile title transfers priced at 25 cents while noting literary rate references 19 15 25 in a brief notice about filing fees and related duties.
John E. ley of LaGrange Ga a contractor and close friend Governor Talmadge was arrested in Atlanta on July 28 and released on a 56000 bond. An information charging him with 70 counts for paying wages as low as ten cents an hour during working days was filed in Macon Ga. His surrender occurred before U S marshal and a hearing set before a district court. The case stems from NRA investigation.
Mrs C O McMichael Jr of Winston Salem is reported in extremely serious condition after an illness. Her sister in law Mrs PF OT Amos learned of the condition in Asheville yesterday and planned to visit as she returned home this morning.
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