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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
15
Frank L. Hale vice president and general manager of Curtiss Service will inspect the new Raleigh airport, nearing completion on an 800 acre site. He arrived from Savannah en route from Florida and praised progress on one runway and ongoing grading. Student pilots are training and more planes and instructors are expected as the airport nears opening.
Fireworks take early toll as field preparation completes for a southern air project. Land has been smoothed and dragged, hangar construction to start soon, with one farmhouse remaining to be removed. Curtiss Flying Service explores leasing Charlotte airport and seeking an Asheville area site as western end of a proposed passenger line.
Following a scandal in the auto department of the bureau of public works of Manila over irregularities in issuing licenses, one man has been discharged and 10 placed under investigation.
Radio listings detail prime time programs and performers across WEAF WJZ WJZ partners and other outlets. The schedule notes orchestras, singers, drama sketches, and news segments with station call letters and times through late evening.
Breckenridge, Minn. engineer Ralph R. Davis plans renewed effort in the 1931 session to repeal Minnesota’s gag law. Davis says the measure threatens free press and democratic rights when uncolored information aids voter understanding and urges court action to strike down the statute.
The Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Thomas Spencer of London a prize for a public garage plan in London's theater district. The design envisions a 750 car capacity with two street entrances, one central control room, six floors on one way ramps, and integrated writing rooms, repair shops, and a cleaning area.
Modern farming methods are being adopted in Poland as farmers adopt new techniques, equipment, and crop management practices to improve yields and efficiency amid changing market conditions.
Duke University announced the 1929 graduating class honors in Durham. Esther Marie Metzinthin of Chapel Hill earned the highest average and summa cum laude. Eighteen graduates qualified magna cum laude and twenty-two sophomores and eighteen freshmen received honors across chemistry history mathematics English and zoology.
Tahiti natives plan eight days and nights of Bastile celebration with Tahitian songs and dances ahead of July 14 due to a French war ship expected to visit. Singing groups recount heroic legends, dancers practice hula style movements, and women weave traditional costumes before European contact.
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