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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1929
Page
2
A large talking screen musical revue plays at the Ritz through Tuesday and Wednesday. Stars include Morton Downey Barbara Bennett Bobby Watson and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians with a cast of one hundred delivering song and dance in a Gay White Way stage drama.
Edith Schell, three years old, vanished during a Sturgeon Bay Wis. picnic. Residents pressed a massive search in nearby woods for three days before she was found near death from starvation and fear, wandering a wooded area near the picnic grounds.
Miss Mary Ragsdale daughter of Mrs. W G Ragsdale of Jamestown will wed Samuel H Strickland son of Mr and Mrs R B Strickland of High Point tonight at 7 at the Ragsdale home in Jamestown The Rev R E Hunt of the Jamestown Methodist church will perform the ceremony The couple are prominent state figures with Strickland an engineer for High Point and NC State College graduate Guests include Mrs J L Best of Goldsboro and Miss Emma Gray of Oxford staying at 717 Montlieu Avenue
A dense schedule of radio programs, orchestras, talks, and musical hours listed by station. Includes WEAF WJZ WOR WABC and others with hours, guests, and chain links.
A university commencement recounts Sir Esme’s tale of Alfred’s long struggle against the Pagan Danes and his decisive victory at Ethandune. Dr Harry W Chase presided as 312 graduates received diplomas including 11 doctorates awarded to women Kathérine Jocher and Kathrine Wilson. Governor Max Gardner presided at the ceremony and a luncheon followed at the Carolina Inn with trustees and guests.
Washington dispatches report Ramsay MacDonald may seek a personal conference with President Hoover on Anglo American relations. Secretary Stimson says the State Department has no information and will not comment. White House press terms were not disclosed and officials maintained silence on the matter.
The White House avoided comment as Secretary Stimson declined to discuss the subject. In Congress, Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee gained support from Representatives Tilson of Connecticut and Garner of Texas, leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties in the House.
Prisoners linked to the Gastonia textile strike and the Aderholt killing are moved from Gastonia jail to avoid mob violence. Fred Beal, National Textile Workers Union organizer, is jailed in Spartanburg on complicity to murder charges. Charles Carter and Lewis McLaughlin deny firing the fatal shot amid ongoing hearings.
Margaret Lawrence stage star and widow of Wallace Kiddinger was shot dead in her East 61st Street penthouse. Louis Bennison, actor, lay beside her with a pistol on the bed. Police say Bennison killed Lawrence then shot himself. two notes hint at a death by own action. Witnesses include Mrs. Gertrude Chalair and Bennett Mussen.
Idaho Senator Borah defends a farm debt idea as essential to equality with industry while Senator Allen accuses the plan of concealing itself in platform language. Borah argues the debenture could be covered by the platform and remains committed to agricultural equality.
The text mentions Miss Lawrence in her fortieth year and Bennison aged 45, with a pistol involved. The fragment lacks full context or clear actions to establish a complete event.
Oregon farmers combat weeds by spraying herbicides during peak sap flow, aiming to maximize effectiveness and reduce manual tilling.
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