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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1929
Page
4
A mix of biblical and literary quotes contrasts treasure and virtue. The first cites David’s tribute of gold and silver by weight for service to the temple, the second mocks the idea that virtue and vice are the same, urging guests to count spoons as a test of character.
The Federal Reserve Board bulletin notes a May decline in the U.S. foreign trade balance, the first in three years. Merchandising volume held steady despite poor credit. conditions improving, with securities slow. Credit shifts from stock to normal channels and a busier third quarter is forecast. bankers deem the trade gap due to nonbasic factors, including faster imports to dodge higher tariffs.
The article discusses summer drownings in Mecklenburg County and argues for swimming instruction to reduce the toll. It credits Red Cross life saving, Boy Scouts, and YMCA programs, notes improved swimming facilities, and contrasts inland North Carolina’s past limits with today’s prevalence of pools and trained swimmers among youth.
R. R. Clark of the Greensboro Daily News urges a traffic light at the English and Main streets intersection to protect inbound traffic into High Point. He notes state plans for a new bypass route but warns the congested main thoroughfare lacks signal control.
High Point Presbyterian minister Rev Charles P Coble preached on a moral universe where natural law favors righteousness. He cited Deborah and Sisera and argued the cosmos conspires against evil men, though proof is gradual and instinctive.
Bruce Catton argues the 1929 Willemstad raid was genuine piracy not Venezuelan revolutionary action. He cites a 200 year old Caribbean piracy tradition and urges vigilance amid claims of insurrection with a plan to capture and hang raiders.
Benefits from water use are immense and worth the danger, and drownings should not scare guardians but prompt decisive action to ensure youths are well coached in swimming.
The piece reflects on General Bramwell Booth’s death in London and contrasts his leadership with his father’s. It argues the universe opposes oppression and that industrial slavery and other evils are doomed, citing Mr. Coble on a moral governor and the power behind the world. It stresses persistent religious contentions in modern preaching.
The text notes possible Senate candidacy for George Simpson amid political chatter. Florenz Ziegfeld claims public boredom with revues and plans to quit, while free revues on beaches are mentioned. A single motor car is reported in Spitzbergen by government stats, hinting at possible changes in transportation.
A. P. Smith of Chapel Hill High School has won a four year college scholarship as one of six national winners in the American Chemical Society essay contest. He entered the national competition after winning $20 in gold in North Carolina eliminations and submitting his essay The Place of Chemistry in Modern Warfare. Smith, who moved to Chapel Hill from Soulston at 17, is believed to be unaware of his selection while currently serving aboard the Leviathan, gaining world experience.
London reports say General Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald began negotiations on naval disarmament after a Forres meeting. Japan signaled cooperation, and Dawes returned amid public excitement as editors urged swift bilateral progress.
The House debated a resolution urging GOP National Committeeman Glenn Skipper to urge the president to stop incidents linked to Blease and the De Priest affair. Representative Way introduced the measure, calling Florida betrayed, while Representative Day condemned the resolution as in bad taste. Florida’s Hoover vote references recurred during the hour long discussion.
Paris locals greet the arriving aviators with crowds outside the hotel. The story mentions Greenbacks paid for the voyage and Col Lindbergh's first day attire from the embassy footmen while Schreiber from Portland asks for presentable clothes.
Survivors pulled from wrecked craft as six people escape by cabin, four passengers and one mechanic among the injured. Rescue boats from a nearby London pilot boat assist while the pilot signals trouble en route to Dungeness.
The London Zurich Basle service airliner left Croydon at 10 30 am and sent distress signals fifteen miles across the channel. It turned back and three miles from shore sank in the water. Seven passengers were killed while four passengers plus the pilot and mechanic were injured. The air ministry will conduct an official inquiry.
The City of Pretoria ferrying 12 passengers docked today in the English Channel. Listed aboard were Mrs. Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mme Boseiger, Mr. and Mrs. Fleming, Mrs. Jackerson, M. R. Maester, Miss Roberts, Mrs. Karaki, Mr. Thaw, and Mr. Tatham. Captain Brailli commanded the vessel with mechanic W S Barnett.
The article recalls low accident rates on trans channel service with notable past tragedies. It cites a March 1928 crash that killed a French pilot and mechanic, an August 1926 Folkestone crash killing two including American Robert Blaney of Mount Vernon Street Boston, and a 1925 event with seven fatalities.
William Irvine Faussoux the hypnotist marvel staged a remarkable mental telepathy stunt in High Point tonight. A committee including J B Spencer manager at High Point Hardware, Jack Kester, J L Sechrest and Bes Meyers concealed a letter in the post office box and hid the key at the Sheraton hotel while Faussoux drove blindfolded through Main street streets. Hundreds watched as he located the box key and letter above a light post and removed it among many others.
Asheville North Carolina has been chosen as the convention city for the Association of State Foresters meeting set for October 7 to 10. J S Holmes state forester and president said a mail vote by the executive committee approved the selection. Officials from most states are expected to attend along with visiting foresters, with competition from New Jersey Georgia and Louisiana.
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