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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1930

Page

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Prohibition Central as New Jersey Primary Focus

Newark dispatch reports the New Jersey Republican primary centers on prohibition with Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, former Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, and Representative Franklin W. Fort contesting for U S Senate. Polls expect 500000 to 650000 votes as campaigns close with rival claims of victory.

Newark N. J New Jersey United States Dwight W. Morrow Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Franklin W. Fort Ambassador Morrow Frelinghuysen Morrow Fort State Anti-Saloon League

Hoover signs tariff bill ending eight year rate regime

President Hoover signed the tariff bill at 12 59 PM with Mellon and customs officials present. The law overhauls more than a thousand rates and starts at midnight, with officials ready to handle ship cargo papers and implement new rules.

Mellon Francis X. Eble Customs Smoot Utah Shortridge California Hawley Oregon Treadway Massachusetts Watson Indiana Bacharach New Jersey Representative Treadway

Rockefeller Jr to Build 250 Million Midtown Center

John B. Rockefeller Sr plans a $250 million entertainment complex in midtown Manhattan. The four-block site between 5th and list streets and Sixth Avenue will include a 60 story skyscraper and a theater complex run by Radio-Keith-Orpheum. 27 broadcasting studios will be housed in the tower.

New York Midtown Manhattan John B. Rockefeller Sth List Streets Fifth Avenues Sixth Avenue Fifth Avenue Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation

Lemnarchus Wins Coventry Stakes at Ascot

Lemnarchus won the Coventry Stakes by one length over Sir Andrew with three lengths to Pharian. Bonny Boy II took the Ascot Stakes, Richborough was second, Buoyant Bachelor third in a field of twenty. The Ascot meeting opened with a royal procession led by the king and queen as the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester rode in the open coach.

Ascot England Lord Ellesmere Sir Andrew William Woodward Lord Allandale Pharian Bonny Boy II M. E. I. de Stallery Lord Derby Richborough C. W. Gordon Bachelor Charles Lamster Trimdon Prince of Wales Duke of Gloucester

Tornado Toll In Minnesota Wisconsin Tops Million

Red Cross says last Friday tornadoes in Minnesota and Wisconsin affected 300 families and caused more than 1 million dollars in damage across both states.

Red Wing Minn Red Cross Minnesota Wisconsia

Eight Americans in British Open play at Hoylake

Hoylake England June 17 With eight Americans included 114 players start a 72 hole medal play British Open. Archie Compston led with 141, while Leo Diegel, George Von Elm, Bobby Jones, Jim Barnes, Horton Smith and others qualified in the top ranks. The low 100 players and ties advance. Special to the Enterprise Thomasville report on Mills Home shows 200000 current fund income and 1081507.69 net worth with 634 children in care.

Hoy Lake England Archie Compston W. T. Twine Leo Diegel Cyril Tolley George von Elm Booby Jones Macc Donald Smith Bobby Jones Jim Barnes Horton Smith Don Moe F. C. Stevens, Jr Henry Cotton Thomasville M.L. Kesler Mills Home Thomasville Baptist Orphanage Board of Trustees J. Powell Tucker First Baptist Church Raleigh T. Wingate Andrews High Point John H. Mills John T. Lambeth Lambeth B. W. Spillman Kinston J. C. Hough Kennedy Home W. L. Bowman Mothers’ Aid Hattie Edwards W. G. Smith J. A. McMillan Archibald Johnson R. D. Covington Mattie Pell James McMillan Mills Home Church

Constable Candidate Is Fined for Whisky Possession

Raleigh June 17. Matthew D. Mooneyham clothing salesman and constable candidate in the June 7 township primary was fined $100 after a guilty finding for possession of whiskey. Officers found 323 jars in his garage when he was not at home seeking votes.

Raleigh Matthew Dd Mooneyham

Cat bites boy then dies after nine lives lost

Greensboro dispatch reports Speigh Bird a 16 year old high school junior was bitten by a cat on Sunday but was unharmed. The same cat died today after the incident, end of life for the animal.

Greensboro Speigh Bird Bird

British Gandhi Negotiations Contradicted Again

London June 17 AP The Exchange Telegraph had reported negotiations for a settlement between Mahatma Gandhi and Sir Prabh Asanker Pattani in a Bombay dispatch this morning. This afternoon the same agency said the reported meeting had been authoritatively contradicted.

London Exchange Telegraph Bombay Mahatma Gandhi Prabh Asanker Pattani

Cliffside Man Is Accidentally Slain

CLIFFSIDE N C June 17 Tom Tate 43 year old insurance man was instantly killed this morning by the accidental discharge of his shotgun when he stepped from his automobile

Cliffside N. C Tom Tate

Cole Blease Opens Senate Campaign in Sumter

In Sumter South Carolina June 17 Cole L Blease launched his bid for re election to the Senate declaring editors libel against him and vowing to uphold the Volstead act He boasted of more achieved in his first term including a third judge ship and criticized opponents while denying any money spent on his campaign.

Sumter S. C South Carolina Senate Blease South Carolin

Metropolitan Boston Population Tops 1.95 Million

The 1920 to 1940 census shows metropolitan Boston at 1,955,384 residents, up 271,510 or 16.1 percent. The district covers 14 cities and 26 towns under the Metropolitan District Commission for sewer, water and parks.

Boston Metropolitan District Commission

Maine Nominates White Schall Leads In Minn

In Minnesota Schall, independent Republican, led for re election in a tight primary with 72 596 votes in 977 precincts 3 698 statewide while Gov Theodore Christianson trailed with 45 508 and John F Sleb had 7 674. In Maine Walace H White Jr won the Republican nomination for U S senator after a race that featured Ralph O Brewster and Dugald B Dewar with White leading early and decisive totals.

ST. Paul Theodore Christianson John F. Sleb Christianson Schall Selb Portland Walace H. White, Jr National House Arthur R. Gould White Ralph O. Brewster Dugald B. Dewar Brewster Frederick Hale

Kingsford-Smith to End Air Ventures After Atlantic Flight

Captain Kingsford-Smith plans to quit aviation after reaching America on the final leg of his trans Atlantic flight. He will sell the Southern Cross, the patchwork craft he and others flew about 70 000 miles in 750 hours, marry Miss Mary Powell, and rest on his honors. Powell had insisted on the marriage as a condition of their betrothal. The plane combines two craft used by Sir Hubert Wilkins in Arctic exploration.

Dublin Kingsford-Smith Mary Powell Melbourne Australia Pacific Miss Powell Southern Cross Sir Hubert Wilkins

Shansi Troops Occupy Tsinan City

Peiping report says Shansi troops under Yen Hsi-Shan have occupied the important city of Tsinan. No further details available.

Tsinan Peiping China Yen Hsi-Shan

Brock and Schlee Fly Over Abilene At Dawn

William S. Brock and Edward Schlee completed a dawn-to-dawn flight over Abilene airport at 11 10 a m. They maintained an altitude near 2506 feet and speeds between 180 and 200 miles per hour as they traversed the Texan sky.

Abiline, Tex William S. Brock Edward FE. Schlee Abilene Toda

Naval Pact Due for Senate Vote Monday

The senate foreign relations committee agreed to vote next Monday on the London naval treaty. A motion to postpone until President Hoover releases confidential papers was rejected 13 to 4, showing a majority support for the pact.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hoover Johnson California Shipstead Farmer Labor Minnesota Moses New Hampshire Robinson Indiana Senate Stimson

Author Kirk Munroe Dies in Florida Sanitarium

Kirk Munroe, 79, noted author, died in a Orlando sanitarium where he had resided since November 1927, the death occurring yesterday.

Orlando, Fla Kirk Munroe

Farris Named North Carolina Young Democrats Organizer

Ray Farris, North Carolina 1930 graduate and Charlotte resident, is appointed temporary full time organizer for the state Young Democrats. Tyre C. Taylor says the move aims to mobilize younger voters for the November elections and insists the group remains non factional. Farris led campus life at UNC and earned the Patterson medal for outstanding student contribution while captaining Charlotte High School football and helping found the NC Federation of College Students.

Raleigh Ray Farris University of North Carolina Charlotte North Carolina Young Democratic Organization Tyre C. Taylor Young Peoples Organization Carolina Taylor Farris Patterson The North Carolina Federation of College Students Golden Fleece

Wilbur Oakes Sets Early Pace in Sedgefield Qualifier

In Greensboro area June 17 AP Wilbur Oakes of Chattanooga led the Southern Amateur Golf Tournament qualifying with a 72 at the Valley Brook course as heavy rain hampered players. Oakes posted 36s on both front and back nine with many favorites still on the course.

Sedgefield Greensboro N.C Wilbur Oakes Chattanooga BNOS Oakes Valley Brook G. $. McCarthy Charlotte F. H. Wood High Point

U S Frowns on Arms Exports to the Soviet Union

Washington reports a new policy of disfavor toward exporting arms munitions and warplanes to the Soviet Union though no law bans it. The Glenn L Martin Co of Baltimore abandoned plans to build twenty bombing planes and equipment for the Soviet due to State Department disapproval after consultations with the Navy and other agencies. Officials say export requests are regularly reviewed and recent developments prompted the stance.

Washington Soviet Union State Department Glenn L. Martin Co Baltimore Navy Martin Co

Paramount on Parade Opens at Broadhurst Theatre

Paramount's intimate party of stars opens as a two day engagement at the Broadhurst theatre Wednesday. The big company features nearly every star or performer in their specialty, in a comedy to be seen by many High Point residents named in the Enterprise classified ads. The prompt says Read them regularly.

Paramount Paramount On Twoeday Legagement Broadhurst Theatre Enterprise

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