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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1929
Page
4
A meditation on fervent charity among people, contrasting noble generosity with the fate of the ungrateful. Quoting I Peter and La Fontaine, the piece discusses who deserves kindness and the moral weight of generosity in everyday life.
An editorial urges High Point to own large public grounds for baseball and other sports. It cites amateur leagues backed by factories, notes lack of city help, and links public parks to reduced juvenile delinquency and strengthened citizenship.
Richard J. Reynolds, 23, of Winston-Salem, son of a tobacco magnate, is charged with manslaughter in England after a motorcyclist died in a hit and run. Prosecution calls circumstantial evidence strong, including his drunken driving arrest and a smashed head light matching at the scene. If convicted, punishment could be severe, though he will receive a fair trial.
R. R. Clark in the Greensboro Daily News analyzes Bishop Cannon's market speculation stance. The piece notes Cannon's role as a regulator of public morals and his expected scrutiny of his own conduct.
An editorial commentary cites Mr. Clark's view on Bishop Cannon and the wets and Smithites, urging the bishop to defend himself clearly without evasion. It argues the public will judge gambling and reformers fairly, and that truth exposure need not damage the bishop’s reformist position.
A long critique portrays Senator Heflin as persecuted and paranoid, claiming he sees enemies in every quarter. His son’s Washington arrest after a car collision with alleged intoxication triggers Heflin to vow support and accuse a hostile “bunch” behind his troubles.
The highway patrol formed by the 1929 legislature plans a motorcycle tour to visit all major towns. Officers attended a Harrisburg school for constables and spent five weeks at Morehead City in preparation. The tour aims to showcase the patrol though critics question its staying power beyond being a highway commission toy.
An Ohio State University professor is dropped from the faculty amid a murder investigation of a female student. The piece weighs gossip, private life versus public image, and the unseen chapters of ordinary lives. It also discusses potential international tensions from a Russian-Chinese border incident and warns parents about Hollywood pursuit of stardom.
A passage notes esprit and a sense of unity within the corps during a tour that initially reads as a simple holiday excursion but carries a deeper comprehension of collective purpose.
A French city of Nancy enacts a curfew style rule forbidding the saxophone after 10 p m drawing remark about progress.
A dated remark frames a future prospect where a prominent business figure may claim his success came from guidance heard at commencement exercises. The line hints at the long running belief in the value of formal talks for entrepreneurs.
The piece urges schools in New York to teach arithmetic more vigorously and compares the effort to golf where players often need three swings to equal one stroke, suggesting broader educational parallels.
Dr R J Slay of East Carolina Teachers College urged reorganizing science teaching in public schools and a more liberal college entrance attitude at the North Carolina science conference in Raleigh. Prof R M Warren of R J Reynolds High spoke on needs of the science section and committees to promote the program. Dean J G Boomhour of Meredith College praised practical physics and call for credit to applied electricity. T E Browne hailed the 1929 conference as most successful yet.
Dr. Charles Laughinghouse confirms screens for the Health Building after a year of fly swats and public health campaigns. Budget delays linger but Governor Gardner reportedly authorized the screens, ending the pest problem for now.
Kiwanis delegates from 65 North Carolina clubs head to Milwaukee for the 13th Kiwanis International convention. Thomas W. Crews of Spartanburg leads the Carolinas district and notes a simultaneous United States Canada meeting at 10 15 p m. Nearly 101000 members are honored, with expected 6000 attendees at Milwaukee. The Carolinas district dinner follows at the Schroeder hotel Tuesday night.
More than 20,000 visitors vacationed in the Hawaiian Islands during the previous year according to tourism data. The report highlights steady arrivals across Oahu Maui and Kauai amid ongoing travel interest and seasonal peaks.
Flashes of life report a Lindbergh personality causing a scene with a traffic cop in North Bergen New Jersey. The colonel and Policeman William Rainer exchanged apologies as the man moved on amid broader tensions over Mexican political change and church affairs in Parándiro Michoacán.
Joseph D Jessel a New York clothing manufacturer and Vero netta Hoos a musical comedy actress announce their engagement and have reserved passage for the Graf Zeppelin round the world cruise. They met when the airship halted at Lakehurst New Jersey.
In Detroit the indoor model airplane contest showcased clever builds. Joseph Culver of Oakland California piloted a monoplane for eight minutes and thirty eight seconds, while Donald Burnham of West Lafayette Indiana flew his outdoor monoplane for ten minutes.
Gar Wood travels to Germany to oversee construction of a seaplane described as an air yacht valued at 125000 dollars with 12 passenger capacity and a stateroom featuring a full sized bed.
A 20 by 49 foot glass blowing shed at Menlo Park where Thomas A. Edison developed the electric lamp is relocated to Henry Ford's museum in Dearborn Michigan. Thirty carloads of dirt from the original site have been shipped to the museum.
In Rome the deputy Count Amides is suspended indefinitely after ignoring a warning that lawmakers must not urge proteges for government jobs. The case highlights discipline within the Italian legislature and raises questions about influence and ethics.
A New York husband called his wife a witch claiming her evil eye bewitched him into marriage. The court granted the separation on cruelty grounds.
London hosts a major Fourth of July celebration with brilliant displays. Ambassador Dawes will preside over an American society dinner attended by the prime minister.
Hope Hampton makes her operatic debut in Paris, captivating Parisian tastes not with a powerful voice but with a slim figure contrasting European peers’ heavier stature.
Mexico releases women held on religious law violations at Las Tres Marias and 50 prisoners in Mexico City. Immigration officials permit priests to return to Mexico. Church property inventories prepared for turnover to priests after Holy See Chapultepec settlement facilitated by Ambassador Morrow following deadlocked talks with President Portes Gil and two bishops.
The Columbia University eight won the Marlow race after defeating Twickenham by a length and a quarter. The 150 pound crew won two preliminary heats and finished the 7 8 mile course in 4 minutes 20 seconds.
June 22, 1870 marked the creation of the Department of Justice by Congress. The attorney general became head of a department uniting federal officers to ensure uniform law application and broader supervision of district attorneys and marshals.
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