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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1932
Page
12
Hopewell New Jersey sees a sudden boom as ham and eyes rise to 75 cents and hotel rates hit five dollars a day. Taxi drivers rush reporters to the Lindbergh estate while village police curb out of town competition. Applejack prices double with a half dollar drink.
An early 20th century scene recalls a radio operator asking to rent vacant rooms for broadcasting apparatus at a barber shop. The head barber offers 15 dollars daily or 2 rooms for five dollars, but the radio man delays. Nearby residents recall the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, with one man answering a nighttime inquiry brandishing a revolver and his wife with a shotgun nearby.
Albert Menzies of Saginaw Michigan drove home from Boston with his wife and four children when police stopped him in Cleveland. An informant tipped off authorities and Menzies produced credentials to prove he was not a kidnapper. He said this made nine stops and joked he would display a sign declaring they lacked the Lindbergh baby for the remainder of the trip.
A junior high matinee of The Isle of Chance impressed with acoustics stage gear and lively performances. Russell Hall plays king, Dempsey Neil captains ship, Rawson Wilkins English lord, Lloyd Gregory Despair, Willie Hinkle On a Grouch, with spirited choruses and festive effects. Tonight at 8 p m a public performance follows.
Rep Fiorello H. La Guardia and Rep Thomas Blanton agreed on loose rules for a debate Saturday at 10 p m EST on repealing the 48th Amendment tied to the Beck Linthi resolution with CBS coverage. La Guardia said the exchange would be brisk with eleven minutes for Blanton and thirteen for him plus a three minute rebuttal, and both would forego formal salutations.
Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends announces events at Oak Hill this Saturday. The schedule includes the meeting for Ministry and Oversight at 10, worship at 11, and a business meeting after lunch with representatives from Deep River Springfield Archdale High Point and Oak Hill. Leaders include Alpheus M. Briggs D Ralph Parker and Reuben Payne.
Funeral services for Jamestown merchant Andrew F Johnson were held at Jamestown Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. Cc O Kennerly and Rev. E O Peeler presiding. A large crowd attended as the interment occurred at Deep River cemetery with Ragsdale Council Junior Order assisting at the grave.
Funeral services for A. Van Cross a 68 year old contractor were held at Giles Chapel church with Rev. W Carter officiating and interment in the family plot. Pallbearers were E D Daniels W D Welborn E F Seagraves Edward Crisco J C Connor and D M Fain. Flowers were carried by D M Fain Hattie May Knighter China Hedrick and Frances Coe. The service followed a brief home gathering at 1 o'clock.
Funeral services for Darrell Allen Cumby six month old son of Mr and Mrs Allen Cumby were held at Trinity Baptist church. Rev R L Smith and Rev R L West officiated with pallbearers Wade Cumby Lindsay Cumby Eulen Brooks and Roy Cumby. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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