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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1929
Page
2
The city council plans a semi monthly meeting tonight to debate collecting due and past due street assessments and to fill six vacancies in the police department caused by resignations. Several members have resigned under pressure and absences have delayed action on street assessments.
The amendment to relax polling place rules was defeated 84 to 22 amid claims it could invite fraud. Democrats Smith and Upchurch and Republican Hamlin opposed it, arguing it aided rural polling sites lacking light or heat. House and senate members passed several bills and debated election and public works measures as sessions opened.
President Hoover started his first full day early at 8 55 a m in the White House, met with the Republican National Committee at 3 30 p m, and planned a busy schedule to fill cabinet roles and organize the administration while continuing press conferences.
Delegations from Chicago West Branch Iowa Palo Alto and California officials join the inauguration. Republican National Committee members convene to discuss national issues and state concerns with the president.
Reports from Nogales and border towns say Monterrey capitulated to northern revolutionary forces led by Francisco Borquez and Gonzalo Escobar. Rebels claim hundreds of officers and thousands of rifles and machine guns seized. authorities report church reopenings and rising tension along the border.
The twenty first battalion of Mexican federal infantry moves to muster from Tijuana Tecate and Alaska for guard duty. Governor Abelardo Rodriguez and Col A R Paregon decline comment while pledging loyalty to President Portes Gil amid denounced revolution.
Mexico City reports federal forces moved to two distant fronts to counter rebel armies threatening the government. General Plutarco Elias Calles commands the army of the North aiming to retake Sonora, about a thousand miles northwest.
Society notes Mrs Edward Brauman of New York City is visiting as guest of her daughter Mrs Ek I Ellington at her Montlieu Avenue home for an extended stay.
Mrs. J. C. Ray of near Lawrenceburg says health improved after taking Cardui during a serious illness. She describes sleep, appetite, and nervousness improvements and notes she regained energy to perform household work after the first bottle and continued use. Thousands of other women reportedly found Cardui helpful for weakness and nervousness.
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