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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1930
Page
2
Miss Mae Graham, assistant librarian at High Point High School, reports 19 591 books were borrowed in the first six months of the current year. The average pupil thus charged about 19 books, plus many reference uses daily, reflecting an emphasis on independent research and classroom initiative.
The library serves at least 85 percent of the student body daily and is used year round as the intellectual hub of the school. It aims to develop reading habits and appreciation for literature across past and present ages.
The city reports 94 births and 46 deaths for February per vital statistics released by registrar W. M. Tucker. White births include many listed names such as Warren Armfield, Charles Harris Simmons, Eleanor Jean, Polly Marie, Ray E. Parker, Wanda Louise, and others, with numerous fathers and mothers named.
Stunt night at Guilford College, postponed after the death of Elmina Siler, will be held this weekend. Twelve acts are planned with many students in new roles and major campus organizations contributing. A program by the people of the college is also expected.
The article explains eczema as a skin condition with a defined course and reactions to irritants such as formaldehyde turpentine dyes and plant irritants. It notes food sensitivity can trigger eczema or urticaria in babies and that removing sensitizing foods from the diet can relieve symptoms. The skin is described as a mirror of overall body health rather than a separate body envelope.
Proceeds from a community program will support the Capella choir and the local Y M C A. Guilford College High School students contribute to the event teams and activities. The drive aims to fund music and youth programs in the area.
In Chicago on March 7 a bomb large enough to demolish the Little Club on the North Side was found by police after an anonymous call. Sergeant Herman Dorf smothered the burning fuse with his gloves. authorities say the fuse likely disconnected and the device would not have exploded. Owner Leon Schweitzer and manager Harry McKelvey were taken to the station for questioning.
Salis bury March 7 robbers entered the Texaco Oil company here rolled the safe out and slid it down the railroad tracks to their automobile and escaped.
Buffalo detectives report an Indian woman accused in the death of Mrs Henri Marchand wife of the Buffalo Museum of Science curator. Miss Lillian Jimerson 35 said she witnessed the assault but did not kill Mrs Marchand. The other suspect, unnamed, is also in custody.
The parole of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, imprisoned at Leavenworth Kansas for using the mails to defraud, has been approved by Attorney General Mitchell. The exact effective date will be set by the Leavenworth warden, likely tomorrow. Cook was sentenced to 14 years and nine months for illegal mail use in oil promotions and has served as editor of the prison newspaper the New Era.
Refugio Macias, Mexican, was executed on the state prison gallows in Florence Arizona at 4 56 a m for the murder of Pedro Ornelas at Morenic 14 months earlier. He was pronounced dead two minutes later at 4 58 a m.
Washington report notes that Salt within chemical analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils delays the growth of microbes and molds in certain samples of alfalfa hay, suggesting preservative or quality implications.
Dr. R. M. Andrews of High Point college addressed the Kiwanis club at the country club on What’s Wrong With the World. He said the issue is not population or wealth but the type of people and urged applying the Golden Rule. The program featured solos by Vera Idol, and the Legion relief store reported 250 orders filled and 31,500 meals served. New members John Williams and Clifford Hinshaw joined, and Vera Idol won today’s attendance prize. Next week’s program will be at Wesley Memorial church with Frank Sizemore and John Hedrick in charge.
An advertisement touts Dr. Southworth's Ura Tabs for bladder weakness and related pains. It promises swift relief within 48 hours and marked improvement within ten days under a money back guarantee, with Mann Drug Co or any local druggist supplying sealed ten day packs.
Soviet officials view collective farming as a tool to curb urban migration and unemployment. A January report tallies 1,241,000 idle workers, mostly women and under 18, with unskilled labor forming the vast majority as peasants leave villages.
The government aims to attract rural residents to larger communities by urbanizing farm labor. It will build recreational centers and offer city level political and economic instruction. A seven day week with staggered rest days is proposed to lower unemployment. Trade schools will train unskilled workers in house building factory work and tractor operation, with women admitted. An industrialization enrollment will provide 60 000 apprentices for factories.
Four men alleged to be Ku Klux Klansmen were summoned to appear in Ottawa court next Monday after a group separated a black man and a white woman living together at Oakville. They face charges under the criminal code for appearing masked in public without a lawful excuse, a penalty of up to five years in prison.
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