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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
23
In Atlanta a riddle about Bobby Jones and Rabbi 8S. 8. Wise notes both figures were born on St. Patrick's Day. In Erivan Armenia a solitary monk guards Ani the ancient capital of Armenia as Russian archaeologists begin excavations among ruined palaces.
Miss Emeth Tuttle director of child welfare at the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare resigns after over five years of service. Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson commends her work on Mothers Aid, regional crippled children clinics, and the Wake Family chart project. Miss Lily E. Mitchell succeeds her, bringing supervision of demonstration work under a Rockefeller fund.
Raleigh March 18 AP Last month was the warmest February in 37 years with a state mean temperature 51.4 degrees above normal from 65 stations. Highest 86 at Kinston and lowest 13 at Jefferson. Precipitation averaged 3.96 inches, with 7.29 inches at Andrews and 1.70 at Sanatorium. Rivers rose later in Roanoke Cape Fear Neuse Tar and Yadkin.
The speaker notes a brother who has medals for running five and ten miles a silver swimming medal two wrestling cups boxing and rowing badges. The friend jokes he must be a wonderful athlete but another says he runs a pawnshop.
Raleigh reports a new provision in a North Carolina bill requires every automobile owner to buy a metal holder for the registration card, priced at 50 cents, in addition to gas tax and six month license fees. Officials dispute origin while supporters claim safety benefits and reduced theft.
The proposal requires the license number on the rear plate to always match the registration card. Motorists may currently feel compelled to accept the change without protest.
Albany Georgia reports it is the safest city in the nation for fires. Its fire waste loss last year was 40 cents per capita and it earned the grand prize from the national fire waste council and the United States Chamber of Commerce.
New York reports Mrs. Fiske and Margaret Anglin will tour the country next season to revive the moribund spoken drama. They aim to present the best plays in the best manner with art and good taste without leaning highbrow or lowbrow.
In New York two private cars were arranged to transport Gloria Swanson, providing a discreet arrangement for her movement. The detail reflects the era’s celebrity protection practices and department coordination.
Mississippi state senator Miss Belle Kearney addresses a North Carolina Anti-Saloon League convention in Raleigh on March 18, criticizing a crime wave and postwar erosion of American ideals. She cites lax enforcement of prohibition and other laws and highlights smoking as a symptom of broader decline.
At a public event Miss Kearney delivered a formal address on doom or dominion of liquor. Dr Francis Scott McBride from Westerville Major Frank B Ebbert of Los Angeles and William Pussyfoot Johnson, a citizen of the world, also spoke on the program.
In Newark Ohio a bald eagle the first seen in years swooped over Buckeye Lake and seized a 3 pound bass. The fish slipped from the talons and was recovered by Charles Fink and Henderson Jones.
A humorous bridge anecdote records a player who opens a no trump and all pass. Dummy questions the bid while the declarer explains he bid with a single jack two queens and three cock tails.
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