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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1930
Page
2
Ken Maynard stars in a western serial packed with daring rides and combat. The film showcases action sequences and tense confrontations as he battles rivals across rugged terrain.
Universal presents Lucky Larkin at the American theater opening Friday. Maynard plays the title rider who befriends homesteaders battling a terror reign by Martin Brerson, a jealous stockman. A horse race climax and a romance with Emmy Lou Perkinson add strong dramatic and scenic appeal.
Fowler's Grocery nosed out the American Bakeries team in a four game Commercial league special at King Pin alleys. Fowler's won games three and four after a 1-1-1-1 split, with high totals by Rothrock 405 and Kearns 419 for American Bakeries.
Cotton in Liverpool shows fair demand with prices down across grades. American accounts include 2,800 bales among 5,000 sold. receipts total 15,000, with 5,700 American. Futures closed quiet.
The Literary Digest 20 000 000 ballot nationwide poll shows 287 885 votes for Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act, 224 141 for Modification, 191 909 for Strict Enforcement. Second returns cover 20 states and D C with varied regional patterns. The Digest plans a follow up poll of nearly 1 000 000 ballots among professionals.
The Beachum Brothers Flying Circus announces free public spectators as buses will shuttle to Clinard Field two miles from town on the Asheboro highway. Pilots Clyde White and Johnnie Maxwell headline the show with international acclaim while Jesse Exum leads the circus and performs multiple jumps from 2,000 feet using a self-made parachute. The main attraction is an airplane race Sunday at 2:30 PM.
The 100-room Piedmont Springs resort hotel, located 30 miles from Winston-Salem, was destroyed by a fire with reports noting the building and surrounding property damaged. Fire crews battled the blaze, with details on cause and casualties not yet confirmed.
Early today the hotel showed no occupants and has remained untenanted since the season closed last fall.
Market conditions push storage of about seven million muskrat skins in the Yukon district. Officials note large stockpiles reflect current demand and pricing pressures affecting fur trade dynamics.
The second presentation of Umbrella's T Mend drew a large enthusiastic crowd at First Methodist Protestant church. The cast and Christian Endeavor society received praise for both humor and moral tone, with local sponsors and setup lauded and Mrs L R Johnston cited for capable direction.
High Point Elks lodge to host Grand Exalted Ruler Walter P. Andrews of Atlanta and Grand Secretary J. E. Masters of Chicago. A special meeting tonight completes arrangements for tomorrow’s entertainment and speeches, with a 7:30 pm gathering and 8:00 pm arrival.
Chicago police guarding Capone hangouts report he has not appeared since his Monday release from a Philadelphia penitentiary. Evanston mocks yacht landing claims. Indian Harbor notes no Capone tire tracks on Main Street.
Rutherfordton report notes Mrs. Mary C. Lee of Rutherford County has spent over twelve years searching for her son James Robert E. Lee who disappeared leaving family hopeful and grieving.
A Milwaukee mother reports her son enlisted in 1917 with the 133rd Field Artillery Battery and has not been heard from since. She appeals to the War Department and the American Legion for aid, believing his colonel's name may be Logan and fearing either death in action or shell shock.
International House near the University of California Berkeley will host 456 students from 56 nationalities. The program aims to foster cultural exchange and global understanding on campus.
MONROE N C March 20 S B Thompson 50 farmer died from injuries after a pig broke loose from a truck, fell on him during pen loading. He was injured internally and survived by a widow and eleven children, oldest 18 and youngest a baby unnamed.
Mrs George E Pillow of Franklin Virginia describes her recovery from fatigue and low spirits after months of overexertion. She credits Nujol a non drug internal lubricant with brightening her complexion aiding sleep and energy. The ad claims Nujol cleanses poisons and promotes happiness and calls readers to buy sealed Nujol at drug stores.
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