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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1929
Page
4
A short reflective note contrasts life and journey. It cites Psalms 90:9 and wryly compares life’s travel to potions of amusement, concluding with a humorous remark about rest. The author signs as souther.
Citizens are urged to support a two day solicitation this week to cover a deficit in the annual community chest. The drive funds the Y M C A Y W C A Boy Scouts Salvation Army and the board of public welfare. Officials emphasize the need to meet past due obligations and sustain vital social services. Wednesday and Thursday are the canvass days with volunteers urged to prepare and participate.
Commissioner Graham warns the entire commercial fruit crop of the Sandhills could be destroyed by the fruit fly. He urges cooperation of housekeepers, fruit dealers, civic groups, and chambers of commerce to inspect every fruit and destroy decayed pieces. The plan lacks specific enlistment instructions for volunteers, but the warning stresses prevention as cheaper than eradication.
The Monroe doctrine faces renewed criticism as South American nations led by Argentina push to ignore it within the League of Nations covenant. Some Americans deem the move treasonous, while advocates warn a pan American entente would be more beneficial, reducing perceived big-brotherly influence.
Florida is eradicating a danger to its fruit crop as strict quarantine measures cover a large region. The commissioner of agriculture warns North Carolina to be vigilant against a possible invasion by the Mediterranean fruit fly.
The piece argues Mussolini faces downfall after watching golf and trying a few swings. It portrays him as a powerful dictator whose fate may hinge on a changed mindset from a casual sport viewing. The tone is speculative and uses golf as a metaphor for decline.
A Milwaukee based survey of 300 people reported by Dean Robert A Johnson for Sales Management ranks newspaper advertising as the most influential medium. Magazines follow, with billboards mail radio and other media receiving scattered mentions. Seventy four readers named newspapers, magazines received sixty seven votes, and other media trailed.
A survey found 97 favored magazines, 64 newspapers, 30 billboards, 20 radio, and 16 mail for advertising. The group views advertising as a dominant industrial factor, with 83 percent saying it spurs work to buy advertised goods.
International trade expert Frank H. Simonds weighs the growing complexity of tariffs as Canada and South America threaten reprisals and the US seeks to preserve markets. Evelyn Brown urges better industrial lighting to cut accidents and eye injuries among workers, citing mine and factory hazards.
City plans a groundbreaking project to claim the world’s tallest building, aiming for major publicity and civic pride. Officials emphasize economic and architectural significance as construction dates are announced.
A puzzled note questions how the theory began and who started it, with readers hoping for clarification on its origins and development.
A writer argues for corn as the national flower. The piece omits corn’s use as an occasional gargle and notes a recent Swiss prohibition measure and the role of a coast guard in the broader context.
A St Louis newspaper man earned the Pulitzer for the best reportorial work of the year. Before awarding next year’s prize the committee should hear the important news stories confided along our street each morning.
In landscape planting informal masses of annuals and perennials against green foliage or masonry backgrounds yield better color effects than rigid geometric beds. Iris and lily benefits from backdrops. mass color works for Phlox and Sweet William. Use annuals with shrubs for naturalistic, landscape planting. some flowers suit cut or formal gardens only. The range of varieties and effects is nearly limitless.
Guilford College student chapel program marks the eightieth birthday of Dr. L. L. Hobbs, president emeritus, who reflects on changes from his youth including baseball’s rise as a college sport and modern travel. Mrs. Hobbs attends, praising his lifelong love of baseball and his late father’s early death. her remarks credit his mother with supporting the family.
Premier Poincare forbids statues while alive citing modesty and intent to live long. A proposal for a national monument was rejected by him with the remark that after his death people may erect what they wish. He later softened the veto though insisting he would still be around for a long time.
A bottle dropped overboard on October 7, 1927, by a British vessel 1900 miles north of the Fiji Islands drifted 434 days and 2500 miles to North Queensland. Inside was a note asking return to the Meteorological Office of the British Air Ministry, which plans to drop 494 ships worth of bottles daily to map sea currents.
Readers in Monte Carlo were amused by news that the Garde Republicaine band would perform at the Casino Theatre. The concert, originally set for Sunday night at 9 p.m., has been postponed. The 12 performers drew praise from those who had heard them.
Clyde Van Dusen, trained by McAfee, leads from the first turn to win the Derby amid mud and rain. Naishapur probes late but cannot overtake. Panchio finishes third as Windy City takes fifth. The race value totals 864,474 with the winner receiving 53,959.
Charles T. Fisher of Detroit had Blue Larkspur leading the field as the head in front of Volteur. The finish order lists The Nut in seventh, Fols in eighth, Karl Huek ninth, Upset Lad tenth, Calf Roper eleventh, Bay Beauty twelfth, Chica tie thirteenth, Paul Bunyan fourteenth, Essare fifteenth, Lord Braedelbane sixteenth, Minotaur seventeenth, Ben Mahree as the only filly at nineteenth, Chip, Prince Pat, Paraphrase.
Passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin endure a perilous drift with one motor failed as mistral winds push the airship toward the Mediterranean. Dr Eckener and Knud steer toward a landing field at Cuers, using water ballast to lighten the craft before a careful touchdown.
Purdue University agricultural experiment station researcher Dr. G. N. Hofter demonstrates a color test for corn by pouring chemicals into the stalk to reveal nutrient needs. Potassium, nitrogen, or phosphate deficits show as color changes, aiming to balance rations and raise Indiana yields by several bushels per acre.
Mrs Herbert Hoover supports a grandmothers division in the National Parents and Teachers Association. She accepts a life membership and notes doors open to grandmothers as well as mothers. Her granddaughter Peggy Ann and grandson Herbert Hoover III brightened the White House on move-in.
North Carolina Republicans plot a strong challenge to Senator Simmons in 1930 even if he runs in the Democratic primary. They eye David H. Blair as a possible GOP nominee and expect Democratic splits to boost Republican chances, while some Democrats doubt Blair will run and prefer private life.
The Protestant churches tighten a six year separation period to curb divorces through Warsaw, while Vilna's Protestant body remains lenient, legalizing many interchurch marriages and easing decrees if both spouses consent to divorce.
Terrell Red, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was elected captain of the 1930 Georgia Tech baseball nine after the final game against Georgia in Athens. The selection followed the completion of the season with Tech ahead in the series.
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