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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1930
Page
4
The Illinois Central Railroad employs 60 000 workers and hires Dr James H Hutton to treat gland function. He aims to reduce the tired feeling and raise efficiency through thyroid adrenal and pituitary therapy. Businessmen back the experiment as doctors note gland influence on mood and energy.
The report describes Bishop Cannon’s confession of error and regret after gambling. It questions whether the outcome is exoneration or forgiveness, noting the committee’s action as reported exoneration while some see it as forgiving.
North Carolina hosts about 850000 pupils in public schools ranking second in the South. The state notes rising education costs yet views schooling as a public service worth the burden. Texas leads the region in public school matriculation.
A Washington statement by Congressman Garner notes the idea of subdividing Texas into five states to improve southern senatorial balance, arguing that eight additional southern senators would result. The passage suggests Texas would become at least five North Carolinas in size.
The obituary recalls Sir William Gordon-Cumming once accused of cheating at a nineties house party with the prince of Wales present, noting his lasting disgrace and bitter memories. It also highlights Ponca City Oklahoma’s statue honoring pioneer women and their enduring legacy as frontier mothers who endured and toiled.
The piece notes bitterness in the Methodist denomination over a split and a Arkansas layman berating Joseph Daniels for advocating church noninvolvement in politics. It highlights Daniels backing prohibition while criticizing his inconsistency in aligning church and political action.
Helen M. Barrett of Richland Michigan 99 former D A R member died. Her father served in the Revolutionary War under Gates at Saratoga. Born in New York she moved to Michigan at age seven married at fourteen. Her life underscored the hard pioneer days and the refrain she always managed.
A reflection on aging, census trends, and national change as the United States shifts from youth to maturity. The piece argues population growth is slowing, frontier optimism fades, and a era of careful planning and analytical leadership will replace former rapid expansion. It foresees a long readjustment requiring deliberate thought and study.
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports 1929 registrations showing seven states each with over a million passenger cars. California leads with one car per 2.64 people, while New York averages 6.12 people per car. Nevada Iowa Kansas Oregon Nebraska rank high in the per auto metric.
A playful Indian nursery line echoes goosey goosey Gandhi as a question about wandering. The verse blends traditional diction with a modern political name, reflecting folk language shifts.
The Harvard club bridge team defeated Yale players twice, likely due to superior training in tackling the dummy.
In a competitive setting kibitzers provide the most disruptive sort of interference as they chatter from the sidelines and affect the flow of events. Their commentary can distract players and officials, altering the pace and focus of the competition.
Paul Hampden, son of a noted actor, works in a Flint Michigan auto factory. He says handling automobile parts provides practical training and discipline useful for his acting craft.
Dwight Morrow was chosen as the most outstanding graduate of Amherst College in a senior class election. The remark about his not seeking the senate race adds a pointed note to the brief item.
A Chicago man arrested for stealing cigars claims he did it to feed his starving children. He says the act was driven by desperation and hunger, not theft.
A May 1930 letter argues Senator Simmons shifted to Republican aims, harming Democratic unity in North Carolina. The writer accuses Simmons of using franking to attack Democrats while shielding Republican failures and lobby ties, urging a firm anti-Simmons vote on June 7. The piece targets Raskob, Huston, and anti-saloon groups, framing the conflict as a battle over party allegiance and prohibition ideology.
A reader notes corn stalks might be converted into a variety of usable goods including paper, golf balls, and fountain pens, suggesting potential industrial uses and new materials.
May 20 reports describe a grand sea parade as President Hoover watched the United States and scouting fleets assemble for maneuvers. The Salt Lake City led the review with battleships Texas and California nearby. carriers Saratoga and Lexington hosted vast air power and a daring plane detachment practice over water.
Sergeant Alvin C York of Tennessee urged Rutherford College graduates to shape their own destinies during the 78th annual commencement in Hickory. He told the seniors their future life would be what they make it.
In AUTELL France on May 20 Bill Tilden placed second in the French hard court championship draw behind Henri Cochet of France. Wilbur Coen of Kansas City earned seeding honors for the first time in his tennis career in France.
The House military committee approved a bill to appropriate 2 million dollars for a national home for disabled volunteer soldiers in a southern state, amended to read Southern states instead of southeastern states.
Senator Black of Alabama told the senate he would try to prevent adjournment until both houses vote on Muscle Shoals legislation. The Democrat pressed for full consideration, signaling a fight over the controversial project as Congress weighed final actions.
A $500000 damage suit by Mme Rene Hahn against Sir Joseph Duveen over La Belle Ferroniere was settled out of court. The action was disposed of without prejudice to both sides and no financial terms were disclosed. Mrs Hahn’s counsel said she was very well satisfied. The settlement occurred April 11 with the case removed from the Supreme Court calendar.
High Point College trustees gather this afternoon to elect a new president for the college year and to appoint faculty. Retiring president Dr. R. M. Andrews attends as reports are heard. A committee favors Dr. R. I. Humphreys of Salisbury Md, but others back Rev. R. L. Farmer, Dr. P. E. Lindley, and Dr. P. S. Kenneth amid possible further meetings.
Kathleen Twisdale, a Raleigh girl claimed to be 17, was sentenced to 18 months in Alderston federal prison after conviction for possession and transportation of whiskey. She was tried with Kermit and Clyde Brusher. Kermit received one year and a day at Washington National Training School, Clyde one year and a day in Atlanta.
Funeral services for Mrs. M. L. Carter were held at 1 pm at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. O. L. Ruth officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were B. H. Hayworth, W. A. McDonald, W. M. Hodgin, E. L. Dorsett, C. C. Vincannon and N. Glenn Nance. Flowers carried by Ada Crawford, Ethel Kennedy, Mrs. W. E. Simmons, Mrs. O. L. Ruth, Mrs. Norma McDonald and Mrs. Julia Stone.
Otto Wood, famed for escaping a state prison three times and long confinement on death row, today joined the A grade of honor prisoners in Raleigh.
About 60 North Carolina Garden Club members gathered in Asheville at Battery Park hotel to discuss gardening topics and garden improvements. Mrs. S Halstead Tomlinson presided as president, the meeting opening at 10 o clock Tuesday morning.
A telegram from Masulipatam reports police clashed with civil disobedience demonstrators at Gudivada in Madras. Several persons were wounded, number unknown.
Isaac W. Smith, 42, head of a company that ran a chain of women’s wear stores in Maryland and Virginia, was found fatally wounded today in the garage of his Salisbury home, apparently a death by his own action.
Washington May 20 The Senate voted 9 to 23 for immediate consideration of the Couzens resolution to restrict railroad consolidations.
The speaker argues that sales tax hits gross sales rather than profits, harming small firms and forcing manufacturers to relocate. He notes department stores with large gross revenues could owe far more tax than smaller profit-rich operations, and outlines general, limited, and luxury tax forms and their potential to expand.
William Ollie Tuttle 46 died yesterday at 4 30 p m at his Jamestown township home after a several day illness of pneumonia He was born in Stokes County August 12 1883 son of W A and L A Rison Tuttle and worked for Knox Upholstering Co Surviving are his widow Mamie Everhart mother L A Tuttle of Guilford County one daughter Viola and three sons James Harold Virgil all of Jamestown Also six brothers and three sisters Funeral is set for Mitchells Grove M P church Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev E W Jones of Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist conducting. burial in Mitchells Grove Cemetery.
Sanford mourns as William H. Sitts 67 longtime city leader and former mayor dies suddenly at his residence. The prominent local figure had long guided Sanford civic life and was widely known throughout the area.
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