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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1930
Page
2
Film review notes Hallelujah a pioneering all Negro talking picture directed by King Vidor. It highlights the human side of African Americans with gospel music and plantation settings and features scenes like a Mississippi baptism and a camp meeting.
Fitzhugh II continues from Page 1 by closing Dr. Forney Hutchinson of Oklahoma City and Dr. T. D. Ellis of Lollisville as leaders in the event.
The discussion centers on Raskob and allies aiming to elect representatives who will modify or repeal the prohibition amendment. Henry Curran, association president, testified and hinted at possible armed revolution if prohibition persists, but gave no firm policy. The senator described these statements as troubling and evasive.
Broadhurst theater to host a three night event from May 26 with two shows nightly. Local youths selected by Betty McCoy will model in a miniature musical revue featuring summer fashion and dances. A Miss Fashion Queen of High Point will be chosen and sent to July state finals.
Widening fights over dry law and party lines appear in party lines in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania. Du Pont family ties draw scrutiny as discussants eye a liberal third party while candidates Davis Brown Grundy Pinchot vie for statewide and upstate support amid pro and anti prohibition stances.
After leaving Cadiz Graf Zeppelins voyage proceeds past Cape Verde toward St Pauls Rock and Fernando de Noronha. Reports indicate she follows the African coast with rising speed in the trade winds and may reach Pernambuco late tomorrow. The Accra reports a message from the Sierra Cordoba at 8:20 a m GMT.
At 72:20 a m E S T the Graf Zeppelin reported coordinates of 24 north 20 west, 500 miles northeast of Cape Verde and 200 miles west of Villa Cisneros on the African coast. The craft had passed Cadiz yesterday at 4:45 am and traveled over sea, averaging about fifty miles per hour.
The Graf Zeppelin, en route from Seville to Pernambuco, pushed across the East Atlantic toward the equator. It passed Cape Verde near the Canaries, then St Paul Islet and Fernando de Noronha, facing delays from headwinds and tropical storms as Dr. Hugo Eckner leads the airship through its first major technical test.
Hindu individual was detained during a raid by nationalist volunteers on the salt depot here. About one hundred nationalist volunteers sustained injuries in the operation.
London reports indicate unofficial talks between Britain and Mahatma Gandhi over India salt raid troubles. Sources say a London visit by Gandhi for an October conference could be arranged if negotiations progress, amid word of Gandhi consulting proposals seen in Bombay. The news notes a shift with the arrest of Mrs. Naidu marking a change.
Mrs Naidu led a raid on the Dharasana government salt pans and resisted arrest to the finish after repeated warnings. Also present were imprisoned Manilal Gandhi, the Mahatma's son, Byarelel, his secretary, and the Sahib of Bwagir, a Muslim.
Mary Agnes Moroney, two, remains missing after a mother’s report of a social worker taking her for a dress. Police question the parents Michael and Kathryn Moroney and a friend William Conroad amid suspicions tied to identical handwriting on letters claiming the child is in California or with an aunt. Authorities fear harm may have occurred.
Greenville South Carolina May 21. Sale of outstanding stock in the Greenville baseball club to John Martin secretary of the team was announced today by former stockholders who turned over the reins to the new owner. Martin will take charge immediately and form his own executive organization. Stockholders who disposed of their interests were R A Jolley president Ed Cody treasurer and J W Flynn.
Asheville May 21 Delegates to the North Carolina Garden Club association convention remained in town to tour gardens around Biltmore House The convention closed with a Battery Park hotel meeting Mrs S H Tomlinson of High Point was re elected president of the organization and Miss Linde Schartle of Asheville was named chairman of the western district garden clubs
Vienna May 21 authorities could not verify reports that Prince Carol of Romania arrived. Diplomatic circles doubt the rumor's truth.
President Hoover plans to accept an honorary degree from Berea College in Kentucky within the coming year. William J. Hutchins, Berea president, visited the White House to extend the invitation. Hoover indicated he could not attend in June but would be glad to participate later.
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