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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1930
Page
4
The text notes Jack Dempsey travels to Africa to hunt big games. It suggests the move is meant to prove to a dubious public that he can still defeat large wildcats.
The cooperative employment system introduced by major plants is improving welfare work in the city. April's board of public welfare shows 47 new cases, down from 200 monthly, with 413 existing cases and 213 closed after treatment. Repatriation of 36 farm families is noted through Mrs W C Ham.
Charleston’s population fell by 5834 to 62123 in the last decade, an 8.6 percent drop from 67957 in 1910. The piece notes civic groups urging a new enumeration and argues greatness rests on quality of life beyond headcount, citing Charleston’s historic grace and ongoing distinction.
The Raleigh Times notes a Winston Salem Journal report accusing Senator Simmons of drinking. The piece contends the claim is a vile slander, refuting it as false and highlighting the broader campaign of innuendo. It questions Bailey backers for spreading the rumor and calls for clarity on motives.
A meditation on rising suicides among men and women caused by financial and personal distress. It urges talking through troubles with friends and family, notes a business leader who chose suicide amid crisis, and contrasts the waste of life with available support and humane help. It then oddly shifts to a technical description of early television imaging and light valves without clear connection to the preceding moral discussion.
Howard Blakeslee reports at Tulsa that a new gasoline blend, derived from University of Michigan bulletin 14, adds cold start reliability and power. Sponsored by the Natural Gasoline Association of America, the formula restores natural gasoline and naphtha for broader temperature performance and greater supply.
A report notes that she arranged for several families who had moved to town to return to farms in the Carolinas. The move aimed to restore stable livelihoods and reestablish residence on agricultural land.
Thomasville now counts 10 105 residents a decade rise of 78 percent over ten years. Near High Point the town shares origins and industries with similar expansion pressures. With both towns growing a junction of two cities and county-city integration may form to serve dense settlements.
The piece weighs Pennsylvania primary results and shifts in party power. It notes Grundy’s defeat, Pinehot’s victory over Brown, Ware’s stance, and the role of party bosses, the Dry ticket, and the Mellon family in a broader question of decency and political reform in the state.
A psychoanalyst declares children are born criminals, amplifying anxieties of young mothers. A man travels from a Texas town to New York on a bull, presumably toward the stock market.
Minnie Atkins-Edwards argues that people are their own worst enemies in hard times. True valor is continuing to live when life seems harsher than death, as individuals fulfill their assigned roles and resist quitting by self-destruction.
Three American newspaper men Clark Howell publisher of the Atlanta Constitution Stuart Perry of the Adrian Telegram and Robert P. Scripps of Scripps-Howard newspapers were honored guests at a farewell luncheon by the English Speaking Union in London. They have been visiting England and Scotland for three weeks as Walter Hines Page memorial fellows. Lord Burnham presided.
The passage mentions a receiver capturing radio sound waves amplified via a public address system. Performers stood before an aircandescent lamp and metal apparatus at the transmitting point, suggesting a staged broadcast or demonstration.
A local report notes tendergreen, a leafy vegetable like spinach and kale, being grown near Bee ville Texas to provide nutritious greens for children. The story emphasizes community farming and educational value in the region.
Governor race totals show Pinchot leading with 618 504 votes to Brown 608 454 and Phillips 260 283 from 489 districts. Senator results place Davis 715 159, Grundy 476 279, Bohlen 233 877 from 8 290 districts, with incomplete returns indicating Pinchot carries 60 of 67 counties and upstate gains offset Philadelphia plurality.
Unofficial returns from all but 63 districts show Gif ford Pinchot with a 12 279 plurality over Francis Shunk Brown for the Republican nomination for governor in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary.
Funeral services for William Ollie Tuttle, who died at his Jamestown township home, were held at Mitchell's Grove M. P. Church. Rev. E W Jones conducted the 2 PM service. Pallbearers were Tuttle brothers W A, E R, Marvin, Malcolm, Rufus, Shelby. Floral bearers included E N Haney Violet Everhart Laura Suggs Dorothy Tuttle May Hodges Mary Tuttle Hyacinth Cox Frances Ingram. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Milwaukee dispatch reports 190 boys and 26 nuns escaped a four story St Francis orphanage fire in the small hours. Firefighters and volunteers battled flames that reached 100 feet. no fatalities or injuries. The orphanage on St Francis seminary campus near Lake Michigan housed under 15s. Rev Father Baier led the rescue. Funeral services for W H Idol held at Abbots Creek Baptist with large turnout.
Chicago May 22 police arrest motorists driving 35 or 40 miles per hour on Chicago boulevards. Judge Freeman L. Fairbank rebuked the speeders court saying it will not punish motorists solely for driving 35 40 or 45 miles an hour.
A 1929 letter from Mrs. Fred Barringer of Lewistown Montana describes a four week weight loss of 17 pounds using Kruschen Salts. She claims hunger was lessened and appetite increased activity. She urges overweight men and women to try the remedy noting its low cost and four week bottle.
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