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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
4
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In Charlotte, Judge Stack condemns a automobile driver to five years in prison after a fatal collision. The jury found no malicious motive but ruled the crash would not have occurred if traffic laws had been followed, and the judge suspends no part of the sentence. The case underscores strict adherence to driving safeguards.
The governor orders release of an 82 year old woman imprisoned for murder after sixteen years of a life sentence. She seeks relatives for welcome, but the state bears a responsibility to care for the aged prisoner once freed after long confinement.
Less than a third of the needed $66,000 for community chest agencies was pledged in yesterday’s canvass. The chest weeks insist the fund must be raised as planned or civic services will be crippled severely. Follow up work continues with major canvassers. High Point can meet the budget despite unfavorable conditions.
The speaker compares city programs to paying rent and the grocer's bill, stating it is a task that must be done or faced regret. The remark emphasizes civic duties as essential ongoing obligations.
The President's commission to study law enforcement is headed by George W. Wickersham of New York, Taft's former attorney general. The group aims to address lawlessness and restore order, seeking to reduce statutes and improve enforcement to strengthen respect for law.
The surgeon general states that the Public Health Service stopped using inflammable nitro cellulose films in 1924 at marine hospitals and relief stations, removing hundreds of pounds of stock. Safety films replacing them pose no greater fire hazard and are satisfactory for general use, costing slightly more.
The piece argues for a thorough investigation of cotton mill conditions, noting mixed motives behind southern calls for inquiry. It praises southern operators for fair labor relations, doubts senate scrutiny helps workers, yet supports full public exposure to reveal any bad practices.
An essay praising American travel life as wildly romantic and colorful despite tin-can tourism. The piece argues ordinary road journeys reveal unexpected drama and energy in American culture and landscape.
The piece argues that annual auto vacations redefine national identity, dissolving provincial ties as Americans travel from Florida to Oregon. It notes rising tourism, road culture, and the shift in aviation and ship pricing, with GM and Fokker aviation bets signaling a future in flight purchases.
Al Capone was jailed for a year in Philadelphia on gun carrying charges. The case confirms firearms offenses carried penalties in the city.
A man in Ontario woke to find $450 missing from his trouser pocket while he slept. The incident highlights the ease of theft during rest and raises questions about security measures in private spaces.
A report states Al Capone is housed in a common cell in a Philadelphia jail and treated like other inmates. A humorous remark suggests he might have pursued pharmacy in youth. A neighboring lady is committing to politics, aiming to join a major party, undecided which one, noting the phrase pseudo-Republican has a pleasant sound.
Thomasville report details Bill Skeen held on $500 bond after shooting Milt Parrish as Parrish fired at Skeen from a car. Parrish also bound over in two $500 bonds. Arthur Jones linked to the car. Hearing set before Recorder Gilliam. Additional items note a death in Richmond and local aviation plans by R. M. Hinkle.
Miss Catherine Cox pianist and Miss Kathryne Owen soprano presented a joint recital in Memorial hall Guilford College before a small appreciative audience. The program included Grieg Sibelius Grieg Liszt and Beach works with Max Noah accompanying Owen on every number.
A new report shows rising revenue across sectors in South Africa with a predicted year end national revenue about 10 million dollars higher than estimates. Rail and farm exports lead gains with wool, maize, and gold all contributing plus growing immigration and loans to young farmers.
Horton Smith of Joplin Missouri shot 66 in the first round of the French professional championship at Saint Cloud. He carded 34 on the front nine and 32 on the back nine to finish five under par and establish a remarkable early lead.
Neptune's moon is nearly the size of Earth's Moon and completes a orbit around Neptune in just under six days.
The Olympia, famed Paris music hall visited by many American tourists, will be converted into a motion picture theatre.
Raleigh May 23 Dr R W Leiby state entomologist renewed his warning for vigilance against the Mediterranean fruit fly urging fruit sellers and households to destroy decayed fruit. He warned infested Florida fruit has reached North Carolina and could wreck the peach crop and other fruits if unchecked.
Lexington May 23 The cornerstone laying for the North Carolina building at the Junior Order Orphans Home to be completed by August will occur Sunday June 16 at 3 PM. National council officers trustees and state officers will participate with over 100 dignitaries and thousands expected from across the state. The event precedes the biennial national council meeting in Charleston S C.
Frantis W. Johnston of Jefferson Georgia elected captain of the Davidson college tennis team for 1929 1930, succeeding John T Rodder of Rock Hill South Carolina who graduates. Johnston has been a varsity member for two seasons and likely will be rated No 1. No team manager has yet been chosen.
American methods and equipment will be used in a large cigarette factory to be erected at Semarang Java.
Notes indicate concrete walks and driveways will be built and the campus beautified. A new building now under construction will accommodate 100 children.
A snippet captures a playful exchange in Tit-Bits with a member admitting a raffle ticket purchase for his wife. An audience member quips about the outcome, reflecting lighthearted critique of gambling passions within a reform movement.
Quote from Life magazine humor column noting a joke about Marie marrying an old fossil to match antique furniture. The exchange reflects lighthearted social gossip and playful gendered humor typical of period panels.
An overland flood along the lower Mississippi moves at about one third the speed of the river itself, illustrating how floodwaters travel differently across land versus along the watercourse.
On May 23 1701 Captain Kidd was executed in London. The piece notes Kidd’s dubious status as a pirate, his claim he acted for the English crown, and stories of buried treasure amid earlier rewards from New York and appointments to combat piracy.
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