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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
6
The Canterbury club will meet tomorrow at 4 PM at Mrs. William Lindsay’s Otteray drive home. Also listed are various society events including Lotus Club gathering, children of Confederacy meeting, and a Shrine Club party at the Sheraton hotel.
Mrs Everett Marsh is guest of Mrs Joe Morton in Greensboro. Miss Grace Isom spent Sunday at Walnut Cove with friends and relatives. Jean Dudley to Wins ton Salem with Mrs Raymond Rike and family. Mrs J A Morris and daughter with Roland Holton visit South Carolina. Nady Cates Jr operated on at High Point hospital and will stay several weeks. Miss Lillian Smith visits aunt Mrs Robert Joyce in Kernersville with Carrie Isom.
Raleigh reports faster license tax payments as the state prepares for a 10 percent monthly penalty starting July 1. Commissioner A. J. Maxwell shows pressure on deputies and auditors to update old returns and raise revenue, with over 75,000 letters sent about the new penalty law.
Eastern time listings from AP detail WABC WNAC WCAU WHK WJAS WMAL and other stations with programs like Arabesque Marine Band and George Olsen Hour. Also coverage cites WEAF WJZ WBZ KDKA and dozens more with hosts, orchestras, and dance hours across multiple networks.
A dense listing details multiple radio stations and their programs including WOR WABC WJZ WCAU WHAM WGY WBZ WTAM WTEN WJR WEAF and others. It enumerates time slots such as 6:00 7:00 and 11:00 for varied offerings from talks, orchestras, recitals, news, dance hours, and musical programs across cities like New York Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh Atlanta Cincinnati and more.
French engineers say wireless waves used in Germany could heat Paris. M Risler reports heating plants work by wireless power. tests used two laboratory posts 30 feet apart emitting 400 to 500 volt waves. Receiving posts in homes would act as radiators. Russian prisons already use radio receivers to tune Paris London Berlin and Soviet stations.
Raleigh May 23 A report to Dean J O Schaub from A E Mercker executive secretary of the inter state early potato committee says digging of early potatoes will start in principal producing areas of North Carolina May 27 with car lot shipments likely to be general and heavy by June 38 Peak movement should reach around June 6 with a second peak between June 13 and 20 The Elizabeth City section will ship small lots after June 25 but other sections will be nearly cleaned up by then Growers are ordering barrels at ten barrels per sack of seed planted and some at 12 to 1 The eastern shore of Virginia is forecast for peak movement the week of June 17 and the crop from the ten early producing states is expected to be comparatively light Prices may firm in July over June and some growers delayed digging last year to avoid losses
A primitive stone handmill believed to be nearly 8,000 years old was excavated at Shaugh in England. Archaeologists say the find marks an early example of grain grinding technology and offers insight into Neolithic daily life.
An advertisement touts Kitagran as a pleasant harmless tablet that clears blood impurities quickly and makes pimples disappear within 24 hours. Available at Mann Drug Co. and leading druggists with a satisfaction guarantee, refunding purchase price if not satisfied.
Thirty three etchings by Sir D. T. Cameron selling for an average of 25 dollars each recently realized a total of 13 785 dollars in a London sale. The sale highlights Cameron’s work and market value in that period.
The Saar Territory of France produced more than 2 090 006 tons of pig iron in the previous year, underscoring its role in European steel output and industrial capacity.
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