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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
2
May 24 AP reports a crowd at Lebourget flying field toppled a fence and scattered clothing and belongings. workers repair the field while 50 people suffered injuries, three with fractures, and police and soldiers aided in rescuing Captain Lindbergh's plane from souvenir hunters.
An advertisement asserts Bayer Aspirin is safe for colds headaches neuritis lumbago toothache rheumatism neuralgia and general pain. It notes unbroken Bayer packages carry proven directions and that handy boxes of twelve tablets cost only a few cents with bottles of 24 and 190 also available from druggists.
Arrangements for the formal opening of the Tri City airmail port at Friendship are nearly finished for Saturday. The event marks North Carolina’s first airmail port with city officials from Guilford, Forsyth, High Point, Winston Salem, and Greensboro, plus Pitcairn Aviation, expected to attend. Mayors will ride in planes at 10 am, christen three planes at 2 pm, followed by an airplane race and stunt flying.
Clues mix across and down form a broad puzzle item with time limits and wordplay references. The page lists scattered entries, including phrases like Prepared lettuce and Deity with partial phrases and incomplete OCR fragments, implying a standard themed word grid and an answer to Saturday's puzzle.
The article mentions a dedicated aircraft on the field intended for short commercial hops and states there will be a special plane for colored people.
A jury of eighteen men was chosen to serve during the first term of the High Point Municipal court which opens May 31. The initial trial will be a divorce case as jurors including G. A. Pollock H T Hudson Nelson Zachery W J Hates and others are listed.
Robert Gray, a business manager and location man, became the studio's first pinch actor after Frank Tuttle directed him in a scene for Blind Alleys. He later appeared in The Telephone Girl with Herbert Brenon watching. Gray remains a production unit manager but must be ready to perform on screen.
The High Point High School senior class presents Sunshine a three act comedy at the American theater tonight with 11 cast members. Principal roles include Kathryn Einstein Mary Agnes Ransom Virginia McEwen Elizabeth Johnson Elizabeth Crowell Christine Clapp Doris Walton Dick Marshall Howard Blair Stuart Clark and Charles Parker Evelyn Crater reads prologue epilogue Lewis L Stookey directed scene set in a sanitarium near New York City seating sold at Randalls with nearly all tickets purchased.
Mrs Roxie Jenkins is jailed in Statesville on charges of concealing facts about the death of Van Benfield who was found shot in his automobile in a dying condition. Officers continue investigation into the North Statesville case.
Willards Perguson is free on a $5,000 bond in North Wilkesboro awaiting arraignment on charges of shooting and killing his close kinsman Will Ferguson. He surrendered yesterday and his case is set for the August term of superior court. Authorities say details of the shooting support his self defense claim.
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh May 24 Farmers in eastern North Carolina face potentially only a 50 percent crop, with potato and truck crops hardest hit. Commissioner Frank D. Grist cites drought, frost losses, and failed irrigation as factors, while corn, cotton, and tobacco may escape major harm. He toured Rocky Mount Tarboro Scotland Neck Elizabeth City Edenton Washington New Bern Jacksonville and surrounding areas.
Roy Everett, a young Fayetteville farmer, is set for a recorders court hearing Thursday on the charge of willfully killing his 21 year old wife Nina Everett. The body was exhumed three weeks ago and acting Coroner Joindy found no scalp wound. Everett denies the charge and has hired counsel.
Japan reports its oldest man credits long life to a simple diet of rice and eel. In a separate note, the Oxford Press sells over 380,000 copies of a new chewless prayer book within two weeks of release.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 the Redpath chautauqua begins a seven day run in the big tent on the city lot. Kryl and his band headline two concerts along with Broadway comedies The Goose Hangs High and The Patsy and lectures on timely subjects. Chicago Male Quartet led by Robert Herrick performs tomorrow afternoon followed by R B Ambrose’s science lecture and demonstration at night. WHBM broadcasting station will be shown on the platform. Season tickets available at the tent entrance and from the Eastern Star.
In Los Angeles on May 23 the trial of Paul Kelly, film actor, for the murder of Ray Raymond, musical comedy star, continued as attorney W S Gilberts prepared the final argument. The case recessed for the weekend with only the closing portions remaining before the jury receives instructions.
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