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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1928
Page
2
Three factions form around sending a large farmer delegation to the Republican national convention in Kansas City. Proponents cite McNary Haugen as a mobilizing basis while opponents say dirt farmers lack unified relief views. Local leaders and Midwest organizers push to recruit participants despite skepticism.
Richmond writer reports Mrs Virginia Gartrell Grubbs a Richmond society matron was named Virginia’s representative of the Rhododendron festival at Asheville for the week beginning June 4.
Physicians tout Purification of the system as nature’s health base. Take Calotabs weekly for several weeks to cleanse your body and improve well being. Family packages with directions sell for 35 cents at drugstores.
Tulsa hosts the one hundred fortieth general assembly of the US Presbyterian Church. It completes its business with elections of board members and a decision to proceed on a national church campaign in Washington costing 5 million dollars. The assembly also dismissed an appeal involving Rev. Albert Park Fitch over doctrines on the Virgin Birth and set St Paul as next year’s venue.
O J Peterson Pittsboro newspaper publisher runs for commissioner of labor and printing against Frank Grist and M L Shipman. He promotes a front porch campaign while visiting Raleigh and preparing for the Saturday primary. He plans to rely on letter writing and word of mouth to mobilize voters.
Cap tain Emilio Carraza of the Mexican army says he will not follow Lindbergh’s route to Washington. He plans a path from Tampico to New Orleans, then over Montgomery Alabama Atlanta Georgia Greenville South Carolina and Richmond Virginia to the capital. The 1870 mile flight has no fixed date yet. Airdrome conditioning progress continues with completion expected by Sunday and one more week for final arrangements.
Dr I T Mann of the Andrew Jackson post spoke at the Monarch club luncheon at the Sheraton hotel about American Legion efforts for disabled World War veterans. He said 17 000 applications for disability compensation are on file in Charlotte and about 20 men weekly seek government adjustments. The club expressed appreciation for his work.
Mrs Irene Frazier Van Heusen, wife of William Proctor Manning Van Heusen of the Collar Manufacturing set, files for alimony and custody of three children. She quotes him saying he preferred another woman and would sacrifice two lives for Ruth, while earning about 1500 dollars a month.
In Belgrade on May 30, anti Italian demonstrations continued despite arrests and government threats. Students stormed the Imperial Czar restaurant, burned the Italian flag and a portrait of Mussolini, triggering wider protests that police struggled to quell.
Smithfield May 30 A coroner's jury was called to resume investigation into the death of Everett Eason 35 reported after his body was found on the Selma Smithfield highway. Suspects Paul Pilkington Ansley Pilkington Carl Childress Berdice Narron and James Narron are in custody. Evidence includes an empty whisky flask and a hammer near the victim.
Washington May 30 The senate presidential campaign investigating committee will begin inquiries in Ohio and New York starting Friday. Two members will travel to Cincinnati tomorrow night and two others will go to New York City at the same time.
Mrs. T. Johnstone reports her children no longer hate her after using Vincl, a tonic combining iron, phosphate and cod liver peptone. The ad claims the first bottle improves sleep and appetite, boosts energy, and that Vinnol tastes pleasant with quick effects for nervous, tired people. J. A. Hart Drug Co.
Hugh A. Murrill Jr of Charlotte and High Point states the furniture center is moving southward mirroring the textile shift. Southern states now produce over 120 million dollars annually with North Carolina Virginia Tennessee and Georgia leading. He notes the South will benefit from rising competition and evolving consumer demand for style and service in retail furniture.
Delegates and their managers assess unseen voting blocs with 273, 346 and 339 percentages in play. Uninstructed delegates from New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts loom large as caucuses near balloting. Coolidge and Hughes names surface as leaders weigh whether he would accept any renomination.
The Duke of Newcastle died in London this morning at age 63. His brother Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham Clinton Hope is named as successor. His first wife was American actress May Yoke. the couple divorced in 1902.
May Yohe divorced Captain Putnam B Strong in Portland, Oregon in 1910 and later wed Captain Jan Smuts. She resumed vaudeville in New York in the spring of 1923.
James A. Lockhart 47 former state commander of the American Legion and prominent attorney died suddenly at a Charlotte hotel from acute dilation of the heart. He practiced law after being wounded in France in World War I and was a native of Wadesboro with ties to Anson county and Judge Thomas Ashe. Funeral plans not announced.
Ambassador Herrick and American officials led a memorial day in Paris with services at the pro cathedral and St. Josephs, wreaths at the Arc de Triomphe, and 29 915 American graves across sites including Belleau Wood Somme and St Mihiel. Gen. John J. Pershing spoke at Thiaucourt as French orphans decorated graves with poppies.
Raleigh May 30. North Carolina potatoes have begun moving to the markets of the country. George Ross head of the division of markets state department of agriculture said the movement began yesterday but he had not received any reports upon its extent.
BASE SHIPs landed from the mother ship Citta Di Milano for a long trek to Widejord on the northern coast to west Spitzbergen. Lieutenant Luette Holm and two Norwegian guides push an air search from Horton to Tromsoe using the Sealer Hobby as a base. The Italia is believed to have crashed between 9 and 11 am Friday near Moffen Island with rescue chances depending on whether the crash was on land or sea.
A Soviet aviation committee urged Arch angel to push a hydroairplane and ice breaker to search for the Italia. Sweden plans to send aviators as expenses hinder expedition funding. Norway, after Italy’s request, will press on with a Riiser-Larsen plan using a naval plane to the north.
The scene in the Senate featured Maryland Democrat Bruce denouncing a proposed deal to move the bill, clashing with Kansas Democrat Robinson and support from Reed and La Follette. Johnson pressed for a vote while Botah of Idaho urged an executive session, ending the shouting as doors closed.
Federal agents arrested three men at a Wilkes County Ferguson community distillery late Monday night and found nothing when the trio returned Tuesday morning to search for whiskey. Vestal West Dan West and Anthony Hamby posted bond to face federal prohibition charges.
The new VALET blade cuts through the shave with standout sharpness and durability. Users report more and better shaves, with enthusiastic praise even after the fifteenth use. Dealers note record demand and rising interest from customers seeking these blades over older models.
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