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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1929
Page
4
Virginia voters face a tight race between Brown and Pollard as forecasts differ and party loyalties could swing the state. The outcome may signal shifts in southern politics and test traditional party alignments amid lingering reactions to national figures and past campaigns.
The Gastonia Gazette weighs possible motives in the daylight murder of Ella May Wiggins on a public highway. It cites jurors’ testimony suggesting she may have been killed by her own crowd or by a third party, while noting the governor sent Judge McElroy to investigate.
A three year old Washington dinner party attended by a New York broker and senators in a capital hotel triggers ethics debate. Senator Brookhart, subpoenaed after hinting at details, questions the guest's duty to hosts and the propriety of testifying about the wet party amid broader issues of loyalty and immunity.
The piece critiques financial leaders for praising big players while blaming the small investor. It argues the market rewarded large purchases yet condemned modest bets, noting a shift from welcoming the little investor to condemning gambling by any but the wealthy. It laments sanctimonious double standards in Wall Street culture.
In a crowded scene a bullet hole appeared in the glass back of a driver's seat where three men sat, while the windshield remained untouched. Suspicion arises that a woman could have been slain by Communists seeking a martyr, given the era’s volatile tensions.
The northern and eastern North Carolina Methodist conferences pressed economic justice in industry but omitted tobacco workers from their resolutions. They discussed textile wages and conditions, yet gave no explicit stance on cigarette makers where most workers are black. The tobacco trade, though activist among lay leaders, received no reform call.
Brookhart declines to stay silent as he confronts a fellow senator accused of wool-pulling. He argues it would demand greater restraint to endure the misrepresentation and urges truth over partisan silence.
Report from Charlotte and High Point sources says the plan to merge seventeen North Carolina banks with a New York holding company and linked New York chain is dead. Wilkison and Cox associates declined comment as fed reserve misgivings and recent financial shifts eroded support, leading to abandonment of the proposed deal.
Travelers Life Insurance reports 2900 American traffic deaths in August, up 23 percent from August 1928. The figure underscores a growing toll and a national complacency toward motor fatalities.
A Massachusetts high school reportedly has a football field but no dedicated classroom building. The situation is framed as starting in the right direction, with emphasis on school facilities and future development.
A vegetarian who neither smokes nor drinks just celebrated his first birthday. It may have seemed longer than that to him.
A quote attributes to George Bernard Shaw stating that if the young are not better than the old, he does not know what will happen to the world. The remark is presented as a bitter admission about future outcomes.
Enterprise Bureau reports Raleigh November 4 that nearly 18 million dollars from equalizing funds, appropriated 1901 to 1927, have aided public schools. The four periods cover 1902-29 and total distributions exceed 15 million dollars, with tax and levy adjustments varying by period.
Motorman Manson Hume halted an elevated train after mistaking a sleeping dog for a man on the track. A second train struck the paused train, injuring eight people, with Hume sustaining the most severe injuries.
A Wharton School survey estimates annual gains of 43 million dollars in the value of fully fashioned hosiery production in the United States, reflecting the impact of shorter skirts on fashion demand.
William E. Peters delivers a homicide confession at Philadelphia police headquarters about the death of Miss Leona Fischbach as part of the entertainment in a New York theater. Patrons hear the statement during the screening.
New York boy Ezra Rachlin aged 12 has debuted at Carnegie Hall after a three year Berlin study and two weeks in the United States. He has formed a neighborhood football team and pursues both music and sport with promise.
Frau Schroeter Vores cou claims the record for women's parachute drops with a jump from eight thousand two hundred feet in Leipzig Germany.
A five foot three inch rattlesnake with eight rattles and a button was found on a station platform in New York. A policeman killed the reptile after it cleared a wide space and posed on the area.
Princeton professor endorses R Buckminster Fuller’s plan for a house with double layered walls and floors of synthetic leather like material. Air between layers is exhausted to create a vacuum for sound and cold insulation, seen as a step toward a revolution in housebuilding.
The Rev Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick calls people who treat God as a cosmic bell-boy selfish and un Christian in a candid critique of modern religious attitude.
Robert Bridges publishes The Testament of Beauty a 4000 line verse cycle in celebration of his 85th birthday. The work surveys bees Ur excavations a political garden party broadcasting flight and electric light while noting Bridges as a spelling reformist who writes read spread redd and spredd in his text.
In Los Angeles, Elmer Foss sued for divorce claiming his wife was too ambitious and sought work rather than devoting herself to home duties. Mrs Foss replied she could not break the habit of entering the world and doing things.
Treasury records show 290 individuals earned over one million dollars in 1927 with total income tax of 98.36 million. New York led in net incomes at 6.40 billion, Illinois and Pennsylvania next, and the tax figures accompany broader tariff bill talks in Senate coalitions aiming for an early final vote.
The Cherry Street Presbyterian revival begun yesterday was postponed due to the death of Dr. C. M. Young former president of Harbison College at Irma, South Carolina. Friends plan to attend his funeral. Rev. L B West from Charlotte led the campaign. The meeting opened yesterday with Rev C H Wright as pastor.
Joan Gresham colored wife of Ed Gresham of 900 Leonard Street was stabbed in the breast with an ice pick during an altercation. She was taken to High Point hospital for care. Ed Gresham was arrested on assault with intent to kill after reportedly telling officers of plans to kill his wife.
In Bethlehem, three youths robbed several women at petting parties, assuming victims would not report crimes. Victims did report the robberies, leading to the trio being captured and sentenced to six years in jail.
A historical account highlights Buddhism as the gentlest of religions, noted for its emphasis on compassion, nonviolence, and meditation. The description reflects its peaceful philosophy and broad appeal across diverse populations.
At Bennettsville South Carolina an auto and airplane collision killed Archie Breeden four and Virginia 18 months old as their mother suffered injuries. Pilot Cr Langdon faces negligent operation charges after attempting takeoff in an air circus during a county fair.
forty D A R members visit Tamassee national mountain school near Greenville led by president general Mrs Lowell Fletcher Hobart of Ohio. Also attending are officers and regents from Georgia Alabama South Carolina North Carolina divisions.
In 18 years the Pribilof Islands government seal herd has surged about 265 percent to roughly 800000 animals, reflecting substantial wildlife population gains under state oversight.
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