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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1931
Page
11
Washington news reports confirm Garner of Texas as the Democratic speaker candidate as Tammany Hall pledges solid backing. Representative Cullen and Prall of New York announce the 23-member delegation will back Garner and seek smooth chairmanship distribution among northern and southern Democrats.
In Portland Oregon Mrs Daugherty threw a dish of potatoes at her husband during a desertion dispute. H V Daugherty testified he was hit by non mashed potatoes as they quarreled on the grounds of separation. The court heard the unusual incident as part of the domestic dispute proceedings.
Norman Bel Geddes brings a modernist design to Hamlet with electric laboratories and film like effects. Richard Massey’s performance as Hamlet stands out amid eerie sound records and ghostly cues that travel through a single skyscaper style set.
The piece notes Bel Geddes asks if Hamlet truly heard the ghost or imagined the words. It contrasts the classic stage lines with a current version where Hamlet recites the ghost’s lines as if he alone hears them.
City announces retrenchment under the economy knife with Mrs. W. G. Shipman T. D. Wells and Miss Nell Clinard informed their services end December 1. Rumors swirl about C. B. Wagner’s resignation and EB M. Knox’s role as city manager amid illness and budget delays.
The city will move the light department duties from the light superintendent to the director of public utilities. Mrs. Shipman will transfer charge of electric light department deposit records. Miss Clinard will no longer serve as secretary as J L Perkins, director of the Pye, states he does not need a secretary.
In a humorous exchange the bride and mother navigate a kitchen mishap. The bride sobs over a misinterpreted meal as the groom’s daughter, the sonj, is referenced, and a light domestic tension unfolds with playful emotion.
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