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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1929
Page
2
Clara Bow delivers a sincere lively performance in Saturday Night Kid at the Broadhurst. The film, praised as her best yet, features a realistic wholesome plot and a satire on personnel loyalty at Ginnsberg store, with romance and Bow’s vivacity driving the charm.
Coffield Furniture Company next to Beeson Hardware Company runs a window display featuring Hap Roberts sleeping on a Beautvest mattress and Simmons Ace spring in a promotional ad set to run tonight and tomorrow.
Director Frank Capra stages tests at California Aerial Transport field to compare human voice against aircraft roar for the Columbia all talking aviation special Flight. Jack Holt and Ralph Graves star under Capra with Lila Lee in the lead.
Representatives from major construction and building groups meet at the White House on December 5 to form an executive committee coordinating with the department of commerce and other agencies. Attendees include A J Kingsley of New York Life and Frank H Smith of the Portland Cement Association among a wide list of industry leaders.
Kent reiterates that banks benefited from broker loans during a financial stringency months ago. Senator Glass questions the link to tariffs as the Virginian notes unprecedented broker loans. Kent says broker loans were sound investments, fully paid with no defaults or losses.
An old display from Coffield Furniture touts Beautyrest mattresses and Ace springs in a brief showroom blurb. The ad emphasizes comfort and new bedding options for customers.
Northwestern Republican senators join with Democrats to block old guard strategies while a fresh Republican faction aligned with President Hoover forms, challenging leadership. A failed adjournment attempt gives way to a second successful adjournment with a changed voting alignment.
Guilford College prepares for the final dress rehearsal of Captain Applejack. David Parsons leads as Captain Applejack with Ruth Hiller as the leading lady, both freshmen, in a complex production with new stage settings and costly costumes.
Reports from Burin Newfoundland assess 26 to 36 lives lost and extensive property damage after a tsunami following an earthquake. Deaths listed across Lamaline Point Aguan Lord's Cove Kelly's Cove Port Aux Basques while Premier Squires cites 36 or more. Relief steamer heads to the stricken coast with doctors and supplies.
The report notes Beautyrest mattresses and Ace springs contributing to a win. Key figures or teams are listed as participants, with the event framed as a triumph. Details emphasize products and engineering elements behind the success.
The case centers on Ernest Fox a Snow Hill native living in Rocky Mount who denied guilt while claiming he was in the city the night of the killing. Taylor a 20 year old grocer was found dead May 26 in a Negro section store. Fox had been arrested four days after the body was found and faced two confessions disputed by the defense.
The jury found the defendant guilty and a reprieve was granted. The case went to the Supreme Court but that body upheld Judge Small. October 12 was set as the execution date when the appeal was dismissed. Judge N A Townsend served as executive.
An article contrasts decorative painted flower pots with 1920s craft ideas and then shifts to a murder case in which Gov. Gardner grants a 30 day reprieve for a condemned man. Judge Townsend hears Thorne’s appeal and upholds the verdict, citing the defendant Fox as sane and morally responsible.
Rev. Ronald J. Tamblyn of Grace Methodist Church Greensboro addressed a Guilford College Y event in the music building on the Consciousness of American Citizenship. He defined consciousness as the drive to do right, notes laws and history guide us, and urges carrying only the best impulses with us while keeping God close.
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