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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
5
C E Jones chairman of the South Carolina highway commission announces a ban on Sunday highway construction except in emergencies. He directs Saw yer to discharge workers who promote Sunday toil and to remove bidders who violate the Sabbath rule, with immediate effect and without notice.
London endures the first heavy fog of the season as a thick black fog hangs above the city. Lights remain on but visibility drops, causing drivers and pedestrians to grope through the streets in near darkness and chaos.
Using only a pen knife and scissors, an Englishman has fashioned a five foot replica of Southwark Cathedral as it appeared in 1540.
Five armed men plundered a Brooklyn garage loading dolls valued at 5000 dollars meant for children. The bungled theft targeted items believed to be for adults, highlighting the spree as a Christmas shock for families.
Jasper Whitley 21, charged with criminal assault on a 13 year old girl near Albemarle in August, renewed his defense after prosecution witnesses testified. Whitley testified he went to Norwood seeking work and returned to Albemarle about a half hour after the alleged attack in a cornfield.
Raleigh reports worsening job prospects as winter sets in and the state federal employment service notes 808 applicants at seven bureaus, with 533 accommodated and 674 requests for help. Unskilled workers lead unemployment, while 44 skilled, 26 clerical and professional, 12 industrial, and 160 domestic workers were placed. Placements by office include Asheville 99, Gastonia 32, Charlotte 66, Greensboro 96, Raleigh 51, Wilmington 110, Winston-Salem 79.
Ipswich Mills announces a ten percent wage cut affecting about 1500 workers across Ipswich Glouster and Lowell plants citing competition from southern mills. Russell H Leonard treasurer of Ipswich Mills also serves as treasurer of Pepperell Manufacturing which made similar cuts. Other Lewiston and Augusta mills and Lowell Cotton mills had announced comparable reductions recently.
Raleigh reports Dr H A Taylor of the state board of health warns the public school system spreads communicable diseases. Exclude any child with a cough or cold for at least a week and keep them from school during pre symptomatic stages to curb measles whooping cough and other infections. He notes close contact in schools aids transmission and stresses proper school nursing and daily checks.
An article argues for daily nurse inspections for coughs and colds, removal of ill students for at least seven days, and the use of sanitary drinking fountains or individual cups. It notes measles and whooping cough trigger large absences and disrupted curricula, calling for strict hygiene and prevention practices in schools.
Testimony on the third day of Shelby Gregory’s trial alleges a white landlord urged five men to whip Annie Mae Simmons. D C Pollard, farm owner, testified he asked attackers to take her out and whip her, part of a kidnapping and assault case against Gregory and four others.
North Carolina orphanages care for over 3000 children with many on waiting lists due to lack of funds. The November Public Welfare Progress notes the need for donations to support current expenses and equipment as several homes stress mounting debts and uncertain futures.
Dr Taylor argues that reducing communicable disease cases hinges on vaccine uptake. He asserts policy changes could materially lower future case counts and protect public health.
Minneapolis women’s club rejected Paul Poiret and sent a $2,000 check marked paid under protest after a lecture they called the biggest farce yet put out on the American people. The event also left a $600 box office deficit.
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