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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1930
Page
4
Frost Landis and Kohn based in the Brunswick building at 250 Park Avenue New York represent People s Gas Building on Michigan Boulevard for advertising matters and listings.
A proverb attributed to Ruth erford appears in a newspaper piece celebrating gratitude or reflection. It frames life as borrowing from God among created comforts and ends with a moral about ownership.
The North Carolina governor issued a notably eloquent Thanksgiving proclamation urging gratitude amid leaner times. The address frames blessings as gifts from a higher power and emphasizes perseverance, change, and ongoing tasks under God as reasons for thankfulness.
The Davidson county jury found Tom Marion guilty of second degree murder in the killing of his wife. Marion seeks a new trial, hoping for new evidence, while noting the trial’s record and judge’s conduct. The case centers on insurance motives and whether a deliberate killing occurred.
A Greensboro businessman writes a conference note arguing US industry overproduces despite demand. He cites textile, shoe, coal, steel, oil, auto sectors and farming, with federal labor data on farm and mill efficiencies. He blames political leaders for a Hamiltonian drift and rising unemployment.
The piece argues that open murder is the safest murder in North Carolina, citing a twelve-man jury and psychological bias in verdicts. It criticizes consolidation, foreign markets, and feels reform is needed, urging leaders like Borah and LaFollette to act and proposing government jobs and civil reforms.
Bruce Cafton discusses Sir James Jeans as a leading scientist challenging the long held pessimistic view of a dying mechanistic universe. The piece notes a shift toward new values and a more hopeful outlook despite scientific forecasts of decay and extinction.
A New York mounted officer hesitates after being promoted to detective, wanting to stay a mounted patrolman. The piece lauds the romantic spectacle of mounted police, noting the officer’s appeal and his wish to remain in the horseman role despite higher pay and status.
A terse statement closes a play as the defender blocks the kick after touch down. No further details on teams or players are provided.
The phrase notes how unemployment trends influence business conditions as the jobless seek opportunities, with turnover in the market signaling broader economic health and consumer behavior.
The office sage says many investors lost money on the stock market due to over imagination and excessive reliance on speculative thinking.
The Interborough Rapid Transit System in New York announced it carried 54 million more passengers last year than the year before, a surge the agency described as a crushing business expansion.
A writer just back from Africa says he would choose cannibals over Broadway crowds. He narrowly escaped aggressive scalpers on the great white way in New York.
The article traces Thanksgiving back to the Pilgrims led by Governor Bradford in 1620, noting the harvest feast with Indians and turkeys, evolving through colonial prayers, Washington's 1789 proclamation, Lincoln's 1863 alignment to the fourth Thursday, and Sarah Hale's 1840 push for a fixed date. It highlights continued observance nationwide as a legal holiday and the role of proclamations by presidents and governors.
New York critics praised Ethel Barrymore Colt in Scarlet Sister Mary leading Seraphine the role in Julia Peterkin’s Pulitzer prize novel adaptation. Critics condemned Barrymores in blackface but lauded Colt as a promising torch bearer for the famed theatrical family.
A simple shrimp creole recipe boils fresh shrimp until tender then adds chopped green pepper and tomatoes to thicken. The dish makes a whole meal served with crackers or bread and butter.
Seven Wake Forest juniors and seniors joined Kappa Phi Kappa, the national undergraduate education fraternity, in a Tuesday ceremony. The Sigma chapter notes Wake Forest is the state’s sole unit among 41 chapters. List includes new inductees and active sponsors and members from several North Carolina towns.
A reader questions which city streets in High Point qualify as through streets and who has right of way at intersections off Washington Richardson Hamilton English Lindsay Green Commerce and other streets. The letter argues for uniform stop signs like other towns to assign responsibility and reduce accidents, noting drivers slow at stop signs.
Washington report notes Secretary Davis values his 16 year marriage celebrated on Thanksgiving eve. Amherst item reports Massachusetts agricultural college tests on 32 guinea pigs fed cranberries to assess scurvy prevention.
Prehistoric turkey bones were recovered from the La Brea asphalt pits along with other fossils. About 500 individuals of a bird nearly the size of today’s turkey are identified in the assemblage.
A brief item notes a puzzling scene involving three instances of Mre and a widow rose appearing in a box, with unclear context about food and music. The fragment hints at a staged display or performance element. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
A man recalls two five dollar bills hidden in pockets and recounts a frantic search to recover enough pieces to reconstruct them after an incident.
Dr Charles G Peace 77, noted tobacco crusader, adopts Mrs A Audrey Fiedler 46, wife of a real estate agent. Adoption papers state Mrs Fiedler desires a spiritual life and seeks a father's guardian interest. Dublin Dail Eireann allocates 125000 to test a storage battery enabling a railway car to travel 36 miles at 46 mph, with rapid charging, sparking predicted transport revolution by some sponsors.
New York social registers reveal 22 Roosevelt families nine Rockefeller entries 11 Vanderbilt names, but the Smiths top the list with nine pages and 23 names per page. The register highlights prominent families shaping high society amid a dense roster of elite names.
Irvington New York art lovers gaze on the Moorish show place of the late Mme C J Walker a negro who built a fortune selling hair tonic to straighten Negro hair Furnishings valued at 72350 000 are to be sold to benefit her heirs.
Suffolk Virginia November meeting unites growers merchants and bankers to adopt a county unit marketing plan for peanuts. Counties appoint chairmen to organize immediately and will not engage in peanut cleaning. An additional meeting is set for December 5.
President Hoover hosts a private family Thanksgiving with cabinet members and guests. A morning service at Central Presbyterian Church includes the president and Mrs Hoover, while Navy relief ball attendance is canceled for the day.
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