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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1930
Page
2
Capt Gaule, veteran of Arctic campaigns, analyzes a dramatic fight with a fin back whale displayed near High at Tomlinson Street. He explains a failed harpoon bomb, a mile deep dive, and a second harpoon finally bringing the beast to shore as bystanders listen in at the boulevard.
F S Pemberton a pawn shop operator was sentenced to 12 months on the county roads after being found guilty of operating a pawn shop without a license and receiving stolen goods in four cases. Two boys Oliver Maston and Carl Anthony received four months each while Clyde Fisher had judgment suspended for two years of good behavior. Turner Smith’s assault with intent to rape case was dismissed.
New Bern dispatch reports Babe Ruth is due in the Craven county area the week of November 30 for his annual hunt. G A Nichols assistant state game warden will host the Yankee star who plans to stay at Camp Bryan in Craven county.
The American theater reports stronger female attendance for last Friday's feature and dresser ware giveaway. Tonight's show includes a top First National Vitaphone feature with Ann Harding, plus excellent shorts. A double ticket buys last week's comb and the new piece, while single tickets earn the missing piece. Billie Dove stars in One Night at Saintes for the first three days of next week.
Norman Thomas and Paul Blanshard call for a legislative inquiry into New York City government after testimony of corruption. They accuse graft in bench appointments and police corruption while a blue ribbon jury failed to reach a verdict in the Healy Tammaney bribery case. Retrial date set for December 8.
Raleigh report says Sam Winters a black usher at the Royal theater confessed to shooting James Ashe a patron while in the balcony with a female companion. Detectives say Winters claimed the pistol fired accidentally while he held it. Ashe was shot near the heart but listed as improving at a hospital. Winters secured $500 bond for assault with a deadly weapon.
The United States patent office granted nearly 50,000 patents in the last fiscal year while receipts reached 4 million dollars, a new record for the agency.
Ohio endures its worst November blizzard in years with seven deaths and widespread suffering. Baltimore records near zero temperatures with a death from exposure. The South faces a new cold wave while a Canadian storm develops in Alberta, threatening more frigid conditions across the Midwest and Northeast.
The London authority reports women with university training marry at an average age of 30. The document also notes deer in government preserves are pests to Alabama corn growers in the fall, and lists places including Devil's Lake and Madison and Wausau.
Berlin reports quote Ernst Brandenburg of the transportation ministry stating Germany will not provide government financial backing for the DO-X Atlantic crossing. He notes the German budget is already balanced and there is no possibility of a DO-X appropriation despite reports from Lisbon that designer Claude Dornier sought funds.
The latest census reports that 54 percent of the United States population is male and 46 percent female. Analysts note shifts in gender balance vary by region and age group.
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