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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1930
Page
1
Congress resumes work Monday with a mixed reception to a prohibition referendum. The Methodist Temperance Board warns the Republican Party not to hedge on prohibition.
The DO X, the largest flying boat, was left a charred wreck in Lisbon harbor after a wing flame from a short circuit endangered its vast fuel tanks. Commander Friedrich Christiansen and his crew fought the blaze while passengers watched, delaying but not canceling the ocean voyage.
Danville Virginia rails against resumed picketing as Gov Pollard, Sheriff Murphy and national guard discuss easing the ban amid a tense labor dispute at the Dan River Cotton Mills.Secretary Davis urges mill owners to settle the Danville strike to close his desk with no major disputes.
Washington leaders seek to finish emergency domestic business within three months of the current session to avoid an extra session as debate intensifies over the world court issue and Norris constitutional measures. Hoover backs delaying court action while Republicans and Democrats push ahead on Muscle Shoals and constitutional reform. Senator Norris leads Republican independents in the stalemate.
Washington officials report sharp division among prohibition foes and some supporters at a secret temperance leaders meeting. Oliver Stewart states opposition would fight the proposal to the last ditch while Rep Andrew signals intent to introduce a referendum measure in Congress. The Methodist board warns Republicans against hedging on prohibition and hints Democrats will be addressed later.
The US circuit court of appeals ruled that total and permanent disability means inability to follow any substantially gainful occupation, not absolute incapacity. The decision supports a $4,082.50 claim for William H. Phillips’s estate and may prompt dismissal of about 75 pending war risk cases and payment of claims.
London telegram reports 92 000 Scottish coal miners plan to strike tomorrow afternoon unless government intervenes. Dispute centers on owners demanding a spread over schedule rather than a straight seven and a half hour day enforced by the new coal mines act taking effect Monday.
Two masked men entered the express car of Southern Railway train No. 19 as it backed from Birmingham terminal stealing 8187 in two currency consignments. Messenger G C Findley said the bandits rode aboard briefly then fled after grabbing the money. Authorities from Montgomery joined local police in a nationwide search but had little progress tonight.
In the Chamber of Deputies lobbies political depots say Premier Tardieu will stay in office despite criticism of his internal financial plan. Briand the foreign minister faced harsh scrutiny while Peret the justice minister resigned amid the Austrian bank collapse fallout.
John D. Rockefeller Sr. arrives at his Ormond Beach winter home at 91 turning 92. He shares Thanksgiving message with Associated Press noting gifts and the Golden Rule, reading a typed sheet with a poem and a prayer during his first greetings in Florida.
Los Angeles nov. 29 a business friendship formed during the estate settlement of film magnate William Russell has become a romance for Helen Ferguson retired actress. She plans to marry Richard L Hargreaves president of the Beverly Hills First National Bank before Christmas. Ferguson trusted him to handle the estate amid rising value while Russell lay dying two years ago. Hargreaves was recently divorced from Grace Bryan Hargreaves daughter of William Jennings Bryan.
Newark, N J November 29 AP Chief Justice Gummere ruled against a writ to compel a permit for a December 6 bullfight. Safety Director Egan favored cancellation noting unpredictability of even well bred bulls. Promoter Mackay and counsel Frank Bozza planned to move the event to another New Jersey town if possible.
Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler star in Min and Bill at the Broadhurst opera house through Wednesday. The note urges readers to consult want ads before shopping to save time, avoid rushes, and support High Point salespeople.
Nobel physicist Albert Einstein traveled from his quiet life to attend the wedding of his daughter Margot to Dr. Dmitri Marianoff in Berlin. He appeared in a raincoat and slouch hat, choosing simplicity over ceremony, while the ceremony and couple drew global interest as the day’s central event.
Two unidentified men snatched a purse containing 70 dollars from Mrs. Nettie Stephens as she walked home from the city market on West End boulevard in Winston-Salem. The White woman was attacked by the two suspects who fled with the money just before she entered her home.
Tickets for the charity football game between the local All-Stars and the Purple Panthers go on sale tomorrow on the high school field. One dollar general admission and fifty cents for children with proceeds to the Christmas Empty Stocking fund. The event features coach Edgar Hartley and a host of local and college stars as attendees push for several thousand tickets sold before Friday’s game.
Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller, an Australian aviatrix, has been missing since leaving Havana to fly toward Miami in the reconditioned plane The Bullet. Laura Ingalls and Captain W. N. Lancaster held hope. Lancaster flew from Pittsburgh to aid the search as fliers scoured the Gulf Stream area for the missing aircraft and pilot.
The Steamer Juanita towed the disabled Merchants and Miners steamer Upshur into Hampton Roads after the Upshur, damaged by a broken propeller shaft in a November storm off Florida, sent a distress call. The Juanita picked up the Upshur near Diamond Shoals and delivered it to a tug bound for Newport News.
Reuters reports from Bucharest say King Carol II intends to marry again but has not chosen a bride yet. The future queen will be of royal rank. Queen Helen plans to live abroad permanently, visiting Romania only occasionally to see her son Crown Prince Michael.
Edward Wingerter and J B Jones Caldwell New Jersey fliers en route to South America landed in a Chesterfield county pasture near Petersburg Virginia late this afternoon. They said the landing was voluntary due to darkness and cold and they would continue tomorrow to Raleigh North Carolina. They had flown from Richmond earlier today.
Bitter cold eased from the Midwest to the Atlantic with rain and light snow expected soon. Eight below at Elkins West Virginia and two below zero at Agawam Massachusetts marked extreme lows as Chicago saw icy rain give way to drizzle. Snowbound families rescued by farmers, air mail resumed, Great Lakes ships and a British vessel found steady progress, and waters froze in major rivers heightening drought tied shortages.
Paul East, former treasurer of George W. Lee Memorial Presbyterian Church, waived a preliminary hearing in Winston-Salem municipal court and was bound over to Forsyth County superior court on embezzlement charges in connection with church building funds. He posted a $5,000 bond and was released.
Franklin D. Roosevelt attended a possum and taters dinner hosted by the Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers at White Sulphur Springs hotel on Pine Mountain. The event featured liver possums, persimmon beer, baked chicken, pecan pie, and local Georgia specialties for about 100 guests amid autumn decor.
Washington Navy report notes bids for a ten year trans Atlantic air mail service to start June 1931 with flights from New York to Bermuda and on to London Paris or Berlin. Bids open December 29 and propose routes via Norfolk or Charleston to Bermuda with weekly round trips. Each plane carries 300 pounds of mail and rates up to two dollars per mile.
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