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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
2
State editors report ongoing opposition to the Hancock school law as teachers and county superintendents in North Carolina spread misinterpretations amid personal antagonism. A quoted address highlights the controversy reaching Raleigh on October 4.
A local listing from Clifton Furniture Exchange at 214 E Wash St advertises bed room and living room suites, beds, dressers, stoves, ranges, tables, chests, rugs, and more. Items described as cheaper than any store in the city.
Cleveland Ohio October 4 AP Billy Kivans general manager of the Cleveland Indians says future major leagues may transport teams by airplane and possibly add one or two Pacific Coast cities to the circuit He turned down an airplane company’s bid to lease a ship for the tour while noting the time saved and less time spent in train berths.
Rutherford County Superintendent Clyde A Erwin argues the Hancock law will burden high schools and cites hardship across counties. A E Woltz counters the law raises teacher counts to 28 in high schools and 32 in grades while state funding shifts additional teachers from equalization funds rather than county budgets.
An agent visiting town shared curious figures about the Ringling Bros. circus. The notes cover travel on 100 railroad cards, 150 visited places with under 20 multi day stops, 20000 miles in summer, 1000 plus jungle animals including Goliath the sea elephant, 1600 meals daily in tents, daily expenses around 15000 to 16000, 400 draught horses, 210 riding stock horses, 2200 stakes set daily, new canvas each spring, 42 miles of rope in tents, elephants stacked to reach high roofs, untamable zebras pulling floats, own dynamo wagons, staff with over 40 years service, 100 acts per show, 100 clowns aged 18 to 78, Nosey the 21 foot giraffe, Major Mite at 18 inches, starts season in New York late March or early April, ends in Atlantic states late Oct or early Nov, and tours from Montreal to Tampa.
Mr. Waltz accuses superintendents like Erwin of misrepresenting the law or omitting facts when addressing public audiences. He argues they should present all information or refrain from speaking. The discussion centers on added expenses tied to employing extra teachers.
A Dartmouth College statistician, Prof C H Forsyth, reports shorter lifespans worldwide. His England Scotland and Irish Free State data support the claim that human life is growing shorter, contrary to common belief.
A Junkers plane, likely the first in Europe powered by an oil burning engine, completed a Dessau to Cologne flight in three hours. The aircraft used newly designed engines akin to those made in Dessau.
A brief remark notes that even with wartime influence the English lexicon remains under ten thousand new words. It emphasizes the scale of coinages and borrowings while indicating the total vocabulary size stays comparatively small.
Marvin Shore of Yadkin county arrived in Lexington and began work October 1 as the city's new recreation director. He succeeds Miss Rebekah Carpenter of Rutherfordton, a longtime director. Shore is a Guilford College graduate and studied recreation at a New York school.
William Chenault Munday, the slow-talking Atlanta sportscaster and writer, has been signed by NBC to announce eight major football games this fall. His rise followed his famous California Georgia Tech New Year’s Day broadcast, and he now takes the microphone for NBC’s game slate.
Aviation enthusiasts in Raleigh follow the Ford fifth national reliability tour as it passes through Winston-Salem and Greenville. The 60 to 70 aircraft include the Curtiss Condor and Gypsy Moth. Planes stop at Winston-Salem Thursday for two hours, then head to Greenville, S C, for overnight.
Two thousand pounds of mail are described as capable of a cruising speed of 150 miles per hour aboard the Gypsy Moth.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Phil Ball owner of the St. Louis Browns will not renew Howley's managerial contract and Howley will sever connections with the American League club, plans announced Sunday in St. Louis.
Fishermen in Beach Haven New Jersey hauled from the deep a remarkable fish with a twelve inch mouth and no teeth. It features very hard gums and had ears along its head as described in the report.
The creature features eyes at the mouth ends and two-footed front body sections with two toes on each foot. The fish measures 12 feet in length.
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