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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1933
Page
5
The Agents School for Girls near Philadelphia requires military training as a mandatory program for students, a policy in place for sixty years.
The statement claims the sun’s weight is 30,000 times the Earth’s, described as two thousand million million million million times heavier.
Washington reports a strong advertising push planned for next week under the NRA buying campaign. Recovery unit materials explain price rises due to higher wages and codes, showing how much increases may be, with non-ballyhoo demonstrations of buyer advantage. Ads will be supplied to businesses. publishers and government space are not involved.
Burlington, Oct 4 Two auto thieves were captured quickly after a crash that claimed two lives near here. D R Broadwell 40 of Durham and Howard Oakley 18 of Mebane were killed when a truck and a light car collided between Burlington and Haw River about 11 p m Claude York Mebane youth with Oakley was slightly injured Their car was driven by Robert Rice of Mebane who could not explain the accident Gus Pickett of Durham with Broadwell escaped uninjured They were returning from Tennessee with a load of mules The crash occurred on a straight stretch of road The car was practically demolished
Waynesville reports a habeas corpus hearing set for Saturday for Clarence Potter 29 among four men held on first degree murder charges in the slaying of Thomas Price a retired Union Pacific official. The writ was signed by Judge Felix E Alley.
The heads and arms of many priceless old Greek statues were knocked off and burned into lime by unappreciative lime burners. This is why so few of the missing parts are ever found.
An 11 year old, Grant Taylor, was mauled and killed by a chained bear after feeding it an apple near an inn in Brookhaven. Onlookers, afraid to intervene, watched as the bear broke its tether and seized the boy before a passerby shot the animal. The inn owner Gardiner Murdock turned himself in to authorities and posted $1500 bail.
Durham seeks to ban Sunday movie shows after the City Council instructed the city attorney to draft an ordinance. The move follows resolutions from the Durham Ministerial Association condemning Sunday screenings that drew about 2,500 attendees. The roads serving the event reach several counties including Graham Rockingham Cabarrus Forsyth Avery Cherokee Clay and Jackson.
Aberdeen Washington will retire ten thousand wooden 25 cent pieces used locally as money next July. The lightweight tokens have circulated in the town and will be withdrawn from use as currency.
Raleigh sets October 9 to 14 for the annual state fair highlighting Live-At-Home farm products and Old North State praise. Grandstand programs feature added attractions daily and Mary Reynolds, harness racer of William N. Reynolds, will attend with racing highlights expected to draw thousands to the capital city.
The text notes a baby parade with about 60 entrants to be held Thursday and a beauty queen coronation the next day. It also mentions a mobile racer circling the fair’s dirt bowl and a Downe England church noted for keeping candles lit, despite attitudes toward modern conveniences. A lemon juice tip on melon is included.
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