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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1929
Page
4
The article notes Albert B. Fall faces possible fines up to 300000 and a three year prison term, regardless of mercy. It argues the punishment serves to show the nation’s intolerance toward breach of trust, even if no sentence is served or payment made.
The state supervisors of school buildings elected John J. Blair of High Point as president of the national association. North Carolina has led in building seven-room rural schools, with rapid consolidation and better housing replacing old log cabins as cars ferry students to well-designed brick schools.
An editorial questions UNC's claim of no professionalism in athletics after avoiding Carnegie foundation charges. It urges the university to accept responsibility for actions that may favor athletes and warns against boasting of cleared skirts while denying any favoritism or improper influence.
A midwest paper lauds Hoover and MacDonald for embracing risk in disarmament seeking world peace while warning that failure could ruin their legacies. It notes public utilities, a Massachusetts stock split denial, a driver’s fatal accident, and calls for federal reorganization to improve governance.
Governor O Max Gardner offers 400 rewards for convictions in the Ella May Wiggins murder case near Gastonia. The Gaston county grand jury refused to indict suspects. The case involves unionists attacked while traveling from Bessemer City to a union meeting. earlier rewards include 1000 from the ACLU and 250 for other involved parties.
A brief note argues that state instruction policies should emphasize broader goals beyond basic literacy and arithmetic, shaping curriculum to foster critical thinking, civic engagement, and long term societal impact.
A New York night club hostess sued Harry K. Thaw for 100000 and won three quarters of that amount. She alleged Thaw bit and paddled her at a New Year’s Eve party in his apartment. The court awarded about 75000, drawing sharp commentary on the case and motives.
In a bold move New York establishes an anti noise commission inviting other cities like Chicago to follow suit. The piece urges adoption of strong measures including Maxim silencers for machine guns as a deterrent.
Poem notes a nomad heart seeking escape in spring and longing beyond home yet finds peace when thistles spill purple on an autumn hill. The speaker, Clare Hood, signs as Angel in Good Housekeeping.
Governor Gardner urged peace after meetings with Marion party while officials pressed to keep troops on duty. Eight homicides during the unrest occurred without troops on duty. Gardner offered 400 rewards for information in Ella May Wiggins' killing in Gastonia. Bonds were set at 27,000 for seven men jailed over O F Aderholt’s murder.
WESTERN delegates advocate joining the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and reinforce adherence to its social creed. They cite disruptions in the textile industry where 20 percent of charges are textile workers and related people, 75 percent receive aid from the Board of Missions, and stress the field’s prime importance for development.
The article outlines a conference critique of the textile sector as a sick industry with wage and price concerns. It calls for a living wage, cooperative industrial reform, and a nonpartisan study commission while detailing Greensboro selections for a general conference and reports on church leadership, finances, and a sermon on Christ’s reach to ordinary people.
The German club at the University of North Carolina plans Thanksgiving dances in Swain hall on Friday and Saturday November 28 and 29 to accommodate the Carolina Virginia football game crowd. Jack Crawford and his Vid Recording Orchestra will provide music. the group recently completed its fourth season at Steel Pier Atlantic City and is under contract for the Million Dollar Pier in Miami Beach starting January.
New York readers will see the story Mainesha reissued after years. The dime novel chronicles Indian frontier life and will feature the original illustrations restored in the new edition.
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