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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
4
City officials warn that thousands of children and tens of thousands of automobiles share streets daily. Superintendent Andrewa notes side streets and intersections pose higher risk, while guards at uptown crossings help, urging constant driver vigilance and caution to protect children on the move to and from school.
Gastonia Gazette warns communists of risks at a planned rally in South Gastonia. It condemns radical agitators while urging lawfulness, comparing community restraint to broader acts of courage and sacrifice by workers and sailors alike.
The New York City police commissioner and a Wilmington judge seek tighter limits on revolver and automatic sales. The mail order trade is blamed for arming youths, with a 15 year old facing murder charges in Wilmington. The piece notes aggressive ads for small arms and questions their home protection value.
Bruce Catton notes high US wages for ordinary labor and the value of services bought here. He cites Commander Ellsberg and divers on the S 51 salvage, who earned little despite extreme risks, illustrating that workers accept low pay for strenuous, dangerous tasks while employers get high output.
The piece condemns a leaderless mob that attacked Communist headquarters and trespassed in Gastonia Bessemer City and Charlotte during anti Communist demonstrations. It urges lawfulness, warns against violence, and calls for wiser counsel to protect law abiding workers.
A concise commentary urges regulation of revolver sales to reduce destruction from small arms. It argues concealed carry laws are weak and calls for stricter controls on firearms for public safety.
Dr J T Burrus urges Guilford County to build a general hospital with 250 beds at a cost around 500000 dollars. The plan would use county home funds, relocate inmates, and restrict services to charity, with no other disease categories. The Daily News seeks medical opinions and cautions careful expert guidance before moving forward.
Paris dispatch states Gene Tunney has softened his bearing toward reporters. The famed former boxer is recalled for a Yale speech and now appears more reserved with the press.
The North Carolina Homecoming Committee met with Governor O Max Gardner to review the October 14 to 19 Homecoming Week program. Extra entertainment features were discussed and may include visits by President Hoover and possible attendance by Governor Franklin D Roosevelt. The committee lists prominent members from Raleigh Greensboro Durham Chapel Hill New Bern Goldsboro and Hertford.
Duke University begins freshman week as new students arrive. Activities include placement tests, assemblies, movies, worship services, talks by deans, swimming and tennis, library tours, matriculation, and health talks. President Few welcomes students at a Sunday assembly.
Washington report notes Pollard favored by regular Democrats with expected margin around 50,000. Republicans doubt the anti Smith coalition and warn that Virginia may signal southward swing back to the Democrats in November.
Berkeley report highlights Trona in the Mohave desert as an oasis built by science. Prof. G Ross Robertson notes a town of 1 090 population with open air theater dial telephones and silk hosiery as part of a potash industry driven community after a ten year science battle with nature.
In shipping flowers, cut them at night and plunge their heads in water. Let stand until morning so they absorb water and arrive fresh for their journey.
Three people from the Oakdale cotton mill area near Jamestown were slightly injured when their car collided with a vehicle driven by J. O. Johnson of High Point. Mrs. Cox and Miss Younger were hospitalized. Allred suffered facial injuries. Johnson was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and to face a preliminary hearing on September 21.
Local hardware dealers promote doorchecks to stop children from slamming doors and suggest door stops to keep wind from rattling interior doors.
Oa in Scotland holds the distinction of the shortest place name in the British Isles. The designation highlights a tiny locale on the coast with a notably brief toponym.
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