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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1928
Page
4
A biblically styled reflection notes lilies in the field grow without toil and a proverb asserts nothing of value can be bought without labor. The lines juxtapose spiritual trust with worldly effort.
The article argues that cross country flights and aviation competitions, though less thrilling to the public, spur pilot excellence and force improvements in aircraft. It compares aviation’s growth to early automobile development and asserts races reduce flying hazards and push aviation toward broad daily use.
Italy declines further dirigible ventures as two major disasters cast doubt on airships. The United States, richer and more relentless, continues backing lighter-than-air craft while debating airplane versus dirigible merits. Italy shifts toward airplanes. the U.S. funds both paths.
Montgomery Alabama city hall bars Rev. John Roach Straton from speaking, closing access to his requested hearing. The action blocks his plan to address officials at the facility.
The writer denounces banning Somatoz Heflin and argues the mayor misuses power by closing auditoriums to public speech. They claim public venues are for all citizens to discuss public questions, regardless of officers’ views, and condemn the move as shortsighted.
In a Manufacturers' Record discussion, leaders from iron and steel and furniture cite price cutting and cut-throat competition as eroding profits and harming consumers. They recall Judge Gary's 1907 push for cooperation and warn that price wars reduce production and employment across the cotton, lumber, and other sectors.
Bruce Catton remarks on John Coolidge son of the president facing public scrutiny as he starts a railroad job at 30 dollars a week. The essay contrasts his exposure to the nation with a typical young man beginning life and the challenges of earning independence under constant public gaze. The piece notes photographers and media attention that accompany his personal choices.
A columnist discusses John Coolidge's planned marriage to a Connecticut governor's daughter, urging privacy and restraint. The piece then reflects on Fletcherizing, cowed by Dr. Harold Holck's self experiment, and ends with a trade and justice note on a New York traffic fine.
Cornell researcher Dr. Lloyd R. Watson finds the busy bee adage flawed noting that bees toil briefly and then loaf. He seeks methods to curb idleness among bees and improve labor output, implying the proverb may need revision if he cannot boost activity.
President Coolidge did not attend the Lombardo funeral during a visit through Chicago leaving observers noting an opportunity to honor the deceased. The omission sparked comment among local press and attendees at the event.
A journalist recalls that last year 1,885,581 automobiles were scrapped and uses a sharp cautionary line about drivers who cut in line and risk a collision as trucks crest hills.
Prince George, youngest son of the king of England, travels in California as the press focuses on not offering him a film contract. The omission of a deal is noted.
It is feared recent rains destroyed cherry trees along the Potomac in Washington. Most visitors to the national capital, however, seek some sort of plums.
A Berlin resident writes the newspaper urging adoption of English as an international language. He notes it would likely face difficulty gaining traction in the United States.
Percy Williams, a young Canadian sprint double Olympic champion, will attend the University of British Columbia. He declined several offers from American colleges as professional institutions keep an eye on promising amateurs.
Former Senator Underwood of Alabama labels the Ku Klux Klan the left wing of the Hoover campaign at the Fairfax county fair. Senator Heflin is billed as a speaker as klan day unfolds with klan meetings planned. He jokes Hoover would accept a hypothetical order to confront a klan commander at daybreak.
The Red Cross approved a 50000 dollar relief appropriation for Puerto Rico storm victims. The destroyer Gilmer was sent from Charleston to Porto Rico with relief personnel aboard. The organization issued an appeal for large donations as hundreds of homes and crops were destroyed and communications failed.
Weather bureau computations place the hurricane that devastated Porto Rico on the outer fringe of the Bahamas today with advices reaching coast watchers last night.
Meteorologist Richard W. Gray says the hurricane will miss Florida, moving east of the Bahamas or along the eastern edge of the Bahamas. Bahamas precautions, ship diversions underway as advisory keeps Florida off the storm’s lower east coast. No distress signals reported from radio stations.
The Weather Bureau reports a tropical hurricane center moved just south of Turks Island around midnight with winds near 120 mph. The storm centers at about 22 30 N, 73 W, moving northwest at roughly 300 miles per day and a central pressure near 28.50 inches.
Gov Smith and Riordan of New York join William H Todd the shipbuilder in Albany for last minute preparations before the two weeks campaign tour. The governor will travel by special train at 11 p m to pass through thirteen states before returning to Rochester October 1 for the Democratic state convention. Six addresses are scheduled in as many cities beginning in Omaha next Tuesday with stops in Oklahoma City Denver Helena St Paul and Milwaukee through September 29.
Bobby Jones opens at Braeburn Country Club Newton Mass six up on Phil Perkins after 18 holes. Jones dominates with steady pars and key birdies while Perkins struggles with drives out of bounds and uneven putting. Final tally shows Jones holding a commanding lead heading into the second 18 holes.
For the first half of the musical year about $700,000 is spent on salaries and upkeep of an orchestra comparable to the present Philharmonic or the former New York Symphony.
Senator Curtis Republican vice presidential nominee urges higher tariff protection and better marketing systems for agriculture during a Lexington stop on his western campaign tour. He says tariff relief should be used where it helps but is not a universal cure and cites postwar conditions and distribution flaws as farmer ills.
Forest Hills N Y Sept 15 Three Americans and one Frenchman shared the semi final bracket in the national tennis championship today but France still has a chance to defend the title. Henri Cochet remains a favorite with Frank Hunter George Lott and Frank Shields in his path while Rene Lacoste has moved on by default for the last two years.
A historical note records that in 1863 Congress authorized President Lincoln to suspend habeas corpus across the United States. It also mentions that liver mining in Indian Territory began in 1891.
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