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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1930
Page
9
Extra good four room house in northeast city offers cash price of 1400 with 140 down and 20 per month. J L White Inc advertises property management from Hood Bank Building with listed office and residence phones.
Revival meetings at Lea Church near Archdale end this week after two weeks of services. Eleven confessions of faith have been recorded. Baptismal service is set for Sunday at 1 PM on Hayworth Springs road conducted by Rev. W L Hicks.
A humorous reminiscence unfolds at a bridge party as a bold woman over forty flirts with a younger man who once teased her at school. The man reveals the joke was actually about his father, prompting amused disbelief.
New York cotton markets show early steady tone with a 3 point decline as October notices circulate and late deliveries find buying support on Liverpool cables. Southern selling remains sizable with liquidation after yesterday's decline. October at 10.02 and March around 10.50 in the first half hour.
New Orleans cotton traders found uncertain demand despite favorable Liverpool cables. October hovered near 9.98 early then rose to 10.08 before sliding. December and January also moved up and down, ending the morning steady near the day’s lows with gains of about 21 to 24 points.
A bartender in a suspected speakeasy on New York City’s Upper West Side was shot while trying to save Patrolman George Rouse. Rouse was نخست knocked unconscious by a robbers’ blow as he approached the scene near 120th Street and Eighth Avenue. He fired twice before being wounded with four bullets, while the bartender was seriously wounded after seizing the officer’s pistol to aid the fallen cop.
A concise claim about everyday speech suggests most conversations rely on about fifty distinct words. The observation frames how people communicate briefly and efficiently on telephone calls. It implies limited vocabulary usage in routine exchanges and hints at conversational simplicity.
The New York stock market extended a three week slide with renewed selling that pulled the broad list down 1 to 19 points after brief early losses and partial midday rallies. U. S. Steel General Electric and Radio found support at small declines while International Harvester United Aircraft and other names fell 3 to 5 points.
In Havana on September 30, university students armed themselves and marched on the presidential palace. Police responded with gunfire after clashes erupted, wounding six people, with two likely fatally, as a woman on a balcony was hit in the cheek.
Chicago grain markets rose overall as wheat gains from reduced international supply and dry Balkans and Australia weather supported prices. Wheat closed unsettled up about a bushel, corn up 15 to 37 percent, oats up modestly, and provisions mixed. California poultry output value cited at about 73.9 million dollars.
Five hundred underprivileged children benefited from funds raised by tipping a Fitzroy hotel in London. For five years patrons wrapped coins in tissue with a tack, tossed them onto the roof, and saved the money to finance the annual children’s picnic.
Voters may enroll for the November 4 election as books open in each of the citys 11 precincts starting Saturday from 9 AM to sunset. Registrations occur each Saturday for three weeks, with a fifth Saturday for challenging names. Those not on the rolls in the last two years must register. Books were brought from Greensboro and registrars should pick them up from J N Sechrest at 416 East Washington Street.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South returns to Washington from Brazil to face accusations announced by four ministers. He declines comment while reporters press questions as his sons attempt to block photographers and his wife accompanies him home.
In London George Bernard Shaw refuses any title other than his own name. Shaw's secretary told the Daily Herald he will not accept other forms of address. In Oberammergau Germany Anton Lang the Christus of the Passion Play will receive a Ford funded automobile from Henry Ford. Lang may choose any car. Paris reports the government tobacco monopoly will sell cigars aimed at women.
New Haven Connecticut Luther A Weigle dean of the Yale divinity school at opening exercises blamed middle age not youth for the evils of jazz life He said youth is clean and decent till affected by wrong influences The befuddled counsels of the older generations are swinging the world toward paganism and ruin
Chicago reports a dance event held on an airplane tonight will be broadcast via station WBBM and a nationwide network.
Baltimore Archbishop Curley completed his 25th voyage across the Atlantic and his ninth trip in nine years to visit his 79 year old mother in Athlone Ireland.
A two foot doll house gifted by Mrs. Herbert Hoover will be shown at the national Girl Scouts convention in Indianapolis starting tomorrow. The display, patterned after John Howard Payne's old home, mirrors the Girl Scouts Washington house with dolls dressed in Scout uniforms.
Clarence Darrow defended two alleged public enemies, George Barker and William White, freeing them on five minute bonds and denouncing the move as outrageous. He challenged vagrancy charges citing $190,600 bonds versus $100 bonds, noting his return to law after two years and ties to labor unions through Barker, a Teamsters business agent.
Three toads believed imprisoned for three or four centuries were shown at the State Historical Society Museum in Oklahoma City. Curator J. B. Thoburn noted the age depends on mound origin, with possible dates ranging from 300 to 400 years or more.
The five member panel of the senate campaign funds investigating committee warned newspapers that repeating Ruth Hanna McCormick’s wire tapping charges would be libelous. They denied the allegations as false and urged media restraint while preserving the committee’s rights. Senator Nye chaired the group with signers Dale Ver mont Dill and Wagner. Patterson abstained.
London reports the death of Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead at quarter past eleven after months of lung trouble and bronchial illness. The statesman, age 58, held roles including prosecutor in the Sir Roger Casement treason case Lord High Chancellor and Secretary of State for India.
Brown Fowler, 17, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his father T. O. Fowler in Charlotte superior court. Judge Walter E. Moore ordered him to the ward for mentally deficient patients for observation after testimony. The mother testified to hardships and inhumanities she and her children endured.
James W. Ferguson 58 Waynesville attorney died in Statesville hospital Sunday night. Funeral at Waynesville Methodist church at 3 pm with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Haywood County Bar Association to attend. Son of late Judge Garland S Ferguson, he served in the state legislature at 21 and two years on the state judiciary committee during Governor McLean's administration.
William Jennings colored of 612 East Washington Greensboro was struck on the head by a brick falling from 25 feet while working at W. C. Covington’s Emerywood home. He worked for R. K. Stewart, was treated at Guilford General hospital and dismissed.
A. N. Bell, an employee of the Sheesley shows, was found seriously ill yesterday at 1218 Downing Street where he had been left since last Saturday night. Diagnosed with pneumonia, he was moved to Guilford General Hospital for treatment. Bell, a resident of Trenton, New Jersey, was reported in serious condition today.
The Crystal Studio in High Point North Carolina lists a Tuesday program with 6 15 to 6 30 readings by Miss Louise Thurlder 6 30 to 6 45 dinner hour classical program 6 45 to 7 00 studio music 7 30 to 8 00 Kester Furniture Co program featuring Mr J C Kester and Mr Roy Simmons 9 15 to 10 00 dance program.
Morning vesper service 7:30 to 7:45 A M. Studio Music 7:45 to 8:00 A M. Lowe Motor Company Program 8:00 to 8:15 A M. Robertson Baking Co Musical Program 8:15 to 8:30 A M. Housewives Notebook Hour 8:30 to 9:00 A M. WBAM High Point Studios presents a morning lineup with varied programs.
The old call letters WNBC are cancelled and replaced with WBAM. For a period the public may think the old station is withdrawn, but no other changes have been made.
On Thursday evening a new program segment will launch from High Point Broadcasters Studios at 6 15 p m The series is sponsored by the Executive Council of the Boy Scouts of High Point North Carolina under Scout Executive Hackney The Boy Scout Hour will then air every Thursday at 6 15 p m
A regular AHEPA meeting will be held Thursday night October 2 at Moose Hall Greensboro N Y at o'clock. All members and visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. By order John Plakas Pres Harry Pappas Secy
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