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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1931
Page
9
OCR fragment shows wheat and corn price mentions by month, plus oats percentages and scattered figures. Key items include May July September December months, percentage readouts around mid 40s to 80s, and several numeric sequences that resemble bid prices or index values. The readable content hints at a fluctuating market with unclear final values. Entities: May July September December Wheat Corn Oats.
A first class built brick veneer bungalow on Blaine Avenue is offered at 5000 dollars. The listing highlights attractive interior finish and overall good condition, inviting potential buyers to view.
A property at 402 East Farriss Avenue lists for 10 500 with 125 feet of frontage and about 250 feet of depth. It notes strong admirer interest and suggests minor repairs and new decorating will enhance beauty for a prospective purchaser.
Auction note states a fine building lot on Boule vard just beyond Lindsay offered at 950 dollars. It highlights value and calls the price well worth the money.
First class 6 room apartment on College Drive with heat and water furnished. Rent 50 dollars per month.
For rent a poultry farm in Trinity with six acres of land nine room dwelling three poultry houses and barn. Monthly rent twenty five dollars. Contact L White Inc Hood Bank Building office 2683 residence 8473.
Two story brick building 45 by 65 feet offered for sale or lease for manufacturing or wholesaling. Rent listed at 150 dollars per month. Located at the corner of High and Willowbrook Streets. Contact phone 2434.
The American Legion riding devices will be moved to the corner of Fourth and Washington streets on Monday and operate from April 20 to 25. Officials announced today. On Saturday this week all city school children may enter the big riding circus on North Main Street for five cents from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Monarch club at the Sheraton hotel heard a High Point high school quartet comprising L. L. Stookey Dan W. Smith Frank Tucker and Burt Asbury. They presented a musical program and discussed plans to locate a new city baseball field. Rev. F L Conrad led the report on possible sites. The club favors a joint meeting with Winston Salem and Greensboro clubs to arrange representation at the national convention in Richmond in June.
J. R. Pendergrast of the state revenue department is in the city checking for hire auto licenses. He apprehended a number of violators of the law yesterday and today before leaving the city.
U S Steel fell more than two points to under 134 percent after a sharp broad decline in the 1929-81 bear market. Vanadium dropped about five points toward a new low after dividend omission, with several issues sliding two to three points. The market turned dull by midday, then steadied slightly as bears cited weak steel trade reviews and softer electric power consumption data.
Cotton opened easier in New Orleans as Liverpool cables eased and demand from India grew, but prices fell with stock-market losses. July moved to 10.40 and October to 10.73, while May slipped to 10.13. By hour end the market steadied, up one to three points from the lows.
Potatoes listing shows prices for Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho and Florida crops. No. 1 Idaho russets 1.65-1.70, No. 2 1.30-1.35, Wisconsin round whites 1.45-1.55, Minnesota 1.30-1.35, Texas Bliss 4.00-4.25, Florida new Bliss 8.00-9.00. Trading slow to steady with mixed stock quality and ample old stock.
Cotton opened steady in New York with 7 to 9 point declines on selling by commission houses and Wall Street traders aided by easy Liverpool cables and favorable weather signals. May fell to about 10.17 and October to 10.73, as May liquidation and hedge selling increased amid global liquidation in Alexandria and Liverpool quotes.
Chicago livestock prices show mixed movement with cattle steady to lower and hogs stronger, buyers bidding 25 to 50 lower on standstill cattle trade. Hog totals near 15,000, ranges cited for 140 to 210 pounds and heavier classes, while sheep and lambs show better grades with lambs steady to strong and dray slow on heavies. Overall activity subdued as market opens for the day.
Reports detail an insurgent siege at Puerto Cabezas with Guardia forces and American casualties. Marine planes bomb rebels as reinforcement ships evacuate 300 U S citizens and 60 others panic awaiting transport from the troubled port near capital Nicaragua.
New York April 15 stock market falls with U S Steel common tumbling to a new low since 1928 before rebounding above 134. American Telephone North American Westinghouse Electric New York Central American Can and Union Carbide also drop two to eight dollars. Trading light, traders dominate the action rather than blanket liquidation.
The House maintains a 140 800 appropriation for the board of charities and public welfare, with 93 700 left for the appropriations and grounds. Public instruction receives 18 500 000 for state aid, while other sections, including conservation health historical commission and insurance, total 588 000. Overall admin and contingency funds total about 400 000. The Senate recesses to 11 tomorrow as funding for UNC and other institutions becomes a battleground. The university is set at 724 000 under the House act, against a Senate push for 800 000 in the joint bill.
The royal car moved through Cartagena by a circuitous route to avoid demonstrations. Crowds cheered and jeered as hawkers sold republican flags, while Madrid celebrated the birth of the republic. Don Niceto Alcala Zamora assumed provisional presidency and ordered release of political prisoners, declaring a national holiday.
Curtis Sleeper, living in a third floor apartment, pushed a pair of porches off his chest for breathing exercises. The floor gave way on both the balcony and the floor below. Firemen found him on the first floor buried under collapsing porches. Injuries were slight.
Infante Juan, 17, third son of the deposed Spanish king, landed in Gibraltar aboard the destroyer T 16 from Cadiz and checked into a local hotel. He asked reporters about his father and learned Alfonso had left Cartagena. he thanked them and requested updates on developments.
Workmen are busy erecting a new wall and overhauling Fire Station number two adjoining City Hall. The city council ordered the work after the dividing wall between the stairway and the station deteriorated. The truck remains in operation during repairs.
At a Winston-Salem meeting the Wachovia Bank and Trust company board declared a 2 percent quarterly dividend. It will be payable May 1 to stockholders of record April 15. Directors from outside Winston-Salem included Reuben Robertson Gilbert Morris J L Fisher Frank Page and E L Gaither. Other matters were routine.
A lone boll weevil may produce up to 12 500 000 descendents in one season if both parasites and human activity do not interfere.
Coroner Herman Bundesen leads a jury to determine cause of the sanitary district tunnel fire that killed eleven and injured sixteen. Theories include a careless worker dropping a candle or crossed wires. Mayor Cermak orders extra pay for rescuers and to nominate names for Carnegie Foundation. Fireman Irving Strom receives special praise.
Jacques Romano a biological chemist told a Rotary Club meeting at the Belleytrafford hotel that proper food is the best medicine.
J F Lewis of Mt. Vernon Springs North Carolina says Natex eased his long standing rheumatism gas indigestion and kidney problems improving sleep appetite and energy after six weeks of use He reports gaining weight and now recommends Natex at Main Drug Co 105 South Main Street promising relief to others.
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