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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1936
Page
2
The letter writer explains she cannot predict lost diamonds or jobs and asks letters be addressed to Miss Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. She reminds readers she offers guidance on family and home management but not fortune telling.
Greensboro April 26 Dr W Harvey longtime Guilford County coroner announced plans to seek re election He was first appointed in 1926 to fill an unexpired term and has practiced as a physician in Greensboro since 1922 He will face J M Upson of Greensboro for the Democratic nomination.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions a trophy for the Illinois State football game and a stray reference to a 20 pound snapping leek, with scattered text about telephones and area in New Jersey. The readable facts are unclear and likely garbled.
Congress adjourn timing drives urgency in House tax debate as Harrison stresses expediting bill. He says no formulating until it reaches the House and plans open hearings but seeks to avoid duplicative testimony while addressing windfall tax and taxes on foreign stockholders in domestic firms.
Federal agents concentrate in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire amid expected bill exchanges related to the Lindbergh ransom. Gold certificates once declared by a Post order are being cleared, enabling quiet passage of notes. About $19,715 of the $50,000 ransom remains unaccounted for from the Bronx cemetery payment on April 2, 1932.
In Morehead City on April 25 Albert Bloodgood and his son Johnnie were injured in an explosion and fire aboard the 65 foot yacht Coosaw tied at Sixth street. The blast wrecked the engine room ge tank, burned the craft to the water and caused the hull to sink. Both men suffered abrasions bruises and burns and were taken to the Morehead City hospital.
A new Good Neighbor League announces its non partisan aims to safeguard progress toward the good neighbor ideal. Co chairs are listed and the group pledges to uphold human values over property, oppose threats to the principle, and back policies and candidates aligned with international and domestic good neighbor ideals.
Raleigh April 25 The per capita per day cost of maintaining state prisoners in the first nine months of the current fiscal year stood at 67.34 cents, up from 57.5 cents a year ago. Acting penal division director Oscar Pitts cites higher guard salaries, food costs, and better meals as major factors.
Mrs Houdini announces a final seance to contact Harry Houdini who died ten years ago. Plans call for a mountain top gathering and a nationwide radio hookup to end all seances as she carries out a pact with Houdini Charles Carter and Howard Thurston. Edward Saint says time and place are not yet decided.
Italian senator Roberto Forges Cavanzati declares in La Tribuna that acts of war will be answered by acts of war without imitation. He warns ultra sanctionists to consider the situation seriously and notes Italy’s growing military force in the Alps and Africa, capable of operating in all directions.
The AAA announced that 5,372,700 dollars in price adjustment payments were mailed to cotton producers in ten states. The subsidies equal the 12 cent per pound difference between market price and sale price, with total payments expected between 25 and 45 million dollars. About 7,000 checks are mailed daily, with most payments expected by June 1.
In Fulton New York a shoe salesman named Carl Sars was trapped after his foot caught in a drain. Firefighters and police failed to free him until Harold Rogers, a local shoe store manager, used a shoe horn to pry free the victim.
Deer antlers are formed from the same fundamental material as hair, indicating a common biological basis for these keratinous structures.
In Paris a French woman shared beauty tips for oily and dry scalps. She favors frequent brushing, weekly washing with a greaseless shampoo, and nightly cologne rubs on the scalp. A beef marrow pomade is recommended for dry hair, made in a double boiler and scented with olive oil and perfume.
Three unmasked bandits held up Richard King's filling station late last night and escaped with about $160. King was at his home next door and the bandits forced him to open the safe, but he refused despite threats.
Egypt covers 383000 square miles but only 12000 square miles are cultivable due to arid climate. The West African Rana Goliath frog reaches sizes comparable to a terrier dog.
The 1984 Who's Who list cites the oldest at 90 and the youngest at 28. It notes that World War gas caused 181,053 known British casualties, including more than 9,000 deaths.
During wartime Britain the Redcaps strength dropped from about 15 000 to 506. A ventriloquist expert advises that anyone with normal vocal cords can master the art with careful practice.
A law enforcing gendered work limits in Egypt prohibits women from employment as bar maids or waitresses where alcohol is sold. The rule curbs female labor in nightlife venues and reflects social policy on public roles.
Raleigh on April 25 reports the secretary of state approved non stock mutual soil conservation associations in Wake and Henderson counties. Incorporators include B J R T B Davis W A Whi and others with Cantrell Producer of Hendersonville listed among organizers. Charter for Cantrell Producer notes capital under 2000 with 500 stock. English shirt and collar spending cited.
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