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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1930
Page
7
Classified display noting Wolverine Trimming Shop at 244 N Wrenn St offers upholstering curtains covers and glasses for elf cars. Also factory painting and striping fender body and woodwork repairs radiator cleaning and repairing. Phone 2688.
Short time offer includes two shampoos and finger waves for four dollars. Located at 124 English Street contact 44270 for appointment.
Peter A. Bogdanov head of Amtorg warned that ongoing charges of communist propaganda and poor Soviet trade financing could curb Soviet purchases in the United States which topped 70 million dollars in the first three quarters. He called accusations against Amtorg absurd while speaking at the Russian Institute of Politics conference in Williamstown Massachusetts.
Deliveries of wheat sold at new low price records as expectations of a larger visible U S supply weighed on futures. Corn attracted more attention and rose to a season high for March delivery while oats fell and provisions rose. Weather forecasts signaled continued drought.
Cotton opened steady with gains of 10 to 16 points as covering continued after yesterday's advance and scattered buying on wary weather. October rose to 12.78 and March to 13.18 while demand eased, with prices drifting after a strong early run and Liverpool closure noted.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Roy Clinard died at their home 317 Reed Street yesterday. He was buried at Tom s Creek Church Cemetery near Denton.
The University of Iowa has developed a new instrument that tests singers by registering off key notes. It aims to detect pitch inaccuracies and provide feedback to improve vocal accuracy.
Dis gusted traders ignored the market as bears covered sun contracts. Total volume about 365000 shares, the smallest Saturday turnover since 1926. Some utility and industrials nudged higher while others steadied. news from motor and steel sectors mixed. A NY Fed survey showed continued credit stability and banks solvent.
Rev. R. West of Southside Baptist Church Thomasville will preach at Hilliard Memorial Church here tomorrow both morning and evening. Full attendance of the church membership urged.
In 1890 an English scientist experimenting with nitrous oxide in his laboratory observed its sleep producing properties and proposed its use in surgery.
The ticker list shows many issues like Am Can, Goodyear, U S Steel, and Texaco with mixed moves. Strong names include Union Pacific, Reynolds, Kennecott Copper, and Pan Am, reflecting varied demand and price shifts across sectors.
Mrs. W. H. Willard of Charlotte won the Biltmore Forest country club invitation title defeating Mrs. F. C. Griffith of Charlotte 4 and 3 in the final. The match reached the turn all square before Willard surged ahead on the back nine. In the second flight Miss Eliza Coxe of Asheville defeated Mrs. J. Thorndike of Summerville 4 and 3.
In Lumberton the 34 year old laboratory technician T C Faucette died after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Rev William F E Hairston a local Black resident. Hairston and his wife were uninjured. An inquest opened by Coroner D W Biggs adjourned to today.
Dr. George H. Crowell will address the Trinity Men’s Bible class on Home Mission and World Brotherhood as Exemplified in the Story of Ruth. He then preaches at Union Tabernacle on Ward Street at 8 PM about Manhood Crowned in Jesus.
New Orleans cotton markets opened steady amid a firmer New York session. Prices rose on the first hour with October at 12.75 and December at 12.94 as dry hot belt weather spurred buying. futures closed 3 to 4 points higher, with notable gains across months.
Boston police seek to identify a 20 year old man calling himself Luther Hiney as Morgan Moorer Jr of Asheville NC. He disappeared from the University of North Carolina in February and may have memory lapse. He resembles Moorer and has a southern accent. police have contacted Moorer’s parents.
A Greensboro committee of the North Carolina bar drafted legislation to empower the local municipal court with civil jurisdiction, eliminating magistrates’ role if approved by the local bar. The plan awaits city council ratification and then general assembly enactment, granting concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace in civil actions under specified monetary limits.
Jay C Hilton 33 died in a local hospital this morning after years of illness. He lived on Thomasville Route Two and worked for Marietta Paint and Color Co. Born in Davidson County he was son of Robert T Hilton and Nannie Owens Hilton. He leaves wife Eva Culler, son Clayton, and seven brothers. Funeral at Zion Reformed Church tomorrow at 3 pm with burial in the church cemetery.
Executor D B Parsons sells at 2 PM August 23 1930 on Thurston Street High Point North Carolina the personal property of Julia A Horney estate and lands in Guilford County including Lot 70 Central Improvement Company fronting 90 feet on Thurston Street.
Public auction to be held at Greensboro courthouse steps at 2:00 PM on August 19 1930 for Lot No 93 Ridgecrest Drive High Point Guilford County North Carolina under a deed of trust from M C Rowland and Mabel Rowland to Alexander Parker and D C MacRae trustees default on secured indebtedness and a potential loan offer up to 2200 percent terms announced at sale.
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