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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1936
Page
3
Ann visits a resort with Jaime Laird and meets Lefty Ponds during a moonlit lake scene. The social whirl, gossip, and a hinted racket at the nearby track unfold as Ann enjoys prestige yet senses undercurrents of risk and intrigue. The story promises further developments.
A male editor lectures on daily upkeep to women, stressing hat and shoe care. He urges brushing hats, cleaning shoes, airing summer wear, and using shoe trees, noting neatness weighs as much as expensively pressed garments and tells readers to replace worn leather heels promptly.
Florence South Carolina August 4 Paul E Mechlin 38 held in jail on forgery charge Lieut Leo Jenkins of the state highway patrol said he
Tom McGallard, about 56, of Hickory, died while unloading lumber from a truck at Peerless Flooring Company on Springfield avenue last night. Witnesses and doctors, including coroner Dr. W W Harvey, said heart trouble caused the death and no inquest was held. The body was shipped to Hickory for funeral services.
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers reports June 1936 total shipments at 8,846,704 dozen pairs, up 17.8 percent from June 1935. First half of 1936 shipments rise 5.8 percent, with women seamless hosiery (ex wool) up 13.6 percent to 5,943,273 dozen. Stock levels in most seam stock branches are reported sound.
The relief administration reports farm debt adjustment aided 395 North Carolina farmers with a total debt reduction of 337304 dollars. Committees bring debtors and creditors together to negotiate extensions, lower rates, new payment schedules, or debt reductions.
Jenkins in Columbia said a man tied to the Detroit Purple Gang, Mechlin, is wanted in Rockingham North Carolina for murder. Mechlin admitted an auto theft charge in Tampa Florida but denied forgery. His home is listed as Pittsburgh and he reportedly served two terms in Atlanta federal penitentiary. Police found a car with stolen South Carolina plates but Georgia tags inside.
The orang-utan, one of the great apes, builds its nest high in trees and often makes a new one nightly. Women of Bouganville in the South Seas are noted for fan dancing with palm leaf fans.
Hollywood, Aug. 8. Short takes on Billy Lee hiring a double, Freddie Bartholomew teased by peers, Bartholomew boxing lessons, and a staged confrontation backstage. Peter Lorre and Fritz Lang attend the Sissy murder trial. Cagney and Davis contract struggles, Columbia threatens a rough western. Censorship notes, style trends, and new stars listed including Lee Bowman and Katharine Hepburn.
Marc Lachman a once notorious Manhattan practical joker moved to California and, during a visit to his estate, his friends discreetly planted a bumper crop of poison ivy. The note hints at personal quirks and a playful feud over blame.
The observed glow-worms flashing in flight are all male passengers, while female worms cannot fly. The note highlights a sexual dimorphism in flight ability among the species.
A historical note states the sun’s interior temperature is believed to be about 70,000,000 degrees Celsius. The figure appears in a science context discussing stellar conditions and solar energy.
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