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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1935
Page
2
Hundreds of children and adults flocked to the city lake park for the first ride on amusements placed on private property adjacent to the park by High Point Amusement Park company. The big switch was thrown at 7 30 o clock and rides began under company direction.
Factory supervisor reports strong turnout for opening night of a county fair section featuring a loop-the-loop ride. Spectators queued for rides as the midway opened at midnight with the kid-friendly hobbit horses and other rides drawing steady crowds and praise from company officials.
Members of the High Point Merchants Association are expected to join with local civic groups for a watermelon cutting at Blair's Dairy Farm Thursday evening. It marks the annual outing of the Farmers Civic Organization.
Leton Crahis of High Point shows two enormous twin muskmelons grown together at the stem. The nearly two foot long fruits are on view today in The Enterprise window.
The entire High Point office staff of about twenty five gathers for an outing at a convenient, appropriate venue this evening, marking a cheerful company event for the Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency.
The August meeting of the High Point District committee of the Boy Scouts of America will be held in the office of H. A. Millis, Uwharrie Scout council.
GREENSBORO Aug 1 The North Carolina Society of Friends annual session continues at Guilford College Miss Jeanette Rankin former Congresswoman and associate secretary of the national council for prevention of war will speak tonight at 8 o clock Dr G Humphreys president of High Point College is listed as a speaker Thursday afternoon at 2 30 o clock His address will precede Rankins talk on How to Teach in Bible Schools
Pope associate pastor Listom will address the mid week service at Wesley Memorial Methodist tonight on measuring yourself. The talk is set for 8 o clock in the church basement youth room, described as the coolest spot in the building, and will run about forty minutes.
Chicago produce notes show bakers and firms listing creamery grade outputs with percent scores and weights. Entries include extra firsts and seconds for carrots and related items, with local receipts and storage details cited alongside grading codes and percentages.
Kelly Waldon charged in city court with operating a car while intoxicated stood to beat the rap until he spoke. Officer Ridge testified Waldon said he had been drinking beer at arrest time. Waldon denied drinking. Judge Teague found him guilty after defense questions. The judge noted Waldon had told him he drank a bottle of beer before court.
Hurley, Secretary of War, clashes with Senate and House committees over testimony and conduct. He protestingly cites Republican targeting as Joseph Tumulty, former Wilson aide, is set to testify. Hurley recalls reading two years earlier testimony for Associated Gas and Electric investors as inspectors seek missing witness H. C. Hopson.
Dr. Cornish cites Willard’s monkey work on preventing brood clotting in frozen animals. He notes dog rebirths in Berkeley experiments, including “Thirteen” now in Hollywood under a vet, though not fully normal. another dog “Scooter” can move unaided.
Raleigh August 7 Governor Ehrginhaus asked West Virginia officials to permit the return to Rockingham county of Jake Johnson in custody in Charleston charged with criminal assault last February. Johnson also uses the names James Johnson and Jake France and is accused of first degree burglary. A $200 reward previously offered for Johnson was renewed.
New York August 7 AP report notes cotton futures opened steady with prices unchanged to 12 points lower as traders assessed market conditions and demand signals.
Police narrowed the search for Dorothy Melton the principal state's witness in Dr Emmett A Sumner’s assault case. Officers tracked her trail near Rockingham and learned she was located in Winston-Salem with searches ongoing. Authorities say she is not being sought for crime but as a witness and deny she is wanted by police.
The J C Penney Co reports six months ended June 30 1935 net earnings after federal tax but before preferred dividends of 5 669 684 62. Common earnings 2 17 per share on 5 359 895 62. Sales for the period 92 979 584 38 up 3 28 percent from 1934.
Julian LaRose Harris, literary editor of the Atlanta Constitution, named executive editor of the Chattanooga Times effective August 18. Col Julius Ochs Adler, Times president, says the role creates active supervision of editorial and news departments. Harris formerly led the Columbus Enquirer-Sun to a Pulitzer Prize in 1926 for public service.
Paris reports today a Le Matin dispatch from Asmara Eritrea describing a widening rift in Emperor Haile Selassie’s family. Heir Asfao Tafari resents Makonnen’s appointment as Marrar governor and disapproves of the emperor’s Italian policy. Aptio Tafari, governor of Wollo, grows increasingly hostile.
Raleigh August 7 The state board of health recorded only three new polio cases in infancy paralysis across North Carolina. One case marked the first in Pender county this year, with Franklin and Robeson counties also reporting new infections. The total statewide since January reached 623, far below the 138 annual record set in 1929.
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Smith urged a constitutional approach to processing taxes and a general fund appropriation to aid farmers harmed by the tariff. He argued for radical tariff modification and robust protection in production and marketing, warning the country must recover from the Smoot Hawley era. He emphasized farmers’ entitlement to benefit payments while seeking lawful, broader relief.
The article notes government cotton program uncertainty and loan doubts chilled demand, with buyers adopting a cautious stance. It cites a 1924-36 crop value of 600 million dollars versus 682 million the prior season, despite 4 million additional bales marketed. Cotton price trends show a steady rise across spot markets since 1921, reaching 11.11 cents in the latest period.
An appeal from C. J. Motes of Suffolk Virginia seeks help locating Winifred Miller formerly with the Soil Erosion Service. Miller was linked to a wreckage found last year, possibly linked to a friend who vanished during a Miami to Newark flight years ago. Motes asks Miller to contact him at the Elliott Hotel in Suffolk to inspect the wreckage on the mountainside.
The statement notes that in United States history two African American senators and twenty one African American representatives have served in Congress.
Thomaville—Plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mille Homa Baptist orphanage are on hold. Dr I G Grier notes the event, first held when the first child was admitted 60 years ago, may shift past November 11 if the infantile paralysis quarantine remains in effect.
Plans are complete for the annual watermelon feast hosted by the Farmers Civic Organization at Blair Dairy Farm on South Street tomorrow night. Members from local civic clubs will attend a ball game around o'clock followed by the feast. The gathering emphasizes fellowship between farmers and city civic groups with invited women’s organizations.
No further polio cases reported in High Point as the disease wanes. Jimmy Lewis Jr of 121 Virginia Avenue had polio but has fully recovered, according to Dr. J. G. Groome. No parallels noted in his case.
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