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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
10
Millions of rats and other rodents cross Serbian borders and march toward Manchuria and Mongolia fueling famine fears and uprisings against Soviet rule. Border districts report grain losses and bites. Hailar plans gas and spread of disease to curb the infestation.
Detroiter Charles Thomas faced a court order after his ex wife accused him of sneaking into her Detroit home to bathe. Judge Lester S Moll heard the case as Mrs Thomas sought restraint preventing him from using her bathtub, a dispute arising after their divorce and his relocation.
The court restrained a man from further ablutory activity with his wife’s bath tub. He admitted discord with his spouse yet praised the tub saying none other fits him so well. Judge Moll issued the restraint to stop further involvement with the tub during the dispute.
San Francisco financier and former United States senator James D. Phelan died after several months illness at age sixty nine. Born in 1861 in San Francisco he became a prominent figure in California politics and society over many years.
Cotton prices in Liverpool move higher on Aug 8 with spot market quiet. American grades show strict good middling at 8.39 and good middling at 8.04, strict middling 7.74, middling 7.54, strict low middling 7.24, reflecting a firming trend.
Market notes show 4,000 bales traded with 990 American. Receipts also 4,000 total and 2,200 American. Futures closed steady with October 6.75, December 6.77, January 6.80, March 6.87, May 6.93, July 6.98.
London tube railways experiment with wooden wheels built in layered spruce, designed to reduce noise. Early results are described as wonderful, with wheels that resist moisture and heat.
Nelson Smith, aged negro, was killed last night at a grade crossing near Fayetteville when struck by an Atlantic Coast Line locomotive. June reports say the victim was crossing when the train struck him. Investigations by railroad police are underway.
Oklahoma moved nearly 2,700 carloads of Irish potatoes to market this year, reflecting strong regional demand and steady agricultural outputs across the state.
A grain storage facility with space for 6,900,000 bushels is under construction in Galveston Texas. The project aims to bolster regional grain handling capacity and support export activity at the port.
In Columbia on August 8 officials faced a dilemma as two eleven year olds Craw ford Farrell of Lancaster and Robert Myers of Florence confessed to setting a fire that damaged an orphanage kitchen and dining hall on July 17. They hoped for transfer to a reformatory though under twelve, they cannot be sent there.
Boise Idaho August 8 Alexander Legge chairman of the federal farm board on a west tour said in an interview last night that the bottom of the trough had been reached in the business depression and a gradual rise to normal conditions would follow said Legge in Boise.
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