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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1935
Page
16
The Will Rogers message sent from Juneau Alaska dated August 10 praises Rex Beach and Greta Beach and recalls their Alaska adventures. He notes Beach’s mining and celery farming efforts near Sebring Florida and his work on “Spoilers” and a Klondike era story.
A fragment from 1935 quotes Rex touting a famed Vancouver mayor and a mysterious solution called the Way Out. The speaker plans to ship a carload of it to California for horses, alfalfa growth, and chili con carne, while recalling Bill Fields and Alaska pride in contrast to distant Canada and England.
Liquidation spread from public utilities to the broader market with losses of 1 to 8 points in many shares. Utilities fell while bonds were steady to higher and the Associated Press average slid 0.9 to 47.8. Wheat corn and cotton moved lower amid broader selling as the TC-13 airship gains buoyancy and range.
The pound sterling closed 1-8 of a cent higher at $4.97 5-8 and the French franc rose 1-4 of a cent to 6.62 3-8 cents. Modest gains were seen in other gold bloc currencies.
W A Powell paid the sales tax on a Virginia purchased car under protest to contest the 1935 act taxing out of state auto purchases. He says the revenue commissioner refused license plates without tax payment and will sue for recovery, arguing the law is unconstitutional.
A new device that amplifies human voice to be heard beyond a mile directed the landing of planes on a U.S. navy aircraft carrier.
The annual meeting of the Presbyterian synod of North Carolina will convene Tuesday night at Flora MacDonald college RED SPRINGS. The synod will remain in session until Thursday. Dr. B R Lacy president of Union seminary and retiring moderator will preach. Reports from synod agencies and committees will be heard under the new committee system adopted at Davidson last year. All sessions in the college auditorium.
The league for less noise releases a list of public enemies with taxicabs first for most annoying noise nuisances followed by loud radios and barking dogs.
The Physical Laboratories unit of the Army Air Corps at Wright Field will study the effects of high altitude flight on pilots among other duties.
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