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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
2
Chicago prices remain unsettled in dairy and eggs with creamery lass at 93 score 39 to 40 and 39 at 39, and standards 90 cent sized carrots at 37. Eggs tally 3,622 with steady prices. No other prices clear due to garbled OCR.
Ostrich racing has become a popular attraction in Czechoslovakia drawing diverse crowds to events and exhibitions across major towns and villages. The novelty sport showcases trained birds competing in timed races, intriguing locals and visitors alike.
Spokane reports Grand Coulee Dam nears the second phase as bids come in to complete the 126 million dollar barrier across the Columbia River. The 62 million dollar foundation dam nears finish, key to irrigating up to 1.2 million acres in central Washington. U S Reclamation Commissioner John C. Page urged limits on irrigation expansion and called the dam the key structure of a historic project.
Scientists report a new skull fragment in Java as evidence that Pithecanthropus man evolved beyond great apes and walked upright about a million years ago. The skull shows human ear and jaw features but apelike jaw attachment, suggesting an early human type. reconstruction revealed a lantern jaw owner with heavy teeth and a fractured skull.
The Panay reported all inside Nanking communications severed as Japanese air forces supported a ground assault. More than 500 Japanese aircraft aided the operation during the afternoon as military spokesmen said airmen were busy.
The speaker argues irrigated lands in the West total about 30 million acres with Nevada’s water insufficient for more than a couple Iowa counties. He notes soil erosion has ruined ten times the current irrigated area and claims irrigation complements humid regions. He divides irrigated crops into forage crops for local livestock and specialty crops like sugar beets vegetables melons and fruits for broader markets.
Emma Griffin of 1108 North Main Street filed a complaint to police about a classic two swindlers con. Two Negro men allegedly found 250 dollars but could not split it without her making change. She gave them 16 dollars, and the alleged con artists vanished. Police have no trace of the tricksters.
Hammond Indiana reports James Dalhover theTrigger man of the Brady gang was sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of State Policeman Paul Minneman after a federal jury deliberated two hours and seventeen minutes following his guilty plea.
Tar Heel farmers harvested 29 percent more cotton this year on a 15 percent acreage rise. Average yield climbed from 298 to 836 pounds per acre, with total production at 369,936,000 pounds versus 285,186,000 last year, per state agriculture officials.
National Furniture Company treasurer and Morganton vice-president were elected as officers at a Raleigh session where 18 directors including Fletcher Welch and T Austin Finch were chosen. Ellsworth Alvord denounced the undistributed profits tax and urged a simpler tax system while Ernest T. Trigg urged elimination of commercial bribery and opposed government control of industry. Senator Bailey sought further limits on tobacco production controls in the farm bill.
The house rejected amendments to reinstate comparison and marketing quotas for wheat while considering a substitute bill to guarantee farmer cash income equal to cost of production. Senate delays lessen chances for a vote this week as leaders see slim odds of passage in the special session.
German ex convict Weidmann 29 confessed to killing Miss De Koven and four men including a syndicate member. Investigators seek Million the alleged gang leader and his blonde partner linked to traveler's checks and the villa of death in St Cloud near Paris. The spree began with the Brooklyn dancer and extends to a taxi driver broker and others.
Frank V. Birch president of the International Lions Club told a regional meeting in Winston-Salem that good products organization management money and vision underpin Lions ism. The talk drew Lions and guests from Charlotte Concord Salisbury Greensboro Kannapolis and High Point as more than 300 Lions and their wives attended.
The president warned the railroad system faces a grave crisis and recalled a 1934 Eastman remark, saying there is no permanent solution. He urged readjusting capitalization and abandoning tracks where service by one line is marginal and trucks can replace it, stating you cannot get blood out of a stone.
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