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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1931
Page
2
Nevada records show 4100 divorces filed by November 1 under the six week law with Las Vegas and Reno leading the rise. Reno and Las Vegas show large gains in divorce business, while national figures and commentary compare presidential freedom to Al Capone’s penitent confinement.
Barnacle Bill the seal arrives at a Pomona residence while owner George Belcher is away. He knocks on windows and breaks glass before police escort him out to the ocean.
Six weeks of declines hit many counties with losses in Eiko and Mineral counties. Ormsby County and Carson City show a rise as 80 residents secured divorces in seven months, boosting Carson City to approve a new 50 600 hotel to house the divorcees during their indefinite stay.
A Brookfield Center group of young writers and actors bring Paul Green’s play The House of Connelly to Broadway, hailed for its human depth and fresh energy. The piece follows Will Connelly, a Southern heir, as he challenges old family pretensions and a crumbling estate with a new love, amid praise for Franchot Tone and Margaret Barker.
Knoxvill e residents Jean Kintz and Martha Kintz were booked on a charge of stealing electricity. They allegedly tapped wires into Rosemary Perceful’s rooms, with Perceful noting her electric current jumped by about half overnight.
Johnny Weissmuller, scouted by William Bachrach, trains under director W S Van Dyke for Tarzan of the Apes. The athlete endures a gruelling jungle on set, bare legs in a loin cloth, swinging from trees and tangled with animals, hoping this break leads to further film work and a possible sequel.
In Baltimore Virginia Valentine won a $51 award after receiving a punch from Harry Calzey that broke her nose. Calzey faced court action and the incident drew a damages judgment for Valentine.
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bridges reports 66,090 men sought enlistment in the last fiscal year an 18 percent rise amid scarce civilian jobs. Army training camps also saw a deluge of applications as the World War records grow to 119,209,000 files with plans to classify them next year.
A report states that more than 40 percent of United States wealth is controlled by women. The finding highlights shifting economic influence and gender dynamics in asset ownership and financial power.
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