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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1931
Page
7
U S Dept. of Agriculture report shows cattle numbers 300 with broad price changes across grades. Steers and stockers sold off 25-75 cents while veal and bulls edged higher. hogs 18,000 head with light weights up 5-10, heavier weights steady to lower amid a record slaughter lamb arrival and mixed lamb prices.
Cotton opened steady to 7 points lower on Southern and local selling, with some hedging as January futures saw early declines. Market absorbed selling with trade buying cov ering, rallied 2 to 3 points in early trade, while Liverpool noted general liquidation but improved cloth demand from the continent and Africa. Shipments awaiting clearance this week estimated at 196000 bales, futures closed 5 to 9 points lower, spot middling 6.16.
N O Cotton in New Orleans reports a steady to easier start as Liverpool cables drop. Early trades show losses of two to four points with January at 6.05 March 6.26 and May 6.41, about four to five points below yesterday's close. By mid hour market quiets but stays one point above the lows.
Salem Massachusetts December 12 George Tetrault an eight year old boy who weighed 200 pounds died of pneumonia at his parents home. From birth he showed extraordinary growth and reached 108 pounds at age three 165 pounds at age six and gained 35 pounds in the last two years.
In Bucharest on December 12 Prince Nikolas of Romania renounced his royal rights and military titles to wed Mile Lucia Deleti a commoner. King Carol threatened exile and loss of income. the marriage was annulled by court for improper ceremony. Nikolas becomes a ordinary citizen under a new name and may remain in the country.
The administration presses Congress on debt relief amid a clash with Europe over armament cuts. Ogden Mills arrives with European payment figures to urge reconsideration while Senator Reed and Republican leaders oppose Hoover’s plans to recreate the war depth commission. Ratification of a one year moratorium on all indebtedness hangs in the balance.
A six month old measure applies to co ed accounts owed to government bodies. The rule affects how debts are recorded and collected, with the policy now in force. Public notices indicate compliance requirements for affected entities and timelines for reporting.
The Raleigh News and Observer reported two stories this week about Johnston County Republican office holders receiving letters from Foster requesting contributions tied to their salaries. Some funds were to aid the campaign of George M. Pritchard against Senator Bailey. Foster said officials were released from pledges to the state finance committee to allow local committee funding.
The trial heard that time limits for arguments were set as prosecutors and defense got four and a half hours total. Kane, accused of wilful premeditated drowning of his wife, testified calmly denying the accusations and recounting frantic rescue efforts and a fast hospital dash as relatives claimed domestic strife. He asserted he loved his wife and denied cursing her during an emotional outburst.
Greensboro North Carolina December 12. Austin Smith 65 a contractor died from wounds police said were personal safety related though he claimed he was attacked by an unidentified white man.
Dr. O R Johnson of the University of Missouri analysis says Missouri farmers now view agriculture as a profit driven business. They are reducing self sufficiency, increasing specialization, and relying on price trends and demand. He predicts more land will shift to crops, with livestock reduced and operations handled by corporations or tenants using machinery.
Colorado Springs chief Hugh D Harper and president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police condemns Amos n Andy for methods shown in the radio program. He calls the portrayal misleading and harmful to public perception and law enforcement nationwide.
Openings show wheat 3 4 to 1 cent lower with a further drop after the initial decline. Corn and oats fall and hold near early ranges as gains in wheat later recover somewhat amid Argentine rains. Provisions decline with market weakness and Japan gold export embargo news.
In Greensboro on December 12, Mr. Austin Smith 65 and Mrs. Anna Smith 67 lay dead in a mortuary. Police say Mr. Smith died from a bullet wound while Mrs. Smith drowned herself at Pinecroft Lake after his death. The coroner had not ruled on the husband’s death. Mrs. Smith’s funeral is planned for 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
German exports of steel and iron increased for the third straight month while imports declined for the fourth time in a row. Production slipped to 35.5 percent of capacity from 36.2 percent, and two blast furnaces were idled, leaving 47 in use. The import trade showed gains in 11 product classes and losses in nine, with one class unchanged.
Jane Addams of Chicago social worker and longtime president of the Women's International League For Peace and Freedom underwent a major operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore today. The procedure was performed by Dr. Thomas Cullen of Baltimore.
Detroit, Dec. 12. Santa Claus is on trial in Michigan indicted by the children's division of the Council of Religious Education which voted to expel him from Sunday schools. Four Detroit ministers appeal to defend him insisting Santa belongs in home and schools not in church classrooms. The council says Santa is a myth and not gospel truth, while ministers defend his value to children.
Washington reports the National Research Council is conducting tests to distinguish automobile drivers by heart rate and reaction. About 450 people examined over two years show active individuals with less heart-rate rise perform better. Tests measure hand and eye coordination in a stationary setup to gauge driving aptitude. Drivers with clean records outperform those with accidents.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports Potatoes at 59 on track 197 total U S shipments 620. Trading steady to slow. Wisconsin round whites No 1 80 90 cents. Idaho russets No 1 1.45 1.60. No 2 around 1.05. commercials 1.10.
Garfield Dalton a farmer died after being struck by an automobile driven by W W Duckworth who was arrested on a charge of reckless driving in Asheville North Carolina according to the report from December 12.
The extension division of Cornell University will campaign to develop modern public markets across New York state. The plan resulted from a meeting between farm and market authorities in Ithaca.
Chimes from the $100,000 Patterson Morehead bell tower at the University of North Carolina were audible in Durham twelve miles away on Thanksgiving Day, according to residents.
A section of the Arizona national guard is an all Indian infantry company organized at the local Indian school. It is described as the only all Indian company in the United States.
A memorial for a final reunion of the northern and southern Baptist branches is filed with the DC conventions as the American Baptist Mission Society marks its 100th anniversary in April 1988. The northern executive committee in Chicago votes to reply cordially and form a committee to confer with southern leaders on the memorial.
Eleven British seamen missing from the German owned trawler Venus after it sank off the Norwegian coast near Manloey. A raft found ashore carried two exhausted sailors and bodies of four others. Survivors said they came from Venus. Police report the Venus as a suspected rum runner. The captain shares a name with the Venus master.
A sale of property in Guilford County North Carolina recorded in Plat Book 7 page 21 occurs under a trust deed to Citizens Bank of Norfolk dated 1927. The parcel, described with Greenway Avenue and Circle boundaries, is sold November 1931 under terms of sale with Peacock and Dalton attorneys listed.
Default on the indebtedness secured by a July 1 1928 deed of trust to First National Company of Durham and Union Trust Company of Maryland trustee. Real property at 407 White Oak Street Guilford County North Carolina to be sold at public auction at noon on December 21 1931 at the Guilford County courthouse door.
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