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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1931
Page
7
Detroit organizers offer cash prizes for owners of Michigan's three oldest autos to display at the first annual auto show from January 23 to 30. Cars must be older than 1915 models.
Salisbury educator E J Coltrane, former NC Education Association president, will speak at the Bay Street PTA meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Invitations extend to board members and spouses, Superintendent Wingate Andrews, and local PTA Council members. A Christmas program from upper elementary students will follow.
In New Orleans on December 14, cotton opened quiet and steady. Prices slipped briefly with January at 6.98, March 6.17, and May 6.36 before recovering as stocks and sterling movements supported gains. End of first hour shows strength with January at 6.05, March 6.24, May 6.42. Census data show November mill consumption at 428,870 bales. Textile bureau notes October domestic goods sales at 96.9 percent of production with unfilled orders up 3 percent.
Thomasville reports funeral services for Andrew Royal son of Amos and Mrs Royal who died Sunday morning at 11. Interment followed at Fair Grove Methodist church cemetery in the afternoon. Rev R L West officiated.
Chicago market report shows hogs at 72 000 head with price drops to 4.10 4.20 for 180 280 pound ranges and 3 25 3 50 for pigs. Cattle and calves number 23 500 with standstill trends and lower bids on steers yearlings and stock cattle. Slaughter cattle and vealers report varied weights with steers 7.00 11.75 and cows 3.25 4.75 while stockers fetch 4.50 6.00. Sheep and lambs very slow with fat lambs 5.25 5.50 and 6.00 for top bids.
1931 Guilford county tax rate totals 64.4 cents, down 15 cents from 79.4 in 1930. Six months’ school term rate drops 16.1 cents to 30.6 cents from 46.7. Debt service rises 6.8 cents to 16.6. Davidson records the largest cut, dropping 70 cents to 65 cents from 1.35. Raleigh figures released today show changes across the county-wide levy.
Wade Hill, a white resident of Thomasville, was sentenced by City Recorder C. W. Gilliam to six months on the county roads after pleading guilty to larceny. He confessed to stealing numerous chickens, uncovered when arrested at his Polk street home. Roy Crofts and a neighbor identified birds as belonging to others.
James J. Farriss of New York city son of Mrs. R. K. Stewart of this city was elected president of the Duke Alumni Association of New York at the Duke Day banquet and dance held Friday night at the St. Regis hotel. He has served as secretary and treasurer for five years.
J A Davis received a best news tip award for first information on government plans for the old junior high. Leon Thompson earned a prize for locating the apparently dead man on the road. Mrs J M Teague of 634 West Green street told about an opossum causing radio static.
In Greensboro on December 14 James Duncan chairman of the Republican state executive committee filed an amendment to his petition seeking the return of party records seized by District Attorney E L Gavin who is investigating alleged violations of the federal ban on soliciting party contributions from office holders. Judges set hearings and subpoenas have been served on Duncan and secretary treasurer W H Foster as the grand jury is directed to meet Thursday.
W T Morgan of Fuquay Springs out hunting near the Blanchard mill place flushed a partridge hen sitting on a nest of eggs. The curious December nesting follows many unusual natural events reported in the mild dry fall.
Vestal 13 month old son of Mr and Mrs Roy H Vestal of Trinity Route 4 died at home at 12 20 this morning after a brief illness. Survived by parents a sister Dorothy Elizabeth Vestal two brothers Roy H Vestal Jr and James Allen Vestal and grandfather Solomon D Vestal. Funeral from the home Tuesday at 2 pm with interment in Lebanon cemetery.
Courageous Salvation Army workers stood beside the street kettle all Saturday collecting funds for Christmas relief. The total reached $20.05, $17 less than last year’s kickoff day, with only one kettle on the street this year. Proceeds fund needy families during the holiday season as Adjutant John O Beirne urges continued support to keep the pot boiling.
New York December 14 Cotton prices opened steady to mixed with January at 6.01 and overall business described as quiet. Market observers noted small shifts of two points up to four points down as trading began.
Convicts in the Leavenworth federal penitentiary went on strike in the boiler house threatening heating. No riot reported as night guards aided day staff to keep order. The incident followed a deadly escape attempt last Friday with seven escapees. Earl Thayer remains at large. Warden Thomas B. White was wounded and hospitalized. Fred Zerbst was away. Sanford Bates and his assistant arrived to take charge of the investigation.
In the North Sea the steamer Venus was sunk after a pursuit and exchange of shots with a Norwegian coast guard vessel. Captain and 16 crewmen drowned off the Norwegian coast. The ship lay in fifteen fathoms of water with liquor barrels afloat. Two crew members reached shore and were arrested.
Arguments continued in the murder trial of Leroy Lee and Nord Donnell both Negroes charged with killing R. B. Andrew Sedalia post master merchant. Andrew was shot just before two men identified as Donnell and Lee fled the store. The state seeks murder verdicts and the jury planned to retire for a decision that afternoon.
18 year old Bessie Williams was wounded when John Rose Welborn 25 fired three shots at her in her Moon Street home. He fled and a warrant for assault stands outstanding as she recovers from a shoulder flesh wound.
Chicago grain pricked up early on scarce offerings with wheat opening up about 1% cents and advancing further before retreating. Corn started flat to higher and rose thereafter as traders weighed delayed exports from Argentina into mid January due to a wet harvest.
Cleveland report recalls Patrolman Koprowski who, while investigating a chicken theft, glimpsed a creature under a porch and mistook a skunk for a cat. He fired, but the shot came after the animal fled, leaving the case described as a misidentification.
Third in a Red Cross series on first aid explains sterile gauze and clean bandages. It details circular and spiral reverse bandages, triangle bandages, and proper tension to avoid circulation loss, with tips on protection, compression, and knotting.
Warner admits last two dividends on preferred stock paid from surplus. Denies losses in the last year exceed prior statements and denies buying Brunswick musical division at an exorbitant price. Acknowledges some theaters closed as business policy with some financial benefit. denies paying exorbitant salaries and denying stockholder status.
The piece argues that attention to foreign turmoil overshadows domestic recovery efforts. It cites weak auto demand, sliding commodity prices, and fall in securities as December nears, while US currency strength hints at holiday trade delays. It likens Europe to Caligari era chaos and warns of neurotic nationalism and tariff wars impacting markets.
In the opening week of play Lenz and Jacoby used wait ing tactics to boost their score. A series of doubles by the Culbertsons shifted momentum and culminated in a sensational 1670 point swing in one 11 hand rubber. After five rubbers on Saturday night Culbertsons shaved 810 points off Lenz and Jacoby, leaving 4840 to start the sixth session. The series tally stood Lenz and Jacoby 20 Culbertsons 13.
In New Haven a Yale student asked a passerby for directions to a wooden Indian. The frightened girl fainted, sparking a street fight, a riot call, and two arrests. Patrolman John Ahern and participant Joseph Farricielli clashed. 15 patrols responded and a riot squad restored order. Porter and Farricielli were detained for later court appearance.
From St Louis dispatches amid swollen streams in southwestern Arkansas and northern Louisiana traffic slowed. Trains rerouted in Eldorado due to submerged tracks while waters receded. Rail and highway routes near Monroe Shreveport disrupted after a dam break and a scout group was rescued by firemen using ladders. A dam failure at Marshall Tennessee sent fish downstream and a cyclone struck Wartrace Tennessee with uprooted trees. Two fatalities reported from a tornado near Texarkana last Friday.
Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahashi announced a curb on gold exports shortly after the new cabinet was formed. The order requires permission to export gold and imposes penalties for violations.
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