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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1930
Page
9
A card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness after illness and death, noting floral offerings from Mrs. Ira Thomas Bray and son and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gomer. New York cotton futures opened with declines amid Liverpool weakness but rallied into midday. December near 9.23 and May near 9.83, with investor buying and volatility across months.
The session opened with vigorous selling on Saturday and continued in early hours today with moderate price concessions. Gains appeared in U S Steel American Telephone American Can and TransAmerica while rails oils lagged. Midmonth settlements and tax payments spur funds shifting and money market tightening though expected to be short lived.
Chicago reports a weekly U S wheat visible supply drop of 1 621 000 bushels easing to under eight million above year ago levels. Traders eye Australian crop fears and rains. Wheat ends irregular with small losses to gains while corn oats and provisions rise modestly.
Robert A. Terrell 68, president of the Bank of Alabama at Ensley, was found dead at his home after his wife heard a pistol shot. Coroner J. D. Russum ruled death a self-inflicted act.
A violent explosion at Laeken gas works near Brussels killed at least one worker buried under a falling wall. Great flames engulfed the buildings before they collapsed and firemen contained the blaze within an hour.
Private A E Daily commands the fort on Grays Harbor Sand Dunes and is the sole on duty officer. The post, built as a Pacific coast defense link in World War I, sees Daily polishing or dusting the disappearing units kept in condition.
Harry Craddock, author of the Savoy Cocktail Book, is praised as a helpful party presence who can mix 000 cocktails. He recently hosted a party for friends featuring 200 cocktails.
Radio listeners in Czechoslovakia protest government broadcasts they see as heavy on lectures and agricultural reports while neglecting popular music and light entertainment. The public unrest highlights concerns over cultural programming and censorship.
Nashville Tenn Dec 15 Receivers for Caldwell and company an investment banking house filed a federal court inventory listing liabilities at 39589656.02 with assets at book value totaling the same. The receivers say the figures reflect books not actual value and no appraisal is planned or authorized.
In Orangeburg South Carolina on December 15 a 12 year old boy John Francis Brailsford faced embarrassment after twenty six toy torpedoes exploded from his hip pocket. A playmate struck him causing the devices to detonate and tear his pants. John Francis sought a doctor for the accident and burns he sustained.
New Orleans cotton opens weak with Liver pool lower and private cables signaling liquidation. Early trades show January near 9.31, March 9.66, and May 9.82, with declines of 22 to 25 points from Saturday’s close as some covering emerges later.
The Dan River mills at Schoolfield and Riverside Mills in Danville restarted operations with non union labor. No mass picketing occurred unlike last Monday when Danville police used tear bombs. A morning blast at a nearby home awakened Fitts and broke all front windows.
Governor Pollard announced no further troop withdrawals from the Danville textile strike area while disorders persist. A bomb damaged the home of Magistrate R. S. Fitts at Schoolfield, injuring none, and the guilty parties were unknown and fled toward the North Carolina line. Brigadier General Samuel G. Waller arrived from Fort Royal to assume acting adjutant general duties during a six week leave for Adjutant General W. W. Sale.
The painting by John Keating of the Royal Hibernian Academy depicts Ireland's Shannon hydro electric project. Keating portrays a big camp in the foreground with Irish laborers and a portrayal of poverty and fatigue. A skeleton Irishman hangs from a transmission stand while a prospering man of affairs looks on, and a priest in the corner stands apart from worldly concerns.
Thomas Marshall, a blind pianist, has been made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. The distinction had previously been earned twice by a sightless musician.
Baxter Whetstine, a High Point youth, pled guilty to breaking and entering and larceny in Guilford Superior Court. The other defendants in the Southern Railway box car robbery faced ongoing trials or had their cases submitted to the jury. Whetstine testified for the state. trials for Robert Grady Joe Horn Clar ence Welborn and E N Lowe proceeded or concluded as noted. P E Garner and H R Bristow faced charges of receiving stolen goods and may stand trial soon.
Examiners report to the Federal Radio Commission recommends increasing WBT Charlotte North Carolina to 60 000 watts from 6 000. Other third zone stations urged for higher power include WAPI Birmingham WSM Nashville and WSB Atlanta. WWJ Detroit WREC Memphis WCFL Chicago and WTMJ Milwaukee denied increases. WBT is partly owned and run by the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Severe floods in southern Turkey inundate the Seyhan river basin towns Adana Mersine and Antaelia as torrential rains sweep from the Taurus mountains. Residents flee to hills and mosques while the Turkish Red Crescent rushes food and clothing to the disaster area.
A. J. McRae, about 50, a Lee County farmer, accidentally shot and killed himself with a shotgun on his Sanford area farm while talking to tenants. The weapon discharged as he picked it up after setting it down. the load struck his heart, causing almost instant death. He is survived by his widow Miss Bable Muse of Cameron.
In Walterboro South Carolina 37 year old J Monnie Carter a blacksmith from Patillo described as crazy drunk attempted to seize Mrs H Zain and her son on Main street He attacked a policeman after wresting the officer s club and choking the officer The officer B W Warner shot Carter three times killing him following the assault and attempted attack on the woman and the police officer
George T. Penny, High Point financier, wins a judgment of 7,680.82 dollars against Fairview Farm Shooting Club Inc. The referee Harry Stanley ruled Penny entitled to recover this amount for losses from taking over the club.
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