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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1934
Page
2
High Point Bisons lose to Charlotte High 45 to 27 in Western Conference play after star guard Harold Culler fouls out early in the third quarter. The game had a tight first half with multiple lead changes before Charlotte pulls away.
National league magnates left New York without major trades as the winter meeting closed. Cincinnati Reds, led by Powell Crosley Jr. and Larry MacPhail, bought Dazzy Vance from St. Louis for 7500 dollars, signed catcher Val Picinich, and acquired Les Mallon from Toronto Internationals. Other moves included Ethan Allen to Philadelphia and Jake Flowers to Buffalo. the league adopted a reduced travel schedule and new publicity efforts.
Culler and Red Hendrix starred for the Black Bisons as McCachren and Mullis led the visitors. Hendrix fought hard in the second half while some teammates showed discouragement. Final score details are unclear due to garbled text.
More than 200 State college alumni expected to attend a Guilford county Alumni association rally at the King Cotton hotel in Greensboro Thursday night at 7 30 oclock for the new Raleigh coach Hunk Anderson. The State college coaching staff and faculty officials will present addresses with Watt Sullivan presiding.
Babe Ruth turns 40 in New York as he remains a Yankee outfielder and high paid star. He has 7001 career homers including 15 in world series play, and plans a quiet birthday while recovering from a grippe before southward travel for fishing and golf ahead of spring training.
Pa Stribling father-manager of late W L Stribling Georgia heavyweight, announces quitting boxing to enter the lumber business in Charleston DC. He released all fighters February 1 led by Jimmy Maloney Claude Chastain and Raby Stribling, with the elder Stribling resting on his Ochlocknee farm.
Raleigh February 7 Frank Reese former assistant head coach at North Carolina State during John P Smiths regime was chosen to serve as assistant to Coach Hank Anderson through January 1 1935 The athletic board had anticipated the move since Anderson became head coach and Ed Hunsinger remains with the staff in a helping role while not formally appointed as end coach
Co G Mackintosh of High Point asks for action against reckless driving after two fatal accidents in three weeks. He urges state license exams and local measures to reduce danger, noting the city’s parks and industry and urging High Point to become the safest driving city in the state.
The Enterprise corrects a Monday D. B. Carrick Service Station page ad error naming High Point Heating and Plumbing Co. The proper signature reads All Sheet Metal Work done by High Point Roofing and Heating Co. 240 North Wrenn St.
Laura Brown filed a suit for divorce against Gray Brown in municipal court this morning on statutory grounds. The action seeks a dissolution of the marriage.
The article notes that cricket, long associated with Britain, was banned in the country less than 200 years ago, marking a historical shift in national sports policy and cultural practice.
A report notes that Delaware continues to enforce corporal punishment with the whipping post, detailing its status within state law and presenting local attitudes toward this historical practice.
North Carolina holds a share of the Big Five lead as NC State red terrors host Davidson in Raleigh. Duke eyes second place with a Virginia trip to VPI after defeating VMI. UNC beat Wake Forest 41 24 as Jim and Dave McCachren sparked the Tar Heels. Other scores include Elon by Hampden Sydney 37 36, Lenoir Rhyne over Atlantic Christian 52 31, Guilford over Apprentice 44 31 in Newport News. Jules Lambiotte tallied 16 for Apprentice.
Asheboro February seventh Mrs Bruce Craven director of Womens CWA work in Randolph county outlines practical plans for a county lake with boating swimming fishing and picnic grounds. She also aims to aid undernourished children in the county estimated at five hundred and to develop further practical programs.
Lexington February 7 Miss Estelle Barker experienced nurse now private practitioner added to Davidson County health department as emergency nurse The service funded by the state board of health through the CWA and paid from Raleigh It will continue at least until May 1 due to heavy quarantine work from a measles epidemic and demand on the department.
Dr Charles W Moser a stomach specialist from Greensboro spoke to the American Business club at the Elwood hotel on Tuesday night. He warned against high carbohydrate low vitamin diets and emphasized building health reserves through proper diet. Paul Sanders attended as a guest and W E Mitchell won the attendance prize.
State Senator Hugh Dorte plans to present a writ of habeas corpus in Craven county court in New Bern to seek bail for Mrs. Ruby Grice charged with murder in her husband’s death. Attorney Doftch says the writ, issued by Judge Frank Daniels, is returnable Thursday. Grice named as coassailor with Rufus Satterfield, already sentenced to death. Grice, an iron worker, was shot in October.
The summit of Mount Everest, the highest land on earth, placed in the deepest ocean, would lie about one and one-fifth miles beneath the waves, illustrating the vast gulf between land elevations and ocean depths.
A bottle of water left outside a California home in 1931 concentrated sunlight enough to set the wooden exterior on fire, prompting attention to solar ignition risks.
House of David court team defeated a patched Purple Panther lineup 32 to 21 before hundreds of fans at High Point college. Intnell led with 10 points and Woodgie added nine as the beard-clad visitors displayed fast back passes and backhand flips to spark the easy win over the collegians.
Henri Cochet says the United States can regain the Davis Cup this year citing the shift to grass on Wimbledon and England. He notes strong doubles with Lott and Van Ryn or Allison, and compares singles with Shields, Allison, Wood to Austin and Perry. Cochet arrived from South America for team matches against Tilden and Vines.
Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill ruled that extradition cannot be used in North Carolina to collect debt. The decision, in Norman Thomas’s Raleigh case, held extradition aimed at back alimony rather than punishing a crime.
Raleigh Feb 7 Eleven banks closed under state restriction have filed reorganization plans with the state bank department. Fifteen banks must complete reopening plans and secure state sanction by March 4 or face permanent closure.
North Carolina plans 1935 automobile license plates with silver looking numerals on a black background. Aluminum paint will give a silver appearance while plates stay on sheet steel. Prison labor will produce about 400000 pairs. As of today 316199 pairs of 1934 licenses issued, up from 248917 a year ago.
A Piedmont Bowling League match unfolds tonight as Carolina visits pace-setting Lucky Strike. High Point leads the league with 80 wins and 9 losses, while Charlotte seeks a pivotal result to affect standings and close the gap.
A Washington study led by G M Oyster Jr and Ivan Weld examined 351 raw milk fed babies and 557 pasteurized milk fed babies across eight Milk Stations. Raw milk averaged 0.4030 oz daily gain versus 0.4077 oz for pasteurized milk, with the pasteurized group showing a clear advantage.
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