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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1940
Page
3
The January furniture market yielded higher orders at Jamarkets than January 1939 but overall attendance and sales disappointed some exhibitors. Price changes were modest with about 40 percent of plants raising prices 1 to 5 percent. Case goods led bookings while upholstered and ready to wear goods lagged behind last summer.
Dr M Bradway director of the Legal Aid Clinic was elected president of the North Carolina Mental Hygiene Society at its 6th annual meeting in Raleigh on February 17. Hubert Haywood of Raeford was named president elect for 1941 43 and Dr Mable Bushey Gouge of Durham was elected vice president. Dr W D of Chapel Hill became treasurer. C C Burlingame of Hartford Conn addressed the gathering urging focus on youth assets.
An old notice promotes Udga bismuth tablets for excess stomach acid. It claims coating of the stomach lining reduces irritation and digestive secretions, relieving ulcer pain heartburn and bloating. The 25 cent box is advertised as safe with money back guarantee. Available at drug stores.
Seven year old Frank Miller Jr. and his brother accompanied their parents to a hardware store in Chicago. While their father paid a bill, Frank found a pistol in a nail bin and pulled the trigger, killing his father almost instantly.
Bethel Baptist Church members gathered to celebrate paying off the church mortgage when a fire broke out destroying the debt free property. Congregants watched as flames consumed the building with an estimated loss in the eight thousands. The incident occurred in Waleshboro near Columbus Indiana.
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