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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1940
Page
3
A New York report shows High Point's living standard and retail market higher than many communities. Auto and motor accessory shops spend $2,221,000 yearly, 25 to 57 percent above average, with total annual retail sales reaching $9.7 million including food and general merchandise.
Dr Paul Garber of Duke University was the principal speaker at Asheboro Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held last night in Asheboro.
Charles H. Stone, a local businessman, has been elected president of the Charlotte Community Chest at its February meeting, taking over leadership of the charitable fund drive.
Guilford County real estate transfers list multiple township deeds. Transfers include R B Stratton to Claude Lee Bulla and wife on Anderson Heights, Sadie E Smith to Claude Lee Dowdy on Roseland Avenue, Avery Phipps to W Clark Coble trustee on Asheboro Street, Katie E Hendrix to C A Hendrix on Hendrix Street, Thomas C Hoyle commissioner and George T Penny on Olive Street, Grace Painter Huffines to Hattie D Huffines on US Highway 70, Starmount Company to Q E Motis on West Avondale, Margaret C Stockton to Harry B Hunter on Woodland Drive, W E Benbow to Harvey White on Elam Avenue, and Thomas W Jones to R C Hardin on Muir's Chapel Road.
Mooresville reports laboratory experts examined the body of Raymond J. Marlowe after the February 17 death during a scuffle with Federal Alcohol Tax Unit agents. Judge H Hoyle Sink ordered exhumation to determine the bullet’s entry point. Agent B F Stephenson posted $1,000 bond.
Deductions for losses fall into four classes and must follow the tax law. Losses are deductible if incurred in business or profession, in any profit making transaction, from fires storms ship wrecks or theft, or from wagering. Capital losses have further limits under section 117.
Shipping point data from North Carolina and USDA shows weekly price ranges for sweet potatoes cabbage strawberries kale collards spinach lettuce radishes snap beans and potatoes. Markets in Cleveland Washington Baltimore Pittsburgh New York Detroit Philadelphia and Chicago report mixed activity with steady to dull demand and specific price bands by variety and origin.
The William Penn Tigers beat Madison Negro High School 43 to 18 in a return basketball game. William Penn girls lost 34 to 19 with illness affecting a key forward. Immanuel Lutheran College from Greensboro set to play here Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
A vintage ad urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to restore bile flow and ease digestion. It promises two pints daily, condemns poor digestion as causing gas, constipation and sour mood, and emphasizes buying by name for 10 or 26 cents.
Columbus reports two Ohio congressional districts elected Republicans J. Harry McGregor and Frances Payne Bolton, ending a nine year Democratic hold in one seat and inaugurating Bolton as Ohio’s first Congresswoman. Governor Bricker calls the state solidly Republican while Democrat Limbach hints November may differ.
State Senator William B. Rodman Jr. of Beaufort County will assume duties next week as a member of Lt Gov Horton’s campaign staff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
The excerpt surveys English poetry history listing five works Kubla Khan The Blessed Damozel The Fairie Queene In Memoriam Dramatis Personae with multiple choice author options. Answers are indicated as available on the Want Ad Page.
Percy Bloxam of Raleigh, general superintendent of the state WPA office, was named city manager of Roxboro succeeding James C. Harris Jr who resigned.
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