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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
8
The 1930 outlook in Thomasville is cautiously upbeat as local leaders forecast investment growth in furniture and textiles, continued school expansion, and a new hospital. Bankers predict a stable-to-brighter year with careful spending and savings growth amid lingering economic concerns.
Installment buying has fallen for six months and Mr. Mahone says relief from obligations is a good sign. The Weather Bureau seeks air secrets as part of a broader report on atmospheric conditions influencing commerce and public sentiment.
Lexington division of the Carolina Motor Club reports a surge in license plate sales on Monday and Tuesday. Manager C. S. Leonard notes about 2,000 plates sold so far this period, behind last year’s end total of roughly 4,500 at the Lexington bureau.
Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian church for Mrs Jessie Hunt Mendenhall of Lexington aged sixty. Rev J R McGregor conducted the rites. She is survived by three brothers W A Hunt of Henderson H Lacy Hunt of Wilmington and W Kenly Hunt of Greensboro.
A list of Victor records featuring Leo Reisman and His Orchestra with songs from MGM and First National pictures. Includes There’s a Note pair with Amos and Andy and a Show of Shows sketch with Chick Factor. Also promotes Wayne King, Nat Shilkret, and titles like Sally and Dream Lover as fox trots and waltzes.
Texas bankers offered a $5000 reward for every dead bank bandit and the policy remained open. After 88 daylight robberies in a year and 24 in the eight weeks before the offer in November 1927, only nine daylight holdups occurred, with five robbers killed and rewards paid. Insurance concerns spurred the move amid a backdrop of 1600 banks in Texas.
A purple lizardskin purse opens to reveal three sections. The first holds cigarets and a light, the second stores passports and bank books or other papers, and the third contains money.
Gov Gardner designates Judge Thomas L. Johnson of Lumberton to oversee a one week special criminal term at Davidson county starting Monday January 6. The holdover docket includes about 70 cases with 13 slated for the first day and no grand jury appearance needed.
Dr. G. C. Gambrell Davidson County health officer attended the annual conference of county health officers in Raleigh. He was listed on the program to discuss tuberculosis prevention during the session.
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