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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1932
Page
7
U S Department report shows week with smaller receipts and price reversals. Fat lambs steady to higher with top regions 6.60, yearlings 3.50-4.25, fat ewes 1.75-2.50, hogs 4.00-4.80 with most weights 4.00-4.35, packing sows 3.15-4.40. Overall activity cautious as buyers remained selective.
Cotton futures start steady with a 1 to 4 point advance as yesterday’s gains carry. Prices reach about unchanged on January contracts while later deliveries rise 2 to 5 points. Japanese buyers seen active. Liverpool shows irregular demand and Bombay liquidation noted. Shipments awaiting clearance estimated at 142,000 bales, up from 116,000 last year.
Dr Edgar W Knight professor of education at the University of North Carolina sails from New York January 12 aboard the Exeter to join a government advisory commission for Iraq. He will be joined by Profs Paul Monroe and William C Bagley and the three to four month survey will cover Egypt Palestine Transjordan Syria Arabia and possibly Persia. Knight has carried out several international education studies in recent years including Scandinavia and the Far East.
New Orleans reports a firm opening in cotton futures with better cash tones and gains in New York. Front month March touches 6.50, May 6.66, July 6.81 as weekend liquidation and hedge selling ease into the day. The market trims 1 to 3 points from the highs but holds 9 to 11 points above the prior close after the first hour.
Chicago grain values show early rise driven by stock market gains and hopes France will relax wheat import rules. Forecasts also predict a smaller US wheat carryover by July 1. Opening moves 14 to 12 higher, wheat climbs further. Corn opens steady to up and then holds near limit.
Canon City Colorado reports John Prake joined a select group by holding 13 cards of a single suit in a bridge game. He bid a grand slam and laid the cards on the table in a showcase hand.
Card thanks friends for kindness during illness and death of Rosa Mary Boyles. Family expresses gratitude for support and generous floral tributes. Signed Co. T Boyles and family.
Bombay reports a total order in India as emergency ordinances swell. Nationalists focus on a rising boycott and civil disobedience, including non payment of taxes and police action against nationalist leaders. Banks have their accounts of nationalist leaders impounded to curb activity.
Elmer Parker a 19 year old West Virginia farmer surrendered to police after a fatal incident linked to a motion picture. He pled guilty in federal court to transporting a stolen automobile from Dayton Ohio to Effingham Illinois.
New York stocks rose for a fourth straight session before weekend profit taking pared gains. The market closed with a heavy tone as several issues slipped and turnover reached about 42 million shares. The bond market remained firmer with U S government issues steadier and traders eyeing possible easy money policy.
Investigators probe the death of J. B. Daniel found on railroad tracks in the Warehouse district. Witnesses report a bloody face and a towel found in his store, suggesting foul play, while a physician says self harm is unlikely. Coroner extends inquest to Monday for more evidence.
Shelby North Carolina January 9 Jason E Ledbetter 55 killed his 20 year old son last September with a shotgun the same weapon used to kill the boy Ledbetters home was visited by a neighbor and two sons who sought to force Odym Ledbetter to marry a relative An argument followed and the elder Ledbetter fired from his door into the yard wounding four the son Odum died later the father shot himself to death
A kitten crawled under the hood of a car after a high school game seeking shelter from rain and cold. Heat and exhaust distressed the animal, which apparently activated the car’s siren involuntarily as onlookers watched. Ivan Crigsman and friends witnessed the unusual incident.
A bandit followed two bank messengers into the Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock and shot the cashier J. F. Chappele in the office before escaping with more than $5,000 in the weekly payroll.
Raleigh January 9 The North Carolina Society of Engineers heard that a committee is drafting a state building code with a report due for the next legislature. The panel will not tackle the task alone and has drawn in state departments building inspectors and other societies. Sherwood Brockwell is council chairman.
Chester mayor restarts a long-abandoned 9 p.m. curfew using the fire signal when youths under seventeen fail to return home. In Winnipeg a child rouses her father from sleep by pulling his hair, while a Media, Pennsylvania note says Walter Hallaran left 51,007 dollars to the U S treasury.
In West Springfield Massachusetts a student dislocated her jaw while trying to suppress a yawn prompting a physician to respond at the high school. The incident occurred amid unusual weather and the teacher's voice influence.
Maine will yield about 48,000 farms producing nearly one twelfth of national potato output this year. Governor William Tudor Gardiner announced on a radio broadcast. Dairy products valued at about 300 million dollars will also be produced.
The Laundrymen's Association of Winston Salem Greensboro High Point and Vicinity met at the March hotel in Lexington. Fred McPherson of High Point presided. Judge H. E. Olive and Clarence Howell spoke. Forty seven members attended the supper and talks. Raleigh gathering planned for February's first Thursday.
The Rev. George T. Tunstall of Green Street Baptist will preach at both services tomorrow. Morning sermon titled Measuring Up To Our Memorial includes a fellowship hand gesture for new members and Lord's Supper observance. Evening service topic is A Sensitive Soul.
Swedish engineers develop a concrete material that incorporates a gas to make the mix rise like bread. The result is unusually light and buoyant, potentially altering construction possibilities.
Charleston Jan 9 The Dominican republic wins a Supreme Court ruling redressing its light house tender and other vessels held in admiralty. The Arminda tanker, disabled after being picked up by the Norfold, had been libeled for salvage after purchase in New York for 147000 dollars. The court ordered return as property of a friendly nation, reviving maritime relations and flag protections.
Dr John T Burros chairman of the state board of health will speak on the 1932 prospects before the city wide Baptist Young People Union at First Baptist church Sunday at 2 30 The union will install its new officers elected at the December meeting led by Walter Crissman as president and include Oli e Hutchens Paul Fry Carl Edmonds Roy Liner Ida Clark Gay Hensley Ivan Crissman Ira Hensley and Mabel Dix among others
Japanese roses of the monthly variety in full bloom were shown by Gray Brown of 116 West Willis Street this morning. Brown said the small red roses are blooming out of season, a sight he has not seen before this time of year.
Irvin Davis of 119 Lake Street sustained minor head injuries in a three car collision at Elm and Thurston streets shortly after noon. W. M. Garner of 323 Mallory Street drove a Buick east on Thurston. Davis drove a Ford sedan south on Elm. Surratt, peddling chickens from a Chevrolet, left his car nearby. Garner said he saw Davis too late to stop. all three cars were badly damaged and one person died. Davis left hospital after treatment for cuts and scratches.
James A. Reed former U S senator stirred Missouri Democrats at the Jackson Day dinner in Springfield with a call for decentralization and a seven point reform program, prompting cries of Jim Reed for President.
Lawrence Duke regained $23,000 worth of family heirlooms stolen from his River Side Drive apartment. Edward Doherty, unemployed, handed the jewels to police. Detectives arrested Samuel Perry, an elevator operator, on grand larceny charges.
Funeral services for J. W. Abel age 43 of 520 North Hamilton street follow a several month illness. The Sechrest Funeral Home chapel will conduct Saturday at 3 pm with Rev. G Ray Jordan of Wesley Memorial M E Church officiating. Interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs J M Waynick mother of Capua M and Robert L Waynick will be held Sunday at 3 PM from the Church of the Covenant with Rev R Murphy Williane officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill cemetery. J M Waynick of California is en route and L Bryant Wail of Twin Falls Idaho has arrived.
Northwestern University students send back questionnaires to rate professors from A to F on ability and personality. In Chicago a detective listened to a lecture on auto theft as a stolen car was reported in front of the detective bureau.
A Chicago report notes an eight member Prohibition group expressing odds that liquor in the city is genuine. They plan two raids on moonshine and lager varieties to test authenticity.
In San Marcos Tez girls outnumber boys two to one at San Marcos Teachers College and will take male roles at the Leap Year dance this week. The committee will buy tickets decorate the hall manage the affair and also do the tagging.
A male attempted to sabotage a freight train near Frederic Oklahoma by placing four animals on the tracks. The animals were caught in a trap and the train was halted until the crew freed them.
Police in Dallas surround a house as a radio call broadcasts their presence and a hidden liquor stash is found draining away through a bathtub drain revealing hidden contraband.
Mrs M W Nash of this city secured a $20 000 verdict from a Richmond county superior court jury against the Seaboard Airline Railway company for the death of her daughter Miss Louléé Nash. The state supreme court's decision in Raleigh yesterday upheld the award after the railroad appealed. The accident occurred at Hamlet.
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