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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1935
Page
7
An American rail journey mixes bridge play and travel misadventure as travelers from New York to Miami recount a fractured state grid plan. The piece follows a Pittsburgh duo, a Baltimore stop, and a Miami scene with cards, palm trees, and a Vanderbilt Cup memory.
Fragmentary report notes a historical statistic from 1932 to 1933 showing a drop in death rate from 21.8 to 19.1 per 100 000. It also mentions names and places such as Minneapolis and Proctor but lacks coherent context or full sentences.
W Don Harrison Pitt director of athletics explains Pitt stadium requires 108600 yearly to pay interest on stadium bonds and limits the university athletic program. He notes bonds are held mostly by individuals banks hold a minority and explains broadcasting games would reduce student attendance and revenue.
The Piedmont Building and Loan Association held its annual meeting on Monday electing a slate of directors for the new year. Directors named were H. M. Armentrout George A. Matton Wescott Roberson O R B Kearns Owen Reese H A Mills A M Rankin EB B Ingram G E Hutchens A B Horney and W C Idol. Officers re elected include Matton as president Idol as secretary treasurer Horney and Kearns as vice presidents Richardson as assistant secretary and Roberson Haworth and Reese as attorneys. Several loans for new dwellings were approved after the directors meeting and optimism was voiced for the year.
Charlotte High defeated High Point High Black Bisons 48 to 20 as Bill McCachren scored 23 and captain Charlie Lima added 14. The Wildcats led early, held High Point scoreless in the fourth, and closed the game in a fast paced contest at home.
Whitley led the Bisons with seven points while Diffendale and Weber forced a tighter guard effort. Coach Purser’s new lineup with Bill Spain clicked early and High Point built a defensive edge to pull away at halftime with scores of 24 to 30.
In Kernersville the annual high school basketball tournament moved to the second round as four boys teams and one girls’ team won. Mineral Springs and Hasty benefited from forfeits, while O14 Richmond, led by Kearney, beat Guilford 27–17 and Hasty defeated Kernersville 13–9 in a defensive thriller. Sedge Garden topped Summerfield 40–17. Tonight’s schedule lists Mineral Springs vs Clemmons girls, Bethany vs Old Richmond boys, Sedge Garden vs Guilford girls, and Kernersville vs Griffith boys.
Three matches dominate Thursday in the Industrial League at the high school gym. Tomlinson Chair faces Adama Millis at 7:00, American Bakeries meets C. C. Camp at 7:45, and Southern Public Utilities battles Allen Jay at 8:30.
Ross the Chicago lightweight champion and Frankie Klick of San Francisco prepared for a 10 round title clash at Miami Stadium. The card showed 30,000 in advance sales and notable attendees as Max Baer and Buddy, Joe Knight and Tony Shucco were also listed.
The YMCA Triangles meet Spray on Spray's court after a 64 to 22 win earlier this season. Moose Tenney's squad, now stronger, is expected to present a tougher test with Nick Carter Sam Gurneau Woody Thomas Ed Farlow Leland Cooper Schoolboy Rowe Bill Moorehead Bill Wheelis Paul Everhart among likely travelers. A strong Cha tham Blanketeers outfit from Elkin visit the local floor Saturday, touted as the strongest foe YMC A has brought this season.
Baptist Training Union Night will be observed at Green Street Baptist church tonight at 7 30 with Walter B Crissman president of the Piedmont B T U association and Wilbur Hutchens student minister speaking. John Reavis arranged the program. Woodrow Hill directs the B T U and a male quartet will provide special music.
The North Carolina Phantoms close their eastern tour at West Point against Army with a 12 game winning streak possible. A 38 to 32 win over the New York Athletic Club followed a four game stretch. Stewart Aitken led with 17 points. The night also features W C T C versus Guilford at Guilford with other big five teams idle.
Boston Braves officials plan a meeting with newspapermen to discuss the club s dire financial problems and the dog racing controversy. Emil Fuchs and Charles F Adams will outline the situation and request that judgments be deferred until after the briefing.
High Point college Purple Panthers and team manager James Hight juggle equipment duties and exam stress as they prepare for Friday night action against W. C. T. C. in a bid toward the championship.
Navin Field in Detroit hosts the 1935 season opener on April 16 as the American and National Leagues set opening day games across major cities. Detroit hosts the White Sox, while the Cardinals start on the road at Chicago. Other NL games: Pirates at Reds, Mets at Braves, Giants at Phillies. AL games feature Red Sox at Yankees, Indians at Browns, Athletics at Senators.
Thomas Edward, a Scottish zoologist and naturalist, left a company of drilling militiamen to pursue a rare butterfly specimen in a notable display of curiosity and scientific zeal.
Approximately half the world’s tin and three quarters of its rubber pass through Singapore’s waterfront docks. The bustling harbor handles vast cargo flows and anchors regional trade during the era’s growth.
Raleigh January 28 news notes the breakup of a Texas State College football pair Earl Schofield and partner Robinson. Schofield suffered a leg fracture in an intrasquad game halting off season drills. The two clos ebonded partners who study industrial management and share dorms meals and even horses are sidelined. Schofield will use crutches for weeks.
Pinehurst on January 23 The third day of the mid winter trap shooting tournament saw Mark Arie of Champaign Ill dethrone H C Jones of East Alton Ill as midwinter target champion in a second shoot off After shooting 200 clay birds from 16 yards both shooters tied then Arie won the 25 yard comeback with 22 to 19 Jones had won the introductory shoot the day before and last year's winning score of 194 was surpassed along with a tie for second place with Arthur Cascaden of Tampa Fla and R Y Coffey of Prairie City Ia
W. B. Bowers extension agent of the Soil Erosion Service addressed vocational agricultural teachers in Rocky Mount at 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon. He is due to speak to a farmers mass meeting near Durham Thursday evening on erosion control. Last week he spoke to the Virginia Fair Association in Richmond and to the Norfolk association on Wednesday.
The United States faces a per capita tax burden of 64 dollars, the second highest globally. England imposes the highest burden, with France in third and Germany in fourth place.
The article notes a calculation that triplets may appear in about 1 in 7569 human births. It discusses rare multiple births and places the estimate in a broader context of family biology.
The government allocated about $1,000,000 to build 60 homes for stranded miners at Arthurdale the subsistence homestead project near Reedsville West Virginia.
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