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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1931
Page
7
Cotton futures in New Orleans show a net decline after a volatile session with multiple price moves. Opening highs shifted into lower closes as prices tumbled from 1016 to 1129 levels, with final near 1020 to 1116 ranges and late weakness suggesting continued pressure on the market and potential illiquid activity.
Colonel Douglas McDougal commander of the Nicaraguan National Guard and United States minister Matthew Hanna will depart Managua by air Sunday for Washington. They will confer with Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson to report first hand on conditions in Nicaragua where renewed insurgent activity has killed several Marines.
Two banks formerly closed in late 1930 have reopened. Citizens Bank of Bryson City and Bank of Fletcher in Fletcher resumed operations, announced John Mitchell, chief bank examiner, from Raleigh.
Sofia, Bulgaria Jan 24. Queen Joanna wife of King Boris and his brother and sister Prince Cyril and Princess Eudoxia are ill with influenza as Bulgaria faces a widespread flu wave with many reported cases.
New York January 24 cotton opened steady, down 7 to 8 points on week end realizing. Covering and trade buying absorbed offerings, March at 10.39 and July at 10.82, first half hour losses 9 to 12 points. Liverpool cables note liquidation but sustained demand for cloth from British home trade and India. U S shipboard clearance at week’s end estimated at 89 000 bales versus 125 000 last year.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany Jan 24 Dr Hugo Eckener and his household were eating from borrowed spoons and forks today Burglars broke into his house Thursday night and stole all his silver plates stamped with his name and about 400 dollars worth of coins from American English and Swiss mints
New York stock market closes irregularly lower after a week of gains as investors take profits. Auto shares rallied but rails stayed quiet while motors fell. bonds gain appeal and tobacco issues weaken on anticipated price cuts.
Washington Jan 24 The senate naval sub committee investigating the dismissal of two Annapolis students for dressing as midshipmen to take girls into the mess hall has unanimously recommended reinstatement. The report supports Senator Walsh's resolution for reinstatement of M. S. Burgin and L. L. Myatt.
Elizabeth Cabell Ritchie, aged mother of Governor Albert C. Ritchie, died at the Maryland state executive mansion in Annapolis. She had feeble health for years and could not attend last week’s inauguration ceremonies for her re-elected son. A Cabell by birth, she linked to Virginia’s colonial development. her father was Dr. Robert Gamble Cabell and James Branch Cabell was a nephew. She married Albert Ritchie in 1875. he died in 1902, leaving Governor Ritchie as their sole child.
Funeral services for seven year old Sarah Katherine Stephens daughter of Rev George T Stephens will be held Sunday afternoon at 8 at the family residence 912 Fairway Drive The services will be conducted by Dr Chas H Nabers Rev Geo T Tunstall Rev W R Shaffer and Rev R O Lindsay Pallbearers are E B Holton F J Bartlett C H Marriner L R Stewart H J Coffield Relatives arrive tonight and tomorrow for the services The body will be placed in the Mintt mausoleum at Oakwood cemetery temporarily.
New York stocks list broad gains and losses for firms including Anaconda, Coca Cola, Gen Elec, GM, and Union Pacific with percent moves, highlighting a volatile market. The clip notes several industrials such as Chrysler, DuPont, and Westinghouse posting notable percentages amid fluctuating prices.
Rev G L Reynolds pastor preaches at English Street M P Church at 11 in the morning on The Adventured Life and again at night on A National Calamity and the Way Out. He invites the public to attend.
A House vote formed a 25 member committee to press Secretary Melion to shield American products from Russian counterfeit goods. Chairman Fish of the communist committee was tasked with naming the panel.
Germany progress includes the DO X flying boat circling Lisbon for two hours in the first test before a planned transatlantic flight to Brazil. The test marks the start of a series of trials aimed at evaluating performance and navigation ahead of a long ocean voyage.
Mrs Sarah Powers a 72 year old Macon boarding house keeper was granted a new trial by the Georgia supreme court. The court ruled the trial should have allowed circumstantial evidence guidance. Powers and Earl Manchester were convicted in a 1929 slaying case tied to a $10000 life policy and Manchester’s confession.
The Senate opened discussions on the Howell bill to create a strict enforcement act for the District of Columbia amid expectations of a stormy session. Prospects include amendments from anti prohibitionists aiming to test proposals from the Wickersham commission and potential provisions like life imprisonment for violators and legalizing four percent beer. The bill includes home search and seizure provisions opposed by Attorney General Mitchell and challenged by Senator Watson as conflicting with Wickersham report views, though supporters argue it is a local police regulation outside those guidelines.
A grippe variant, likened to the 1919 Spanish influenza, is reported widespread in North China, Manchuria, Japan, and Siberia. Tokyo records about 486000 cases with roughly 60 deaths per day as police distribute mask guidance. Dairen, Osaka, and Mukden report heavy caseloads.
MOSCOW Jan 24. Bread rations across Soviet Russia are expected to rise soon due to a large wheat surplus despite 1930 grain exports being the largest since the revolution. Presently industrial workers receive two pounds daily while all others including children get one pound.
The Senate moves toward a showdown vote on the prohibition bill for the District of Columbia while Connecticut Republican Senator Bingham pushes a national 4 percent beer legalization. Weis concedes Bingham has little chance. House begins a large independent offices appropriation of 1,052,568,000, funding salaries for new power commissioners amid a Senate fight after Hoover declined to resubmit their nominations. Wheeler attacks the power issue as Nye probes campaign spending on Senator Davis. The War Department bill gains 494,298 added to 446,024,150 from the House.
Frank H. Stamps and his All Star quartet of Chattanooga Tennessee will give a concert at Deep River Friends church five miles northeast of the city on Monday night January 26. They will also sing at the Sunday school tomorrow. This is the fourth Deep River engagement in three years, prior appearances drawing unusually warm reception.
ASHLAND Ky Jan 24 M L Queen of Lexington remains in serious condition after drinking an anti freeze solution recently linked to five deaths He became ill yesterday in his cell at the city jail where he was held as a material witness against Marion Collins owner of the gasoline station tied to the poisonous solution Collins is jailed in Catlettsburg on $2000 bond Queen formerly lived in Lexington and Monroe NC
One of the world’s largest skull collections is housed at the Royal College of Surgeons Museum in London. It contains about 6000 specimens with some dating back to 9 B C.
New Bern reports a post mortem exam was underway to determine the cause of the sudden death of John T. Shipp Jr. of Raleigh. He died at his sister's home while transporting his father’s body for burial in Oriental, where the elder Shipp was to be buried today. Coroner Dr. J. R. Latham ordered the inquiry.
Raleigh newspaper reports a double funeral for Captain John H. Shipp a Confederate veteran formerly of Raleigh and his son John Shipp who died in New Bern en route to Oriental for interment. The elder Shipp died after a brief illness and the son’s death occurred suddenly in a hotel while accompanying the body. Details of the son’s death and funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time.
A nationwide circuit of radio stations devised for transcontinental air routes by Herbert Hoover Jr. was in operation. The stations provide code and voice communication between ground and planes on the transcontinental mail and passenger route, aiding pilots in dangerous weather. Hoover relinquished the work to J. C. Franklin before installation was completed yesterday due to illness.
Notice of sale under deed of trust by L Baxter Smith and Gertrude E Smith to Citizens of Norfolk now Seaboard National Bank. Property on West Green Street described by boundaries from Taylor Street to H. P. and T Bailey line, contains 17 square feet more or less. Sale date January 9 1931. trustee Paigh Point North Carolina.
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