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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1931
Page
11
U S Department of Agriculture bulletin from Chicago notes slack demand and weak trading for potatoes with 8&8 shipments 745 sacks. most sales 75 to 85 cents, some over 90 cents. Barrels steady but slow. Norfolk Virginia and North Carolina Cobblers fetch 2.40 to 2.60, east shore Virginia few at 2.90.
AP Financial Editor Claude A. Jagger reports bulls in New York grow more aggressive as June results show gains in Woolworth and other leaders. Mixed early losses give way to 1 to 3 point increases while copper weakness tempers optimism. freight, operating income, and petroleum stats provide cautious support amid ongoing debt talks and four party consolidation talks.
New Orleans July 1 cotton prices moved from slight losses to gains as Liverpool cables were weak yet mid session rallied on short covering and a Washington moratorium optimism. October and December posted modest early declines, then surged to new highs before closing steady with gains of about 20 to 22 points. Exports reached 14,041 bales and futures closed higher.
The page lists a sprawling array of company names and percentage moves across the market with many figures like 129 percent 112 percent 19 percent and 28 percent. Names include Anaconda Cannon Mills Coca Coca-Cola and Du Pont with varying gains and losses amid a volatile session.
In El Paso Texas Mrs Anna Du Bois Cameron aided J J Cameron by testifying to the truth of his petition. She alleged she found fault with him without provocation, had temper outbursts, and admitted she never loved him, helping secure the divorce.
CHARLOTTE July 1 AP The proposal to split the Piedmont League season was defeated. Owners of the Charlotte club were advised a unanimous vote was necessary. An unofficial poll two weeks earlier showed an even split with four voting yes and four no.
In Marion North Carolina a 6 year old boy Elijah Garvin testified he saw two youths strike Ver non Hall and throw him into a mill pond. Sheriff Oscar Adkins ordered the pond dragged as investigators pursue the missing business man who vanished after a Saturday night absence.
The Intermediate Department will hold a swimming party and picnic supper at Lido Beach just outside Greensboro tomorrow afternoon. About sixty department members and teachers will meet at 3 PM in front of the church and travel by provided cars. Each person brings a basket supper for after the swim.
The brief quote notes a family joke about giving a baby a first birthday present. They opened a bank account and bought a small electric iron as a playful, ironic gift reported by Die Moustique in Charleroi.
Cotton futures show declines of 2 to 6 points on easy Liverpool cables and favorable crop reviews. July slips to 9.70 and December to 10.30 with liquidation, yet buying and cover trim losses. by end of first half hour prices rebound slightly. London reports unemployment and a purse recovered by a boy in Wellingsborough. reward paid. Chicago grain markets fall on government old crop wheat stance. wheat and corn open lower amid limited sales.
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