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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1931
Page
3
Liane weighs a plan to marry Clive while Cass contemplates her pension and mother’s approval. Clive outlines a businesslike engagement while Liane questions her feelings and steps into a staged courtship, dancing away with the enigmatic suitor as the drama deepens.
London report states Mrs. Jane Hullah asked at death to have her body cremated and ashes scattered over the Weatherby race course. She wished mourners to watch the racing and back the favorite in each race with her chosen bookmaker.
A study notes that per unit size a fly moves about 35 times faster than a human. The finding highlights how miniature insects achieve rapid movement relative to their bodies and may inform robotics and motion studies.
A Chicago dispatch recalls Cyrus McCormick’s July 1831 demonstration in Virginia where the first mechanical reaper cut a clean swathe, signaling the end of the scythe era and the dawn of mechanized agriculture. The invention, patented in 1834, expanded wheat yields, aiding the Civil War effort and later enabling large combines to harvest 30 to 40 acres daily.
Paris reports the Ministry of Marine ready to hand back twelve former Tsarist warships housed at Bizerta harbor Tunisia. Moscow plans to request their transfer, but France wants Russia to cover all costs to move them to a Russian port. The vessels include a battleship cruiser auxiliary cruiser five destroyers and four submarines. The ships have deteriorated badly in Tunisian conditions.
Paris dispatch reports American girls seek full or part time work in France with a sense of adventure. Leo J. Kenna of the Paris consulate says many hope life is glamorous and jobs are easy to find, but most have only enough for a one way ticket. The labor office restricts opportunities to unemployed French citizens first. Since April 1 he has received letters from over eighty U S localities and from consulates in London Berlin Rome and other capitals.
The passage notes a stated aim to dissuade girls and women, emphasizing the majority being female. It frames the effort as deliberate and targeted toward this demographic group within the broader context.
National Aeronautic Association holds annual convention in Washington on July 23 and 24 Senator Hiram Bingham reports. Delegates will enjoy sight seeing trips to aeronautic sites in and around the capital.
Germany's largest airline adds Cologne to Frankfurt service and links with Avio Line on Berlin Rome and Munich Venice routes due to limited funds. The joint operation aims to extend European network reach while sharing costs.
Foreclosure sale set by trustee for the deed of trust dated August 2 and 1930s by C Stoker and Dora C Stoker. Sale at the Guilford County Courthouse Greensboro at 2 PM July 20 1931. Property lies in High Point city Guilford County North Carolina with description beginning at a stake on West Adams Street and State Street area.
Public notice describes a land parcel located at 284 feet south 85 degrees east from Northeastern top stake on West State Street in High Point North Carolina. It references plat details in Plat Book 6 Page 304 and is signed by J Allen Austin and Turner, attorneys, dated June 16 1931.
Notice of sale under a deed of trust by M Ernest Welch and Lula P King with a completed description of land in Guilford County. The sale is authorized by the deed dated January 1 1926 recorded in book 514 page 264 with B B Trustee and Eugene O G Shaw as attorney notice dated June 29 1931 with filing codes 7 4 11 18 25.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a land survey line from a stake in the line of D H Parsons near Kearns southwest corner described as set number 6 in block number 2 of the M lands recorded in the office of the deeds for Jan Looe Austin and Turner.
Trustee sale of a parcel bounded by Willis Street Ross Swink and Bryan lines, 60 feet by 143 1 4 feet, to be held July 18 at 2 30 o clock. Terms of sale and attorney details noted.
Trust sale of 50 by 160 foot parcel facing Carolina Avenue in Guilford County North Carolina. Property described in Book 630 page 127 with plat 2 near High Point. Terms of sale June 1931. V. Idol trustee and Peacock Dalton attorneys.
Pursuant to powers vested in the undersigned Trustee by two deeds of trust totaling 1000 and 2500 dollars. Signed by John W and wife R Welborn to V A J Idol. Trust creation recorded in Guilford County deeds book 630 page 165 and book 579 at unspecified dates. Proceedings indicate foreclosure actions under the 1930 instruments.
A land parcel in High Point described as beginning at a street stone and running eastward with John Mead Gray and Mary E lines, totaling about one quarter acre. Trustee A. J. Idol and attorneys Peacock & Dalton note the deed details and adjoining lot references to M. E church, Capt. W. H. Snow, and Perry property.
Public sale announced for a platted parcel in High Township with Hurston Street and Thurston Street lines. Property bounds include A. Cecil and J. W. Welborn on two sides and Thurston Street on the northwest. Terms: cash. Trustee A. J. Idol signs the notice dated June 17, 1931.
Trustee sale notice states property described as farm plot recording 50 by 116 14 feet with 50 feet rear, located at Block Street in county, to be sold June 36 at 2 15 p m under power of sale. Attorneys J Peacock & Senn announce the sale under deed recorded page 374.
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