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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1931
Page
7
PORT DEPOSIT Md July 11 Former Senator Joseph Irwin France launches his independent bid for the Republican presidential nomination from Mount Ararat Farms near here. A platform for about 2,000 seats will present his election issues and opposition to some Hoover policies.
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Cotton prices opened steady on July 11 with modest selling and liquidation offset by strong trade buying and covering. July around 9.15 and December 9.76, amid favorable weather outlook and light offerings. Shipments awaiting clearance were estimated at 62,000 bales, up from 41,000 last year.
New Orleans July 11 cotton opens quiet and easier due to lower Liverpool cables. First trades fall 2 to 3 points, October and December futures slide 7 to 9 points, while late first hour shows a small rebound. Futures close steady with a net nine point decline amid light trading and weather map awaiting.
Wall Street edged lower in a very quiet end to the week with about 500000 shares traded. Bonds moved little as investors awaited word on Germany and the Reichsbank credit talks. Bankers expect renewal of a 16000000 credit. capital withdrawals from Germany rose past 20 million. Oklahoma oil firms pause amid price sag and Texas proration uncertainty lingers before legislative action.
In Raleigh on July 11 three independent gasoline companies and Tas of Norfolk won the final letting of state contracts. The Texas company will supply all state institutions and the highway commission, covering about 75 of 100 counties. Savings are estimated at $150,000 next year versus past costs.
Everett McLean of Southern Pines was arrested in Fuquay Springs on a warrant from Lacross Virginia charging him with robbing his wife and throwing her into the Roanoke river. She was rescued five hours later by passing motorists after reaching a sand bar. The couple reportedly quarreled while driving south from New York.
Joseph Lebrix and Marcel Doret announced an AP briefing they intend to take off from Le Bourget at 4 a m tomorrow for a direct flight to Tokyo with favorable weather forecast. Lebriz said he will go to Tokyo but kept plans after arrival uncertain. Friends speculate a possible leg to San Francisco New York and a return over the Atlantic.
The agriculture department predicts bumper corn and wheat crops next fall due to favorable weather. Drought and heat have limited other farm outputs. The 1931 corn crop is estimated at 2.977 billion bushels vs last year’s 2.09 billion. five year average is 2.761 billion. Wheat output is put at 869 million bushels, up slightly from 1931’s 863.43 million. five year average is 922 million.
Plymouth Mass July 11. After escaping treacherous bars and grounding in fog yesterday the British freighter Craddon was stranded again today on a mud bank in Plymouth harbor.
Local and state police fought rioters after a 3000 strong crowd ransacked the General Fabrics mill, injuring officers and a girl who said a nightstick injury caused her harm. The riot act was read as authorities attempted arrests for incitement and rioting.
Irving Shapiro aged 26 was shot to death in the hallway of his Brooklyn home, police say in reprisal for yesterday’s attempt to kill Tony Mongo in Trinity hospital. Detectives suspect he was mistaken for his brother Meyer Shapiro, both reportedly involved in slot machine and laundry rackets. Two masked men fired as Shapiro stepped into the vestibule after an all‑night card game at a political club.
Berlin reports a cabinet session discussed declaring all foreign trade a government monopoly and restricting the Reichsmark to domestic circulation. The move signals strain at high levels as Hans Luther’s arrival from Paris was awaited to decide, with ministers ready to sit permanently.
In Basel and Paris reports reflect German buyers scrambling for dollars pounds and francs amid fear of Hitler and Hugenberg. They seek foreign money to stave off a potential doom and a looming credit crash while Reichsbank gold reserves drain under foreign credit withdrawal. France conditions aid on pacifist guarantees and political concessions as Bruening grapples with a nationalist opposition.
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Under a 1926 deed of trust E L Snyder and wife Bessie Snyder defaulted on the loan to Carolina Mortgage Company. The trustee will sell at 10 a.m. August 3, 1931 at the High Point Municipal Building a specified lot in High Point near Kivett Drive by public auction for cash to the highest bidder.
The text notes France demanding more than existing stipulations including a union with Austria and halting naval construction. France seeks reassurance that groups like the steel-helmet organization will stop and that Germany will pursue peaceful cooperation under Briand's United States of Europe, shaping its foreign policy.
F. J. Sizemore secretary of the chamber of commerce departed for Virginia due to his father's illness.
Early this morning a man departed Clarksville Virginia his former home as he was called by the illness of his father H D Sizemérée He was accompanied by family members in attendance at the scene.
Nine pilots refreshed by an overnight stop in Memphis departed from the municipal airport shortly after ten this morning for Birmingham Alabama the next stop in their national air tour. The hop is expected to take about two hours.
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