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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1937
Page
16
A broad grain harvest and summer tourist spending buoy business in many areas. Rail traffic hits yearly peak as wheat moves northward and export prospects improve. Steel and textile sectors face mixed activity with holiday demand and seasonal drops.
The piece previews an MGM social drama Captains Courageous directed by Victor Fleming starring Freddie Bartholomew Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore and Melvyn Douglas from Rudyard Kipling. It notes production value and photography along with the Gloucester fishing schooner story and the transformative voyage of a rich boy amid sea adventure and human drama.
The funeral for Alexander Lee Andrews 18 of Mount Gilead will be held in Mount Gilead tomorrow. He died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Williamston two weeks ago and was a sophomore at North Carolina State College. He had fractured vertebrae a broken collar bone and other injuries. Also noting William Tecumseh Sherman birthday on Feb 8 1820.
Winners in the Captions Courageous captions writing contest have been announced. First prize Edgar Bulla bough, 1211 Vernon Street. Second through fifth prizes, two tickets each to Jacqueline Sink, 1220 Ragan Street, Lois Faslow, 326 West Russell Street, Elma Boggs, 1715 English Street, Myrtle Reagan, 1216 Ragan Street.
A week-long manhunt for the Lancaster police killer and his red-haired woman companion shifted to western North Carolina. Investigators examined an abandoned locked car near Rutherfordton for prints and traced it to a Charlotte theft. Witnesses recalled a pale gunfight at Lancaster and a note of seeking Asheville, with FBI agents en route from Lancaster to assist Columbus officials.
The piece reviews a vitamin F soap and a complexion oil for dry skin, a washable wide lash mesh cap for night wear, and an icelike antiperspirant cream. It also notes matching powders for suntanned skin and highlights the Kenilworth water lily farm as a major U.S. source. A shooting near town yields scant clues and mentions one suspect removed from the list.
New York trading showed listless action as heat kept many clients from the boardrooms. The Associated Press average slipped 0.3 while only 560 issues changed hands. U S Steel and Bethlehem declined, Graham Paige jumped on expansion and Sears Roebuck plans to enter the tractor field. wheat and cotton futures fell with overall dullness in bonds and commodities.
Luigi Villari an Italian diplomat soldier and journalist urged a five power pact among Italy England France Germany and Poland to halt armament racing as the best peace effort. He condemned the Franco Soviet pact as the main cause of European anxiety and a danger to world peace.
Foreign currencies gained strength with many currencies up in value versus the dollar, signaling shifting exchange rates. Investors watched market moves as traders assessed global conditions and policy signals affecting currency markets.
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