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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1934
Page
7
Malaria causes chills and fever and can harm health if unchecked. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to kill infection and restore blood health. A bottle costs from 50 cents to one dollar, offering varying quantities and purported relief.
United Textile Workers of America pressure for higher wages and shorter hours as 40 locals go on strike. In Minneapolis 4000 workers joined a prior walkout with injuries reported. Los Angeles port remains open while Seattle and New York face tensions. Senator Wagner moves toward Portland to aid negotiations.
Three suspects, German McAdams Blocker Odom and Pearl Odom, were arrested on malicious mischief charges after dynamite under power transformers at Mississippi Power and Light damaged a building but did not cut service. Hearing set for July 25 with bonds $200 each. Separate note reports radio operators on Pacific coast ships to strike for eight hours, wage increases, and union recognition as ships dock in New York.
Peter King a 25 year old leader of the Marine Workers Industrial union was hurt in a street fight when he tried to persuade South Boston longshoremen to strike in solidarity with San Francisco workers.
Greenburgh police describe facial cuts from brambles as a newborn baby, wearing pink rompers, is identified and found near the Conner home in Hartsdale manor. Within minutes the infant is returned, then taken under escort to Grasslands hospital for examination.
About 13 000 workers walked out of mills in Huntsville Florence Anniston Lanett and Montgomery area in a broad Alabama textile strike. West Point Manufacturing still operates five Chattahoochee valley mills with 6 000 workers but others plan to join before nightfall. Union reps said more than 22 000 workers could be on strike by 3 p m as closures spread with NRA bargaining demands ongoing.
A group of 12 to 14 year olds plotted to blow Oak Hill School with ten sticks of dynamite and fuse. They failed to ignite the fuse and one boy confessed, leading to police removal of the explosive. The incident ends with anticipation of the school reopening.
O D Ingram announces the reopening of his law office at 611 Commercial Bank building after years of practice elsewhere. He will resume his local legal work from that address.
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