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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1931
Page
7
Dealer name Superior Motors Inc presents 1929 Plymouth Coach 1927 Buick Coupe 1927 Buick Sedan with contact W Quattlebaum manager at 788 North Main Street and phone 2928. De Boto and Plymouth referenced.
New Orleans cotton opened steady as traders weighed rain in the belt and weather maps. Prices swung with October at 9.14 and December 9.37 before easing. Chicago grain fell on France wheat curbs and weak NY stocks, while New York cotton opened steady with mixed buying and selling pressures.
Al G Barnes the famed circus showman died at 6 15 am in Indio California at Community hospital after months of illness and a pneumonia relapse. He was 69 real name Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse and once owned a large circus south of moisture in the central eastern belt markets.
In Birmingham Alabama on July 26 prosecutors say R A Bridges and Burge Gilpin pleaded not guilty at their Jefferson County circuit court arraignment on first degree murder charges for the July 10 bombing of the Pure Milk plant that killed Ned Van Merkesteyn and Richard Richardson. Mrs Mable Cline and Mrs Mildred Chambers also indictment related injuries remain hospitalized with arraignment postponed. Eldridge McCord awaiting date. August 3 set for Bridges and Gilpin trial. Authorities tie bombing to a milk price dispute.
A Brunswick county highway stop nabs a heavy truck carrying about 5,000 quarts of alleged bottled in bond imported liquor valued at $50,000 at bootleg prices. The vehicle marked Air Line Express Inc. carried New York plates 474-322 and 474-325. two men, John Smith and Charles Lynch of New York, were arrested. Police hunt for a fourth truck as Superintendent Sexton widens investigations with New York officials.
Federal Judge E Yates Webb set Monday August 3 for a hearing on the petition for a permanent injunction against NCs 50 cent tax on produce sold by vendors without a permanent NC business location.
Short AP dispatches report a stabbing in Hickory involving William Estey and the death of William Elliott in Edenton. Other items note Graf Zeppelin’s Baltic overflight near Dagoe island, bandit robbery of three Americans near the Great Wall, a mid air collision killing Polish fliers, and Richard Brookshire gored by a bull with injuries in North Wilkesboro.
Representatives from seven southern states met in Asheville to outline the council program intended to speed regional development. They focused on plans for a general meeting in Savannah in October and established a North Carolina working group led by EK. Thorpe as chairman and Walter C. Taylor as secretary, with seven of twelve members present.
In the southwestern U S an ovenlike heat wave claimed five lives. Phoenix Arizona reported four deaths as temperatures peaked around 114 degrees while El Centro California logged one death. Needles California hit 119 degrees and Yuma and Tucson Arizona reached 112 each. Brawley California reached 1064.
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon announced they would attempt to start their world flight again at five tomorrow morning. After a near disaster at Roosevelt field they will depart from Floyd Bennett field on a concrete runway nearly a mile long.
An electrical storm hit Camp Beauregard at night injuring thirty four Mississippi National Guardsmen and causing extensive property damage as tents were flattened and trees toppled.
Berlin observers watched the Graf Zeppelin lift from Staaken at 4 40 am bound for Leningrad on the ship's second Arctic leg. Dr Eckner plans passes Lenin grad Archangel and Jowaja Semlja for glacial observations, then Franz Josef Land and Northerland for unknown Siberian coast land.
Secretary Hurley of the War Department expressed confidence that the joint Alabama Tennessee commission appointed to plan operating the government's 150 million dollar Muscle Shoals plants will devise an acceptable solution. He praised the commission members met in Florence Alabama and said their deliberations should turn the long standing issue toward productive use of the facilities.
Oklahoma City police raided the home of H. Valdez Mexican consul and allegedly found beer. The liquid was dumped and Valdez was released with charges dropped after the raid, described by officials as a mistake.
Senora Meji Colindres wife of Honduras president arrived in Miami from Central America and left by train for Baltimore to seek hospital treatment.
Granville Rascoe a 57 year old Negro was struck and killed by lightning in Windsor on July 26 authorities said.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports Chicago cattle receipts 700 from prior week with grain fed steers and yearlings 25 to 50 higher, grass cattle mostly steady to weak, heifers softer, bulls and vealers steady. Hogs 4,000 head with light weights up 10 to 25 cents while heavier bids steady. top hogs near 8.25 and lighter weights around 7 to 8 dollars. Lambs and sheep show limited gains with price ranges noted and report of shifts toward feed lot demand.
Public Health Service reports outbreak of infantile paralysis in New York City with 157 cases since July 1 and 25 new cases on July 21 and 22. Upstate New York shows 21 cases since July 1. Dr Parran invites New England and nearby states for a conference in New York to prevent further spread.
North Carolina Guilford county notice that W. W. Burton is administrator of the estate of D. M. Lyerly deceased. Creditors must present claims by July 23 or be barred. All debts due should be paid promptly. Dated July 25 1931. Fabien 7.
Sealed proposals due 10 30 a m August 8th 1931 at City Hall High Point for furnishing two raw sewage pumps for Perry Pumping Station. Bids on blank forms with certified check of 200 dollars. Specifications from Engineers William C Olsen Inc Raleigh. Mayor Grayson City Manager Knox reserve right to reject bids or award contract in citys best interests.
Notice is given that M L Holton and wife Pearle W Holton defaulted on a deed of trust to M H Folger. The lands known as the M L Holton Home Place plus additional lots in Guilford County will be sold at public auction on August 13, 1931, at 2 p.m. in front of High Point City Hall. The description includes 12 acres and several lots with street boundaries and plat references.
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