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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
7
Notice of auction sale of lots at the new high school scheduled for Saturday at 2 30 in the afternoon. J E Suits Shoe Shop advertises soles and heels and calls for delivery items at 1542 English Street West End. Call 41463 for details.
Ninety nine of a hundred co-eds in Dean Anne Dudley Blitz educational class at the University of Minnesota say they do not expect a kiss on the first date. Two said it made no difference.
The Lyon Furniture Mercantile agency releases a May 1931 record of failures in the furniture industry. The local office today disseminates the compilation detailing firms and insolvencies within the month.
Tommy Armour, British Open champion, leaves London for Southampton and the United States to pursue the United States Open, aiming for a historic double. He calls winning the Open his greatest ambition and expresses eagerness for the challenge ahead.
Week end trading showed profit taking and renewed short selling that pulled the market lower after a prior rally. Volume topped 706000 shares as rail stocks led declines with U S Steel American Telephone North American and others dropping 2 to 5 points. News was indecisive though bank clearing and Youngstown steel indices offered faint optimism.
Cotton markets opened barely steady with declines of 13 to 16 points on active selling by firms with foreign ties and local liquidation. Liverpool markets weakened. December dipped to 8.99 then rose to 9.04 on trade buying and week end cover. Shipboard cotton about 65,000 bales awaiting clearance.
Cotton prices slipped in a short week end session with July at 8.31, October 8.65, December 8.88, and overall losses of 20 to 22 points. Weak Liverpool cables, good belt weather, and forecasts of continued favorable weather pressured futures. Estimated 1931 highway spending slated at 3 billion dollars by the Commerce Department.
The New York stock list shows gains for several major issues including Allied Chemical and Dye and American Tobacco while others like Continental Motor and General Electric edge lower. Market breadth remains choppy with mixed investor sentiment and notable activity in rail and oil shares.
German Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius praised England's reception in London as eminently satisfactory. They met with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson at the foreign office, signaling a friendly outlook toward Germany. London papers say Britain cannot act alone on reparations reductions.
Orange Virginia June 6 Rod and reel naval expenses and three forthcoming speeches engage Hoover at Rapidan fishing camp. President and Mrs Hoover with their week end party arrived by motor from Washington. Secretary Adams piloted by assistant secretary of the navy In galls was to fly today in the navy first autogiro. They with assistant secretary Jahncke and others discussed naval expenses with Mr Hoover.
Secretary Mellon will sail next week for a six week summer trip in Europe. He will start in England where his son Paul graduates from Clare College Cambridge. He then travels to France to join his daughter Mrs David Bruce who has a Riviera cottage.
In Whiteville North Carolina two members resigned and a third refused to stay as the Columbus county school board loses quorum. The deadlock prevents electing a new superintendent. A Democratic executive committee meeting is set for June 13 to choose three new board members.
Luis J. Bacardi of the Santiago de Cuba rum family says prohibition is here to stay and Americans must accept it. He is in New York for a short visit and comments on the national stance.
Eugene Mills of Raleigh, defending champion, led W J OConnor of Durham five up after the first 18 holes at Myrtle Beach. Mills shot 75 to OConnor's 83 as Mills dominated three holes late in the round.
Paul Miller eleven by next friend Elia Miller sues North Carolina railroad and Southern railway for twenty five thousand damages in superior court. He alleges no public crossing between Perry and Hoover streets allowed a safe footpath across tracks and claims a freight train in a flying switch struck box cars and knocked him, severing a leg and impairing his life.
Raleigh June 6. The 1931 General Assembly raised the non resident angler license from 3.10 to 5.10 to stimulate inland fisheries fund receipts. Through midweek total licenses sold reached about 13 500, about 2 000 below last year, with a season reopen on June 11 expected to boost sales.
King Prajadhipok of Siam tried on new glasses and read fine print, delighting his royal circle. Dr. John M. Wheeler reported the left eye cataract removal on May 9 restored vision after fitting glasses.
Italian government and Mussolini faced pressure after the Vatican demanded documents backing charges that Catholic youth clubs engaged in political activity. Pope Pius reportedly urged proof in Osservatore Romano as Italy reels from church state tensions and cancelled religious processions.
Bryson City North Carolina June 6 Assistant attorney general Walter Siler planned to serve a warrant on Lola G Harwood daughter of Judge John H Harwood but had not arrived by 9 30 this morning Sheriff Patterson left for Asheville and could not be reached Bryson City staff knew no arrival time Miss Harwood remained at her home and both she and her father declined to comment on the case
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