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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1936
Page
5
New York reports a brisk week in trade as summer expansion looms. Retail gains topped 1935 by 5 to 8 percent in leading cities with nationwide totals estimated 10 to 15 percent higher. Wholesale turnover stayed near last week despite delivery difficulties. Bonus spending by veterans was not yet evident as merchants await next week.
The Raleigh school board elected Claude F. Gaddy as city schools superintendent after he left the post of assistant secretary of the State school commission to accept the position. He succeeds Paul H. Daniel, whose resignation was requested.
A report notes thirteen migratory bird species have been wiped out in the last six decades. The passage also mentions Sal Soda as suitable for bathtub finishes and observes burial customs among the Yorubas of Nigeria when debts of the deceased are settled.
Estimates put total annual cost for eight families earning $2500 or less at about 2.4 billion dollars. Of this, 900 million dollars covers wage loss while the remainder funds medical care.
In the Japanese New Year tradition Omochi treats are made by pounding steamed rice with large wooden mallets until it becomes a soft sticky mass. This method creates the seasonal delicacy enjoyed during celebrations.
Dr. Woofter, WPA rural research coordinator, says the South requires rational land use and higher farm living standards. He cites expanding population, limited city jobs, eroding land, and outdated farming methods as handicaps, urging diversification and better produced goods. Clemson and UNC experts push focus on the human factor in agriculture.
George Isaac Hughes born 184? and his 18 month old son Franklin Roosevelt Hughes will not attend the national Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina canceled the trip citing the physical strain on the nonagenarian and the infant. The elder Hughes is a Confederate veteran and the family had just welcomed a daughter born to his wife.
Otto Wright aged 28 was killed after a church service when he sought water at a nearby station. Robbers forced him to open the safe, and a shot fired by a robber ended his life. The incident occurred in a Rome Georgia area service station near the church.
A June report from Plymouth notes carp fishing as a rising craze with many fishermen filling wharfs daily. The item also mentions a vast Antarctic area largely covered by ice and a claim that odors affect memory more than other factors.
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