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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1930
Page
9
Real estate agency Amos Realty Co at 301-302 Wachovia Bank Blog offers contact via phone 4392 for property listings and services.
Removal notice to friends and customers announcing relocation to East Commerce Street next to the YWCA. It advertises Thursday through Saturday specials with haircut singe sham poo shave and tonic priced at 1.00.
Public auction to sell Lot No. 8 and Lot No. 9 in Bolling Heights East High Point Guilford County North Carolina at 2 20 o'clock P M on Friday July 25 1930. Terms CASH. Trustee V V A J Idol and attorneys Peacock Dalton June 24 1930.
The market favored professional traders with subdued volume and mixed small upturns. Bears lacked conviction as liquidity eased after three weeks of liquidation, with investors awaiting clearer signs of a bottom and a potential tech rally. Rail and utility shares fell on weak earnings and dividend concerns while some banks show tentative activity. Wheat prices declined further amid renewed market heaviness.
A scan of active shares shows widespread movement with notable gains in Armour Dry Goods, Canadian Pacific, and Westinghouse Electric while United Aircraft and Westinghouse post strong percentages. Other prominent names include General Electric, Ford, Texaco, and IBM with varied results reflected in daily fluctuations.
Maggie Saunders defaulted on a 1600 mortgage to High Point Building and Loan. Trustee W A Idol will sell Lot 62 in College Park on July 25 1930 at 2 25 pm in front of High Point Municipal Building. Property fronts Downing street 5712 feet and depth 145 feet with 50 feet rear. Peacock and Dalton attorneys. 6 24 75 12 19
Public auction to settle a deed of trust of 500 dollars by G F Royals and wife Mat tie M Royals to W A J Idol3 trustee for High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association. Lot No 5 in Block 1 of the High Point Real Estate Trust Co plat, Guilford County North Carolina. Auction date July 25 1930 at 2 30 p m in front of High Point Municipal Building. June 24 1930 W A J Idol Trustee Peacock Dalton Attys
REIDSVILLE N C June 24 James S Skambato 46 was found dead at his home this morning from a bullet wound apparently self inflicted He and his wife separated some time ago She has filed suit for divorce
American travelers spend about 300 million dollars annually in Europe with France absorbing the largest portion of this tourist expenditure.
Alston F. Clark known as the Flying Auctioneer flew from Charles Kenner Flying field at 2 30 pm with George E. Matthews to Concord for a ten day furniture sale for Concord Furniture company. Matthews piloted the Eaglerock biplane while Clark displayed his pet monkey Jacko to High Point children in the Happy Feed store window on Wrenn Street.
New York June 24 Cotton opened easy up 1 point to 3 tower with moderate activity. July liquidation ahead of tomorrow's first notice day weighed on prices, with July at 18.27 down 13 points and October at 12.77 down 8. Liverpool cables showed steadier tones due to covering and scale down buying. Weather reports noted high temperatures across the central and eastern belts with showers in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
In New Orleans on June 24 cotton opened unevenly despite favorable Liverpool signals. July fell 18 points to 12.88 amid late liquidation ahead of notice day, while new crop months retreated with October at 12.82 and December 12.95. Oklahoma rains cited as heat relief. end of first hour seen steady to slight gains. closes showed a net decline of 10 to 32 points across contracts.
Chicago grain reports a 4 cent per bushel drop in wheat prices after news the 1930 harvest is spreading north into Nebraska. Wheat finishes near the session low, corn and oats slide modestly, while provisions rise slightly. Poultry markets show steady to firm prices for alive stock and various fowl, with turkeys and springs listed with specific quotes.
Terrific heat setting a season's record at 97 degrees caused twelve deaths in Chicago. Drownings and heart attacks were linked to the blistering heat as the city endured a long, deadly spell with forecasts of thundershowers to end the suffering. Other Illinois towns reported higher readings with Centralia at 106 degrees and Edgewood, Iowa at 152 in the sun. The Chicago toll exceeded the entire heat death total for summer 1929.
Washington reports preliminary May census figures show New England states with 13 631 842 spindles in place and 9 456 396 active while cotton growing states hold 19 149 404 spindles in place and 17 781 676 active. National active spindle hours reach 6 729 109 384 across the sector as Asheville Civitan notes highlight a productive convention at Battery Park Hotel.
At Brooks Field in San Antonio Captain William Qocker leads a blind flight to Washington D C in an Army Air Corps plane. The flight uses a flight integrator invented by Captain Ocker and Lieutenant C J Crane who serve as safety pilot. Crane makes all landings from an uncovered cockpit.
A possum sought shelter in a Raleigh poodle kennel overnight. Pal the poodle defended her bed by placing a bowl for herself, leading owner C. High to remove the intruder and place it in a wooden cage. The possum now resides in the High family menagerie.
The statement notes that earth curvature amounts to about eight inches per mile and increases with the square of the distance, describing how the drop grows as you measure farther.
The new 209 foot overhead bridge over the Southern railway on Route 90 in Lexington nears opening. Engineer J W Millis of the fifth highway district announced completion within days. Hobbs Peabody Construction Co of Charlotte, under a $25 000 contract, has overseen two months of concrete and steel work.
Mrs Emily E Johnson aged 84 died last night at 10 05 at her daughter in law Mrs M J Johnson 804 E Commerce st after a two week illness She was born in Randolph county May 24 1846 daughter of Robert and Katie Clinard Johnson and was married to Vergil Johnson who died several years ago She is survived by two brothers P H Johnson High Point and Lee Johnson Davidson County and three sisters Mandy Messick Winston Salem Lourett Veach and Octavia Burton Davidson county Funeral services will be at the home Wednesday at 2 pm by Rev Geo L Curry and Rev J D Barnette Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant church cemetery.
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