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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1940
Page
12
A travelogue notes a long trek by Bill and Ira ending with Ira’s fatigue and a first visit to Coney Island. The piece also examines union activity affecting truckers with stops where labor demands include hiring helpers and a $4.92 unloading fee in New York.
The article discusses trucking unions and driver safety in the midcentury era. It notes intimidation by some nonunion drivers, law enforcement crackdowns in New York and Brooklyn, and the rise of safety programs and insurance checks. It highlights vast industry size, licensing, taxes, and the personal stories of truckers and benefactors.
Denver police faced a dilemma over chalk tire marks on parked cars. Overtime drivers would erase ordinary chalk with a sponge, while waterproof chalk kept marks on drivers who moved short distances, so Capt. James J. Pitt ordered ordinary chalk to avoid penalizing the non cheating 85 percent.
George Humphreys son of Dr and Mrs G I Humphreys left for Milwaukee Wisconsin to attend the National Council of Students Participation in School Administration session July 1 3 He presides over the local high school student body and will meet delegates from Canada Hawaii Alaska and the United States before visiting Minnesota with his grandparents then returning home. Glenn Morris Olympic decathlon champion sells insurance in Los Angeles following a film fling.
Greensboro June 29 The Guilford County commissioners will meet Monday with Willis Booth presenting the tentative budget for the new fiscal year. The budget will be revisited before adoption and may cut county taxes from 75 cents per $100 valuation. Tax decrease discussions centered on a five cent cut, but officials declined to commit before the budget and revenue schedule are released. Prepayment of 1940 taxes has topped $300,000.
Greensboro June 29 final dividend of 5.25 percent totaling 12800 brings total paid to 57.52 percent or more than 230000 to creditors of Mason W. Gant former Guilford Superior Court clerk whose estate was declared bankrupt in March 1931 after his embezzlement conviction and death in prison. Judge Hayes approved final settlement allowing attorney Russell M. Robinson 8500 and Herbert Falk 1000 for services since 1931.
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