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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1935
Page
2
Mrs Sue B. Clonts of Salle bury visits her sister Mrs A York on Colonial Drive. The article notes that sixty percent of land sold for taxes in eight southern states over the past years has been forest land.
North Carolina lawmakers pressed a statewide inquiry into alleged abuse at convict camps. Witnesses described solitary confinement as an inferno and reported unidentified bodies in woods near camps. The hearings follow amputations from Mecklenburg camp conditions and potential deaths of several inmates.
B M Dudley of Economy Auto Store Inc at 204 North Main Street announces a grand anniversary sale from March 14 to 24 in High Point. The event features unusual service and merchandise specials and a liberal budget pay plan to help motorists ready cars for spring and summer driving on easy terms.
New Orleans March 14. Advancing fortunes in active futures seen at the market open with May at 11.35 July 11.38 Oct 11.06 and Dec 11.11 and trading within a point of these levels. Increased speculative and trade interest from mills noted as the session started.
Market notes show open high low and close figures for March May July October December and January futures, with spot index listed as steady at 11.50. Several entries include conflicting digits and garbled labels, but references to standard contract months and price levels remain evident. Overall activity reflects uneven trading with multiple contract positions posting varied highs and lows.
RALEIGH March 14 Prison gates swung ajar today for four Transylvania county men granted paroles by Governor Ehringhaus after serving over 18 months of two year sentences for criminal conspiracy. The four were Thomas Shipman Ralph Ker Joseph Picklesimer and C R K McNeely.
The article notes tomorrow as the final deadline to file 1934 federal and state income tax returns with penalties starting at five percent after the deadline. Deputy state revenue commissioner G E B Whitten says filing rushes are expected at the West Washington street office, following softer activity earlier in the week. Minimum state penalties are one dollar, with 30 days to avoid higher charges. urgency emphasized by revenue authorities. The piece also mentions a Greensboro manager and transitions at Metropolitan Life Insurance, with John B Ray moving to a New York office.
Norman Fidler of this city is appointed assistant manager and in charge of local officers of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The announcement comes today from A. P. Mulligan, district …
Amelia Earhart has been engaged as an aeronautical expert by the Bureau of Air Commerce at $1 per day. The first project involves testing a radio direction finder built by a commercial company to specification.
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