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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
9
Building activity here during April showed a sharp decline from authorized work, with April 1940 permits estimated at 77,788 dollars versus 171,099 dollars for the same period a year earlier. First ten months of the current fiscal year run ahead of the prior 16 months, driven largely by two low rent housing project permits.
Permit activity shows 25 new residences, nine new non residential structures, 35 residence repairs, and 13 non residence repairs authorized last month. Comparisons with April of last year and monthly costs indicate shifts in new residence value, non residential permits, and repair expenditures across both periods.
The report notes that defense production may limit car deliveries in 1941 but expects shipments to top 3,365,000 vehicles last year by about 250,000, aiming for a 12 year high. It also states Peru will establish a Mining Bank to stimulate mineral industry.
The High Point Hose Boarders Committee met in front of Grimes Street School and voted to reconvene next Saturday at 11 o'clock. They invited all seamless hosiery workers in the city to attend to discuss matters of interest. The committee unanimously rejected affiliating with any union or outside organization, opting to remain independent.
R T Quigley chemist of the Lilly Company discussed protective coatings for furniture at the Rotary Club. He traced varnish history from ancient mummy cases to 1750 and noted varnish making shifted from secret trade to a modern science with thousands of products and synthetic materials driven by global disruption and war. Grady Goldston was welcomed as a new member.
May Day Festival will be held May 10 at Greensboro College. United States air carriers carried 1,898 passengers and moved substantial mail across the Atlantic in the year ending June 30, 1940. Federal gasoline taxes summed to about 286 million dollars in 1940. Cuba plans a campaign to sell its minerals globally.
Two minor blazes were extinguished yesterday by local firemen. A trash fire behind a house at 129 West High Street was doused in the afternoon, Jessie Green occupant. At 6:11 pm they fought an oil stove fire at 901 East Green Street, home of W. J. Leonard. A false alarm came from 209 Venable Street.
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