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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1931
Page
3
A U.S. student recalls arriving in Cabo Gracias a Dios Nicaragua and facing customs nerves, a night with sandflies, and a curious pet night walker. He describes the boardwalk, a sawmill, a radio station, and locals curious about his purpose and status.
The narrator recalls life in Cabo Gracias Nicaragua with encounters of a night walker ant creature on the porch, bandit activity upriver, high living costs, and local groups including Spaniards Miskite Indians and mixed celebrations. He notes the governor’s modest pay and graft concerns, describes Easter observances, and describes leaving with a radio man after bandit threats.
A special meeting for salesmen of member manufacturers of the High Point Pool Car association was held at the Sheraton hotel. Chas. F. Lambeth of the Standard Chair company delivered the principal address after morning talks by local officials. Members listed include Marsh Furniture, Tate Furniture, High Point Furniture, Welch Furniture, Continental Furniture, Giant Furniture, Blue Ridge Hick Furniture, Williams-Norris, Southern Chair and Desk, Thomasville Chair, United Furniture, Elk-Dixie, Hackney Manufacturing, and others.
Three armed men robbed the Union Planters National Bank and Trust branch in downtown Memphis. They forced the manager, eight employees and 15 depositors to lie on the floor while they looted the vault and escaped with cash and negotiable securities valued at about ten thousand dollars. E D Martin was struck when slow to comply. The bandits fled in an automobile.
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