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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1934
Page
3
Brooklyn visits Chicago while Philadelphia plays Pittsburgh. Boston travels to Cincinnati and New York heads to St. Louis for today’s slate of matchups.
Louis defeats New York 5 to 4 while Chicago wins 12 to 6 over Brooklyn. Cincinnati 5 Boston 2. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh with rain.
Results yesterday show New York 13 over Chicago 3 while Philadelphia leads Detroit 3 and Boston 10 in a 11 to 3 stand. St Louis and Washington played in rain with no final score detailed.
Chattanooga Birmingham 2 Nashville 5 Little Rock 7 Atlanta 8 Memphis 4 Knoxville at New Orleans rain affected play with several delays and unsettled outcomes.
Matchups set with Columbia visiting Charlotte Wilmington traveling to Greensboro and Richmond visiting Norfolk as the schedule proceeds today with four regional college games.
Fragment lists scores for multiple games: Columbia 11 Charlotte 6, Richmond 16 Norfolk 5, Wilmington 21 Greensboro 7. No context or dates provided.
Buffalo defeated Syracuse 7 to 3 while Rochester topped Albany 6 to 2. Toronto crushed Baltimore 13 to 5 and Montreal beat Newark 7 to 4 in the day’s sports results.
The Tar Heels traveled to New Haven and edged Yale 6 to 4 after a stubborn contest. Duke faced Lehigh at Bethlehem with a strong showing from their Blue Devils.
Duke swept Penn in tennis 7 2 as Barney Welsh defeated Marco Hecht and teamed with Higgins to beat Penn. In other action Catawba beat Lenoir Rhyne 5 2 at Salisbury while Elon edged Guilford 6 4. Duke 11 Wake Forest in baseball highlights week’s second Big Five win.
Judge Lewis E. Teague sentenced L. I. Chidester for manslaughter tied to Delma Brown’s death on English street. The order imposes $500 payment to the Brown estate, with $100 to the widow, $300 to the father, plus a $100 fine and costs. A separate civil judgment of $4,000 was entered for the estate administrator after a $25,000 damages suit.
Governor Ehringhaus met with W W Neal chair of the state park commission and state attorneys to discuss purchase of Smoky Mountains park lands by state and federal governments. J W Winborne of Marion and A Hall Johnston of Asheville represent North Carolina in the litigation.
Chicago May 11 butter prices shown by grade with scores from 92 to 93 and 24 to 24 percent extras. Carrot standards noted at 23 percent. Eyes unsettled with extra firsts at 16 percent and current receipts at 14 percent. Butter sales listed at 600 tons with related car and standards figures.
South Wales announces a $35,000,000 plant to produce oil and smokeless fuel from coal. The facility is planned to employ 8,000 workers and boost regional industry.
In Stourbridge England women work to mold bricks by pressing moist clay into forms with their bare feet as part of brick making. The practice shows daily labor methods used in local industry.
The chair of Saint Peter in Rome is described as the oldest known piece of furniture in existence, highlighting its ancient origins and historical significance.
Chicago May 11 Gloria Swanson announced plans to sue for divorce from Michael Farmer her fourth husband in a Los Angeles court within a week or ten days. Her Los Angeles attorney arranged the papers, citing incompatibility.
All colored ex service men in the city are asked to assemble in front of the First Presbyterian church on North Main at 7 30 for a parade to be held that night.
Morgan and Frazier advertise auto brake services for all makes. Brakes adjusted for 50 cents, relined free adjustment, and Model Ford brakes refined for five dollars.
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