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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
3
Secretary of State Thad Eure today issued a charter of incorporation to Julian Tile Company of High Point to engage in general contracting with authorized capital stock of 550000 and 300 subscribed by J H Julian J V Julian and Ben L Herman all of High Point.
A reader’s crossword style puzzle lists across clues for important cereal grasses and related terms with definitions and a vertical set of clues including plants, animals, and general words. The page mixes agricultural vocabulary, measurement hints, and common crossword targets.
Truncated and unreadable source text shows scattered ticker symbols and numbers across sectors, with references to Coca Cola General Electric Goodyear and Kennecott among others. The fragment hints at trading activity and company listings in a chaotic market snapshot.
High Point’s Andrew Jackson Post plans to bid for the 1940 North Carolina Legion convention here. A committee led by D. D. Arden reviews feasibility, with support from other posts statewide. The group to elect officers June 13 and host a May 26 supper for members and guests.
Ossie Davis city boys commissioner for Negroes announced the list of colored school boy patrolmen who will journey to Washington tonight for the eighth annual schoolboy patrol convention. Representatives from the Negro schools include Clyde Pike Harry Hall A D Riddick Thomas Randall Burnard Baker Charles Whitted John Coletrane Titus Haywood Alvin Holly Joseph Moore Donald Lindsey Paul Ross Garland Simerel Robert Frair H T Starr Robert Nichols Chester Stancil Benjamin Whitworth James Leak Edward Leak.
Myrtle Desk rallied for three runs in the final inning to edge Adams-Millis Night Hawks 6 to 5 in Industrial League softball yesterday afternoon. Maust and Sappenfield hit doubles while Knight and Kemp added triples. Kemp-Weavil and Good pitched for Myrtle Desk with Fulton credited the win.
Caldwell Marking Devices defeated Policemen in a regular softball game 8 to 5. Webb homered for Caldwell. Batteries listed for Caldwell and Policemen with player names and rosters in the box.
L. C. Stuckenberg of Memphis announces a successful mechanical cotton picker after 31 years of trial. He says the device, developed in cotton country, is ready for market once all remaining issues are resolved and bugs eliminated.
The St Louis Car Company announced it would be ready for field use this fall, signaling imminent deployment of its latest railway rolling stock. Officials declined further comment on production schedules or testing timelines.
State highway patrolmen logged 449 914 miles and made 2014 arrests in April. They recovered 16785 86 dollars in property and collected 55316 05 dollars in fines and costs during the month.
Under a barter agreement, Germany emerged as Brazil's leading foreign buyer of cotton last year. Analysts note the arrangement shifted trade flows and strengthened Brazilian exports despite market fluctuations.
Dora Edith Packer is named executrix of J H Packer’s estate in Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims by April 28 1940 at 211 East Russell Street High Point NC or be barred. Debtors should pay promptly. dated April 28 1939 with attorney Walter E Crissman listed.
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