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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1932
Page
7
Riotous clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay have left 67 dead and 800 injured over four days. Armored cars and British troops arrived from Poona, curfews were ordered, and patrols in mill areas intensified as Hindu workers attacked a mosque overnight.
Production of shoes has risen by more than 60 percent over the past 13 years. Forest cover spans nearly 900 acres across the German states of Württemberg and Bayern.
Reese Bailey, sought for killings in South Carolina and Iowa and a robbery in Iowa, was indicted by a Buncombe County grand jury on three counts including highway robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. He was arrested after the May 1 Greenville South Carolina shooting death of Motorcycle Officer A. B. Hunt and faces charges tied to the Ely Iowa daylight robbery and the slaying of a sheriff and a town marshal in Iowa.
In Fairbanks Alaska May 17 two research engineers died one is missing amid ice fields on Mount McKinley after the Allen Carpe expedition. Others stranded or ill include B P Beckwith and Theodore Koven as rescue efforts continue amid storms and crevasses.
The Alumni Association of the University of Kentucky will sponsor a radio program from the university extension studios of WHAS Monday evening May 28 from 10 30 to 11 p m. The Blue and White orchestra and the Kentucky Cardinals quartet will perform class reunion appropriate numbers and two two minute talks will be given by Dean F Paul Anderson and Mrs B H Collings.
A stray bullet wounded Mrs. Dave Neiman in her apartment during a clash police describe as a fight between Black residents. Brice Withers, a Black man, was arrested in connection with the incident.
Ford plant in Charlotte resumes operations today after a months long closure. The factory employs 900 workers. In Shelby a 17 year old farm hand Ralph Williamson is described as seven feet one and a half inches tall and weighing 1998 pounds and still growing.
Local board members say the Duke Endowment trustees will convene in Durham during Duke University commencement to discuss ongoing funding and future commitments.
Charlotte report states the North Carolina Waltonian council will hold its meeting on June 15 in the city. The date was announced for the Waltonian council gathering.
Lucy Hall, a brunette, named Miss Fayetteville and will compete in the Shriners bathing beauty contest at Morehead City on June 17 and 18.
A legal notice outlines plumbing inspection duties including permit issuance, record keeping, and enforcement. It details that violations may lead to license suspension, fines of twenty dollars, and required corrective work within forty hours, with appeals to the Plumbing Board.
The document details plumbing regulations including permit requirements, health protections, approvals, and strict conformity to standards. It specifies wrought iron pipe dimensions, joint methods, pipe supports, and general material standards for soil, waste, and cast iron systems.
The text outlines pipe weights and thread sizes for diameters, soldering nipples, joints between iron and lead pipes, and lead connections. It covers city duties for repairs within street curbs, permit fees for plumbing, house sewer standards, who may perform work, and required cleanouts and smoke testing to ensure sanitary conditions.
Technical spec dense article notes detailed requirements for waste pipes, caps, and ferrules, and mandates smoke test procedures and costs. It outlines materials for joints and floor flanges, secure setting of water closets, bath trap configurations, backwater valves, floor drains, and drain sizing. It includes penalties for noncompliance and city ownership of testing equipment.
North Carolina Guilford County text covers subsoil drains, penalties for ordinance violations, license examinations, and a contractor bonding clause. It references the City Point area and High Point 1927 code, plus a trustee sale of land in Guilford County with cash terms and a June date.
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