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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1931
Page
3
Irene and Prentiss ride toward a dinner date while Beryl rests under doctor’s orders as Irene contemplates marriage and Tommy’s shadow. Prentiss debates love and fate, fearing an ideal may ruin reality, and Irene weighs propriety against passion in a summer twilight drive.
Madrid dispatch reports the Republican government does not fear a monarchist restoration despite two pretenders to the throne. Duke of Toledo Alfonso XIII and Duke of Madrid Jaime claim legitimacy from Paris. Salic Law history and Carlist claims frame the dispute as Spain prepares for a June 21 Constitutional Assembly election.
Oscar Dawson, an air plane pilot, encountered heavy difficulty during flight. He landed and inspected a damaged wing finding a large fabric section loose and a mouse seated in a nest of ripped threads inside the wing.
The University club marks a Civil War site in Springfield where Major Charles Zagonyi and 160 Union soldiers defeated a Confederate detachment of about 1,500 in October 1861. The monument honors the 1861 battle and its historic significance.
The piece reviews featherweight silk suits ideal for warm days. Printed options stay fresh longer than plain fabrics and suit both town and travel. It contrasts black and white prints with brown and white florals, noting practical frock and jacket sets and versatile, washable blouses.
The fashion piece notes savage Barbary coast influences at Vincennes colonial exposition shaping summer wear on Rue de la Paix and Fifth Avenue. It cites necklaces resembling tribal teeth, Moroccan fabrics, vivid Algerian Tunisian Moroccan Senegalese colors, printed silks with aboriginal patterns, and accessories echoing savages amulets and wooden necklaces.
Denver police report Louis Long lives in a flop house where a rule requires foot washing nightly. He removes his wooden feet to scrub them, then uses them as a pillow, fearing someone may steal his artificial dogs.
In Bucharest a Romanian parliament measure prompts expectation of a rush on marriage licenses. A new bill would levy a 20 percent income tax on all unmarried people aged 30 to 65, applying to both men and women.
Spanish rulers have long lived in exile or ruled from abroad. From Charles IV in 1808 to Isabel II and Amadeo I, generations of kings left Spain briefly or for extended periods. Alfonso XII and his son also faced exile, with most monarchs spending time across the Pyrenees.
A carnation plant acts as a more sensitive gas detector than standard equipment. Its leaves close when a trace of gas is present in a residence room at one part in a million parts of air.
Hollywood scientist Dr. Ralph S. Willard reports experiments freezing guinea pigs and rabbits to revive tissues and glands. He suggests human trials could erase criminal instincts by correcting irregular glandular activity. Subjects show weight gain and renewed vigor after ice chest treatment.
A cable steamer reeled out a 1264 mile long steel plano wire tapeline from Newfoundland to the Azores to obtain an accurate distance traveled between the two lands.
The undersigned notices are to all persons claiming against the estate of Horace Freeman deceased to present their claims to Samuel G. Daniel attorney for administratrix Susan H. Freeman by May 1 or be barred. Creditors and parties indebted to the estate should settle promptly. Office Washington Street.
In Guilford County North Carolina on May 29 1931 at 1 30 PM a tract of land bounded by the Quaker Church Place map recorded in Plat Book 2 Page 116 is offered for sale by V A Idol trustee. The lot lies on the north side of Jones Street with 150 feet to an alley. Peacock Dalton attorneys.
Default on the 1923 deed of trust by M. C. Welch Nora Welch and M E Welch. The Southern Life and Trust Company now Pilot Life Insurance Company will sell at courthouse door Greensboro at 12:00 noon Monday June 8 1931 to satisfy the debt. Description begins at J C Welch corner North Wrenn Street runs east 100 feet along M E Welch line then 50 feet to Nora Welch line then 50 feet back to start. Attorneys Brooks Parker Smith Wharton announce sale.
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