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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1930
Page
10
R A Pool Wilmington traffic bureau manager says deeper 30 foot channel to Wilmington will benefit the entire state. He estimates gasoline savings of at least two tenths of a cent per gallon in year one, about $150,000 on gasoline alone, aiding consumers and handlers of shipped goods.
College field representatives anticipate North Carolina gains as Wilmington’s deeper Cape Fear channel allows deep draft tankers and larger imports. Expected annual gasoline imports rise by about 150 million gallons with fertilizer shipments already ranking Wilmington third among southern ports. The wider river channel could boost cotton tobacco and NC manufactured goods exports statewide. Mexico produced 44,687,879 barrels of petroleum in 1929.
A page review highlights Hot Countries by Alec Waugh with Lynd Ward art and The Scarab Murder Case by Van Dine. It also covers Anne Green's The Selbys, Irving Bacheller’s A Candle in the Wilderness, and A Seltzer’s Gone North. Local business notices name Winnebo Plantation, Eureka Trading, Mauney Gin, Carolina Gas and Oil, Investment Sales, Betty Lumber and more with capital stock figures.
New certificates of incorporation issued by Secretary of State James A. Hart ness include Masonic Temple association of Southern Pines Inc for Masonic bodies in Southern Pines with officers and members. He Quator Stove Company of Whiteville to sell stoves and accessories. W. B. M. Incorporated of Asheville to run an undertaking business. Southern Tobacco Company of Hendersonville to trade tobaccos and supplies. Hunt Brothers Incorporated of Greensboro to run a plumbing business. Durham Oil Company Incorporated of Durham to handle oil and gas wholesale and retail. and other firms with capital stocks and listed incorporators.
In Raleigh on May 24 Park Mathewson assistant director of the North Carolina department of conservation and development urged North Carolinians to spend vacations at home. He said busy workers often overlook the value of exploring woods waters fields and land in their own state.
In Kobe Japan a customs inspector who wed a millionaire's wife triggered an edict ordering all young male staff to shave their heads to prevent further elopements. Authorities claim bald heads deter romance and avoid similar marriages.
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