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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1931
Page
7
Real estate ads list multiple six to seven room houses with prices from 1700 to 4700 along Montliff Avenue and nearby areas, plus a note of two hundred more bargains and a six percent loan. The New York report covers cotton market activity with futures barely steady and declines of 25 to 27 points, July at 8.75 and December at 9.30, amid holiday trading and weather influence.
Modern seven room home on Boulevard with nice lawn and shrubbery. Five room bungalow on Bridges Street for 2500 dollars. Carter Street five room home with hardwood floors near 4th Ward school at 3000 dollars. Centennial Avenue eight room home recently renovated on a large 92 by 200 foot lot. All properties offer small cash payments and balance in easy monthly terms. Atlantic Ins and Realty Co. Phone 2361. Rent ads show eight to nine rooms on Ridgecrest Drive English Street pth Street Hassell Street Tryon Street N Wrenn Street Cross Street Atams Ins and Realty Phone 2361.
Potatoes at Chicago on May 25 report 840 total U S shipments Saturday and 121 Sunday with new stock. Prices for Bliss Triumphs rise to around 1.65 to 1.85, Texas 1.65 to 1.80, Idaho russets 1.45 to 1.55, overall trading slightly stronger on russets and other varieties.
Lost tan purse left in a downtown store likely contains a lady s ring and a baby s ring. Finder may return to 201 West Bay or call 6176 for a reward. O-5-27.
Prices sank in a languid session as stocks drop 3 points or more to new bear-market lows. U S Steel American Telephone Santa Fe Norfolk and Western Eastman Coca Cola and Western Union led declines while railroads steadied, and credit markets showed little change despite abundant external loans at 1 percent.
Norfolk is to host a four day wartime defense exercise pitting coast artillery around Chesapeake Bay against an enemy fleet aiming to reach Washington. Rear Admiral Murfin commands the black fleet with Fortress Monroe’s Brigadier General Embick directing land forces. The scenario assumes Panama Canal destruction, with the Omaha leading cruisers Milwaukee and Cincinnati and destroyer squadrons. Langley air and blimps assist, and a 2:30 pm reconnaissance precedes a 12:30 pm attack on Fort Story.
Deland aviator Russell Eavenson told police two men lured him from his home last night. They robbed him of 350 dollars, blindfolded him, drove him to Lake County, and left him tied to a log. He later freed himself and returned to Deland.
Mrs. Mary Maness Bain, whose husband J. W. Bain sues Dr. J. C. Norman, state prison physician, for alleged abandonment of his wife, has filed suit against her husband for support. Her complaint accuses abandonment infidelity and drunkenness and denies the allegations of familiarity with Dr. Norman in her husband's suit.
Tests at the U. S. Bureau of Mines experiment station show powdered soap dust can be a dangerous explosive. When suspended in air, soap dust may cause more violent explosions than coal dust suspended similarly.
In New Orleans May 25 cotton opened quiet and irregular as Liverpool market stayed closed. May and July started unchanged but later months fell 7 to 12 points with May deliveries dropping to 8.67. Prices fluctuated through the session, May expiring today and all futures closing with net declines of 19 to 21 points.
President Hoover backs a plan to save about 38 million dollars this year in the post office department as part of a broad government economy drive. Officials note net savings of 15 million for the next year after accounting for higher costs from the 44 hour week law, with further cuts eyed in interior and army post consolidations. Senator Robinson criticizes the plan as reducing deliveries and navy personnel.
Ruth Barren of Nyack New York joined Thomas Ash Jr in Tokyo as he prepares for a non stop Pacific flight. Ash plans a route from Japan to Seattle via the great Circle steamship line covering about 4400 miles and hopes to complete the trip in 40 to 60 hours.
Dr John T Burrus argues the senate redistricting plan violates the constitution citing uneven population distribution and unequal representation for Guilford Wayne and eastern counties. He says Guilford deserves two senators and combined Guilford Rockingham a third while the bill rooms two seats among eastern districts.
The cabinet announced a salary cut for all government employees including army and navy officers and faced a major rail labor dispute. Railway ministry chiefs quit while 210,000 railway workers threaten a nationwide sympathy strike.
Eight short term prisoners escaped from a new dormitory at the state reformatory in Frankfort Kentucky using a blanket to climb from a window and scale a wall. The escape occurred early today before guards noticed Russell leaving the window.
Rochester reports Stanley F. Sharpe, a local fur farmer, has bred stripeless odorless skunks after years of work. His unusual fur animals are now fetching maximum prices, drawing attention to his operation near Rochester, New York.
O C Liles a 48 year old Wayne County man will walk 300 miles from Goldsboro to Washington DC leaving June 5 for two weeks. He will pull his children Charles 8 and Gladys 11 in a 48 by 19 inch wagon while Roy 14 travels on a scooter to carry greetings to President Hoover. The group will return by train.
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