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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1937
Page
12
The Twentieth Century Fund launches a winter long probe into whether the recent stock market decline was manipulated. About 30 auditors will examine short selling and bear trades to see who sold what, when, and profits, with results to be published regardless of findings.
Porters at Billingsgate Market in London wear peculiar heavy leather hats weighing between five and six pounds each. The unusual headgear stands out amid the fish market bustle.
B H Johnson of Southern Pines joins Jamestown school as manual arts teacher succeeding O B Jones who left for a Rocky Mount Virginia public school. Johnson formerly taught in Georgia and comes highly recommended for the role. The Union Hill Parent Teacher meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium with an arranged program. Reverend C B Way attends the Guilford annual conference in Asheboro this week with his family traveling to the sessions.
Fourteen hours of work are needed to craft a single hat weighing five to six pounds and containing hundreds of nails. This detail emphasizes the labor and material intensity of such headwear.
Sir Charles Tegart famed for quelling anti British demonstrations in Calcutta is ordered to Palestine to advise on measures against Arab terrorists. He survived several assassination attempts during a vigorous campaign against Indian extremists in 1930.
Several High Point residents report losses to a fraudulent dry cleaning scheme posing as legitimate shops. Local cleaners warn North Carolina requires state licenses for new plants, with exams and inspections by the State Dry Cleaners Commission before opening for business.
Members of the Woodall family from across the United States gathered yesterday to visit M. P. and C. B. Woodall of this city. Attendees included T. J. Woodall of Akron, Ohio, and brothers G. B. Woodall of Lodi California, M. L. Woodall and Thornton M. Woodall of Washington DC, and Maitland Woodall and wife of Akron. Grandchildren Tom Herron, Mrs. Don Sprinkle, Beltzel, Brinson Jack, and Colleen, Helen and Peggy Woodall joined the reunion in the city.
The North Star lies along the earth axis and functions as a fixed celestial point around which the sky appears to rotate each day. This position has long guided navigators and astronomers seeking direction and time.
North Carolina Baptists prepare for the 107th annual session at Wilmington First Baptist from November 16 to 18 under Vice President R N Simme Sr. Delegates will review reports and set policy for the 465 000 member denomination. Dr W L Poteat is sidelined by stroke. Dr Prince E Burroughs and others will speak. Chestnut Moon note at end is unrelated.
Charles E. Bedaux, American representative for the Duke of Windsor, says the royal visit to America is likely around Christmas after controversy subsides. He recalls chaperoning Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on a 87 day study tour and reflects on his 1930s labor unit schemes and recent political backlash.
Wisconsin produces about seventy percent of the total American Swiss cheese. The article notes Wisconsin’s dominance in cheese output and mentions a Brazil nut based oil used for watch lubrication, highlighting unusual product connections.
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