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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1934
Page
14
New York stock market outlook improves as trading expands on the advance. Gains of fractions to around 2 points appear across a wide front amid constructive Washington and industrial news. Grains and commodities rise modestly while U S government securities stay firm and utilities hold a narrow range.
Holt McPherson acting editor of The Enterprise told William Penn high school students at chapel that anarchy endangers democracy and fuels poverty unemployment armaments and war. He urged support for agencies countering anarchy and a calm, constructive view of government during global change.
Plans for the Annual Red Cross Roll Call in High Point outline a four day drive with three waves. Members can join as annual one dollar, contributing five fifty, sustaining ten dollars, or supporting twenty five. fifty cents of each goes to the national body. The goal is two thousand dollars to bolster local Red Cross work.
President Roosevelt prepared for a lengthy southern trip arriving in Washington with aims to study relief, recovery, and social security. He planned to depart by fast train for Tennessee Valley Authority sites before moving to Warm Springs, Georgia, to draft policies for Congress in January.
New York cotton futures opened slightly lower amid liquidation and southern selling but firm Liverpool cables and local house buying supported a recovery. Prices drifted near the prior close as buying from Liverpool, the Far East, and Bombay aided a modest rally. Liverpool cables cited Bombay and Alexandria demand while awaiting next year crop acreage plans.
New Orleans cotton opened steady with light trading as Liverpool cables arrived. Early trades showed losses of 1 to 3 points before a slight firmer stock market, with December at 12.26 and May at 12.38, while October traded near 12.02 after a drop from yesterday's close. The market remained quiet but steady after the first half hour.
Chicago market notes show butter prices at 6 391 easy creamery specials 93 score 30-30 percent extras 92 29 percent. Bees receipts 1 028 steady with extra firsts 30 and fresh graded firsts 26-27 percent. No egg sales reported.
High Point reserves avenged a 6 to 0 loss by routing Greensboro 14 to 0 at home. Hucks blocked a punt for a first score. Potts recovered for a TD. Idol added the extra point. Hucks then returned an interception 30 yards for another touchdown.
The November Courts of Honor for the Uwharrie Boy Scouts are set in High Point on November 19 Levi ngton on November 20 Salisbury on November 22 and West Spencer on November 22. The local Court of Honor will meet at Wesley Memorial church at 7 30 PM and the Junior Court of Honor for award recipients will be held at the local scout quarters on the afternoon of the 19th. All scouts seeking advancement should attend the Junior Court of Honor.
In Greensboro on November 15 the North Carolina annual conference of the Methodist Protestant church heard addresses by Dr F G Holloway president of Westminster Theological Seminary and Dr Frank W Stephenson secretary of the board of education with reports from pastors. Mrs George R Brown outlined missionary work among women as the conference opened its second day with Rev W P Ashburn leading devotional hour and a larger roll call. The auditorium was well filled.
Raleigh news notes Capus M. Waynick resigns after 16 months as state director of the national reemployment service for North Carolina to resume editorial duties at The High Point Enterprise. Major A. L. Fletcher takes over directing the service with existing staff, while Mrs. May T. Evans and William F. George are named as assistant state directors and S. F. Campbell remains in charge of statistics.
Mr and Mrs Elbridge Amos Stuart observed their 50th wedding anniversary at their summer home in Los Angeles California on Tuesday evening. Stuart born in Deep River now chairs Carnation Milk company board in Seattle and his family has long ties to the county.
A probate case in Cabarrus County seeks to set aside a 1920s settlement to allow Christopher Reynolds to claim a share of his father Smith Reynolds estate. The suit targets a 1 million dollar payoff to Libby Holman and their daughter Anne, arguing the waiver of child claims is void. The dispute spans a potential 5 million in total assets and a proposed charitable foundation, with North Carolina Supreme Court previously blocking a full division.
Elizabeth City report states W L Cohoon former general counsel for the state highway commission and city attorney was found guilty by a superior court jury of assaulting fellow attorney J H LeRoy Jr. Cohoon admitted horse-whipping LeRoy after claiming years of checkering and badgering. Jury deliberated about forty minutes before verdict.
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