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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1931
Page
10
Analysis by Lic Leopoldo Optiz for United Press discusses silver as a global wealth base and argues for a monetary reform to revalorize silver, raise purchasing power, and stabilize economies. It notes silver’s uneven distribution, Mexico’s role, and need for international cooperation.
CHICAGO UP Few commuters realize the vast Union Station houses a jail hospital bakery ice cream plant and a miniature soap factory The hospital opened in 1925 has two rooms for four patients three offices and a supply room The jail serves the station police and federal officers The bakery employs about a dozen workers supplying pastry for six restaurants The ice cream plant yields about 800 gallons weekly in summer The soap is produced in the basement under the head janitor with three vats and a mixing machine.
Paris reports for the second quarter of 1931: marriages 96 846, divorces 5 526, births 186 656. Child deaths under one year total 14 510 and deaths above one year 152 944. Births exceed deaths by 19 202. compared with 1930, births are 437 fewer and divorces 249 more.
Miss Mary EB Butting of Holyoke Home for Aged People celebrated her 101st birthday. She attributes vitality to moderation in diet and avoiding tea and coffee. She values personality and humor over looks and would rather subtract than add to her years. Her physician says she remains physically young with arteries like a woman in her forties.
The Wasada Japanese baseball team of Seattle will tour Japan as a basketball aggregation after completing its baseball tour.
A Paris fashion note outlines a debutante wardrobe built on a dark frock and multiple sets of colored costume jewelry. Foundation pieces include marcani or velvet frocks and satin cross barred fabrics, paired with simple black crepe dresses and fur accessories. Detachable fur collars, and coordinated color variations for day coats and frocks complete the practical palette.
A state-wide conference of negro leaders in education church business farming and professions will meet at Shaw University November 27. Dr A T Allen state superintendent and N Newbold director of the division of negro education said the annual gathering will discuss education unemployment and the new school law plus the shift from county to state support of public schools.
The discussions will cover supplementary budgets and adjusting the new law for differing state conditions. Employment preparation for success will be examined at the conference. A statewide meeting of Negro high school principals is set for the next day in November.
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