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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1931
Page
16
White court paused as jurors deliberated in Hoyt McMahon vs High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad over $2000 damages for abdomen injury from a train. Judge Teague postponed remaining cases to December 8 civil term.
Mrs Geo T Everhart of Johnson town Thomasville Route 1 hosted a unique birthday event inviting 17 young children for a daytime party with parched peanuts and sandwiches. Evening visitors brought presents including one from her New Rochelle niece and another from Detroit friend. A large pumpkin from her garden weighed 41½ pounds and local woods show early spring buds per Z B Morris Route 2.
Through a series of treaties with foreign countries Hungary now serves as a hub for international air travel. The pacts grant Austria, Germany, France, England and Holland the right to operate airlines within Hungary.
Cotton opened steady with a one to three point advance on covering and buying aided by steady Liverpool cables. January rose to 6.31 and May to 6.65 before southern selling and realiz ing pulled prices back by midmorning to around the previous close. A private report estimated beginnings prior to November 14 at 13,700,000 bales while Egypt and India market signals showed mixed strength. midday quotes sat down about 5 to 6 points from session highs.
The New Orleans cotton market opened unchanged to up two points as Liverpool cables were stronger. Dec 6.17, Jan 6.30, Mar 6.47. later declines to 6.67 for December, 6.20 for January, 6.37 for March as hedge selling and stock/ grain weakness pressure prices near previous closes. By noon the market was steadier but near the day’s lows.
In Chicago on November 20, cattle and hogs showed mixed demand. Hogs ranged 4.45 to 4.75 per pound for various weights with top 4.60. Cattle slaughter steers and yearlings stayed fully steady, beef cows soft, vealers firm, while stocker and feeder cattle held 5.50 to 7.25 for 600-1050 lb steers. Lambs and sheep remained firm with western fed lambs at 6.00 to 6.25 and feeders around 4.50 to 5.00.
The condition of P. H. Johnson, a prominent gro cer, remains about the same after a long illness at his Thurston street home. No improvement was noted today. J. A. Gray, residing on Lindsay street for over two weeks, is reported improving and appears to be recovering according to his family.
Washington on November 18 reports the Commerce Department eased vision requirements for student and private pilots. The change does not apply to commercial pilots but enables private fliers to use glasses for license eligibility and training.
Reading the enterprise want ads shows a claim about corrective vision devices and mesh shoes worn by soldiers in Syria to navigate desert terrain during flight operations. The report mentions snow shoe like footwear and vision corrections as a pilot aid.
The remains of Ang Ellison a well known Greek who died here yesterday will be forwarded from Sechrest Funeral Home to Charlotte tomorrow morning. Funeral services will be held from the Greek church in Charlotte Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with interment in Charlotte cemetery.
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