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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1931

Page

19

Winston Salem Leaf Tobacco Market Sees Steady Sales

Prices and sales on the Winston-Salem leaf tobacco market remained steady yesterday with farmers selling about 667,238 pounds for 39399.39 dollars an average of 7.05 dollars per hundredweight. A slight rise in sales was blamed on damp weather while quality held steady and Col. G. E. Webb, supervisor of sales, expects larger totals for several days beginning today as damp conditions prompt more growers to market their crop.

Winston-Salem Col. G. E. Webb

Suspended Sentence Road Sentence For Manslaughter

Newton news reports Charles Franklin Connor Jr pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a crash that killed three Black individuals. He receives a one year suspended sentence with one year to be served on road for each count. Odell Hooper also gets a year on the road for each manslaughter and for driving while drunk.

Newton Chas Franklin Connor, Jr Catawba County Odell Hooper

Price Decline Reported Across Cities on Clothing and Housing

The article notes wide price drops in women’s clothing and rents across several cities. Memphis reports 60 percent cut in women’s wear with a $18 total for basics. Birmingham shows 35 to 88 percent housing decline. Louisville rents fall about 25 percent with a four room house at $35 to $40. Groceries are broadly cheaper: Louisville 28 to 33 percent, Birmingham 17 to 20 percent, New Orleans 27 percent, Nashville 25 to 27, Memphis 20, Richmond 19.

Memphis Tenn Richmond Nashville Loulaville Birmingham Louisville New Orleans

Japanese advance across Manchuria tightens control

Heilungkiang province declares a provisional regime at Tsitsihar under Chang Chin Hui as Japanese influence spreads to Mukden Kirin and Tsitsihar. Ma Chan Shan reorganizes resistance while Japanese air and ground forces push north and east to dislodge Chinese concentrations.

Anganchi Manchuria Heilungkiang Tsitsihar Chang Chin-Hui Manchurian Mukden Kirin Tsihar Ma Chan-Shan Teitsihar Hailun Harbin Koshan Hailan Washington State Department Debuchi Stimson Russia Japan

Trial details in Elizabeth Pickett poisoning case

Testimony from physicians and a UNC chemist centers on whether poison was present before illness began on September 15. Elizabeth died the next day after 12 to 13 milligrams were found in a stomach fluid. Neighbors say Mrs Pickett threatened self harm and she appears cheerful in court as defense is prepared. The grand jury adjourns to consider charges next Monday.

Elizabeth J. L. Sowers J. C. Leonard, Jr R. ¥. Yokely Eligabeth Elitzabeth J. T. Do C. C. Lee Rocky Mount

Tennessee six month loan proposal with bond option

The Tennessee proposal sought a six month loan at an interest rate agreeable to them and an end of term option to call long term bonds. The deal later collapsed as they cooled and the answer could not be made definite.

McCabe New York Henry Horton Tennessee Horton Funding Board Akers

Italian envoy Grandi greets New York in peace message

Dino Grandi arrived in New York for a welcome ceremony where he pinned the City of New York medal. He spoke of flags of Italy and the United States united in peace and left for Philadelphia soon after. Police provided security amid anti fascist warnings, but the ceremony proceeded without incident.

New York Grandi Italy United States Philadelphia Signora Grandi Washington Dino Grandi Behin

Italy and United States Seek Geneva Accord and Stability

Mussolini's foreign minister traveled to New York after four days of talks with U S officials. Grandi and Secretary Stimson released a joint statement expressing hope for concrete results at the Geneva conference and for an Itallo French naval accord, covering the financial crisis intergovernmental debts armament limits and exchange stabilization.

Washington Mussolini New York Grandi Stimson Italy America

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