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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1930
Page
7
New Orleans cotton trades show early gains of 1 to 2 points with December at 10.84 and January at 11.00 as covering by December shorts supports prices. Futures close the first hour with a mild rally tone and reports of large print cloth sales in New York. later months edge higher amid transfer activity before notice day.
Cotton prices in New York opened steady with small gains as December and May futures added modest points. Trading focused on December as traders anticipated notices on Monday while Liverpool cables noted hedging absorbed by continental buying and India showing demand for light goods.
New York stock market shows a dull session with modest losses for many top issues and some gains for Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck. Utilities rally late. rail shares rise after late slump. broad indicators point to subdued trading and mixed weekly outlook.
A scrambled listing shows varied percentages for multiple companies including Adams Millie, Aluminum Chemicals, Canadian firms, DuPont, General Electric, and Ford related names. Traders watched shifts in shares as prices fluctuated across sectors with notable readings in chemical, automotive, and utility stocks.
Captain Sirs Hubert Wilkins, explorer and author, will address North Carolina College for Women on December 11 on Flying to the End of the Earth. He spent years in Arctic exploration, including the Point Barrow to Spitzbergen flight in April 1928.
Wilmington announces 100 unemployed will begin five months of work Monday. Road construction around Greenfield municipal park and related projects under the city employment program will provide steady employment.
Coast guardsmen surprised smugglers as 600 cases of liquor were landed at the Glades estate of Charles Francis Adams secretary of the Navy. The land crew of four fled in a truck while a 60 foot power boat fled down the Cohasset river into Massachusetts Bay.
The U S department of agriculture reports greenhouse tomatoes ripened on the vine are gaining favor in winter markets despite higher costs. Assistant horticulturist James H. Beattie notes the greater quality justifies the price, as the department revises its Greenhouse Tomatoes booklet for public readers.
Panama dispatch reports Captain Roy W. Ammel a Chicago broker and veteran flyer escaped serious harm after his plane, the Blue Flash, suffered a ground loop yesterday. Ammel stretched himself and found injuries were minor despite initial fears.
Julius H. Barnes told United States chamber of commerce directors in Atlanta that free pricing allows economic forces to work. He argued government price controls hurt the average person and that prosperity comes from increased trade and production, not broader protectionist barriers. He linked labor interests to a fair share of increased productivity.
Arthur L. Hartley prominent farmer and dairyman of Yadkin College township was exonerated at a preliminary hearing before magistrate W. L. Craver in Reeds. The court ruled the accident unavoidable after evidence showed Confederate veteran B. C. Gobble stepped in front of Hartley’s milk truck on Highway Th. The ruling ends the case against Hartley.
The U S department of agriculture reports that turkey losses decrease as live weight increases. Gobblers averaging 13.6 pounds lose about 16 percent while those at 17.7 pounds drop to 9.9 percent and 20.99 pounds to 8.8 percent. Large turkeys at 28.9 pounds lose about 7.5 percent. hens 7.6 pounds lose 10.8 percent and 9.6 pounds 9. percent with 15.4 pounds at 7 percent.
Snow Hill newspaper reports R H Taylor a 34 year old Snow Hill attorney killed himself today in the Greene County courthouse sheriff's office. He fired a shotgun blast into his heart while alone in the office. the janitor heard the shot and found him. Friends offered no motive.
A three day Rocky Mountain snowstorm leaves at least ten dead across Colorado Wyoming Montana and New Mexico as temperatures edge above freezing. Additional fatalities include Howard Rhees near Lamar Colorado Johns Evans near Colorado Springs and Moses Salsgrom near Gallup. Missing travelers include Hoe Norton James Tilford and a Navajo youth from the Roosevelt School Fort Apache Arizona.
About 25 members of the High Point Citizens' Association heard City Manager E. M. Knox discuss city finances and expense charts comparing the 1922 to 1931 period with population growth. Secretary F J Sizemore and chamber of commerce officials attended at the Elwood hotel.
Dean P. E. Lindley of High Point College speaks to the Ys Men’s club on the need for purpose in life. He contrasts purposeful planning with aimless striving and urges young men to chart a course. The group votes to postpone the Thanksgiving meeting and donate its proceeds to the Empty Stocking fund.
Salisbury November 22. The proposed Davidson Catawba charity football game will not be played. Davidson authorities declined to permit the Wildcats to engage in any post season encounters. Catawba officials also decided no extra schedule games. Charlie Moran's Indians close their season Thanksgiving day at High Point.
A 250 voice boys and girls choir conducted by Raymond Nelson will perform at Stephens Tabernacle this evening. The program starts at 7 40 and lasts about 30 minutes, featuring solos duets quartets and full chorus pieces.
Evanston police puzzled over a burglar who chose one of fifty apartments to break into, after finding a note on Mrs J H Golding’s door promising she would be absent and that packages would be left next door. The incident highlights the burglar’s selective target and the note tied to the theft.
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