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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1932
Page
7
A writer explains football referee signals to fans with a live example on the four yard line. The piece lists common signals, penalties, and their yardage, noting gaps in the system and inviting readers to suggest missing signs.
Paris fashion notes argue a shift in lines around the waist and hem to create a distinguished, flexible ensemble. Designers stress simplicity as the keynote while experimenting with coats and jackets that harmonize with a new waistline emphasis.
Testimony paints brutal guards at Sunbeam Prison camp in Jacksonville as jurors hear details of Arthur Maillefert death. Convicts James Travis and E L Smith recounts harsh punishments including a barrel and heavy chains, while Captain Courson and guard Higginbotham face murder charges.
Treasury receipts for October 6 totaled 89 million 671 thousand 17 dollars and 66 cents with expenditures of 21 million 242 thousand 967 dollars and 47 cents, leaving a balance of 825 million 339 thousand 996 dollars and 51 cents. Customs duties for six days of October amounted to 4 million 428 thousand 766 dollars and 5 cents.
Wheat prices opened 1 8 to 6 8 lower in Chicago trading while corn moved from a 1 8 decline to a 1 4 advance. Early indications suggested spread trading between wheat and corn as freezing weather was forecast for tonight across parts of the corn belt.
Cincinnati, Oct 8. Relatives say Libby Holman Reynolds is not worrying about wills as the New York filing of Smith Reynolds estate is noted. The August 1931 will left most assets to relatives and a $50,000 bequest to Albert Walker, linked to the North Carolina murder case. Mrs. Reynolds is abroad and not mentioned in the document. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holman, remain in Cincinnati awaiting trial developments.
New York stock markets closed mixed with small losses after volatile trading on a Saturday session. A favorable weekly revenue freight report tempered declines but a government crop report spurred selling, leaving most issues down fractions to about a point. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific moved sharply, with several large names ending lower.
Police chase ends with a crash at East 73rd Street as six people are wounded in a running gun battle. Detectives Roy Helsley and Thomas Osborne pursued the robbers after an attempted car seizure on Euclid Avenue. Mrs. Martin and her daughter suffer nonfatal injuries as shots peppered her vehicle during the pursuit. The bandits were eventually captured following the crash.
A historical note asserts the first sandwich originated in the seventeenth century, tracing its culinary beginnings to early practice and evolving over time into a popular modern staple.
In Chicago on October 8, butter and eggs markets show creamery specials at 93 score 20 20 percent extras 92 19 percent extra firsts 90 91 18 19 and firsts 88 89 16 17. Egg prices include 3 553 easy extra firsts carlots 23 percent and fresh graded firsts carrots 23 percent with current receipts 19 21 percent and refrigerator firsts 22 percent.
Five year old Robbie Brewer was struck by an automobile at the corner of East Russell and Wrenn streets shortly after noon today. He was taken to Guilford General Hospital for treatment and is not believed to be badly hurt. The driver’s identity could not be determined.
The weather forecast for the South Atlantic states calls for rains in the first half of the week with generally fair conditions after. Temperatures are expected to run near seasonal averages.
N O Cotton futures started quiet, with early losses of 3 to 11 points as Liverpool arrived stronger than expected. December fell to 6.87 and March to 7.00, down 9 to 11 points, then dipped until buying short covering lifted December to 6.94 and March to 7.08 before easing back toward the lows.
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