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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1936
Page
10
Governor Landon shows sharper platform presence in radio delivery and belligerent speeches. His Chicago budget address marks his best oratorical form yet, aided by a tutor and Olin Glenn Saxon of the GOP brain trust shaping his cues and cadence.
Chicago is the hub as Landon surrounds himself with Saxon and a core of aides and editors securing a political brain trust. The operation centers on a large press and research machine aimed at influencing black voters, with plans for extensive distribution and a costly publicity budget.
In Pennsylvania reports describe “sea mines” where warm weather makes icicles grow and then melt as winter returns. The phenomenon creates unusual, shiplike stalagmites of ice in sunlit areas. Observers note the structures resemble submerged mines and vary with temperature.
Clyde A. Erwin state superintendent told western North Carolina teachers at the Asheville convention to rally lay backing for education. T. Roberson was elected district president, Nathan Yelton vice president, and Mrs. R. W. Tillett secretary as the three day meeting closed.
A. G. Keeney Jr. sues George B. Shepard assistant director of athletics at the University of North Carolina for 10000 dollars claiming damages from an automobile accident.
A Wyoming fossil discovery reveals dinosaur skin preserved in remarkable detail, dating to about 14 million years. The texture and pattern suggest soft tissue preservation, offering rare insight into dinosaur integument and appearance.
Desk Sergeant W. B. Ridge endured a busy night as 20 violators paid fines totaling 82.50 each at police headquarters in three and a half hours. One offender sought Judge Lewis Teague in municipal court. An arrest was made for drunken driving and another for failing to display a city tag, yet the sergeant kept his temper throughout.
In Gastonia on October 17 a state highway commission truck was side swiped near High Shoals. George McCorn, 28, of Belmont died from injuries. Four other convicts were hospitalized. T. A. Porter, 27, of Gastonia, was detained by police with charges not yet filed pending investigation.
The Winston-Salem tobacco market sold 677,262 pounds yesterday at an average of 17.39 dollars. Week totals reached 4,469,472 pounds with an average of 17.92 dollars.
In Greensboro a northbound Atlantic on Yadkin line struck a motorist near Climax killing Luther Burrus age 55 instantly and injuring his son Herbert 19 and Winfred McNeill 20 who died after hospital arrival. The man’s night roaster testified the vehicle was on the left side of the engine and was dragged about 325 feet.
France now has about 800 manufacturers of agricultural implements, roughly double the number present before World War I, reflecting a postwar revival in farming equipment production.
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