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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1939
Page
12
Thad Eure notes policy reading while recounting a rear end crash on Glenwood Avenue. Raleigh football fans are reminded the Duke Carolina game on November 18 is nearly sold out with 43,000 tickets already moved and last temporary seats released.
The Supreme Court may issue opinions next week on ten civil actions including Best and Company versus Allen J. Maxwell. A prior ruling upheld a North Carolina tax on displaying goods in hotel rooms by out of state concerns, now under re hearing. The Little Switzerland Company dispute with the State Highway Commission over land value for a Blue Ridge Parkway right of way is also expected. Betting on a per curiam opinion is common in such cycles.
The Raleigh correspondent notes Wake Forest has a slim outside chance to beat Duke this afternoon, while Demon Deacon alumni doubt it. LeRoy Marton of Wachovia predicts caution. Next week's Supreme Court calendar lists 11 oral arguments with one criminal case. A Wake County woman appeals a liquor sale conviction, arguing the state failed to prove the sale was hers.
Notices posted by the Farm Security Administration announce Monday’s auction of clothing factory machinery at Jersey Homesteads New Jersey built for 150 New York garment workers. The factory cost 30000 and was pledged with notes to cover 200000 advanced to the Industrial Cooperative Association. The project cost over 1.8 million for land homes and improvements, with total spending reported near 4 million. The factory closed last August after sporadic operation.
A junk dealer buys scrap at a police auction only to learn it is his own property stolen from his shop months earlier. In Spokane a prosecutor questions charges for 89 dozen golf balls, dubbed grand larceny with a judge noting the nuisance value of golf balls. In Loveland a hunter fails to receive an elk tooth watch charm after tusks are removed from the elk while at a restaurant. In Springfield a Stork couple welcomes a son to Mr and Mrs Leo Stork. In Spencer popcorn fires blamed for a barn blaze on the F L Thompson farm near Sioux Rapids. Also notes that the South Pole is 10 000 feet above sea level and the North Pole 10 000 feet below.
To alert deaf residents during air raids in Doncaster England a neighbor receives their house key each night and will call them if needed ensuring safety during blackouts and alerts.
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