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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1931
Page
7
Mrs. Benjamin Collings identified a canoe drifting in Long Island Sound as the vessel used by two men to throw her husband from the Penguin and abduct her. Detectives pressed for conclusive evidence while investigators raised doubts about her account.
The committee favored two bills to limit 1932 and 1933 cotton acreage to one third of 1931 cultivated land, with rotation rules after 1933, and barred replanting the same land in successive years. Senators Neal, Thomason, Woodward, Small, and Cunningham backed the proposals amid a planned Senate vote.
Chicago traders see weaker early wheat quotes after Liverpool reports show slower advance while shipments face rust rumors in Argentina. Prices swing across wheat corn and oats with mixed opening futures, resting near initial levels as traders weigh demand and currency signals.
Chicago grain markets fell as corn led declines with a heavy finish. Wheat, oats and provisions showed widespread weakness while North American export demand remained slim. New York stocks ended the week feeble with broad declines and several bellwether names hitting multi year lows.
Cotton futures closed steady with small declines across most contracts. New York quotes show Oct at 670 and Dec near 693 while Jan to May linger around 701 to 728. New Orleans notes a net decline of 10 to 12 points with Oct at 670 and Dec near 693. A local note reports Gilbert Yates of 208 W Ray Street contributing a twin muscadine to a school display, noting unusually large vines with many twips.
Officials and prominent citizens gathered in Columbia South Carolina to honor Richard L Manning former wartime governor who died at 72 after double pneumonia at his home. Funeral 4:30 p m Sunday Trinity Episcopal church interment in churchyard. Governor Blackwood called him one of the states strongest and most valuable citizens.
A story from Miss Pearl Thompson of 611 Colonial Drive describes how a young squirrel wounded by air rifles died after reaching a tree, then kin carried the dead youngster back to its nest high in the limb. The tale reflects a somber moment amid the neighborhood's busy woodland.
Chicago cattle and sheep prices ease and hold with mixed movements. Cattle totals reach 300 with weighty steers down sharply while fat cows and beef heifers rise. yearlings and light steer values vary by class. sheep volume 3,000 with feeding lambs and natives showing modest declines and strong feeders.
Rev H Norwood Bowne pastor of St Mary's Episcopal church announced this morning that the 7 40 Holy Communion services would not be held at the church tomorrow morning as previously announced All other regular services at the church will be held at the usual time and place according to the announcement.
United States ambassador to Cuba Harry F. Guggenheim resumed his Havana to Washington flight at 10 30 a m after being forced down in Havana earlier today by thick weather.
Rocky Mount reports tobacco sales totaling 433 958 pounds fetching 8 11 per hundred with season total 2 127 238 pounds at 9 16 per hundred.
Gandhi arrives in Folkestone completing a Bombay to London journey for the second all-India round table conference. Entrances were closed to the public as rain and fog enveloped the pier. He wore a loin cloth and homespun shawl, sprinted to an automobile, and departed with Indian delegates amid a rose bouquet from the Commonwealth of India League.
Charlotte. J F Summerset filed an injunction to move a house built so high it sits over his property. Scandland appealed and the house remains. Summerset must keep driving around the obstructing structure.
Cherry Street Church observes anniversary events for Cherry Street Presbyterian with Christian Homes Enrollment Day at morning and evening services. The Cherry Street Presbyterian Junior church marks its second anniversary at 11 a m and 7 p m services. Parents and children are invited.
The New Jersey American Legion voted to draft a petition urging Congress to repeal the eighteenth amendment. The group also supported United States entry into the world court in Atlantic City on September 12.
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