Bank executive Elwood Cox to attend American Bankers convention
Elwood Cox president of Commercial National bank leaves for Los Angeles to attend the 52nd annual American Bankers Association convention October 4 to 7. He will be with Mrs. Cox and daughters Clara and Effie, and will travel via a special ABA train visiting Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Vancouver before sailing to Seattle and San Francisco then Yosemite Del Monte and Santa Barbara Mission. The party plans to return to High Point October 13 after visiting Albuquerque and the Grand Canyon.
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Elwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Los Angeles
Calif
American Bankers’ Association
Cox
Clara
Effie Cox
National Organization
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Canada
Wheat
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Seattle
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
High Point-Greensboro
Yosemite National Park
Delmonte
Santa Barbra Mission
Community notes from High Point city life
Fire station two buys watermelons for sale at the station to earn a few dollars. High Point records no new building permits. The heat reaches 88 at noon. A daughter is born to Mr and Mrs J T Cagle on September 12. Photographs in Management magazine feature High Point industry and W L Barnhart discusses Southern furniture manufacturing dominance. Bob Harris promotes a novel sale exchanging old straw hats for 50 cent refunds on new felt hats. Mrs W C Hammond returns from vacation to public welfare duties in High Point. Chief McGhee unveils a sidecar motorcycle for emergencies. Municipal court sees few drunks despite circus day. gambling charges appear. J Elwood Cox announces 500 highway sign posts for the area. Numa F Reid lodge plans a North Main street meeting.
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High Point
W. L. Barnhart
National Surity Company
New York
New South
Bob Harris
Young Men's Store
Bob
Meeting of O P and C F I A at 205 Richardsey Street
Notice announces a meeting of the O P and C F I A at 205 Richardsey Street tomorrow evening at 7 30. All members are urged to attend and Vv G Morgan serves as president.
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O. P
Richardsey Street
Vv. G. Morgan
Market Reports Call Money In New York
Call money firm all loans five cents closing bid five. Time loans firm mixed collateral 60 to 90 days four and a half percent four to six months four and seven eighths percent. Prime mercantile markets show varied rates.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Poultry Prices Steady as Receipts Rise in Chicago Market
In Chicago on September 13, live poultry prices held steady with receipts of 16 cars. Fowls sold at 20 to 25 cents, springs 23 to 25, turkeys 34, roosters 18, ducks 22, and geese 17 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Butter and eggs prices rise on Chicago market
Butter prices climb as receipts reach 11,737 tubs with creamery extras at 43 and 41 2 percent, standards 41 1 2 percent, and firsts 37 1 2 percent. Egg prices also rise with 11,500 cases received on the Chicago market.
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Chicago
Potatoes Receipts Mixed as Markets Open Weekend
Potatoes receipts number 86 cars on track 133 total U S shipments 1018 Saturday 187 Sunday trading fair market about steady Wisconsin sacked round whites 295 290 bulk 265 280 early Ohios 250 265 Idaho sacked rurals 270 280
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Idaho
Foreign exchange rates ease in New York markets
In New York foreign exchanges eased with dollar quotations in cents for various currencies and bonds. Key figures include Great Britain at 485 116 for demand and 485916 on cables, France at 286 and 287, Germany around 2381% and 2381%%, and Argentina at 4050 with Shanghai 6900 and Tokyo 483114.
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Greece
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Czecho-Slovakia 296; Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Despite Weak Liverpool Cables
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady but eased briefly as Liverpool cables lagged expectations. Prices rose to October 16.90, December 17.01, and January 17.0 high after initial drop, then firmed on storm fears. British trade August figures were bearish.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
New York
Caribbean Sea
Yucatan Channel
British Board of Trade
Cotton and stock markets open with mixed moves in New York
The New York cotton market opens steady with declines to 25 points on liquidation and weather optimism in the south while October and January slip but recover. Wall Street starts cautious with prices little changed as investors await monetary news, with General Motors quoted at 1421 and a broad list of industrials showing mixed early gains.
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New York
Southern
Liverpool
Yucatan Channel
Wheat and corn ease on profit taking in Chicago market
Chicago grain report shows selling by profit takers easing values in wheat, with Liverpool market weakness and favorable Canadian weather cited. Corn and oats also slide as belt weather undercuts rapid corn maturation. Provisions quiet as prices drift lower after a unsettled start.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Atlantic
Canada
Local citizens form company to develop High Rock area
A holding firm led by D. C. McRae Max Rones and A G Kinney plans a subdivision near High Rock Davidson county tied to the Tallahassee Light and Power project A 160 acre deal near the dam site will host a hotel stores and a resort city The venture targets 1500 to 2000 workers and families expected from dam construction and plans to reuse old white way poles after laying out the town site
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D. C. McRae
Max Rones
A. G. Kinney
High Rock
Davidson County
Tallahassee
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Winston-Salem
Dr Few to Deliver Opening Address at Catawba College
Dr W P Few president of Duke University will speak at Catawba College Tuesday at 8 pm. The event includes a brief concert by Gabriel Zig Mondy Hungarian pianist newly appointed head of the music department. New buildings equipment faculty and student body have expanded. grounds and walks are being improved.
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National
Hungarian Conservatory
Budapest
Catawba College
Woman Supposed Killed in Wreck Found in Perfect Health
Hickory reports George D. Lancaster of Goldsboro misled J K Cuthrell partner in a local auto agency. Lancaster delayed death claims after a wreck near Kinston. Cuthrell travels to verify facts while Lancaster’s wife and mother in Goldsboro are reported healthy.
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George D. Lancaster
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Lancaster
Charlotte Distributors
Cathrell
Setebary
Saldcuces
Cuthriel
Police Convention Plans Near Completion At High Point
Chief McGhee announced plans for the annual state police convention to be held here later this month. Officials expect a record turnout with over 500 delegates. A detailed entertainment program, including a barbecue at Hayworth Springs, has been prepared and forwarded to the National Police Association for approval.
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McGhee
National Police Association
Hayworth Springs
Police Department
Flowers Used in Perfume Making Highlight Variety
About 400 kinds of flowers are used in perfume manufacture reflecting the diverse botanical sources for fragrance. The figure underscores the scale of floral materials employed by perfumers worldwide.
Maine Election Day Signals National Mood
Maine votes in a biennial state election with governor Ralph O. Brewster seeking a third term and Democrat Ernest L. McLean challenging. Major races include four Republican congressmen defended amid mixed Democrat campaigning, with Wallace H. White facing strong opposition from Charles M. Starbird in one district.
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Portland
Maine
Ralph O. Brewster
Ernest L. McLean
Augusta
Brewster
House of Representatives
Wallace H. White
Lewison
Charles M. Starbird
Hese Auburn
Stock Change Voted For Dupont Company
Stockholders of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. at a Wilmington meeting approved amending the certificate to authorize five million no par common shares in place of the $100 par issue. Each two no par shares will be exchanged for one outstanding share of common stock totaling 1 330 289. Directors will meet to plan distribution.
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Wilmington
Del
E. J. Dupont de Mours & Co
Two Held Without Bail in Cantons Coffey Murder Case
Lloyd Harkins aged 80 and Odell Mahaffey 33 were ordered held without bail at a preliminary hearing in Canton North Carolina over the murder of 55 year old J. T. Coffey. Coffey was killed Sunday night in the presence of his 25 year old wife who was held under a 500 dollar bond as a material witness.
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Canton
N. C
A. P
Lloyd Harkins
Odell Mahaffey
Justice of the Peace
J. N. Mease, Jr
J. T. Coffey
Bobby Jones shoots 70 in Baltusrol as national amateur tests begin
Under Par SHORT HILLS New Jersey Sept 12 AP Bobby Jones the Georgia golfer known as the wizard of the links carded a 70 at Baltusrol in the opening 18 hole round of the qualification for the national amateur championship two strokes under par.
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Short Hills
N. J
Bobby Jones
Georgia
Baltusrol
Merton testifies no knowledge of big cash split in Daugherty case
Richard Merton, key government witness in the Daugherty Miller trial, says he received a quarter of a million dollars for aiding the transfer of American Metals assets to Societe Suisse. He acknowledges no awareness of a $441,000 fee split with John T. King and details surrounding the stock transfer to Switzerland.
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New York
Richard Merton
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
American Metals Company
Societe Suisse
Geeral H. M. Daugherty
Thom W. Miller
John T. King
Merton
Societe Swiss
Ger
Metaligezelschaft
Pardon Granted Dan Nye in Robeson County Case
Dan L Nye of Robeson County was pardoned by Governor McLean after serving half of a four month term for arson to collect insurance. The pardon followed the trial judge’s recommendation and support from local officials and jurors who doubted his guilt. Special appeals to Raleigh and a coerced attorney appearance were noted as part of the pardon process.
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Raleigh
Dan L. Nye
Robeson
Governo McLean
Barnhill
Decla
Woman 7 in Auto Collision Involving Laundry Truck
Mrs. J. P. Spencer suffers injuries in a noon crash on South Willowbrook when the Dutch laundry truck she rode in collided with a Ford touring driven by Frank Ganaway. Witnesses say the truck attempted a left turn into the street. the driver is detained as the investigation proceeds.
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J. P. Spencer
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