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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1936
Page
3
Tobacco Market News Service reports higher weekly averages across orange cutters lugs priming lugs and leaf on the Goldsboro and Raleigh markets. Prices show gains for most grades with some declines in others, notably orange leaf and several H grades.
Tokyo reports Admiral Osami Nagano states Japan desires new naval treaties with parity among Britain and the United States He says peace in the Pacific should continue after the London and Washington pacts expire next January and Japan does not plan a new naval arms race while treaties remain in force He insists equality in naval strength must be granted to Japan
Thomasville lodges Loyal Order of Moose completed a new lodge with 51 members and sought a charter after formation. Hyde officers include Fred Murdy as dictator and Dr R G Jennings as dictator while Joe Murphy serves as vice president, J R Lanier as secretary, C T Anderson as treasurer, with H D Hendricks of High Point noted for instrumental aid.
Raleigh Sept 12 Pitts acting director of the penal division said no farm had been lodged for the $100 reward offered by the state for the capture of Coley Cain escaped convict who was fatally wounded by South Carolina officers this week.
Seven local organizations rate films for families. Listings cover SING SING with Alice Faye and others, THE BRIDE WALKS OUT with Barbara Stanwyck, PICCADILLY JIM from Wodehouse, GENTLE JULIA with Jane Withers, BRIDES ARE LIKE THAT, MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, THE INVISIBLE RAY, BULLETS OR BALLOTS plus notes on audience suitability and schedule across theaters.
Clean getaway for bank manager C. L. R. Adams as six suits a hat a watch and a suitcase vanish from his Willoughby residence. He finds signs the intruder even took a bath before fleeing the scene.
North Carolina crop prospects improved in August with tobacco output up to 483,812,000 pounds and corn seen yielding extra. peanuts and hay show strength while apples and peaches fall short of last year. Irish potatoes reach 50 percent normal with total yield about 5.9 million bushels. Weather boosts crops but freezes reduced western fruit.
Acting WPA Administrator Carrington Gill said he requested the dismissal of five Tennessee Works Progress Administration employees for alleged solicitation of political contributions before the Tennessee Democratic primary.
Raleigh September 12 Waters of the Atlantic along the North Carolina coast will be stocked with salmon as an experiment. R Bruce Ethridge director of the state department of conservation says he has asked U S bureau of fisheries officials on the Pacific coast to ship a stock of salmon. He doubts the fish will survive but aims to determine if they will. Striped bass and shad from the eastern seaboard were recently transplanted in Pacific waters and thrived.
J. E. Levinson recounts a Sarasota incident where two fish were caught on one hook. He described the sequence with the hoop passing through a fish’s mouth and gill before a mackerel took the dangling hook, proving the odd event.
The new trans Atlantic liner Queen Mary transports 3200 people including its crew. The vessel represents a major maritime achievement with a full crew and passengers onboard for its maiden voyage.
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