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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1931
Page
12
Seattle police hold Ben Posey and his brother Guy, both suspects in a North Carolina murder, after their capture near North Bend following a jail escape. Ben claims self defense after a long feud with Jud Pulkington, who he says killed by buckshot.
In a nationwide trend nearly every federal penitentiary now hosts talking motion pictures with large weekly attendance at the shows. The emergence of sound films has transformed inmate entertainment and morale across facilities.
A fragmented recipe page describes mixing Crisco and sugar with dry ingredients, then adding sour milk, raisins, and nuts. It mentions bake times, a brown sugar syrup, and a coffee flavor note, but text is garbled and many words are unreadable.
Greensboro reports probable cause against Lee A. McMurray in the death of Mrs. Martha Walker after an auto collision. Raleigh notes a talk on North Carolina’s new school law by Dr. A T Allen on WPTF. Chattanooga hosts a Southern states motor vehicle reciprocity meeting. Cheraw touts the September 17 highway No. 1 opening celebration as the South’s largest event. Wadesboro revisits a 10 year old cotton sale case. Asheboro says farewell to Mrs. M C Spoon who died from crash injuries. Greensboro notes Judge Shaw delays a two day assault case involving C C Daniels and bride. Shelby offers 12 pounds of seed cotton for fair admission. Lexington reports a driver backing over and killing his infant son. Burlington notes Jesse A Howell crushed in car overturn. Gastonia funeral for Col Robert N Wilson, 93, Confederate veteran. Wilson reports nine justices of the peace charged with failures to file returns and fees. Winston-Salem records a mass stomaine poisoning after a Mt Zion church dinner in Carroll County Virginia.
Delegates from Presbyterian churches in North Carolina Virginia and Tennessee gather at Montreat for the Synod of Appalachia annual session. The body includes 181 churches 22 823 communicants and 135 ministers. Dr Samuel M Glasgow D D former Knoxville pastor will deliver the retiring moderator sermon and preside until a successor is elected.
In Mexico City Antonio Uriel Sosa, a prisoner at Belen jail, punched a pineapple vendor who mocked him as a bacteriologist. The vendor was hit in the eye, prompting hospital treatment for him while Sosa remained jailed. Officials noted Sosa had asked a guard to buy him a dictionary.
Memphis report notes Japanese women embrace western theories of love and marriage as the traditional go-between falls from favor. Miss Lolita Hannah of Nashville, on furlough after teaching music in Japan, discusses these shifting customs.
Woods Hole scientists led by Henry B. Bigelow at the Oceanographic Institution study sea sediment, plankton, temperature records, and ship data from the Asterias and the Atlantis to judge Atlantis existence and its climate impact. They suggest current causes may reveal past landmasses and aid weather forecasting.
Lexington reports the 17 rural consolidated schools in Davidson county opened classes after Friday’s book list distribution. Officials expect a sizable rise in total enrollment, with plans set by principals teachers and board members. Dr J H Highsmith state high school inspector spoke at a luncheon for county school leaders. In 1930 about 1 000 000 tractors were at work on U S farms.
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