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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1926
Page
5
Sport column argues Dempsey, despite a three year layoff, remains the fighting force against Gene Tunney. It highlights crowd sentiment favoring the challenger, Tunney's boxing style, and psychological edge shaping the bout’s buildup.
The article praises Dempsey as a resilient champion never broken by setbacks. It notes his steady training routine and film career, including a synthetic nose, while suggesting Tunney faces a tough test. It invites readers to attend the Enterprise matinee for live blow-by-blow ringside reports.
Billy Evans predicts a football revival with Tulane and Alabama renewing relations. The first game would be at Tulane in 1927 and the return in Birmingham the next year. Tulane recently impressed by beating Northwestern 18 to 7 and tying Missouri 6 to 6.
Miami urges the American public to provide funds for reconstruction after last Saturday's devastating hurricane. Authorities request swift donations to support rebuilding efforts and aid displaced residents.
New York on September 22 reports call money at 6 1/2 percent for all loans with time loans steady and mixed collateral terms. Shorter term notes 60 to 90 days yield 4 1/2 percent, 4 to 6 months at 4 5/6 percent, with mercantile paper around 4 1/2 to 4 1/4 percent.
Copper quiet while electrolytic prices hold near 1414 with futures at 414 percent. Tin eases with spot around 6912 and nearby futures at 6637. Iron and lead hold steady, zinc weakens. St Louis spot and futures near 740 while antimony sits at 1500.
Chicago Sept 22 AP reports potato receipts 108 cars on track 405 and total US shipments 884. Market described as firm with good stock and fair trading. Wisconsin sacked round whites range 1.90 for best to 1.40–1.75 for poorer quality. Minnesota Red River Ohios priced 2.00–2.15 in bulk and sacks 2.00–2.15 depending on quality.
The New York AP report provides decimal cent quotations for several currencies and banks. It lists demands and cables for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal with varying percentage figures.
The cotton market in New York opened steady with firmer first prices andcovering activity ahead of tomorrow's crop report. Prices rose early with Dec contracts at around 16.12 while later close shows a net decline of 12 to 18 points. private crop forecasts ranged from 15,045,000 to 15,500,000 bales.
Chicago grain markets reversed early losses as wheat advanced amid heavy snow and rain in Canada. Corn oats and provisions firmed while British coal strike hopes and Liverpool quotes influenced initial moves.
The city planning and zoning commission recommended setting back building lines 30 feet from street centers on Green street from Springfield avenue to Redding street and on English street from Main street to the city limits. Offsets may be eliminated by survey and markers to be placed at intersections once survey is completed.
Tom Johnson, convicted murderer and confessed slayer of 14, faces life instead of hanging after a jury found him guilty of killing Leonard Erdall in a Minneapolis hold up. He urged for execution and said he wished to be hanged in Iowa. Johnson, arrested in Seattle, hoped to die but cited a light from God leading to surrender.
At a conference with Assistant Secretary Andrews in charge of prohibition enforcement, Ben Sharpe, administrator for North and South Carolina and Georgia, said differences with Washington had been straightened out. He noted relief from liquor flooding his area from Florida, while Andrews indicated satisfaction with Sharpe’s report but objected to public statements about the administration without prior HQ notice.
Dr. J. H. Linson of the Public Health Service departed Jacksonville to survey health and sanitary conditions in the storm area. He will mobilize full service resources if needed to prevent an epidemic.
S F Dixon shows improvement after illness at Burrus Clinic and expects discharge soon. George L Wood Jr leaves for Philadelphia to enter Jefferson Medical College after completing UNC pre med, joined by classmate Menton Fetter for the year. Jean Lamont Bible class gathers at 924 South Main Street tomorrow at 3 PM with all members urged to attend.
John Lane the Baptist minister known as Texas Jack tours the west on his seventh cross continent voyage. He speaks at open air talks in many towns and sells pamphlets titled Hell Bound Road and Paradise Path for 25 cents each.
City laboratory reports 162 examinations from August 15 to September 15. Diptheria suspects totaled 93 with 81 negative and 12 positive results. Venereal tests were 5 with 3 negative. Tuberculosis tests were 2, both negative. Vincent’s angina suspects 11 with 6 negative and 5 positive. Milk tests 33 and water tests 6, with 3 negative and 3 positive.
Captain W J Barrett in charge reports Salvation Army relief from New York has sent several thousand dollars in wear ing apparel and supplies to Florida stricken areas. The Miami building is opened to shelter injured and homeless, and local workers plan an appeal for funds.
Philadelphia Sept 22 AP A psychiatrist for the State Athletic Commission, Dr Abraham Baron, compares Dempsey and Tunney to Roosevelt and Wilson. Dempsey is a high energy direct attacker, while Tunney is a calculated thinker who must exert superhuman effort to win.
J C Welch asked the High Point city council for permission to erect a gasoline filling station on South Wrenn Street between East High and East Commerce. The project will follow the city zoning map and National Board of Fire Underwriters rules with supervision by the fire chief and building inspector. The board granted the permit.
Cotton growers cooperatives in Georgia Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona Tennessee and South Carolina file with the Interstate Commerce Commission identical complaints against railroad rates to principal marketing and exporting centers. They argue the rates are excessive unjust and unreasonable and ask the commission to review the general cotton rate structure and suggest desirable changes.
The August 16 to September 16 period saw 638 loads of trash burned, 232 from residential areas, with 1 394 calls logged by city sanitary officer Claude Hussey. The report lists inspections, disease quarantines, charity calls, vaccinations, and various municipal actions including rabies testing and foot and arm treatments.
Reached Port Miami on September 22 the passenger steamship Cherokee of the Clyde Line the Berkshire of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Line and the freighter Louisiana of the Gulf and Southern Steamship Company have arrived safely.
Five hundred refugees from the storm swept area of southern Florida arrived in Jacksonville on the first special refugee train into the city.
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