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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1936
Page
2
The Enterprise Bureau reports stories from western North Carolina about the Mt. Mitchell Game Refuge where a clever bear amused visitors with playful fear games. A harmless yet curious bear avoided a honey trap, standing on hind legs to observe before leaving.
House plants act as tiny air conditioners to a limited extent by helping refresh air and maintain humidity.
J A Myatt a local attorney returned to his office in the Security National Bank building after seven weeks abroad on a legal mission in Athens Greece connected to an American adoption case involving property rights in Greek courts He traveled with Holt McPherson editor of The Enterprise and visited eight European countries noting efficient Italian air service and fast large planes.
W B Hall hosted a luncheon at the Elwood hotel where ten colonels were named to direct the Community Chest campaign. Each colonel will pick five captains who in turn recruit three workers, totaling 210 volunteers for the October 5 to 9 drive.
Farmers pleased with opening day demand for cigarette grades at Weed Mart. About 750000 pounds on hand with some piles selling at 45 dollars per hundred. Aberdeen market lighter than expected but prices above last year with some piles at 50 cents per pound and an estimated opening average above 80 cents. San ford warehouse floor held about 175000 pounds with opening sales averaging 26 to 28 cents per pound.
Cotton futures in New York opened steady to firmer with two to three point gains offset by October liquidation and hedge selling. Prices listed include October at 11.74, December 131.80, January 11.81, with May and July around 11.80 as trading began.
New York trading shows cotte futures closing steady with gains of 4 to 8 points. The session lists active quotes across several contracts with slight upward moves and mixed test values, while commodity grades including middling remain near steady levels.
E L Auman Jr and Bill Ellington of High Point were bound over for Guilford Superior Court on larceny charges for allegedly taking F W Fords money watch and pen and pencil set from him at a hotel. Auman faced an additional dismissed charge of carnal knowledge of a minor.
The article reports Loflin facing a highway robbery charge after allegedly forcing a salesman and a hired worker from a car near Salisbury, demanding cash and a watch, then fleeing toward Wallburg after losing control of the vehicle.
Gov Alf M Landon travels northward to begin a three stop farm belt speaking tour. He will kick off his GOP bid for the presidency at the famed Missouri spa Excelsior Springs as he targets middle west voters.
The article notes Alf Landon delivering a Des Moines talk tonight on agricultural problems and solutions, broadcast nationally. A second major speech in Minneapolis on Thursday will expand on his criticisms of reciprocal tariff treaties and administration policy.
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