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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
12
High Point will dismiss elementary students at 2 PM this week due to extreme heat, while high school and junior high remain on normal schedules. Superintendent T. Wingate Andrews announced bids are being analyzed for junior high equipment, with contracts likely awarded soon as the board meets.
Six High Point policemen will join Gate City police Saturday evening to manage crowds for the Davidson N C State football game and the Greater Greensboro Fair. City Manager E M Knox approved the loan after a request from Greens boro City Manager I C Brower. Chief W G Friddie supported the plan noting the transfer won not impair local service since a double shift is already used on Saturdays.
An estimate suggests the United States consumes about 500 million pounds of explosives each year. The figure reflects wide use across mining, construction, and industrial sectors, with distribution varying by project type and region.
Dock A. Shipwash a 75 year old man was cleared when Judge Lewis E Teague dismissed the assault with intent to rape charge after a municipal court hearing. Conflicting witness accounts emerged as the child testified Shipwash attempted to assault her while holding a baby.
Mr and Mrs M C Parks left here today for near Salisbury to attend the funeral of Mrs Nancy Parks 79 mother of Mr Park. Services are at 3 30 this afternoon. Park s Garage here will close the remainder of the day.
A barber jokes that customers pay for extra labor to match the era of low trade and tight money, noting that gent's faces appear longer as a result of economic strain.
The Enterprise corrects a report stating Nurma Crews rather than Numa Crews was charged with operating a disorderly house. Nurma Crews of 1608 Hood Street asked for a jury trial after arraignment in municipal court. The defendant is described as a Negro woman.
J Elwood Cox president of the Commercial National Bank will attend the American Bankers association annual convention in Atlantic City He is the sole local banker at the five day sessions and sits on the state nominating committee and the fifth district agricultural committee He plans to arrive October 4 ahead of the opening to attend a committee meeting.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McGee of 1223 East Green Street regret the death of their infant son that occurred yesterday at the home. He is survived by the parents a brother W. M. McGee and grandfather W. M. Buffington of Lavonia Ga. Interment was in Oakwood on Tuesday at 4 30 in the afternoon.
West Palm Beach Florida September 23 Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen announces she will seek re election to a third term. She is the daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan.
City officials discuss leasing the city farm stockade to the State Highway Commission. Council committee led by Roy Briggs weighs the deal, with concerns over timing and city prisoner labor. The stockade, about 76 acres, has $11,500 tied up in land and last year a paper surplus of 4000 to 5000 dollars. County to handle short term prisoner labor, while talks continue with Highway Commission chairman Jeffress after a recent visit.
A Guilford Superior Court jury weighs conspiracy and burglary charges against J W Bean once with a private detective firm here in a case tied to the Melrose Hosiery Mills robbery. Co defendant T J Chandler pleaded guilty and testified for the state. Whitley of the Home Detective Agency faces indictments for larceny and receiving hosiery, with allegations of rewards for return of stolen goods.
Mrs. T. R. Powell, 27, swallowed a bichloride of mercury tablet at 114 Lake Street this afternoon near 2:30 PM in what was described as an apparent suicide attempt. She was rushed to Guilford General Hospital where stomach pumping found no poison. condition not critical if the tablet had time to dissolve. The husband, employed at Continental Furniture, reported she had been nervously anxious about the forthcoming birth of their third child, with prior threats to take poison. They have been married since 1922.
Ambulances from Secerts and Yows Funeral Homes were summoned to West End about 11 last night on a false alarm. Both units arrived and searched for an accident orany other reason for an ambulance before returning.
Neighbors woke to blaring sirens caused by a childish joke, as residents suspect a single prankster sought the attention and the momentary disruption it created. Authorities say no real danger, but residents remain unsettled until the culprit is identified.
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