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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1931
Page
5
State Geologist H. J. Bryson said on WPTF radio that NC mining prospects grow with new uses and better production methods. He traced early iron ore shipments to 1729 and gold production peak before 1849, noting NC led in feldspar and mineral value around 1930 at about 12 million dollars.
Reports say an amazing treatment halts epileptic fits. R Lepso of Milwaukee offers free treatment to all sufferers, requesting age details from applicants at once.
City residents are urged to call 2029 to contact the Emergency Committee for Employment. Mrs W BE Price and assistants operate from City Hall basement to match residents with cooks cleaners grounds work or repair tasks, helping relieve unemployment.
A speaker notes rising interest in non metallic minerals such as kyanite talc beryl and kaolin clay while gold bearing ores draw attention in metallic prospects. Several localities conduct prospecting with high grade ore shipped for smelting. Fontana mine copper output has halved despite ore averaging 8 percent copper.
Lisbon plans three air services to shuttle fast transport between principal African colonies. A Portuguese mission has studied feasibility since last year, and a group was dispatched to the colonies last fall.
Charles Thomas Poole a 51 year old bird dealer of Bethnal Green received 14 days hard labor in a London police court after being found guilty of ill treating two canaries. The case was reported by United Press.
Washington report compares US Farm Board efforts to stabilize wheat and cotton with Brazil coffee price control. Officials say Brazil's valorization program failed disastrously, worsening farmers’ position after purchasing and withholding cocoa from the market.
Washington reports half year figures show 34 new Caterpillar club members in the first six months of 1931, down from 65 in the same period in 1930, reflecting improved airplane safety and fewer life saving parachute jumps.
SAN FRANCISCO reports Catalina Island beach airport in a narrow canyon has been fitted with an airplane turntable resembling railroad roundhouses. The device allows the aircraft to turn around within its wing span, using a merry go round style mechanism.
A spoof courtroom scene unfolds with Groucho and Chico in a staged parody of the famous tragedy. Harpo hides behind gags and props, Zeppo appears as Clyde Griffiths, and the chaos builds as the trial advances with rapid interchanges and punchlines.
In a Brooklyn Daily Eagle fragment a staged courtroom scene features CHICO ZEppo and GROUCHO in a satire on guilt and innocence. Harpo enters with a grizzly bear causing chaos as jurors flee crowding for exits.
Angel Island immigration figures through September 1 show 6 620 departures from San Francisco versus 4 732 arrivals. J R Schaduel head of Angel Island headquarters reports a 40 percent higher exit rate, indicating a reversal in the year’s migration trend.
Harold Marks serving five years to life in San Quentin invents a lock said to be unpickable. An eastern firm has placed 100000 dollars in escrow in his name awaiting patent rights, as experts comment on lock picking at the prison.
An island statistician reports a reversal in port balance patterns with more aliens leaving than entering. San Francisco shows relatively lighter exodus than the nation, July ratios are seven to three nationwide and six to four locally. Deportations are high, but most departures are voluntary, with Orientals forming the majority of those checked.
Y W C A notes several hundred girls will begin work in Girl Reserve clubs across the city with over a hundred already busy at the Junior high. The first city wide event is a large birthday party in the first week of November to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary. Committee members include Miss Anne Albright and several city women.
The Live Y'ers, a newly organized club for young girls, will meet at the Y W C A Tuesday night at 6 30 to leave for a picnic at the Friends playground.
The Florence Nightingale club will meet at the Y W C A building at 7 o'clock Monday night and then go to the city park for a picnic supper.
The Lend-a-Hand club and friends meet at Highland community hall Friday at 6 45 PM for a straw ride followed by a weiner roast hosted by the organizers and neighbors.
The Pickett library will be open Tuesday night from 7 to 9 and Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5.
Washington report from the aeronautics branch of the commerce department shows U S produced aircraft equipment in 1930 valued at 61 million dollars. About 34,545,000 dollars went to construction of heavier-than-air planes.
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