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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1931
Page
4
Chicago voters ended long Republican control by electing Anton J. Cermak as mayor, arguing reform requires replacing the dominant party with a vigorous minority. The piece warns that uninterrupted dominance breeds corruption and machine politics, and stresses the two party system as a safeguard for democracy against unscrupulous rule.
Will Rogers arrives in Managua Nicaragua to urge aid for 8000 quake earthquake famine victims and to rally food and supplies. He has previously aided drought areas in the southwest and charmed audiences with his humor while addressing disaster relief.
In Managua eight days after a devastating earthquake up to three hundred bodies remain under ruins. Marines, Red Cross, and relief groups feed about 8,000 as American aid is urged to raise 250000 dollars to provide food and roofing before the rainy season. Donations directed to American Red Cross in care of Minister Hanna.
In this bold analysis the rural and urban divide narrows as radio links Main Street with Fifth Avenue. Isolated communities gain perspective, becoming curious, educated and engaged while the old rural stereotype fades into a transformed, better informed society.
A meditation on how sudden life and death emergencies strike ordinary people in organized society. Newspapers frame daily life as routine until a fraction of a minute tests a person’s character and forces an accounting of his actions.
A new institution in Madrid trains politicians, prompting question whether the move extends the toreador's art into the classroom or marks a shift toward formal political education.
Lady Conan Doyle seeks to market a spirit message claimed to be from her husband, using the eerie premise to profit from ghost writing. The claim points to a commercial angle in spiritual communication.
If the old expression in numbers here is safety were infallible license plates would never be given motorists, prompting questions about how data and policy shape road safety and vehicle identification.
An English critic asserts that most Americans are not civilized enough to be entrusted with strong drink, noting it goes to their heads.
A brief note highlights Constitution Avenue in Washington with a prompt to view from the avenue's right side. The description emphasizes the thoroughfare as a notable route and travel reference point for visitors exploring the city.
Minnie Atkins-Edwards argues against critics who say college education harms marriage prospects for women. She contends higher learning strengthens mental resources, empathy, home economics, finances, psychology, and child education, enabling a wiser, capable wife and effective partner in family emergencies.
Chicago’s mayor elect Anton J. Cermak pledged to “clean out the city hall” and lose no time in acting as the Democratic surge following the April election takes hold. He advised Capone to stay out of Chicago for four years while awaiting an appeal of a six month contempt sentence.
Windsor April 9 Progress noted yesterday in condition of King George who is suffering from sub acute bronchitis is being maintained It was stated officially at Windsor castle this morning Assurances from the castle that his majesty is progressing nicely have been qualified by those about him that progress must be slow and a considerable time must elapse before normal health is restored
The article notes Kempton, near Bradford in England, as a possible longest village. It stretches along a single road for about seven miles, creating a continuous settlement.
If ears ring with head noises this old ad advises Mann Drug Co. or your druggist, to use Parmint double strength with hot water and sugar. A tablespoonful four times daily supposedly relieves distressing head noises, opens clogged nostrils, eases breathing, and stops mucous drainage. Easy to prepare and inexpensive.
A series of inter-denominational evangelistic meetings will begin next Sunday at the roller skating rink on Ward Street off South Main. Rev. T H Willey, missionary and evangelist, will lead nightly services at 7 30 except Monday with special music. Willey has worked as a missionary among Amazon Indians and Inca descendants and hails from Kentucky.
The first counterfeit greenback in the United States imitated the 1862 ten dollar bill and circulated in the same year.
Will Rogers, the famed humorist, arrived in Managua after touring earthquake ruins and departed by plane this morning for Ocotal, Nicaragua, to address a farmers meeting.
Smoother clearer skin overnight hailed by nurses and praised by 6,000,000 women. The ad touts Noxzema as a medicated cream that tightens pores softens skin and heals blemishes with a 14 day trial jar and special introductory prices. It urges readers to buy at local dealers before the offer ends.
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