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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1932
Page
4
Gypsy Smith urges prayer as the path to contentment in a troubled era. He argues humanity cannot solve its problems and that true calm comes from faith and adjusting to a higher source, citing “Be still” and peace beyond understanding.
Former Twelfth district solicitor who resigned amid manslaughter trial over Sheriff Leonard's death says he will not seek the office this year. He notes steady support but emphasizes readiness to prove his fitness for public life. The piece connects betting and gambling prompts to public risk and police efforts.
The Lindberghs secretly paid $50,000 to kidnappers who promised to return the child, a move made to recover the baby despite the criminals demanding more. The father conveyed willingness to sacrifice money while seeking safe return of the child, as authorities and family face a tense ransom situation.
The text argues that those with the child failed to live up to an immunity pledge for criminals, implying the abductors are more unscrupulous or that the child is not alive. It claims evidentiary items shown to Col. Lindbergh would prove kidnapper involvement but not whether the baby is living or dead.
Italians and Mussolini’s delegates head to the League of Nations and the Geneva armament conference proposing almost total disarmament, canceling reparations and war debts. The piece notes global debt from war, high peacetime military costs, and limited support in the United States for disarmament or world police.
A police raid targets a long running lottery operating among colored residents in Winston Salem and nearby cities. Investigators report daily profits exceeding 1000 dollars from solicitors who gathered nickels dimes and larger sums before dawn. The note comments on slavery as a Christian ideal of freedom and praises Arthur T. Upson for long service with the Nile Mission Press in Cairo.
A Thomasville letter writer endorses Bruce H. Carraway of High Point for Congress. The author urges voters in his district to elect Carraway, expresses regret not residing in the district, and asks others to vote for a large majority.
A 1931 accounting argues enforcement costs were offset by fines and asset transfers, claiming a net profit of about 2 million dollars on under 10 million spent. It cites seized molasses, sugar, corn, meal, and fruit juices turned to government institutions in November.
An invitation from E. L. Johnson, president of the Night School Council, appeals to unemployed residents of High Point to attend three city locations to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic and to become better citizens.
High Point Chapter No. 106 Eastern Star mourns Sister Elizabeth Ferree who passed February 11 1932. The resolution praises her kindness and service to the chapter family and community and requests minutes, notices to the Eastern Star News and High Point Enterprise, and a copy to her family.
Evansville Indiana judge Judah Spencer heard robbery charges against James Baggett who claimed his wife and four children were starving. He admitted thefts from two groceries but listed malt, hops, snuff, tobacco, cigars and cigarettes among the stolen items in a farcical story.
Dr William D MacMillan of the University of Chicago argues that life on outer planets of our solar system is far superior to life on earth and that humans are to simple single celled organisms in evolution.
Berlin reports a proposed $250,000,000 industry using sawdust and wood brush ragbox as feed and fuel. Dr. Henrich Scholler, a chemist, states successful experiments convert these materials into cattle fodder and an alcohol fuel for motor vehicles.
A critique of self styled saviors in politics, noting how候 candidates face scrutiny of pasts and party loyalty. The piece argues party discipline often governs pre primary stands and stresses the impact of public judgment on ambitious aspirants. It also reviews recent literary works by Clement Wood Ernst Lothar and others.
Sir Josiah Stamp, economic adviser and Bank of England director, argues in a proof for his book The Financial Aftermath of the War that all business depressions stem from geld as value. The work, to be published by Scribner Sons in late April, exams the postwar economy. Fr Thrasher of NYU writes the introduction to James Farrell's Young Lagian A Boyhood In Chicago Streets, Vanguard Press, April 21 release.
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