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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1937
Page
4
Federal anti lynching bill debate stalls in House
The House killed the Mitchell anti lynching bill while awaiting action on the Gavagan measure. President Roosevelt denounced lynching as collective murder and urged accountability for all who condone mob rule. Convictions remain under three percent across 1882 to present, revealing widespread injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Roosevelt
California
South Opening New Industrial Vistas
The South moves toward major industrial growth as pine slash enables newsprint and paper production. About a dozen plants now produce craft paper and several more are planned. A $5,000,000 newsprint plant begins operations in East Texas, signaling large scale Southern growth with an additional plant planned east of the Mississippi. Eleven major pulp and paper plants formed in the region in the last three years are supplying most craft paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Texas
Mississippi
South to become pulp and paper hub with new plants
The text notes a $60 million investment in pulp and paper plants in the United States, alongside imports of $222 million and production of $656 million, highlighting southern developments as an outlet for industry and unemployment relief. It warns reforestation must accompany pine growth to offset deforestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South
Facing Facts on Social Diseases
The article argues that talk of venereal diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis was suppressed by a Victorian taboo. It cites Redbook Magazine data showing public advice varied from self-treatment to seeking doctors, highlighting widespread ignorance. It calls for open public discussion and education by press and medical groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redbook
American Social Hygiene Association
What Others Say TIP FOR UNCLE SAM
Bruce Catton outlines a magazine essay noting a coming boom and advising buying tangible, useful goods while avoiding unnecessary lending. He suggests Uncle Sam should procure essential armaments only for defense as the U S avoids new foreign wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Bruce Catton
John Public
America
Farmers End A Sitdown Strike In Pennsylvania
A group of Pennsylvania farmers analyze a sit-down strike that paralyzed Hershey milk shipments. Governors and members of Congress debated the tactic while President Truman pondered a response as unions and industry leaders watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount Telegram
John L. Lewis
United States
Washington
Congress
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Sit-Down Protests Prompt Urgent Action in Industry
The piece argues sit-downs by workers threaten owners and property. It cites violence and property damage as outrages and urges authorities to act promptly to halt the nuisance before it spreads nationwide and cripples American industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Conservation Aid and Forest Service Recreation Push
A newspaper item notes that most Americans are within a day’s drive of national forest camping grounds and resorts. The Forest Service aims to develop more scenic spots as demand grows, stressing conservation as a vital heritage for the public and posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Norris Perjury Case Highlights Delays in Justice
The U S Supreme Court sustained the seven year old perjury conviction of George W Norris a Broken Bow Nebraska grocer who was drawn into a political plot in 1930. He admitted paid hush money and faced a three month jail term and fine after a long legal journey exposing delays and the impact on justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Supreme Court
George W. Norris
Broken Bow
Neb
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
George W. Norrises
State Supreme Court
Grocer Norris
Senate Campaign Committee
U. S. Supreme Court
Daily Bee Paper Boy Brings Honest Service and Growth
A poem by Victor P Hammer narrates the paper boy on a daily route linking months and years. It extols steady effort, learning from each step, and honesty as the reward in life and work. The speaker praises the boy’s loyalty, perseverance, and eventual value as a dependable employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Bee
Victor P
Hammer
Radio Host Proposes Imitation as Break from Rules
A dialogue on imitation as policy explores copying famous figures like Julius Caesar and Neal O’Hara. Anecdotes include Eddie Farriss at Elwood, a funeral in Washington NC, and local incidents of the era, with humor about town life and a city dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeb Wendell
Julius Caesar
John Mebane
Dorothy Thompson
Arthur Brisbane
O. O. McIntyre
Neal O'Hara
Neal O’hara
Eddie Farriss
Wm. J. Bryan
J. J
Tinker) Farriss
Main Street
Wachovia Bank
Matton
Gene’ Armfield
High Point
Mr. Armfield
Calaboose
W. P. Ragan
T. B
Clerk
Woodrow Wilson
Georgia
Mexican Civil Service
America
Hull
N. B
Office Blond Delivers Double Talk Referencing Simone Simon
Read as a quirky note, the office blond frames double talk as a discussion about Simone Simon. The line hints at a playful or puzzling exchange without further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simone Simon
Olean Baby Set For First Stagger, Doctor Warns
A brief oddball note from Olean New York reports a baby described as on a diluted whisky diet will soon be old enough to take a first stagger. The item reads as a quirky local blotter snippet reflecting a mistranslation or misprint from a census or health column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olean
N. Y
Purely personal piffle and notes from New York Day by Day
A collection of humorous personal quips and observations from New York Day by Day dated April 10. The items name figures like Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward G. Robinson, and Ernest Hemingway, reference a moving sidewalk on 42nd Street, and include barbed remarks about magazines, travel, and gossips with a breezy, informal tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zaney
Eleanor Roosevelt
St. Bernard
Esquire's
Bengal Lancer
Rio Grande
Arthur McKeogh
Ernest Hemingway
Sinclair Lewis
42Nd Street
Margola Gilmore
Portraits of Fame and Film Patter in Early Press
A snap of cultural notes on hotel life, theater, and magazine pace. Reflections praise Wallace Beery and Pollyanna prose by Elsie Robinson. Steve Hannagan and Bernard Sobel are highlighted as leading press agents. Gracie Allen’s famed giggle sparks amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housekeeping
Life
Wallace Beery
Elsie Robinson
Steve Hannagan
Hannagan
Bernard Sobel
Lafayette
Ind
Gracie Allen
Twenty four seek office in city and local changes noted
Twenty four candidates are seeking office in the city with three running for mayor. Joseph Hoffman, formerly of High Point, now residing in Gastonia, will return with his family and open a drug store at East Green and White Oak streets on June 1. An Independent Order of Odd Fellows Canton was inaugurated in Canton as The A. J. Dodamead Canton with 18 High Point members. Mrs. R. E. Brown and Mrs. Pauline Fritz, Kathleen Younts, and Francis Smith visit Charleston for Magnolia Gardens. Dr. J F DeVine of Goshen New York visits kin on Steele Street and judged horses at Pinehurst show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hoffman
High Point
Gastonia
East Green
White Oak Streets
Canton
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Repiton Lodge
A. J. Dodamead Canton
A. J. Doda
R. E. Brown
Pauline Fritz
Kathleen Younts
Francis Smith
Charleston
D. C
Magnolia Gardens
J F. DeVine
Goshen
N. Y
W. H. Kinney
Steele Street
Dr. DeVine
Pinehurst
I Don’t Get It and Floods Ahead of Me
The item compiles quirky quotes and opinions from a 1937 column, noting floods and a cyclone as preferred experiences, a digression on fresh water colleges in the Midwest, a Danish count in Paris, and a remark about radio presence. It references Amos n’ Andy and Kitty Carlisle with flippant warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Ciro’s
Paris
Enoch Light
Amos N’ Andy
Kitty Carlisle
People and travels near and far in Easter notes
Twenty years ago L. C. Sinclair of Myrtle Desk Co. traveled to Chicago on business. Mrs. J. Harvey Everhart and her son Willard visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Welborn, in Thomasville. William Norment, UNC student, spent Easter at Trinity with relatives. Miss Carrie Phillips, Wake County teacher, spent Easter with relatives at Trinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Sinclair
Myrtle Desk Company
Chicago
J. Harvey Everhart
Willard
Thomasville
J. L. Welborn
William Norment
University of North Carolina
Trinity
Carrie Phillips
Wake County
Explosive Toll At Chester Munition Plant Disaster
A munition plant near Chester Pennsylvania exploded this morning with an estimated 125 to 250 fatalities. In London a dispatch reports Brazil and Germany severing diplomatic relations. English forces push gains in spring offensive as Claude Kitchin signals readiness to steer war program through the House after voting against the war resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
London
Brazil
Germany
Claude Kitchin
House
Congress
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High Point Enterprise
Rawley
B. Terry
Business Mgr Editor
Associated Press
N. C
National Advertising Representative
B. Katz Special Adv
Agency General Office
New York City
Samuel
Alabama
Arkansas
Edward G. Robinson
Cincinnati
Russell Wilson
Mead
Odd Fellowism
NEA Service, Inc
George Clark
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