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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1934
Page
4
Publisher R B Terry and business manager AH A Checil listed with GEO F Edwards as National Advertising Manager Walter F Hester as Local Ad Manager and M Waynick as Editor. Full names and roles appear in the period masthead.
A reflective note cites Psalms 26 4 about avoiding vain people and deceitful company. The writer contrasts the vain man who glorifies misfortune with a sober stance against dishonesty.
Rome dispatches describe Mussolini addressing thousands of black shirt workers celebrating Rome’s founding anniversary. He proclaims Italians have reached the horizon of their greatness and questions whether his leadership will continue or push Italy toward greater goals. It is clear he shows no intention of relinquishing control.
The Greensboro News argues for modern police gear after the Saturday holdup of Lane's Laundry on South Elm Street. It notes delays in police response, few motorized officers nearby, and suggests a radio system would enable near immediate capture. The piece urges updated tools to deter crime.
Secretary Harold Ickes notes two signs of recovery as cities now seek only grants from the Public Works Administration. Regulations provide 30 percent outright grants and 4 percent loans, but municipalities increasingly finance the rest themselves, dispelling hopes of “something for nothing.”
Approval by President Roosevelt of the barbers code aims to end price wars and starvation wages in the trade. General Johnson cites debt, high rents, and unequal pay, and outlines four priorities: stabilize prices, readjust wages, cap hours, and curb unfair competition to revive the struggling barber shop industry.
Bruce Catton outlines two contrasting recovery strategies. The NRA pursues controlled inflation to lift wages and prices, while Mussolini in Italy adopts a deflationary path with wage, rent, and price cuts. Both aim to restore equilibrium between income and expenditure and reduce debt.
The passage argues that with domestic prices and wages lowered, Italy will be better positioned to bid for world markets. It contrasts the American and Italian recovery programs to highlight differing approaches and potential outcomes.
The Italian plan aims to dampen domestic demand to match a persistent world crisis, while the American plan expects a revival from higher prices and activity. Both rely on drastic central government action and may take years to judge which approach works best.
A survey of notable midgets and size related trivia, tracing figures from Attila the Hun to Tom Thumb, noting famous individuals and cultural reactions. The piece highlights height comparisons, records, and oddities, ending with a wink that more such material may not appear soon.
Columbia University physicists report a neutron diameter of one ten trillionth of an inch and suggest their instruments could gauge the size of an NRA violator.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, famed Zion head, maintains belief in a flat earth while asserting he will not be caught flat. The remark frames his long standing stance amid ongoing religious leadership.
A fragmentary column urges calm and criticizes gossip, accusing a gossiper of cruelty to animals. It argues taxation spurs belief that recent conflict was to preserve democracy, reflecting tense public sentiment about war and governance.
The passage comments on self praise, competition, and global power dynamics. It questions figures and gender assumptions while warning that education often aims to prepare youth for unnatural future conditions, implying persistent social tensions. It hints at cultural biases in Asia and gendered expectations in mating and progress.
The quotation argues that stricter marriage prerequisites would reduce divorce risk, claiming that tougher entry into marriage strengthens long term felicity. It contrasts a college graduate with a self educated person, noting the first has a degree while the second has education.
During the past year the CCC boys have set out thousands of trees and sown considerably less wild oats than usual.
Governor William Alfalfa Murray orders the national guardsmen to halt sales. Citizens in other states would likely welcome governors taking similar action to end sales taxes.
An April diary recounts a day in New York with visits to Coney Island inn breakfast views of birds and fishermen followed by tea with Rosalind Pinchot and conversations with Miriam Hopkins Nancy Hoyt Cobina Wright and others. It notes social slang shifts including making a pitch and the bidword lousy from circus roots.
The piece notes George M. Cohan as a creator of slang with direct biting speech that remains uniquely his own. It praises his distinctive voice while calling out the failure of his style to become popular argot and references a personal nomination for the best after-dinner summary of the economic muddle by Bernard Gimble.
In congested New York blocks a fire station exudes small town charm while diners and residents create a lively street mood. Dinty Moore’s cafe, famed for corn beef, recalls past eras and hosts long serving Celtic waiters and famed visitors from Al Smith to Morris Gest.
A compact montage of brief idiosyncratic notes on public figures and entertainers. It mentions Montague Glass carrying a royalty check for a silent film scenario, Robert Cortes Holliday as Joyce Kilmer's literary executor, Christy’s fox terrier, Earl Benham’s Connecticut summer home bicycle, Deac Aylesworth’s career start, Kent Cooper’s piano prowess, John Chapman and Westbrook Pegler as sons of newspaper men, and Alfred Segar’s rabbinical studies, plus a playful domestic quip about a pastry-laden kitchen scenario.
In his youth George Washington traveled to Barbados in the West Indies, a formative journey noted in historical records. The visit reflects his early exposure to Caribbean life and colonial connections.
The piece asks five questions and provides answers about geography history and population. It states the earths equatorial to polar diameter difference as 27 miles, cites Abraham Lincoln as the author of with malice toward none with charity for all, estimates world population at about 1.993 billion, notes parcel post began January 1 1913, and confirms the world population could fit in Texas with about 3700 square feet per person.
A hostess should extend her hand to a man when introduced to avoid discourtesy. Formal dinners typically begin at eight o'clock, about a half hour after the informal dinner. It is not good form to appear around a club while a membership is under consideration.
Daily English lesson notes on word usage pronunciation spelling and synonyms. Monday focus includes misused phrases mispronunciations and the word altruistic with example sentence and guidance to expand vocabulary.
Tips include using melted pitch to line a new garbage can for easy cleaning, making a lemon jello salad with apples nuts celery and cabbage served on lettuce with mayonnaise, and using onion boiling water to clean white paint.
A mixed puzzle page lists clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It references a female aviator who circled the globe and notes an Eckener piloted flight, with various word definitions and crossword style hints.
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