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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
4
A religious reflection contrasts Scripture and Beecher on repentance. It notes repentance can begin instantly while lasting reform may require years.
Representative Maury Maverick of Texas criticizes University of Texas faculty oversight of the Daily Texan as Nazifying the campus and calls it suppression of speech. Dr. N. Y. Benedict replies that liberty implies responsibility, urging mature guidance to students rather than censorship.
Representative Marion A. Zionbeck of Seattle and Washington, D C, withdraws earlier decision not to run and will seek another term. The incident prompts debate over his conduct in Congress and the political impact on his district.
The passage argues for replacing a certain congressman with a man who will act to govern normal citizens nationwide. It notes the congressman has had his fling and should drop it. The district’s sentiment may be seen as thirteen candidates have filed for the office.
The piece argues rising food prices tied to drought will raise the value of amateur farming and home canning. It notes June costs to feed a family up 30 percent versus three years ago, with potatoes cabbage and carrots up sharply and canned goods costs increasing, urging home food production as a hedge.
A Rocky Mount editorial mocks a proposed 1932 political alliance of Father Coughlin, Rev. Smith, and Grandpa Townsend. It contrasts their rhetoric with Roosevelt and dismisses Landon’s 1932 job focus, arguing the trio would rule as radical turnoffs to voters.
Joseph Moore of Canaan New Hampshire proposes universal pensions from five dollars a month for preschool children to a dollar a day for workers farmers and small business owners. He seeks the Republican Senate nomination opposing Keyes George Moses and Governor Bridges.
A historical analysis traces labor’s roots to 1881 and the AFL’s rise under Samuel Gompers. It contrasts two leaders, William Green and John L. Lewis, noting Lewis’s suspension and the AFL’s struggle between craft unions and a single big union as labor’s power wanes while capital gains a pause.
Editor The Enterprise prints a reader letter outlining views on Prohibition, political platforms, and world disarmament. The writer mocks prohibition backlash, praises limited drinking, notes German disarmament and rearmament efforts, and questions up to seven years of political policy.
After watching an earthquake sequence in a new film, a local housewife chooses to stay home with her husband rather than take a planned vacation.
Ethiopian forces are said to be advancing on Addis Ababa as tensions rise amid regional conflict. The note mentions an Italian grand opera company touring Ethiopia possibly staged if enemy forces near the capital.
The Department of Justice elevates a bank robber to Public Enemy No 1 drawing outrage from victims who were slapped on their sunburned backs and targeted in the crime wave.
The piece argues Dr. Tugwell foresaw the Roosevelt administration's class appeal strategy, urging a workers and farmers alliance. It notes Roosevelt boosters like Lewis and Berry push for Labor's Non-Partisan League, claiming millions of union votes support him and that labor leaders have backed Roosevelt for over a year, funding his campaign.
The article notes a strong push by the New Dealers to recruit African American workers and farmers, led by Mr. Farley. It reports increased Negro aides at New Deal headquarters and Arthur Mitchell, the Negro Congressman from Chicago’s Loop, announcing a nationwide effort to organize the Negro vote with Eastern and Western division heads appointed.
New York dispatch reports Democratic planners seek to swing up to 3,000,000 Negro votes to Roosevelt in key states, including Pennsylvania, aligning with New Deal aims and labor support while balancing anti New Deal sentiment among Southern Democrats. It notes prominent figures Arthur McKeogh and Elsie as party leaders in this effort.
Twenty years ago Glenns Camp Glenn is featured at the Broadway with scenes from the North Carolina training Camp at Morehead City. Company M and the field hospital corps from High Point attend and join in local interest with friends at Elwood.
The world's second community service school will open at Laurel Hill in Sampson County on August 7 and run through August 11.
Mrs A E Frazier returned from a ten day visit to Raleigh friends. Mrs Hattle Sheets came back from White Sulphur Springs. Mrs J E Hardee went to Winston-Salem for a week with relatives. Frances Adeline born to Mr and Mrs Charles Gueth. Miss Norma Dutton and Miss Lillian Hicks left for Mt Airy to visit relatives and friends. Miss Bessie Woodson entertained.
George Marshall of Washington, D. C. emerges as a zippy party personality. A country boy from near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, he turned a broken laundry into surprising success and thrives on frolic and spontaneous celebrations with Monta Bell among his cronies.
Fashionable New Yorkers gather at villas in Westchester and Long Island for Tuesday and Wednesday fashion events. Designers craft Manhattan looks for weeklong visitors, with gowns lighting rooms at the Plaza and St Regis venues. Lorraine McAdoo Shevlin showcases a tailored black net suit amid competition in the Beast Dressed Sweepstakes. Gloria appears in a white organdy minaret, pink emerges as a summer color pairing with sun tan.
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