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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1934

Page

4

Belief and Baptism Quoted From Saint Mark

The text cites St. Mark 16 16 about belief and baptism for salvation and notes Swift on concealing the defect of disbelief. It presents religious reflections without added context.

Changing Attitudes Toward Pictures Shift Toward Realism

A local report notes a nationwide shift toward down to earth motion pictures with realism and romance over extravagant song and dance shows. Critics point to fewer moral objections and growing popularity of light comedies without vulgar dialogue, suggesting more wholesome films ahead.

David Harem

Fine Tradition Of A Bank Presidenc y

In Thom asville First National Bank, T Austin Finch is elected president and R L Pope becomes executive vice president after 15 years as cashier. The bank, praised for stability during last year’s banking crisis, upholds a family tradition of sound leadership through the Finch and Lambeth line.

T. Austin Finch First National Bank of Thomasville R. L. Pope Thomasville Bank T. J. Finch John W. Lambeth First National Bank

Five Million Jobs and the Money Circle

Bernard L. Johnson argues that home building boosts employment and local economies. A surge in construction funds jobs for millions, supports local contractors and shops, and circulates money through farmers, doctors, and government via taxes, returning with interest.

MONEY Bernard L. Johnson The American Builder

Unsigned Letters to The Enterprise Withheld

Readers are warned that Letters to The Enterprise must bear the writer's signature or at least the name to be published. An unsigned letter criticizing Sunday baseball on the high school lot was received and withheld due to missing name and address.

Return of Tent Preachers Signals North Carolina Prosperity

The Raleigh Times notes renewed tent preaching in eastern North Carolina as tobacco season nears, predicting rosy prices. It cites evangelists as a sign of improving prosperity and mentions Rev. W. H. Carter, editor of The Evangelistic News, active in Rose Hill and Salemburg with his wife as press agent.

North Carolina Raleigh Times Raleigh Vallambrosa Hoi Polloi Charlotte Ham Dunn Harnett W. H. Carter Rose Hill Salemburg Zoar Free Will Baptist Church

Autumnal Season Hints in Tobacco Price Outlook

The text ponders an active autumn season if tobacco price expectations hold and notes a possible revival of old prospects. It suggests market optimism could revive interest in traditional figures like Rev Billy Sunday as a symbolic comeback.

Billy Sunday

A Father Seeks Forgiveness and Lessons for Youth

The column argues parents should balance discipline with forgiving friendship when youth err. It compares a Oklahoma case where a father reflects on guiding his son and warns against revealing confidential sources amid a Kentucky court dispute over reporters. The piece ends by questioning the arrest of a man who released starving kittens to avoid cruelty charges.

Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Kentucky Picayune

Mosquito Invasion by Auto and Ferry Reaches San Francisco

The health commissioner says a swarm of mosquitoes entered San Francisco recently by car and ferry from across the bay. Their wives, in contrast, call them insects.

San Francisco Bay

Former Yellowstone chief calls geyser power talk idle gush

The former Yellowstone National Park director dismisses recent commentary about geysers losing power as unfounded. He argues the geothermal system remains active and resilient despite sensational talk.

Yellowstone National Park Park

Al Smith Drops From New York Public Life

Prominent New Yorker Al Smith has largely disappeared from public view in recent months. He has shown little public presence at familiar venues and events, with his radio voice quieted and no newspaper writings, though rumors about his plans and memoirs circulate.

New York New Yorker al Smith C. Mcintyre Dinty Moore Luchow Moujiks The Empire Jimmy Walker New York Panorama Smith Amos ‘N Andy

Celebrity evasions and legends beyond the limelight

Gene Tunney retreats to a Connecticut estate for reading and wood chopping while Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontaine and Katharine Cornell sustain a link to theatre. Kate Smith, famed for joy and timing, plans leisure travel after a historic Pal ace run. Steve Hannagan remains a constant presence in Dempsey Tunney Baer circles and Rickenbacker circles.

Gene Tunney Dempsey Connecticut Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontaine Katharine Cornell Lunts Noel Coward Rialto Kate Smith Chaplin Steve Hannagan Gene. Tunney Good Fellowship Max Baer Eddie Rickenbacker

Foreign Exchange Quip In Wilfred's Cafeteria

The Bawl Street Journal notes a witty exchange as Able Gizzinsky and Yip Fow Ping traded umbrellas in Wilfred's cafeteria. An observer recalls an arty bachelor in Sutton Place, describing his outfit and self mockery about looking like a flour sack.

Bawl Street Journal Foreign Exchange Able Gizzinsky Yip Fow Ping Wilfred Sutton Place McNaught Syndicate, Inc

Estimate of Communist Strength in the Nation

A statement estimates not more than 500000 Communists in the country with most of them barred from voting as aliens.

Look and Learn by A G Gordon Answers

A list of questions and concise answers covers coin naming, Joan of Arc as Maid of Orleans, a cord of wood containing 128 cubic feet, whale oil as whales chief commercial product, and Chinas approximate population around 475 million.

Joan of Arc

Daily English Lessons From W L Gordon Explains Word Use

W L Gordon presents guidance on misused words and pronunciations. He defines exorbitant as going beyond established limits and excessive, with examples and tips to improve vocabulary.

W. L. Gordon

How Can I? Advice From Anne Ashley

Afolk Q and A column covers bat elimination by driving bats from their lairs and sealing entry points. It explains bats feed on the wing and cannot be poisoned. It also notes ammonia in wash water makes cut glass sparkle and suggests sun-drying preserves to keep them unfermented.

Modern Etiquette Q and A for Home Weddings

Roberta Lea Q answers common etiquette questions about simple afternoon home weddings, signaling the waiter to remove a plate with knife and fork laid together, and avoiding yellow for brunettes with sallow complexions.

Science Explains Singing Sands of Arabia

Science advances a friction theory for the Arabia singing sands. The eerie noises are attributed to sand grains rubbing and shifting under specific conditions.

Arabia

Washington Letter on New Deal push to tame power trusts

Rodney Dutcher reports on a nationwide drive to lower electricity rates via public power, federal inquiries into utilities, and a National Power Policy Committee led by Harold Ickes. TVA and PWA-backed projects aim to cut prices, while regulators study rate structures, costs, and consolidation to curb financial racketeering in the power sector.

Rodney Dutcher Enterprise Washington Correspondent Washington New Deal Power Trust Congress Ickes PWA Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Watered Securities New National Power Policy Committee Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes Roosevelt Federal Power FPC Cnn Federal Trade Co FTC

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