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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
4
A brief page item presents religious reflections citing Saint Luke and George MacDonald. The quotes contrast wealth with spiritual consolation and the strength to deny wants.
An article argues that American depictions of Emperor Hirohito offend Japanese sensibilities and demand a sincere apology. It urges respecting foreign standards and stresses that a free press abroad requires sensitivity, urging honest regret when needed to maintain international respect.
The Mountain Song and Dance Festival in Asheville attracts more than ten thousand attendees, illustrating the revival of wholesome community events. City Park in High Point serves as a venue, offering a shared space for large gatherings and rekindling memories of basket picnics and old fashioned speakings.
A critical portrait of Patrick Hurley and his New Deal stance contrasts with a science report by Dr. Githens on venomous snakes. The study maps bite incidence by zone, cites the Florida diamondback as most dangerous, and highlights antivenin as key to reducing deaths from bites.
The text urges citizens to preserve pleasures of earlier generations by gathering for communal activities. It emphasizes a good spirit among people and suggests that participation strengthens both High Point and the lives of those involved.
Retail leaders urge customers to switch to seafood and other cheaper meat substitutes as meat demand falters. The shift follows processing taxes and hog reduction policies, with meat tonnage dropping while overall expenditure remains steady. The piece critiques the industry and figures like H. C. Hopson and A. G. E. leadership, noting tensions with the New Deal era.
In a Charlotte Observer column, Dr Julian Miller argues taxes are the biggest expense. He cites figures showing food costs 7.6 billion, clothing 3.6 billion, rent 3.6 billion, autos 2.9 billion, electric 650 million, while the national tax bill exceeds food by about 1.5 billion.
The New York Sun notes debate over annual snake bites in the United States. Dr Thomas B Githens reports collecting records from physicians and authorities, contrasting earlier estimates by Prentiss Wilson and R H Hutchinson on bite totals and snake populations amid agricultural change.
President Roosevelt uses bipartisanship with Charlie McNary to press tax and tariff measures. McNary argues for adjournment moves while shoring up amendments on customs revenue for agricultural exports. Front lines detail Senate tactics to push the tax bill and hold other bills in committee.
A medical note discusses bite management with suction to remove venom before absorption and warns against whisky as a harmful first aid measure. The author argues for caution and cautions the old remedy.
New York dispatch recounts David Belasco's youngest daughter Gussie nicknamed Pansy a semi invalid who fell for actor William Elliot. The couple married as she weakened and died soon after. Belasco placed at her mausoleum a constantly burning electric light which was turned off only after his own death. The piece also notes George Jessel's Dumb Dora tale of a night club lady visiting a Sutton Place gentleman amid master portraits and an offhand remark about beautiful edgings.
Foreclosures run at about 17,000 monthly as distress overhangs New York and national housing markets. HOLC relief falls short of promise while lenders continue sales. Prices for buildings and homes drop 10 to 70 percent below new construction costs. relief may take 2 to 4 years to clear.
The piece reflects on streetcars as preferred to bus hybrids, praising the breezy views, the conductor’s casual flair collecting coins and aiding riders, and the motorman's wary habit of tucking away a chew while hoping no depots are aboard.
Lou Payne husband of Mrs. Les lie Carter makes his first New York stay in 14 years and is reported to have eloped by automobile with Mrs. Carter to Portsmouth New Hampshire. In New York he is seen in a Lambe corner with Robert Aiken and Herbert Ayling as the scene erupts with a shrieked interruption.
A jobless man in a Lambs club corner recounts his morning tooth extraction and laments fate. He frets he might endure the day without an invitation to a steak dinner, hoping for a simple social token.
George Jean Nathan discusses why the playwright rarely mingles with the public, noting he only appears after midnight at six day bicycle races. He cites privacy, shyness, and a preference for solitude as reasons, with his wife as his sole confidant.
The snippet mentions Edna Aug living in Woodstock New York a reference to a variety star from yesteryear. It hints at a phage year and a third year arrears. Mentions Helen Wills Moody Avenue to be a Wimbledon motor boulevard. References John Charles Thomas Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Joan Crawford in casual remarks.
Two Black boys quarrel on a Harlem corner with one grabbing the other by the coat lapel in a moment of excitement. The scene highlights urban tension and youth behavior in 1935 era street life as captured by a McNaught Syndicate cartoon caption.
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