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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
4
A critical essay argues that power industry ownership and utilities are a public trust, not private property. It contends that race between owners and consumers shapes national policy, warns against demagoguery, and urges honest, fair handling of public interests over politics and corruption.
The city has heard ten remaining damage cases related to its east side sewage disposal station. The referee has issued recommendations, with a proposed $9,100 figure deemed excessive by the city attorney who has defended the city's interests in what could have been an expensive proceeding.
The article argues labor groups aim to force union wage scales on WWII era relief work, creating a deadlock in New York. It portrays relief as a dole and warns against tying workers to extended, high wage terms while urging sustenance wages within government projects.
A city taxpayer vents about government borrowing and taxes, arguing debt worsens prosperity and condemning wage cuts and charity. He recalls World War I, criticizes the eighteenth amendment, and urges self examination and better schools and churches to lift the nation.
The piece argues for friendly business government relations and condemns hostility. It criticizes both holding companies in utilities and big business attempts to influence government, urging decency, openness, and honorable methods to win issues.
National columns report anti Nazi congressmen probing hints that Herr Hitler will house and feed American athletes in Berlin 1936 with the War Ministry in charge of foreign entries and the Olympic village near Loeberitz. The piece notes military oversight of sports and fears of a unified army training role.
International money brokers worry about a widening plan to devalue the Dutch guilder with Amsterdam backing. A Holland devaluation could unsettle other gold bloc nations as Switzerland and France face fragile conditions. October deadline looms. $7 trillion in American securities abroad could return home if devaluation occurs. Al Smith backs Moses in New York disputes with Johnson. Tammany Hall dislikes Roosevelt, with Liberty League involvement implied.
The text notes nearly $20,000 in damages and litigation expenses added to municipal project costs. It compares east and west side plants, cites engineer specifications, and lauds the government stance against supporting workers who refuse to work, while signaling nearing resolution of disputes.
Readers correct a Rhode Island election result misattributed to Delaware. Charles F. Risk rode the Republican ticket to victory in Rhode Island, a misreported state used to gauge the nation’s temperament. The column argues such references mix sentiment with facts and misplace blame.
A poem describes love guiding a shepherd and war guiding a warrior. It contrasts peace and conflict with music, dress, dances, and rule over courts camps groves. The piece links love to divine and earthly realms in a reflective, lyrical mood.
A New York authorial mood piece wanders through sketches of European art, comic heads, and bustling city life. The narrator notes caricaturists, columnists, a stray parrot, and a cabman’s brogue as a tapestry of late morning observations and street characters.
A St. Petersburg woman recalls a fishman who wanders back alleys singing to announce morning fish. The terse chant hints at his daily rounds and the city’s early commerce.
A flying automobile was tested successfully in Los Angeles marking a step toward reducing road hazards and expanding urban transport. The test aims to showcase safety and feasibility of airborne cars for everyday use.
The piece paints Rupert and Pat Hughes as a late night duo working at joined desks in a Hollywood home. Rupert puffs cigars and addicts coffee, while Pat keeps quiet when he pursues topics like George Washington. They relax with showy luncheons for guests and remain inseparable.
The passage praises Adela Rogers for shaping dramatic endings with sympathy and philosophy. It recalls a former writer Jessie Partion known for similar affective storytelling about a banker whose life unraveled through excess.
A writer describes novelties on pens and pencils as inventions promising riches. One item glows to aid night notes while another carries magnifying glass to read numbers. Col Hartfield silvered crayon stretches into a yard stick and a twist converts to a perpetual calendar. Items vanish one by one.
A fragmentary letter from Hattie Bell Johnston describes an Italian littoral scene with grape vines, inn made wines and olive oil, and distant Montecatini as music from thermae drifts in. A Pennsylvania note from Helen Furnace, Thyra Sumter Winslow’s work, and Walter Howey’s advances at the Mirror are mentioned.
A whimsical note details a fortune telling fad in cafes using cards palms and coffee grounds. It mentions Versailles and Tokay as rival squads and recalls a bookmark titled Here I Fell Asleep from 1935 by McNaught Syndicate.
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