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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1935
Page
4
A dated excerpt presents biblical and literary lines on fear and misfortune. The text contrasts Isaiah 24 17 with Voltaire’s reflection on passing through life’s thorns, highlighting themes of resilience and coping with bitterness.
The Senate finance committee reverses on higher taxes for small incomes. The amended bill taxes wealth more while exempting about 1.5 million earners, shifting the burden to the lower income group and risking reduced wealth and future revenue as borrowed funds must be repaid. The piece argues the rich should bear their share, warning of long term economic strain and political consequences for the voter base.
Detectives tracing Howard C. Hopson and his companies in the lobbying drive against the holding company abolition feature of the Wheeler-Rayburn bill have located and subpoenaed him for questioning. Senate investigators guard the quarry from watchful sleuths.
The finding of Hopson brings welcome news though unlikely to yield sensational disclosures. His absence raises questions about his career, while he sits at the head of a complex business with time to study the book and able advisors in technical matters at his back.
The piece argues Huey Long uses publicity for nuisance value as he again declares a presidential run. It contends his chances for the Democratic nomination are nil, independents unlikely, and conservative Republicans unlikely to back him. The author notes Roosevelt could benefit from Huey's opposition as critics align with him.
Ed Kuykendall president of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America cites the loss of NRA codes as a setback to fair trade progress. He hopes industry leaders uphold a gentleman's agreement now that a legally enforceable code is gone. He argues codes pushed civilization of the industry by curbing price cutting and unfair competition and warns against an unscrupulous inside track. Public opinion must demand restraint to preserve upright dealing.
The famed union of Joan Blondell and George Barnes collapses as the couple reveals strain after years of public gloss. Blondell’s complaint portrays Barnes as a demonlike figure, ending the era of the ideal Hollywood marriage.
The text recalls Mary Pickford and Doug Fairbanks as a famed pair whose public image soured, with Fairbanks choosing distance from the supposed perfect husband role. It notes Joan’s relationship lasting three and a half years in Hollywood, and quotes Southey on marriage’s perceived rigidity, suggesting publicity and reputation shape public fascination with marital bonds.
Fayetteville Observer notes the Japanese protest over a Vanity Fair cartoon of Emperor Hirohito raised its profile nationwide. The piece argues the controversy amplified viewership, comparing the Emperor to a figure who seeks to avoid attention yet is publicity magnetized by his own actions.
Asheville Citizen notes critic John Chamberlain of The New York Times struggles to reconcile Stark Young and other Southern writers with his romantic view of the region. The piece jokes about his limited South exposure and compares Mississippi and Alabama readers, suggesting both sides remain uncertain about each other’s literature and landscapes.
Readers are urged to view Congress members who abandon duties as paragon lazy workers. The piece argues elected reps should stay to complete vital legislation and face voters with explanations for leaving mid-session. It condemns unpaid labor and teaches accountability for future elections.
The remark questions Senator Borah's suitability for the presidency and wonders how he would critique the administration if elected.
Report notes that while residents are urged to use more light, utility leaders are reportedly conducting substantial activities in the dark, raising questions about transparency and oversight.
Researchers in Washington reveal a device that measures raya strength causing sunburn, offering more accuracy than a simple back slap method. The tool aims to quantify UV exposure and guide protective measures.
A Pacific island is described as governed by goats and the idea of a similar experiment being tried elsewhere, including in this country, has prompted discussion about governance and symbolism involving animals.
The firm run by a prominent New Deal critic reports a net income for the last three months nearly tripling the year earlier figure. The note adds that the gains come amid pressure from the New Deal policies, a tension highlighted by the critic.
Inside the Roosevelt administration a lack of coordination among fifty agencies under the presidential tent raises questions of a single director. The piece notes efforts to centralize spending through the budget bureau and possible congressional reorganization. It also mentions figures like Morgenthau, Bell, Jones, Fahey, and Roosevelt’s push for executive order to unify home and farm financing agencies.
Gelett Burgess returns from Paris after nine years, aged near sixty, noted for Purple Cow and linguistic coinages. William MacHarg, reclusive novelist nicknamed Fireside Bill, adopts golf and outdoor pursuits after a long city life. Peter B. Kayne joins the Hollywood studio rhythm, planning short stories then full novels.
A narrator recalls a cadaverous Carle type comedian performing bold shtick with a waiter’s tray raised high. He describes a lively scene with a winsome companion and a dramatic pause at a bedroom door, praising it as true theatre.
A slim light come dian of the Carle era Ralph Hertz, a Viennese dancer, resembled Fred Astaire in build and gesture. He moved with feather-footed nimbleness, floating over chairs and tables as he swept his partner in puff-ball swoops on stage.
Greenwich Village follows uptown New York into cafeteria dining with many serve yourself spots. Madam Bertilotti's table d hôte remains, but the area fills with fashionable diners described as long and short haired and scarred by the 8&6 cent basement dinners. Sheridan Square rises as a favored rendezvous for silhouette cutters hawking radical tracts and Russian cigarettes.
A waitress at a Child's on West 59th Street tries to sharpen a hard pencil with a dull table knife in a brief, everyday moment captured in a city scene.
Roscoe Peacock notes Ambrose Bierce had a talent for cartooning. While a sub treasury watchman in San Francisco he drew political cartoons for coworkers. The drawings circulated, lithographed and spread around the city. Romeone sent Bierce a $400 check but he refused to draw more.
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