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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1934
Page
4
A reflectively phrased musing contrasts human brutishness in knowledge with the misguiding power of molten images. It argues gods arise from devotion, not from the object’s material form, and cites scriptural warning about kneeling before idols.
Federal Trade Commission Trial Examiner W. W. Sheppard rebuked the NRA as a hearing began on demands that three rubber footwear makers file price schedules under the rubber code. He denied NRA's bid to dismiss monopoly and price fixing charges, signaling a full inquiry.
The Charlotte Observer lauds T Austin Finch as president of the First National Bank of Thomasville. Finch, head of the Thomasville Chair Company, has chaired the bank board and aided recovery efforts in Washington with the New Deal.
City punts weeds and unkempt yards as health move. A volunteer crew works along creek banks to curb mosquitoes and improve streets in uptown areas. Citizens urged to help keep city beautiful and healthy.
A recent inspection suggests potential misconduct at an Indiana state prison as some convicts report illness linked to conditions. Officials vow full inquiry and safety measures underway.
In a Washington hotel breakfast H G Wells reportedly laughed at Bugs Baer’s column. The piece notes Baer’s legendary ability to slip sharp lines into casual notations and cites other entertainers, including Ring Lardner and George Rector, with anecdotes from Europe and Broadway. It also recalls Cuban socialites, John J. McGraw’s widow, and her influence at games while noting McGraw’s past fortune loss.
Winston-Salem Journal questions Republican National Committee Chair Henry P Fletcher claiming the New Deal mirrors Soviet Russia. The piece argues critics misframe Roosevelt policy and warns against equating American reform with communism or collectivism.
An article on the Roosevelt administration's Agricultural Adjustment Act focusing on educating farmers to manage crop control, pricing, and marketing. It highlights county control associations, cooperative efforts, and the aim to unite farmers within AAA oversight to secure fair returns and adapt to national and world market conditions.
A dry council in an eastern city noted hillbilly songs attracted many youths to a saloon den of iniquity but admitted they had driven hundreds away as a result of their crackdown.
Bruce Catton argues postwar reforms show society accepting responsibility for disasters and misfortune. He notes government actions, public works, and forest and irrigation projects as efforts to prevent repeats, while warning against lawyers who aid gangsters and urging a federal campaign to curb illicit legal work.
Report notes panhandlers in downtown streets and suggests not all are confined to India. Observers describe several individuals begging in public areas, highlighting urban visibility of this issue.
A Madrid butcher, closing his shop, returned home to discover a male friend of his wife frozen to death inside the icebox. Police investigate as a potential homicide or accident amid tense domestic strife.
Scientists dispute radio as the source of breath issues. Critics say many programs are failing to address underlying factors and warn against overreliance on technology.
Early morning in mid town reveals a lively scene with sign polishers porters and police as workday begins. Madison avenue plans a dedicated pajama and lounging robe shop offering tailored garments from 12 to 60 dollars for pajamas and 40 to 195 dollars for robes reflecting stage trend and cocktail party informality. Haberdashers urge ample wardrobes suggesting 24 pajamas and a dozen robes.
A witness on Riverside Drive described a dark low cloud over the Jersey palisades with a rare silver lining. A passerby warned to squint as a joke about it perhaps being the last sight.
In Pittsburgh magistrate court Martin Joyce, 46, a suspected numbers racketeer, was arraigned on a lottery charge. When asked how long he had operated, he replied a year and agreed to pay a $50 bail before being released.
There are approximately 50 murders in the U S to one in England. William Ross Wallace is the author of the cradle-rocking line. Toads are not poisonous and do not cause warts. Sans gene means without constraint. Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion in Belgium.
W L Gordon presents a daily English lesson focusing on the word INDELICACY meaning offensiveness and coarseness. The notice invites readers to send 30 cents for three book titles and provides the publisher's Cincinnati address.
A Q A on etiquette notes butter usage at formal dinners. It states butter is not served at a formal dinner and answers questions about footwear on golf links in offices and on country roads plus tipping a pager with twenty five cents.
Instructions show methods to loosen a clogged sink pipe using copper dissolve in hot water and repeated flushes. It also covers removing tobacco stains from copper trays with denatured alcohol and cleaning bread crumbs by toasting stale bread cubes for stuffing or seating.
Callander Ontario August 14 a sign announces The Dafoe Hospital named for Dr A R Dafoe the northern physician who has kept alive the Dionne quintuplets for 77 days. The hospital will house the five sisters with a six foot privacy fence and two Red Cross nurses. Construction funded by provincial donations with officials planning opening September 1. The parents will have limited access while two sworn constables guard the infants.
Nate Siegel former New England welterweight champion and Cloverleaf club proprietor was killed in Revere Massachusetts when gunmen fired a machine gun through his living room window as he sat with his wife. Three men fled in a Maine-registered car after the attack. Police were alerted.
Washington Aug 14 T B Sumner federal housing director for North Carolina says he will establish a state office in Asheville his home town The appointment announced yesterday follows a conference with James A Mof the housing administrator and includes a visit to Senator Reynolds Asheville NC.
A man arrived home on Shore Road in the Beachmont section and reached his residence at 64 Endicott Avenue.
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