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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1931
Page
6
Frost Landis and Kohn list national advertising reps with offices in the Brunswick building 250 Park Avenue New York the People's Gas Building and Michigan Boulevard for advertising services and department editors.
The note cites a Bible verse about God delivering the godly from temptations and reserving the unjust for judgment. It adds a commentary that human motives alone fail to resist sin, attributed to Bishop Wilson.
The commission offers a hazy generalization of crime causes and notes political corruption links. It portrays public opinion rather than a clear consensus, and highlights the contact between law enforcers and criminals in U.S. cities. The report suggests a timid direction but few concrete remedies.
The piece argues farm relief will be Congress's main topic when it meets in December. It notes bumper crops with weak markets, cotton and peach sectors faltering, and grain surpluses. It warns prosperity could return only if wealth is managed better and party leaders push the economic issue in 1932 elections.
The passage argues that Europe’s social outcasts flooded into the United States over generations. It claims lenient conditions and easy crime opportunities fostered by free and easy American life drew the subnormal toward criminal paths, despite police vigilance at home.
A Greensboro attorney accuses a magistrate of sharing his fees with state highway patrolmen, calling for a thorough investigation. The piece warns of potential racketeering in uniform, noting patrols earn salary and should not accept any portion of magistrate earnings.
A proposal by Governor Long of Louisiana suggests a sabbatical year for southern cotton farming to lift prices. He favors state or federal planting controls and a 1932 holdback funded by loans, but critics argue no legislature can compel such fiat and farmers lack incentive to idle crops while debts remain. If farmers owned their cotton and produced at home in 1932, they could profit from a year off, but ownership and demand realities deter action.
The 1930 census shows distribution changes across the nation. Negroes in Dixie grew five percent while those in western states rose 53 percent and in the north 63 percent. Now over one fifth of Black Americans live outside the South, amid a decade with varied labor conditions and statutes affecting labor agents.
The excerpt argues migration of Black workers is influenced by labor demand elsewhere with the South offering limited industrial opportunity. It notes factory work is predominantly white, pushing many Black people to leave farming, and credits improved Southern education for raising ambition while acknowledging social tensions and mixed reception in other regions.
Bruce Catton argues California’s six day general holiday shows a national appetite for more leisure. He notes the sequence of events boosting holidays, suggests reduced work and more holidays could curb overproduction, and critiques police third degree denials amid administrative justice concerns.
The head of London's police, Lord Byng of Vimy, notes 21 murders in 1930 up from 10 in 1929, a rise of over 100 percent. He might gain perspective by studying New York and Chicago crime records, where murders average a daily tally, to feel better about London's situation.
A pithy maxim notes that beauty valued by one person may lead to conflict or contested marriage in another culture or social setting, illustrating differing standards and desires across communities. The saying highlights subjective judgments and relational tensions rather than a factual event.
A witty observation notes that even a five arm movie seat would still tempt a person to rest elbows on every arm, as humans find ways to maximize comfort in crowded seating.
Chicago police sue a program involving gold stars awarded to citizens for meritorious service sparking debate over recognition for bystanders and the appropriateness of civilian honors in law enforcement.
The acquittal frees Mr Doheny from charges of giving a bribe linked to Mr Fall’s jail sentence. The remark hints at moral causation with a reference to Ovid about giving and good sense.
Manteo North Carolina Aug 17 visitors by land and water gather for the Dare County homecoming celebrating the 344th birth of Virginia Dare. Old Fort Raleigh hosts state and national figures including Senators Morrison and Bailey Congressmen Warren and Daniels. Ehringhaus to give welcoming address. Rev Crane leads events as Naval band and local musicians provide music.
Charlie Alexander, a man described as negro, was held in Charlotte on a tentative murder charge in the death of Mrs. Rowena Broom of Lilesville, who died when Alexander's truck overturned. Statesville to host the North Carolina Luther League convention August 18.
Mount Airy North Carolina Rufus Eastern twenty two is held here following an affray in which Robert Snow twenty was stabbed and seriously wounded.
The retiring grand jury urged the next grand jury to thoroughly investigate the closing of the Bank of Clinton and the Bank of Sampson. The next grand jury will be impaneled in October. In Lake Junaluska, Dr. J Bascom Anthony of Macon Ga will address the Junaluska Methodist Assembly tonight.
North Wilkesboro residents gather tomorrow for a meeting of highway enthusiasts to lay plans for a gigantic celebration surrounding the August 29 opening of State Highway No. 60.
In Goldsboro New York a slippery foot-log over a stream allowed operators to escape a capture attempt last Friday. Officers were forced to abandon pursuit as the operators slipped into a swamp while trying to cross the log.
Three Cabarrus county inmates mutinied Saturday night and broke through a screen during bath hour feigning cleansing. Two were recaptured. the status of the third was not immediately known.
Stephen Williams a white resident of Fairfield road was fined five dollars and costs after trial before Magistrate A H Trotter for disorderly conduct and language calculated to breach the peace at Londons store. Summary ejectment proceedings were stayed until September 6 to allow him to move if he keeps the premises clean and unobjectionable to neighbors who complained.
Short quip about building a boat with no bottom and a gag that it will be under water. Dialogues imply stage humor discussing a flawed craft. No named individuals or organizations identified in the readable fragment.
Dr H A Taylor resigns as head of Epidemiology and County Health effective September 1. Dr John H Hamilton of Wilmington to succeed him. The reshuffle, under Dr J M Parrott, aims at harmony within the board led by Dr John Burrus. Officials anticipate few further changes and praise the new leadership’s decisive actions despite some dissent.
SAN ANTONIO August 17 UP Rev W S Ricks a retired Methodist minister dragged back into a burning home three times to rescue his Bible and a picture of his deceased wife. He was nearly overcome by smoke but survived the blaze and recovered.
A mixed list of crossword style clues and partial answers. It includes references to geography, anatomy, chemistry, and common objects such as a sun, river, and nuts. The puzzle features horizontal and vertical entries with several theme hints and incomplete solutions.
Curiosity rose over Tammany Hall stance toward Governor Roosevelt as New York prepares for a special legislative session to empower a committee probing city dealings. Reports say the move could trigger resentment, influence Roosevelt’s bid for the Democratic nomination, or lead to friction with Tammany. The session, set for August 25, would consider granting witness immunity, a power the court of appeals denied earlier in Doyle contempt case.
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