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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1936
Page
4
A local page presents religious and literary maxims withbiblical verses and satirical quips. The August 22 1936 item features St Luke and Dean Swift reflections, offering moral observations and humor in a compact card format.
The Raleigh News and Observer editor Josephus Daniels pledges to speak for Clyde R. Hoey and the Democratic cause before November. He recalls past campaigning, notes Hoey’s district stump work, and sets as a goal to match the total votes Hoey and rival McDonald won in the primary, a target critics call overly ambitious.
An elderly white man aged 81 faced a capital murder charge and death sentence. After a Supreme Court granted a new trial, public protest arose over the extreme penalty for his age. Ill health kept him from standing trial a second time, and death intervened before the case could proceed.
A column argues a double standard in capital punishment noting a 73 year old Negro executed while a white man received hospital care for years. It questions fairness of laws and court practices and calls for equal application regardless of race or age.
The Republican high command plans a careful campaign for Alf M Landon prioritizing friendly regions in the East and avoiding hostile areas. Landon will limit speeches and issue sharp statements while political advisers size up the map and play each card.
The garden expert urges timely planting of snap beans greens and root crops to stock winter supplies. Sow turnips mustard kale radishes and beets and plant collards cabbage and carrot seed now for home grown food despite rising prices. Southerners can boost meals by producing from back yard plots and seed merchants can provide planting details.
A skunk wandered onto a Chautauqua New York stage as a man sang I Got Plenty of Nothin. After the animal departed, the singer likely smelled of musk from the incident.
Owens' mother recalled her son never ran from trouble, a lesson to others since no one could outrun him if he faced the issue.
A California woman has left her husband six times but always returns within a week. The pattern suggests she seeks a glance at chaos before departing again.
New York gossip notes Adéla Rogers St John, famed writer and spouse of aviation official Patrick O Toole, blending sharp wit with family life. The piece sketches her busy social circle including actors, journalists, and the bustling Brooklyn Bridge newsboys, highlighting media life in a vivid mosaic of names and scenes.
The piece laments the fading of Park Row as a newspaper center once bustling with presses and copy boys. It notes the Sun and Tribune have left, the World Building looks haunted, and familiar figures like Ham and Dolan’s and Doc Perry are gone, leaving a ghostly memory of the scoop era.
Park Row is described as shaded and glorified by the Brooklyn Bridge arch, once a bustling terminal now quiet, reflecting a faded urban hub and its lingering architectural prominence.
A middle aged couple sits on a park bench with a freshly bathed poodle. He in work clothes reads and puffs a pipe while she knits in a neat laundry dress. The scene radiates simple domestic serenity unseen in upscale avenues.
A 1916 city discussion urges patience on street paving as talks of another $100,000 to be floated in a year and $200,000 in a few years promise a future where High Point streets rival southern towns. Matt Hedge advises residents to wait, saying there will be ample time to pave.
Mr and Mrs W G Matton depart this afternoon for Richmond where Mr Matton takes a position with the British American Tobacco company. Their many friends express regret at their leaving but extend best wishes.
A nostalgic vignette recalls a church meeting in which two women jostle over hats in a bonnet moment. Grandpa chuckles at the scene comparing the amusement to a cow hookin.
Attorney General T. W. Rickett, Democracy’s gubernatorial nominee, will attend an informal reception at the Elwood in High Point following a noon event in Asheboro. The High Point Democratic executive committee will host the gathering.
Recruiting Lt Billy Armstrong returns from Camp Glenn with orders to enlist men for the first infantry. He will accept volunteers for any department of the infantry.
Mrs. W. L. Jackson, who had been visiting relatives in Winston, has returned home.
Mrs H VU Oakes departed yesterday for a visit with relatives in Asheboro North Carolina and Aberdeen to spend time with family and friends.
Miss Allie Strickland who has been attending Columbia University in New York has returned to the city.
Mrs. Robert Walker is due to return home tonight after visiting relatives in Reidsville.
Mr and Mrs Kimbrough and son from Raleigh with Mrs McGlamery of Mocksville and niece Miss Grace Holton of Durham were guests overnight with Mrs Bruce Craven in Cort.
The Balkan campaign continues across a 160 mile front in Europe as a major conflict intensifies. President Wilson signals a veto threat on immigration with a literacy test provision, and Romania appears set to join the Entente allies.
A Polish family protested a polar bear name at an Australian zoo prompting officials to rename the bear from Kosciusko to Polar. The new name still evokes the original Polish tie, drawing mixed reactions from visitors and commentators.
Farmers realize that rain is essential before saving plans can start. The piece emphasizes rainfall as a prerequisite for agricultural planning and future savings.
A Detroit housewife faced pressure after revealing secrets, prompting cries that such disclosures endanger women and must stop to keep them safe. Local voices urge stronger protections and public awareness.
The piece names the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation, praises benevolence, and contrasts Hearst labor troubles with moral judgments. It lauds Leon Trotsky as a top revolutionary and mocks exile to Mars. It notes two bids for street-sweeper jobs signaling monopoly and recalls the fluctuating fate of the High Point Yarn mill amid a receiver’s lift.
Fiorello LaGuardia rejects starting a jinrikisha race while criticizing the beast of burden view. Harry N. Holmes warns on press influence on morals. Lionel Barrymore critiques fame. Newton D. Baker notes wartime peace mindset in America.
A fragment mentions screen actress Joan Craw frd, hinting at curiosity about her future roles and public interest in her career.
A statement cites Zdenka Koubkova, a Czechoslovakian athlete, noting her sex was changed and asserting that nothing in the world is not open to him.
Judge Joseph A. Graber of Chicago states that there can be no distinction between male and female drivers as women have dissolved such lines by drinking and smoking on equal terms with men and must share the same responsibility.
Welfare Commissioner James Lee of Buffalo laments the decline of family Bibles for proving birth dates of pension applicants. He notes if families kept the Bible as before, there would be no trouble determining when and where people were born. The comment underlines gaps in birth documentation.
U S Olympic star Jesse Owens says regardless of earnings he would place funds in a trust and government bonds noting fame is fleeting. He emphasizes prudent financial planning.
A compact lyric about aspiring writers finding their path in the world of publishing. The line hints that many authors start behind the scenes, shaping stories for others before stepping into the spotlight.
The excerpt blends a waxy dialogue on glue factory plans to extract waste from fish with a curious digression into the Appalachians. It references North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and the St Lawrence area, while invoking figures like William J. Bryan and the Dionne Quintuplets in a tangential tone.
Bruce Catton reports R. V. Pletcher of the Association of American Railroads predicts few if any bankruptcies. Freight carloadings are up about 10 percent, gross revenue up 14 percent, and net operating income improved. Some railways are refinancing with the RFC as modernization and consolidation advance.
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