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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1935
Page
4
A brief meditation cites Psalm 7 8 urging an end to wickedness and a call to establish the just. It emphasizes God as righteous who weighs hearts and intents, offering a contemplative reminder of moral accountability.
City engineers say replacing the Southern railway crossings with a low mood track system, costing up to 800000, would improve safety and civic appeal. It would not match Morris Knowles's 4 million plan but could be funded with federal and state support, reducing local tax burden and employing many workers. The editorial urges immediate action to pursue the project as a public interest demonstration.
Greensboro celebrates progress toward restoring air traffic at Guilford airport with a 206000 WPA grant. The county and nearby cities share benefits as improvements aim to create one of the Souths best bases, though Greensboro lags in establishing its own municipal airport.
Congress closes a lengthy and costly wartime era session with a mass of legislation. The record shows Roosevelt largely got his agenda, despite political maneuvering. Court decisions loom over key measures on utilities, crop control, coal and rail pensions, while federal power grows and spending nears five billion to replace dole with banking reforms.
The William Norris plants were sold in units to local buyers, delaying full operation but signaling promise for renewed production. The case goods unit aims at low priced dining room furniture and could complete local pool car shipments, reviving jobs and regional manufacturing with solid management.
A reader recounts an alleged telepathic incident in Nashville involving a meeting with a man and his son. The observer claims a deep conviction identified the stranger before confirmation, ending with the man admitting a different name. The piece invites belief in telepathy and asks readers for their views.
The piece surveys economic indicators in August showing growth in industrial production and farm prices, NRA impact debates, consumer demand, and price stability despite some competition. It notes hopes and skepticism about policy, with talk of a Hyde Park swing to drum up business support and potential political shifts involving Wheeler and Garner. Mussolini plans gas attack rumors flagged.
The remarks argue nine miles from Guilford Greensboro shows High Point must secure a modern airport to join Atlantic seaboard air routes. Delay risks leaving High Point out as rail access once did, and timely action is urged to avoid losing opportunity to governmental support.
A proposal submitted to Washington requests 100 000 dollars to build a wider underpass and straighten approaches on the Greensboro High Point highway east of Jamestown. The plan aims to end the deadly dead man’s curves nickname and reduce traffic hazards for thousands of motorists.
The article notes a recovery underway amid controversy over administration actions. It argues temporizing with government affairs introduces unknowns into the business equation, leaving honest business men unsure how to proceed under a changed set of rules and whether progress toward prosperity will slow or speed up.
New York dispatch notes that Cactus Jack Garner pushed hard to move a utility bill before adjournment. Wheeler and Montana ally Tommy Corcoran united to block any measure lacking a death sentence, leaving no bill passage in 1956.
Sidney Franklin of Brooklyn the bull fighter plans to resume rings in Spain and Mexico soon after an 18 month layoff from a goring incident. Known as a mix of matador and aesthete he designs costumes paints and speaks ten Spanish dialects. He owns a large Mexican cattle ranch and aims to fight several more years before retiring.
Crowd cheers as King Le vinsky edges a tough field in a dramatic showdown. Spectators praise the competitor's resilience and hinted strategy, while officials note the close finish and high energy throughout the event.
Sally Rand will act in the stage piece Rain. The season plans a bold production with Rand as the lead, aiming to draw audiences to the theater.
Roy Barton, once a singer and pianist who busked in Harry's New York Bar basement in Paris and later in Chicago, was buried recently. He spent 12 years performing in rue Canon and窶閉took up with Tommy Lyman briefly窶. His Montmartre Rose honored the French wife he married.
In a harsh portrait the passage laments daily indigestibles faced by East Side children. It describes candy vendors catering to tenement dwellers with bright ices, sticks, jaw breakers and other ptomaine horrors. From dawn to night, children gorge while pennies are collected in shadows.
A fragment notes Myra Kelley and a remark about writers who might fictionize peccant humors. The text hints at literary satire without clear names, dates, or events. No further context is available to identify persons or a concrete incident.
The passage contrasts editors seeking uplifting material with failures to craft pure art from bleak reality. It notes Miss Kelley producing shining and serene pieces, Bruno Lessing’s ghetto stories as witty and loyal sketches, and his shift to daily journalism leaving little time for short fiction.
Karl Von Wiegand, recently back from foreign correspondence duties, is described as a popular figure despite years of visual impairment. His reading is done through a powerful magnifying lens yet he remains sharp in reporting, with a London statesman noting he “smells intrigue.”
J. T. H. stood before the Yeah Man cafe in a purple shirt and green suit. A yellow taxi paused as a chocolate charmer in flaming red exited, and the pair walked toward the Orchid Eat Shoppe.
Percy Crosby, Fred Stone, and Charlie Driscoll show expertise in knife throwing as the trend grows among performers and audiences. A playful incident involving a chair kicker at a cinema hints at rising audience bravado and self restraint.
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