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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1934
Page
4
A short excerpt contrasts Romans and Goethe about dying for the righteous or good. It reflects on willingness to sacrifice in small matters versus grand acts, highlighting moral contrasts and personal virtue.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace in his annual report to the President discusses processing taxes as the poorer burden and warns that abolishing the tax without a replacement would derail farm balance under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He notes alternatives are painful but valuable data from the report can aid Congress as it again tackles revenue raising.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr., president of General Motors, notes that free enterprise remains the strongest instrument of revival and reconstruction as confidence grows. He argues the system has endured NRA mentation and now bears the burden of recovery, with more Americans using facilities and opportunities.
Chief Be K Ingram of the High Point Fire department warned that several public buildings in the city are fire traps. He said owners have repeatedly failed to heed prior warnings to correct dangerous conditions, urging action to prevent disasters.
Chief Ingram warns no one may gamble with human lives and urges action to fix hazards already identified in High Point. He praises the fire department’s work and calls for full citizen cooperation while reserving the right to condemn buildings failing to correct dangerous conditions.
Arthur Brisbane marks his 70th birthday as mentor to about 30 million readers. In a New York Times interview he says his success comes from reading the news, staying interested, and letting nature take its course. He adds the key is to show immediate consequences and be clear.
The New York Power Authority chairman Walsh is quoted calling the Wall Street Journal the comics supplement of finance. The Journal replies that any entity can issue statements and have them printed, including government officials, turning the exchange into a pointed media analysis about publicity and print.
City Manager BE Knox tells Rotary Club the city's finances are sound if business methods continue and citizens meet obligations fairly. He notes a $425,000 levy last year plus 175,000 in added costs due to tax dodgers, with real estate serving as security for claims.
Citizens urged to locate and tax personal property to recover losses from tax dodgers. Officials promise enforcement with broad cooperation from property owners. While sympathetic to those unable to pay, strong stance against non-payers emphasized.
A column pairing critique of postwar Austro-Hungarian dissolution with a New Deal era view on family economics. It argues political freedom without economic security breeds tension, then notes rising US auto use as a sign of improving conditions, ending with Mrs. Gruenberg urging fathers retain financial roles in families.
Washington set for House Committee on Un American Activities spectacle with General Smedley Butler testimony against a Wall Street plot. In New York, Secretary Roper's Business Advisory Council seeks a pragmatic, independent approach to cooperation with the New Deal while steering clear of direct ties to big labor or major trade groups.
A column notes Madison Avenue Parisian shopping vibes, mentions Bert Lahr, Edith Barrett, Katharine Hepburn, Dorothy Parker, James Thurber, Captain Bob Bartlett, Harry Richman, Otto Kahn, John Barrymore, Elsa Maxwell, Kate Smith, and Tippy Gray. It references lifestyle obsessions, fashion, watches, and celebrity movements, with brief biographical threads and social appearances.
The article profiles Tommy Mill, veteran war correspondent and roaming journalist begun in a Missouri village. It notes his travels from Shanghai to San Francisco New York London Paris and other world capitals, his many wardrobes, and his reputation as a dapper, globe-trotting figure.
The report mentions Jack Buchanan flashing across a theatre horizon and George Arliss using travel precautions. It highlights derbies and helmets as difficult packing items for travelers and notes Arliss wearing a monocle in every role as a precaution.
A fragmentary account recalls a traveler Watte Rothacker seated near an ambassador and an informal exchange aboard ship. The scene shifts to a sudden sleep and a concealed secret revealed by a failing throat communication. The text hints at forgotten items and a tense moment during travel.
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