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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1931
Page
4
A brief religious reflection cites James 1 12 praising those who endure temptation and are tried and promise the reward of life to the faithful seeker in a solemn devotional tone.
The state highway commission now commands 4201 prisoners, peak for the system. The project asks if prison labor will pay or just add costs, as eight to nine million dollars have been spent this year. The outcome depends on whether road work gains speed or worsens the old mud and ruts.
The High Point College president spoke in Winston-Salem on Christian education with a clear aim to spur local service to the cause. The Journal editorial praised teaching over preaching and noted religion as a desire to know and share truth, citing the greatest Teacher.
President Humphreys of High Point college spoke to Winston Salem residents praising the college as a source of spiritual truth and freedom. The institution, founded with solid endowments, faces hardship as hard times linger and appeals to supporters for modest aid until better business conditions return.
Raleigh reports a sensational claim that President Hoover Baruch and Josephus Daniels plotted to restore a living price for cotton. The motive alleged is to shield Hoover from agricultural distress by securing a legislative acreage reduction through Daniels, with Baruch routing influence from Hoover.
A columnist notes Americans focus on the bridge table amid global crises. The piece compares contract as indoor sport to war news, highlighting debates over playing card strategies and rival systems, while linking public distraction to national events and cultural trends.
The South sends four strong football squads to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses. Georgia hoped to beat Tulane, but Tulane won 20 to 7 and earned an invitation to meet the University of Southern California on New Year’s Day, facing a team that defeated Notre Dame 16.
The piece argues Tulane can maintain the South’s Rose Bowl record by defeating Southern California. It notes Tulane has not lost this season, cites Georgia and Washington State results, compares team weights, and contrasts California travel effects on Georgia versus Tulane’s planned stops to stay conditioned.
Congressional leaders oppose extending the war debt moratorium and resist Hoover’s debt commission revival, arguing most debts arose from German reparations payments. The piece also recalls Theodore Wharton's fading legacy after creating early serials and aiding stars before his fortune vanished.
In India about 100000 tenants vow to stop paying rent reflecting severe economic pressure. In the United States a larger segment has avoided rent obligations without a formal pledge.
A reflective note contrasts women's driving advances with ongoing medical practice. It suggests persistent low mood stems from experts overly confining complex issues into simple conclusions.
A Washington Daybook notes lively times on Capitol Hill as Democrats returned to power. Leaders Rainey Bankhead Rankin Burns drive vigorous debates while the full party revels in authority shouting and applause filling the chamber from the first session. The cowboy yell by Kleberg sparked ongoing energy and controversy.
New York critics clown Peter Arno after his musical comedy flop while anxiously awaiting his next show. Norman Bel Geddes uses a sound only production for Alas Poor Yorick. A pet shop spectacle on Sixth Avenue draws wary glances at Follies stars Vera Milton and Virginia Biddle. Earl Carroll touts nine Scandinavians amid confusion over a death hoax involving William Demarest. Arthur Kober reports.
Rev. C. G. Smith, pastor of the Asheboro Presbyterian Church for nine years, has been granted a leave of absence to attend a three month study program at the Theological Seminary of Richmond Virginia. The course leads to a doctor’s degree to be conferred next spring. Smith has coordinated civic benevolent work and led Asheboro Boy Scouts, remaining active despite a long, tough shell.
Asheboro churches announce a series of Christmas programs for the coming Sunday with morning services featuring Christmas anthems and evening vesper or cantata performances. The First Methodist and other churches join in a community service Sunday afternoon December 27 with the community choir directing 60 voices.
A South Asheboro visitor helps a terrapin cross a curb. The shell bears initials A K V 1914 near the tail and W H L 1931 near the head. Observers estimate the terrapin’s age at the time of the first carving as seventeen years ago, with the creature now about four inches wide.
A vacationing screenwriter from a Hollywood studio crafts witty dialogue for plots. Clarence Whitehall, a Metropolitan Opera baritone, resembles George Washington in photos and is chosen to star as the nation’s sire in a bi centennial film.
Dr Don ald Laird states personality can be shaped by diet. He links lively temperaments to thyroid activity needing iodine from sea foods and seaweed and warns excess energy comes from sweets which stimulate gastric juices and calm nerves.
Samuel B. Wilson of 402 Barker Street protests the city council’s tax raise from 1.20 to 1.35 per hundred dollars, arguing it harms long held properties and burdens taxpayers. He urges officials to reconsider and reduce spending rather than raise taxes.
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