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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1934
Page
2
Paris couturiers push capes as chic all-season wraps. Designers feature velvet burnous and moire capes with sable trim, ranging from jaunty to regal, with Alix pastel blue lamage cape drawing praise for its luxury and long sweeping lines.
The article describes formal women’s evening wear featuring a fur cape or jacket over a silver lame dress with a gilt buckle. Georgette Renal showcases a youthful par ma violet velvet ensemble with a violet band and gathered double collar, highlighting royal tones and structured silhouettes.
Fraulein Braun says a man was struck and beaten as the League seeks to clear up the incident in the Saar region on the eve of the plebiscite. German exiles von Lowenstein and von Alvensleben protest to League commissioner Knox after a cafe insult claim. Britain prepares 1500 troops for Saar occupation as 60,000 demonstrate and a German financial settlement looms. Captain Justice, linked to a racing stable, injured in the disorder.
The report says Mussolini demanded full indemnities as Ethiopian forces of about 1,000 advanced in Ethiopia. Italian officers refused a march into Italian Somaliland pending boundary talks. For days troops faced each other while Ethiopians allegedly tried to provoke defections and urged combat with warlike acts. Italian reinforcements including planes and an armored car repelled the attack.
A six year national program would include a permanent five member planning agency to advise the president on long term public works land use water resources and related policy. The plan also covers land purchases forests parks irrigation grazing Indian policy and regional planning with endorsements from Ickes Perkins Dern Wallace and others. Senator Norris called it a very progressive plan and anticipated Congress review.
The article surveys fashion trends with smart cloaks and cape effects in evening dress, noting elongated trains, decollete harmonized with violets, short necklines, and wide black fox fur bands. It highlights capelets, paste chiffon gowns, and tulle accents as key elements of the season's formal ensembles. A political voice adds a separate quote urging national resource protection, framed as a government aim to preserve resources.
President sends message to Orville Wright as Col Pratt places a wreath on Wilbur Wright’s grave. Over 40 planes formed a flyover at 10 30 am, with Wright and Patterson officers addressing students and visitors. A Kitty Hawk memory ties 31 years of progress to Wrights words on aviation’s vast development.
A series of fatal accidents across the Carolinas leaves ten dead. An automobile struck a woman walking near her Hendersonville home. In Hendersonville Conn rad Mencken, 15, was electrocuted touching a live line during a fireworks setup. Charleo Lytus, CCC enrollee from Chicago, found drowned near Kingstree after disappearing December 2. In Greenwood two telephone company workers were rescued from smoke and flames when Paris theater and Friendly Style shop fire caused about $6,000 damage.
A gathering of prominent figures from industry and labor discussed safeguarding labor and employers from coercion, unemployment insurance concepts, and stabilizing international money policy. Notable attendees included Owen D. Young General Electric Henry I Harriman chamber of commerce Robert L. Lund Manufacturers Association Robert V. Fleming American Bankers Association John J. Raskob General Motors Lammot du Pont B I du Pont George Mead NRA advisory board and others.
The article outlines naval age rules and fleet projections for the United States Great Britain and Japan as the London treaty nears renewal. It notes 1936 age limits reduce U S battle ships to eight under age and compares total warships and tonnage for all three powers.
Denver attorney Ben Laska was arrested on a charge of complicity in the Charles F. P. Urechel kidnaping. Assistant chief Harold Nathan of the justice department announced the arrest.
A recent study reports that susceptibility to infantile paralysis runs in families. The article also notes the rhinoceros hide when properly prepared resembles tortoise shell and can be fashioned into ornamental objects.
The report notes that physique clothing and cleanliness have improved markedly, being at least a hundredfold better than 80 years ago and about 60 percent better than 11 years ago.
The Public Health Service traces its origins to 1798 under John Adams and its role in preventing illness and death in the United States. It inspects immigrants, runs ports of entry health measures, conducts disease research, vaccines, and water safety, and fights plagues like bubonic plague and typhus while promoting infant care and preventive medicine nationwide.
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