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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1933
Page
5
Willis Thornton reviews long battle over press freedom. Licensing taxes and court restraints threaten publishers from back alleys to major dailies. Supreme Court cases in Minnesota and Chicago illustrate limits while defending free expression under the 14th Amendment.
Earl Constantine of the Hosiery Code Authority said only about 60 petitions for exemption have been filed from around 700 mills, with some granted denied or suspended. He emphasized each case is judged on merit and that most mills accept the 40 percent curtailment, expecting overall benefits once effects are seen.
The court states that liberty of the press remains immune from prior restraint even when scandalous content appears. Chief Justice Hughes notes abuses by purveyors of scandal do not justify censorship and that remedies lie in subsequent punishment through legal action after publication.
The prompt contrasts wartime pressures on speech in the Civil War and World War eras with current struggles against low mood. It suggests examining how emergency contexts constrained or shaped expression then and speculates on how similar or different pressures may be today amid mental health challenges and public discourse.
In General Grant National Park 66 miles east of Fresno a small group will sing carols at the base of the giant Redwood named for General Grant. The tree is estimated at 5,000 years old with a 33 foot diameter and 267 foot height. The program at noon includes the first performance of The Tree of Hope by Charles Wakefield Cadman and messages from President Roosevelt and California Governor James Rolph Jr.
Reading Pa mills observe five week three day work plan as hosiery and knitting plants idle except infants wear makers. Most plants reopen Wednesday for three days. Manufacturers split on the order yet comply amid hopeful but cautious outlook for relief.
Firemen answered yesterday afternoon to a chimney fire at 219 West Ray Street, the residence of C. R. Edwards. No damage resulted.
A naturalists note explains how certain crabs mimic pebbles to blend with sandy shores. This camouflage helps them evade predators and ambush prey along coastal habitats.
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