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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1936
Page
4
A 1936 critique laments violent headlines and deaths during the Christmas season, noting nationwide tolls of about 193 and High Point possibly one or two more. The piece condemns America’s holiday fever and calls for a sane sacred observance as innocent victims fall to celebratory chaos.
An early typewriter described by William A. Blair in the Salem Press of November 6, 1857, features a table mounted printing mechanism where piano keys control levers that strike type onto inked paper. The device prints lines from right to left, can adjust letter size, and provides a duplicate copy. It promises usefulness for the visually impaired and clergy, but requires considerable practice to master.
A new trailer classroom in Montana helps students study geography amid dust storms. The feature notes it is not about Joe Louis or his fight with Eddie Simms and focuses on adaptation to harsh weather.
From Asheville comes word that two people died when a store selling fireworks exploded on Christmas Eve. The piece argues laws banning sale and use of fireworks within city limits and calls for a state statute prohibiting possession to prevent future fatalities.
With war talk rising in Europe, Congress and the White House press for a neutrality act to keep the United States out of war while allowing trade with belligerents. President Roosevelt pledged in his re election campaign that peace would be chosen over profits, guiding a compromise law that could trigger arms export bans when a state of war exists. The debate focuses on stronger restrictions that avoid provoking conflict yet safeguard American interests and Western Hemisphere trade.
The Association of American Railroads reports December 12 week loadings at 738,757 revenue freight cars up 19 percent from 1935 and 3.5 percent above 1930. Coal ore grain cattle forest products and LCL merchandise also rise versus earlier years, signaling improving conditions.
With nearly 60,000 aliens in battle, Spaniards feel justified in being upset as the war centers on their concept and aims.
In a satirical note, German families face stricter butter limits while references suggest Adolf Hitler remains the only figure still able to spread butter thickly. The passage uses wartime rhetoric to mock rationing and leadership.
A New York Day by Day column recalls handwritten letters from luminaries like Lincoln Steffens and Montaigne Glass, lauds the old art of personal note writing, and sternly surveys a vivid Paris nightlife with rue de Lappe’s dives and perilous scenes, including garrottings and lurid dens.
A refined figure swept into a quiet tea room for dinner along Park Avenue. Her stately carriage and silver spray feathered coiffeur marked a patrician pattern in a scene of cultured domesticity.
A once prosperous Vineland man fell on hard times, but reversed fate by collecting tin cans. He built a tin can palace with shiny minarets, gleaming spires, ramparts, sally ports, and a draw bridge on four dollars of swamp land. Now he charges visitors, earning a solid income.
A fragment notes a prowling Paris street, rue de Lappe, an alley-like passage near Place Bastille. Side venues include Bals Musette small dens lit by cigarette smoke, epitomizing the district’s moody nightlife atmosphere.
Ten years ago in December 1926 Station No. 2 hosted a Christmas noon meal for the fire department with Chief A B Horney, city inspector J L Sechrest, and Rev Milton Whitener. A full traditional dinner was served. Mrs W C Hammond and Captain W J Bartlett praised the city’s welfare for a notably enjoyable Christmas for the poor in High Point.
Miss Pauline Osborne spends holidays in Asheville. Mr and Mrs Robert Simpson celebrate Christmas in Greensboro. Miss Mary Duncan McAnally heads to Roanoke Virginia for Richardson Hague nuptials. Miss Phoebe Gertrude Worth wed Dr Prenton William Green of Mt Airy at 8 o clock Christmas night.
News briefs report Tennessee floodwaters along the Cumberland River reaching the highest level since 1882 with widespread damage. In New York authorities tally 11 deaths linked to whiskey consumption during Christmas celebrations. In Japan Hirohito succeeds his father as emperor, ushering a new imperial era.
A quirky note suggests a hobbyist mindset where someone who enjoys disassembling objects declines mail handling, preferring to delegate postal tasks to others. The remark hints at individual quirks affecting daily routines and responsibilities.
Twenty years ago in December 1916 High Point fire department, both paid and volunteer, answered three alarms. The Burns shop at Richardson and Steele burned, Mrs. McIntyre’s East Green and Cable residence burned but was insured, and a third alarm proved a dud.
Colonel D. H. Milton, superintendent of the Soldiers' Home in Raleigh, spends the holidays with Mr and Mrs W M Tucker. Mr J P Rawley and son Albert return from Charlotte. Dr A C Jones travels to Atlanta for the Southeastern Veterinary Medical Association meeting. Miss Lois Peterson and Ruth Sechrest visit Newberry. C C Deal and L C Furgurson hunted in Davidson County yesterday.
News briefs report Germany urging peace talks while three Atlantic ships issue distress calls. General von Stein advocates quiet, silent, unselfish action as war continues. A Henderson fine of 25000 dollars is recorded and Italy prepares to press war toward victory.
In recent years women have broken into column syndication in many subjects beyond fashion and domestic topics. Chiefs note growing female confidence, with Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt, Dorothy Thompson, Elsie Robinson, Zoe Beckley, and Helen Worden among widely syndicated names. Kathleen Norris and Dorothy Parker also attract heavy interest from editors and readers.
A whimsical round of prose describes a small notion shopkeeper near Lexington. The moon-faced man with a genial glow of a snow apple greets winter customers as the narrator visits for rounds and fluted goods each season.
Bruce Catton argues democracies, led by London Paris and Washington, gain influence as international cooperation grows from stabilizing programs. Dictators rely on fear, but recent shifts toward cooperation offer hope for delaying or avoiding another major war. The outcome hinges on English French and American leadership.
A columnist notes Adolf Hitler sent Christmas cards with food parcels to about 3,000,000 German homes as wartime rationing begins. The gesture may mislead about the Fuhrer’s concern for ordinary citizens while questioning the need for greater economic care and reduced armament spending.
A newspaper report says Joe Louis found it hard to get along with a fellow he met recently, who stayed with him for only 26 seconds, highlighting a brief and tense encounter.
A Harvard alumnus with unmistakable New England culture speaks of selling trifles. He claims to have ridden a big wave to the backwater and invites interest in his maple sugar products shipped from his reach.
A fragmentary dialogue recounts a 13 year old in Samarcand transformed narrative, with Wendell and Colonel discussing viviparous reproduction and the biology of sex. The speaker reflects on prudery, morality, and the persistence of old systems, urging open inquiry into life’s basic facts.
A 23 foot Python went missing from its cage and remains unaccounted for. Officials have not released the latest district pledge statistics or updates.
A historical note states a man could manage on five hundred words of daily effort, or 498 words if married, highlighting frugal living or minimal labor expectations in the home. The fragment hints at social norms around household labor and earnings in a past era.
In a staged moment the king is seen overseeing his dogs while the world watches for his sign and leadership. The scene captures a formal, ceremonial air as observers note his calm stance and entourage nearby.
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