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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
4
A line reflects on desire and restraint, noting that even pleasant sweetness can overwhelm appetite and judgment. The proverb-like remark underscores how allure may distort perception and choices.
A Virginia commentary strips Santa Claus of his myth, calling him a clever spy who feeds only wishes for the fortunate and leaves the poor in poverty. It urges Virginians to reject the illusion and build real independence rather than rely on seasonal charity.
Dr. Donald B. Armstrong outlines cold prevention and early treatment. He urges proper nutrition, regular exercise, fluids, and hygiene to build resistance and avoid pneumonia, plus home care when symptoms begin and cough into a handkerchief to prevent spread.
In a street corner reflection, residents question whether government or Father Christmas is the real shepherd of their spellbound children. The playful line contrasts a full stocking with a full life, hinting at trust, freedom, and social duty in a holiday mood.
New figures show Hervey Allen’s Anthony Adverse sold 210000 copies in 1934, nearly twice its closest rival, with total sales reaching 490000 since its June 1933 release. Other top sellers include Good Bye Mr Chips Musa Dagh The Challenge To Liberty While Rome Burns and So Red The Rose, each over 80000.
A bulletin advises burning used napkins and handkerchiefs and boiling dishes and drinking glasses after use to prevent illness. It notes cold transmission via handkerchiefs and suggests handshakes may spread colds.
Obituary honors Archibald Johnson editor of Charity and Children at Mills Home Thomasville for over 30 years. Noted for vigorous editorials, wide literary connections, and a family lineage including Gerald Johnson of the Baltimore Sun. His death, amid Baptist and literary circles, is marked by deep influence and enduring memory.
Huey Loney and the Batista likeness draw scrutiny as a major national company weighs moving out of Louisiana. An investment near 5 million dollars looms while public interest dictates careful disclosure.
President Roosevelt directs Treasury to work with state and municipal authorities to curb overlapping taxes. Twenty nine states tax income, twenty six tax both individuals and corporations, while the federal government taxes gasoline. States also employ tobacco, sales, liquor, estate, and inheritance taxes across multiple agencies.
The Morrison Illinois case of a house wife yawning widely stands out since husbands are typically the yawners, making the incident notably unusual in local gossip.
The article notes President Roosevelt remains in good health despite being the defeated candidate. It highlights public reaction and the ongoing adjustment to the electoral outcome.
New York City faces heavy YWA red tape as it pursues a municipal power plant. Officials warn the Triborough bridge funds remain stalled due to a missing signature. Underground transmission mainly rests with Consolidated Gas or American Telephone subsidiaries, complicating city plans.
New York columnist Mark Hellinger rises in Hollywood circles while recalling Broadway’s lore. The piece praises his early screen hits like Broadway Bill, notes his lineage from Joel Rinaldo, and mentions Gladys Glad. It visits Brooklyn’s Gage and Tollner’s, Maxim's Paris, and Gramercy Park’s quiet allure as a timeless, urban stage.
The piece discusses adding 15 million dollars or more to project costs and the need for a public referendum if power could be sold to private users. Mayor LaGuardia pushes for lower rates, while Con Gas resists, and implications of a municipal plant delaying service while finances are unsettled. Labor and settlement angles appear in the background.
A political force pushes to expedite changes and clear the administrative mess before it draws overpowering scrutiny in the capital.
Officials report that even after sixteen years since World War I, radical propaganda persists within the army and navy, raising concerns about loyalty and recruitment amid lingering ideological influences.
Huey Long may not push through his plan to appoint teachers in Louisiana after expressing forgiveness for those who taught him. The move reflects a shift in his political strategy as he weighs next steps in state governance.
Irma Goldberg mingles with celebrities at a late evening gathering. Rube Goldberg touches her arm and says she should meet Col Stoopnagle and Bud. She replies with a playful quip asking which is Stoop and which is Nagle.
A vivid collection of jests about Doris Duke private planes John Golden and his union card Walter Hampden and Mickey Mouse Ethel Merman as a nightclub imitator David Belasco laughing at a hick actor letter and Erskine Gwynne’s Parisian Boulevardier remark capture a night of witty remarks among theatre insiders.
The text recalls Will Rogers facing hecklers in intimate venues with many experts attempting to rattle him. It notes Harry Reichenbach once scored a rare verbal victory twenty years earlier at the Green Room Club where as toastmaster he praised a speaker who had made $500 a week, then Rogers himself blushed at the lively exchange.
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