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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1934
Page
4
A North Carolina campaign against automobile accidents highlights pedestrian responsibility. The piece argues jaywalking laws and pedestrian regulation are needed, noting about half of yearly deaths involve pedestrians. It calls for education modernized laws and enforcement to reduce highway carnage.
The Associated Press quotes the New York Daily News that President Roosevelt ordered the secret service to end the alliance of crooked officials and the underworld. Investigators are told to clean up corruption regardless of who it hits, with promised cooperation and no interference. The piece hopes the pledge proves real, noting past efforts have fallen short and urging continued action.
A historical look at White House mail reveals President Roosevelt's enduring popularity. In the first ten months of his term, the president received over 1.62 million letters and 220 thousand telegrams, with Ira Smith and six assistants handling the workload as nine tenths of the mail was addressed personally to Roosevelt.
Financials show strong case for municipal refinancing to start payments to holders under a new scheme. About 40 percent already paid this week with funds on hand through April, aiding investors who had received no interest or principal since 1932. Devaluation effects uncertain, but debtors appear to benefit. refinancing could relieve a debt load near 12 million dollars.
The second annual Duke Institute of International Relations runs June 11 to 23 in Durham. Noted lecturers include Dr. Leighton Richards of Birmingham, England, Dr. Kirby Page, and Dr. Devere Allen. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt will join the lecture staff.
Mr Street Man asked where to find a book describing all about money. The note hints at a casual inquiry in a rambler style.
The author reflects on money and its meaning through Dickens and a town scene. He notes how money can do much yet fail in crisis, and how people judge worth by wealth while seeking genuine community value beyond finances.
A narrator recalls early money woes with depreciated currency from childhood to adulthood. He describes a Mexican dollar gifting and loss of cherished items, a hole in a dime causing it to lose use, a Canadian silver dollar rejected by a bank, and a fifty-franc note exchange yielding a small profit at Riggs Bank, concluding money no longer troubles him and noting the challenge of finding good money in the U.S.
The author marks the WEED’s fifty first birthday on February 4 1934 noting gratitude to Westfield friends and reflecting on aging. He recalls sunsets and cites W Maxwell Reed on earth history from ice ages to 14th century floods and 20th century famines with weather implications for the coming summer.
O Neill's DAYS WITHOUT END is examined for its dramatic intensity and clash between atheism and faith through John Loving and his double. The review notes the Theatre Guild production on January 8 and contrasts the play's powerful scenes with audience reception. It also covers Marjorie W Smith's FROM BROADWAY TO MOSCOW, a travel memoir about her Moscow journey with her husband, a Communist delegate, detailing class tensions and perceptions in Russia.
A Carolina playwright notes Bolshevik Russia in a travel memoir with observations on life, language, and a consultant role in film. Colette’s The Innocent Wife translated tale of Annie's marriage questions. Sinclair Lewis pens Work of Art about Myron and Ora in America’s hotels and society. Change Partners follows a double divorce and intertwined affairs among New York couples.
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