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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1935
Page
4
A brief quotation notes that oppression equates to irresponsible power, attributed to William Pinckney and framed as a reflective insight on governance and restraint.
Senator Reynolds says High Point should pursue airport facilities from the 4.8 billion Public Works appropriation. Local business leaders and the Chamber should back efforts to secure federal support to attract aircraft manufacturing and pave the way for a major aviation industry in the city. The piece notes early talks of plane production locally and the strategic advantage of weather and accessibility for such development.
The article stresses the vast potential of a new development and calls for active community support to leverage the area’s natural advantages for a key industry’s expansion. It underscores the stakes for local prosperity and long term benefits.
Dizzy Dean reenters the spotlight to say the Cardinals owe him more. The ace pitcher seeks about 25 000 dollars for the season while the club offers around 17 500. Fans likely side with Dean as he keeps publicizing his dispute amid ongoing stove league chatter.
The Red Cross plans to expand its service in High Point by appointing an executive secretary from a permanent office in the Public Library building. Mrs. W. H. Coltrane will assume duties after completing a six week Washington training course, under the leadership of Mrs. O Arthur Kirkman Liston C Pope and C E B Diffendal. The move aims to strengthen welfare and veteran aid with a more concentrated administration.
Readers submit witty lines in a contest for best definition. Judge favored three entries with playful comparisons to a younger sister, noting mischief and innocence as defining traits. The next entry from Mrs H F Mo continues the humorous theme.
Donald R Richberg replies to charges of traitor leveled by organized labor leaders who once relied on him as attorney He counters that John L Lewis demanded union interests over loyalty to government The Emergency Council director accuses Lewis of pressing a loyalty clash The piece notes Richbergs growing fees and a national policy tilt and questions labor leadership in the impasse and who will be sacrificed.
Bruce Catton compares Huey Long to a twentieth century dictator in Baton Rouge. He describes indignant citizens arming themselves, Long ordering troops to quell them, and a public hearing where he claims a plot to assassinate him.
Poem invites readers to move south to Virginia Carolina Georgia and Dixieland, praising warm climate friendly people and abundant peach and orange groves. It romanticizes the southern landscape and hospitality as a place to find health wealth and love.
Washington by George Durno explains FDR used the World Court issue to clear the deck for domestic measures and avoid filibuster leverage, arguing the move satisfied pledges, deterred opponents, and set up action on relief and social programs while maintaining Senate authority.
Labor unrest grows in the tire industry as workers show mounting resentment toward Section 7A. Akron plants discuss a broad wage increase to deter union organizing, funded likely by consumers if approved, amid improving business conditions.
A historic brief notes the fading minstrel tradition as blackface acts vanish from main stages and vaudeville bills rely on white comics. It recalls stars like Law Dockstader and Roy Evans, contrasts with higher paid modern entertainers, and notes top minstrel earnings once reached around two hundred dollars weekly.
A diary in New York recounts meetings with Valentine Williams and Kathleen Norris, plus visits to Betty and James Young. It notes Osgood Perkins, El Morocco, and reading Bright Mexico. It highlights authors Oursler, H Bedford Jones, Allen Dunn, Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Fred Macksaac, and Arthur J Burks as pulp writers.
Novelist editor and magician Fulton Oursier leaves with his writing wife Grace Perkins for a long planned tour of Palestine and the Holy Land. The trip was delayed by their busy schedules but now proceeds.
Execs say higher prices could cover the cost of dampening labor unrest if consumers pay. The kerosene on flames is the Wolman report showing only 5 percent auto workers affiliated with the Federation of Labor. Senate rejection of the World Court fuels fears of New Deal tensions and shifts in foreign policy and trade talks.
Personal nomination cites Gilbert Miller's openings as among the most distinguished first night audiences this season.
Madelie Gilman Corey returns from exile in Paris amid social scrutiny and faded celebrity ties. The piece notes her Paris encounters with FDR and a Wilson era shadow that complicates monetary stabilization plans. Preparations for nearly 400 million dollars in new securities loom under the Securities Act after the gold decision, involving several major corporations.
The column lists Will Rogers headed for Africa after his next film while Henry Sell tours daily dance and Josephine Harlem is noted as the world's richest color performer. Eddie Peabody declines a six month European run to stay with his 14 year old date. Fay King’s canary is described as a singing wonder while Donna Kenyon’s opera and tour career is mentioned. Lardner’s best work appears from a Pennsylvania hotel guest stint. The Hendrik Van Loons link to Irving Bacheller’s Connecticut history piece and George Kurest writes from Cap Ferrat. Frank Case is noted for a dunk.
A fragmented report describes a dark night in Central Park with eerie white lights sailing across the meadow. The unnamed observer notes only faint outlines and a vague sense of motion as voices and sounds fade into the city hush.
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