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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1937
Page
14
A front page essay by Helen Welshimer condemns public executions in Peiping of five opium sellers, noting the spectacle echoes barbaric past punishments. It argues such displays undermine civilized dignity while acknowledging China’s crackdown against narcotics and the global push for reform.
A 1937 NEA Service essay argues against rigid bans on don't as a training tool. It favors example over strict rules, notes exceptions for parents, and warns against wooden adherence to psychological tenets. It cites contrasts such as Chinese execution practices and moral education.
Wake Forest freshmen defeated the Duke Blue Imps 36 to 30 in a preliminary basketball game at Wake Forest tonight.
Piedmont league president Dan W. Hill predicted eight clubs for summer play. He cited Norfolk and Portsmouth in the league and expected two additional teams to start the season. Hill referenced George Weiss statements and noted a pending agreement between Norfolk and Portsmouth over night games.
Morris L. Cooke stepped down as head of the rural electrification administration to resume a vacation voyage interrupted by his 1933 draft. The White House announced the resignation as he traveled to Philadelphia and said he was tired and wanted a rest.
Amos Brady of Coleridge wore a new hand-made woolen suit in Asheboro on Thursday. The suit was crafted from wool grown on his farm with thread spun and woven on an old-fashioned hand loom and colored before cutting, all made by Mrs. Brady.
A historic note asserts it would require about thirty billion billion billion electrons to compose one ounce. The figure highlights the scale of atomic particles and serves as a thought experiment on matter.
Picture a graceful Marian Martin sheath with a yoke bow and pleated panels. Complete diagrammed chart guides sewing from sizes 16 to 48 and fabric options include georgette and silk. Order pattern 9955 for 15 cents and request the Martin Pattern Book for 15 cents.
The census bureau data show 5,000 plus child brides under 15 in the United States with total of 20,000 including those to age 15. Numbers have risen over 40 years from 1,411 in 1890 to 4,506 in 1930. Texas led states with 393, Tennessee 297, and widespread regional concentrations noted.
A heated air safety conference in Washington argued airlines pressed pilots to fly in bad weather. affidavits from Mrs Lorna Livermore and Roy H Warner supported claims of pressure to fly, while Rep Magnuson called the evidence hearsay amid broader scrutiny of weather related crashes and pilot error.
A jury found no fraud in a life insurance policy issued by York and taken out on Flora E. Pugh, with the beneficiary to receive $650.08. The case, tried in Dolph County Superior Court, also involved W. T. Rawleigh, L. E. Cagle, and E. P. Borough, with other calendar items postponed to the next court and a divorce granted for H. and H. E. Brown.
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