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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1936
Page
4
A reflective biblical quotation contrasts the mortality of all flesh with the fate of the just and the horror of a bad man’s death versus rising from dust. The excerpt invokes Job 84:15 and a proverb about divine justice and fate.
A National Better Business Bureau report describes swindlers switching from selling worthless stocks to acting as buyers to obtain valuable securities from owners. The piece urges investors to avoid participation and to alert authorities, warning that stronger enforcement may curb losses and spare citizens from deceit.
The article argues that a rising labor party is unlikely due to deep divisions between vertical and craft unions within the United Mine Workers. It notes about half a million miners could influence Roosevelt, but John Lewis’s push for an industrial union liberalization prevents a unified party or candidate this year. A split between liberals and conservatives is expected.
The text suggests Roosevelt might not be as far ahead as a labor union resolution implies and hints at ongoing uncertainty about measurement progress in pro or economic fields.
The state endures a major blizzard with six snowstorms this winter yet there are no major automobile accidents. The piece argues that sane driving and reduced traffic volume mitigate weather hazards, noting fewer fatalities on curves and straightaways alike. It urges drivers to maintain caution since safety rules apply in bad weather.
A New York commission of medical and legal experts, named by Mayor La Guardia, will define intoxication levels under law. The World Telegram notes driving while drunk endangers lives and argues for clear limits to protect children and the public from reckless drivers.
The piece notes Northwestern Mutual Life spends about 25000 on ads praising North Carolina as a healthful retreat with low cost living and outdoor leisure. It quotes claims of $100 a month for healthful living, pine forests, mild climate, and recreation attracting residents to Pinehurst and Asheville.
The text argues for stronger state advertising to highlight natural attractiveness and appeal to the middle class taxpayers who bear the tax burden. It frames advertising as a sound investment for the state and its residents.
The piece argues the United States can endure its rising debt without slipping into dictatorship. It contrasts democracy with war seeking regimes, noting debt may grow but will not push America toward overseas conquest or collapse. It warns dictators use war to avert domestic trouble, citing Mussolini as an example.
The report notes Congo natives using razor blades on their bodies as decoration. It mentions possible mimicry by some Americans on mornings after, indicating cross cultural influence and lingering curiosity.
A New Yorker loses a personal injury suit after a motion picture allegedly shows him swinging a sledge hammer on a Public Works Administration project. Lawyers say any other PWA worker would have won.
An acclaimed actor is described by his physician as on the road to recovery. The report hints at optimism about his health without detailing his illness or treatment.
A short verse pleading for child safety near schools. The speaker asks God to watch drivers and protect children from traffic harm. The poem ends with the signature Jessie Wilmore Murton.
Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer born Woodstock on the Tennessee Kentucky line. She recalls growing up amid a strong classical library and a fortune of reading which shaped her future as Dorothy Dix. She describes her rise from a shipboard writer to a famed confessional columnist for the Picayune Journal Wheeler Ledger syndicate and beyond.
A columnist muses on daily habits and culture in New York, recalling editors, poets, and jokes. Anecdotes touch on Grove Patterson, Rudy Vallee, Jesse Jones, Burns and Allen, and a cheeky barber tale. A closing headline notes the piece as a light gavotte on procrastination.
War clouds loom but the British war office appears to expect continued peace. New off duty uniforms for the Tommy feature dark blue regimental dress with brass and a blue cap badge suggesting peacetime flare rather than wartime practicality. The contrast implies a longer span of peace ahead.
A fragmented review notes a new song that channels war era imagery with a dirge like tone. The lyric focus centers on a parent's fear for a child pressed into service and the music’s somber mood.
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