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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1932
Page
7
Hollywood producers plan wage-cut talks in February with union leaders as actors directors and crew resist reduced pay. Star salaries remain the target while box office power keeps star names central to studio strategy.
Senate panels review unemployment relief proposals and a four percent beer bill. Judiciary committee holds hearings on a nomination for a circuit court judgeship. Banking committee takes up Glass bill to expand Federal Reserve credit in executive session. House actions not detailed.
A Deer Island inmate wrote Mayor Curley seeking a prison term claiming a two month sentence for a first drunk. The mayoral probe revealed the man had 45 prior convictions since 1918.
Ways and Means Committee studies tax plans while labor subcommittee holds federal relief hearings. Interstate Commerce Committee weighs reaf-railroad recapture clause as lawmakers consider constitutional amendments to abolish the lame duck session.
M. Leon Foenquinos seeks five billion dollars to fund a floating island 200 feet deep in the Atlantic. The plan envisions a station for air liner crossings with the island serving as a hub for transatlantic travel once financed.
The plan envisions sinking a ring of 96 caissons to serve as the island’s foundation. The island would be about 0.25 miles wide and just over 1 mile in diameter, housing 200000 people and weighing 12000000 tons, making it among the heaviest structures proposed.
Paul Wise, drunk, danced naked in a Los Angeles apartment building. Female residents screamed, police arrested him for alleged intoxication and public indecency.
A humor item quotes a cartoonish exchange where a robber taunts a victim with a boast about wages and the victim retorts in a blustery, tongue in cheek manner. The line captures a period newspaper snapshot of streetwise wit.
In Harlingen Texas gardeners hang signs reading Mischief got me into this I ve been destroying my neighbor s property on grains of corn. Chickens peck the corn and carry the signs on their beaks as a neighborhood joke and deterrent.
B F Goodrich Rubber Company announced an $8,815,653 loss for the year ended December 31, 1931. The company retained a cash reserve of $19,722,000 after transferring the loss to the surplus account.
In Karikaturen Oslo a lighthearted cartoon shows a character replying that they will visit the milliner tomorrow to try on hats. The exchange playfully highlights stylish plans and a clever come back.
An old lady consoles a modern girl who recalls being driven home in a taxicab and crying about the experience. The girl laments the driver overcharged her, while Answers readers react with sympathy and curiosity.
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