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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1935
Page
4
A terse reflection contrasts upright poverty with wealthy corruption, noting that hardship and labor can carry quiet luxuries the rich vainly pursue. The adage invokes biblical wisdom and Hazlitt to frame virtue against affluence.
Editorial urges the General Assembly and city leadership to place police and fire departments under civil service to remove politics from hiring and retention. It argues merit and efficiency should determine police and fire jobs, reducing campaign influence and improving public safety in a 40 000 population city.
Local officials demand urgent maintenance of freight tracks along South Main from the railroad to the post office and West Russell to Main street. The Southern Public Utilities Company bears the franchise obligation to maintain the tracks, or the city may act to force compliance and prevent further hazards.
The council is urged to endorse a course that removes political activity from those sworn to serve the city. The argument stresses merit over partisan interests and calls for officials to hold posts based on capacity and honest, fearless service without discrimination.
The piece discusses repeated naval airship losses including the sinking near the Pacific, contrasts American progress with German dirigible builders like Hugo Eckener, and argues for a clear national defense decision on lighter-than-air craft beyond costly failures and lives lost.
After the Macon disaster, 83 crewmen faced catastrophe as the airship plunged into the Pacific. Yet naval accuracy saved all but two, highlighting both the risks of dirigible design and mankind's skill in lifesaving through disciplined operation.
The Deep River region faces erosion and soil loss as a turning point for a farming revival. Government action through the Soil Erosion Service aims to teach crop rotation, terracing, and drainage to restore productivity and unite diverse communities in a modern agricultural program along the Deep River watershed.
The piece notes Dizzy Dean enrolled anyway, illustrating he can be dizzy about all matters but money. It also mentions heavy water as a science novelty familiar to a boy who has lugged pails of it from a well.
Admiral Mineo Osumi told the Japanese parliament that Japan must be ready for any naval race even if it means eating rice gruel. The commentary argues such hardship contradicts the navy’s purpose of warding off enemies and protecting the nation.
New York observers say the Henderson Board’s labor conditions findings prompt a broader shift in administration policy. The move favors balancing labor and industry while signaling limits to Federation of Labor power. The editorial notes a growing role for government in imposing labor decisions.
New York society scribes crown cartoonist Peter Arno as the season’s leading rogue hero amid a cascade of high profile romances. Critics hailed his art and stage connections from Yale to Paris and noted his impact on The New Yorker while spotlighting Elizabeth Bergner and a parade of headline names in culture and media. Cobina Wright stands out for tenacity amid personal and financial upheaval as she recovers with radio work.
A brief note recalls Charles E. Mitchell’s return to the financial scene about a month ago after a period away, marking a notable moment for readers tracking banking leadership and market activity.
William J. Spang heads an expelled faction bent on decisive action and a fierce split with Bill Green. Analysts warn wholesale secession could occur and rebels may seek ties with the Communist Trade Union Unity League offering direct action bait. New York monitors closely.
A remark suggests Hawaii is called the south western corner of the United States by those who claim to speak across the Pacific. The comment hints at a bold geographic claim amid conversations about regional identity.
In a Broad Street setting a former opulent figure, now in modest office space, recalls pawnshops moving to dignified locations under the sign Loans. The narrator notes the shift from gold balls to frosted doors and the recurring Monday pawn deals, revealing a Dreary, cold cadence in small-time finance.
A narrator recalls hard times guiding to modest, half lit eateries with muffled tempo. Louis Katz, a gleaming clerks at a theater hotel, offered a fiver without interest. The piece muses on reducing noise, imagining Rudy Vallee preferring a silent dining room.
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