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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1934
Page
4
A Bible verse and a classical remark on courage are presented as motivational lines about strength and resilience. Joshua 1:9 urges steadfast faith in God's presence. Plautus adds that bravery in peril halves the challenge.
Dr. Louis R. Alderman of the Federal Emergency Relief administration says NC should not be left out of rural school aid. Senator Bailey and NC officials plan a Washington conference with Relief Director Hopkins and state educators to secure substantial help for the current school term. If no solution is reached, North Carolinians vow to loudly protest.
A New York psychiatrist Dr Alvan L Barach warns of a spreading mental illness among the rich causing spending to shrink. In depression driven by guilt the affluent cut expenses, giving up cars golf chauffeurs and maids, reducing outlays by up to half, in a mood he hopes is temporary and confined to a limited social stratum.
Criminal Judge E. C. Collins of Florida has issued a standard of justice for jurists who will deal with prisoners convicted of driving while intoxicated. The ruling signals careful handling of future DUI cases and outlines expected judicial conduct.
Judge Collins calls alcohol related driving a public menace after Raymond R. Powell received a 30 year term for striking and killing two youths Marshall and Harry Norris and fleeing the scene. He urges harsher penalties and even a capital offense stance if deaths continue.
The article reports Senator Bailey opposing two Hopkins and Farley proposed relief steps. One would allocate 50 million dollars to states for public schools amid agency strains. The other warns against federal overreach by opening a post office furniture factory in Reidsville West Virginia. The piece critiques Bailey’s stance on aid allocations and federal business intrusion.
In a letter Mr. Paskervill questions Dr Po teat’s fitness for Associate Utilities Commissioner. He says the Governor visited Durham for a grand opera by Madame Jeritza and is using leisure to think. Jeritza asks who was that fellow seen thinking last night.
In a notable study Col. R Meinertzhagen reports lammer seirs reach 110 miles per hour, carrier pigeons and golden plovers about 60 mph, swallows 106 mph, and other species including quail 57, mallards 50, partridges 32, ravens 39, teals 44, pelicans 61 and geese 45.
The piece argues that a stock market raid by a New York pool can choke credit and delay business growth nationwide. It notes how bankers tighten loans when prices drop and explains that a free capital flow is vital to industry, warning that manipulators hurt far more than investors.
Dean Justin Miller of Duke Law challenged at a Chicago AMA event by asserting 40 to 60 percent of appendicitis operations are unnecessary. AMA President Dr. Dean Lewis dismissed the claim and demanded credible sources and facts rather than wit.
Easter Sunday falls on April 1 this year marking a rare calendar coincidence last seen long ago. Savants note the alignment will occur only two more times before the year 2000, a fact of little concern to the current generation.
New York City police commissioner forbids officers to pose for newspaper pictures in what appears to be a move to curb vanity and protect police image. The ban aims to reduce publicity events and focus on policing duties.
An officer aboard the S. S. Mauretania reports a monster 65 feet long in the Caribbean Sea. The sighting evokes comparisons to the Loch Ness serpent and stirs maritime interest.
Scientists note sulphur detected on the sun while gold remains scarce beyond our planet. The finding highlights that gold is uncommon in the cosmos and not limited to stellar atmospheres, suggesting other locations may also lack detectable gold.
An Iowa woman who once renounced worldly duties to follow Gandhi has left India in protest. She expresses longing for the Statue of Liberty as a symbol she values.
The U S immigration service is instructed to show courtesy toward aliens at the gates and this policy could extend to notable figures such as George Bernard Shaw.
The column surveys NRA hour debates and production questions, notes Dr Donald Laird on output without more workers, and recounts Wallace on scripture. It also covers Joe Silverman's fall from grace, new Spirit whisky labeling rules, and George N Peek's foreign trade ideas.
Senator Bronson M Cutting of New Mexico heads for a Democratic endorsement from Senator Carl A Hatch signaling a White House nod for the wealthy progressive. The move reflects unusual cross party support amid Cutting’s control of a local Progressive faction and Roosevelt era political realignments. Ballyhoo Man Kesley Jurney, once secretary to Culberson and Copeland, later won a Texas congressional seat.
In Miami on February 17, Judge E. C. Collins sentenced Raymond R. Powell to 80 years after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter. Powell's truck struck and killed Marshall B. Norris, 7, and Harry Norris, 4, after he allegedly drank earlier, and fled the scene before being captured.
A mixed clue puzzle lists horizontal and vertical entries about exploration and language. It references Florida discovery, explorers, and a range of wordplay clues from animals to processes, inviting solvers to fill a crossword style grid.
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