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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1931
Page
4
A charter bill for High Point advances in Raleigh with the High Point delegation split on key changes to municipal control. The paper urges timely consideration, warns against graft and payroll favors, and stresses the need for economical, competent city government and public accountability.
City residents flood the fire department with calls two to three times daily for minor blazes or grass fires. Firefighters arrive to find no real danger, risking destruction of the fire truck and delaying response to true emergencies. The public is urged to exercise restraint and call only when a serious fire is present.
The speaker urges callers to avoid unnecessary fire truck deployments that risk lives. Firefighters must answer every call, even minor ones, and better caller discretion could reduce danger. If unsure about a fire’s severity, do not hesitate to sound the alarm.
North Carolina considers congressional redistricting to create a new Sixth District linking Guilford Randolph Chatham Orange Alamance and Durham while preserving thin Fifth and Seventh districts. The plan concentrates power in nonresident core counties and may open a seat for a local aspirant as minority party strength rises.
The Charlotte News weighs in on efforts to expand the city council. Three incumbents Jones Guthery Doggett refuse to run if the council grows, while editors advocate increasing membership to seven or nine to strengthen deliberation and governance for a city manager system.
Bruce Catton recounts a Philadelphia youth jailed after a quarrel with his girlfriend when he tried to force her to elope with a revolver and handcuffs. The piece ponders love’s dual power, cites similar acts, and notes theater policy aiding blind patrons. It also notes New Mexico governor appointing poet Witter Bynner as colonel and jokes about poets in official ranks and a Prince of Wales quip about journalism.
This Meandering fragment laments only two kinds of people as women who answer a distress call about a torn sleeve. It recounts playful letters from readers praising the columnist, notes poetry scrapbooks, jokes about aging, and a social column snippet about Mrs. Grove, ending with a playful aside on old fashioned girls and a Niagara Falls honeymoon anecdote.
A Lincoln Journal letter by Henry Forn laments lost prewar streets. He recalls wagons and buggies guiding drunks home, warns autos stray when not driven straight, and argues industrial orders cannot tolerate loose liquor shops with powerful cars on highways.
In London a woman, Mrs. Marjorie Kenworthy, halted a car over improperly adjusted rear plates. While the driver consented, Kenworthy exited and severely beat the officer, before authorities could intervene. The incident prompted police action regarding the aggressor.
Southerners who dugk corn pone in pot are encouraged by a remark that King Albert of Belgium dips his toast in coffee. A man ejected from a football game last fall has just won $1,000 in damages, signaling a strong rebound.
General Smedley Butler called for Capone's deportation provoking Capone to demand a formal government apology. The exchange underscores rising tensions between Capone and federal authorities as the matter garners public attention.
Ford writes that prohibition aligns with the new industrial order. He argues that liquor belongs with the horse and buggy era and must go with it. He claims drink undermines safety and progress in modern Detroit society.
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