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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1933
Page
4
A compact meditation cites St Mark to separate external influence from inner conduct. It contrasts sacred teaching with Rousseau on reason, underscoring conscience as the guide amid temptation and moral error.
The North Carolina Tax Commission urges replacing revenue with new taxes but hints only the sales tax remains viable. It outlines options including pay scale cuts, 15 percent personal service savings, 30 percent cuts to state institutions, and diverting two million from highways, while noting layoffs could hit teachers and schools.
The article discusses French premier M Edouard Herriot and his stance on paying the American debt. It suggests his fall was not a lost cause and he unexpectedly learned he need not have raised the issue, highlighting political surprise and implications for France's finances.
The text discusses France's 1932 budget item of 480 million francs to pay the December debt to America, prepared by Finance Minister Francois Pierre. Premier Herriot’s speech urged honoring the payment, but Premier Paul-Boncour showed no move to pay, deferring action pending a conference. It also notes cigarette tax economics and the risk of overtaxing leading to smuggling.
The bishop's will prescribed a plain interment with a wooden coffin and slab, buried in the ground. The text argues for economical use of body and estate, noting matter's continuity in nature and the ideal of return to nature over costly funerary practices.
The New York Sun notes 1931 cigarette use in the United States fell for the first time since 1900, driven mainly by taxation. It cites state taxes and a six cent federal tax per pack, with declines especially in Iowa Kansas Utah and the Dakotas affecting leaf tobacco growers and North Carolina’s industry.
Bruce Catton argues that Samuel Insull is a symbol of a broader financial system whose rise and fall hurt many. He notes Insull faced no clear claim of fault beyond luck and warns against blaming him alone for the crisis. The piece underscores systemic blame and the continuing presence of the same financial structures.
A daily White House briefing reports wets pursue fast repeal through court rulings or constitutional shortcuts. Proposals include revamping the Volstead Act, cutting enforcement funding, or prompting state conventions to speed ratification. Some argue for a constitutional workaround via legislated conventions, while John Finerty contends the 18th Amendment permits internal liquor manufacturing.
The article surveys Nicolai Feodorovitch Trubetskoy once a coachman to Czar Nicholas. He recently landed in a Moscow jail for forging checks, illustrating how the Russian revolution uprooted even a lowly servant and altered life for many.
A piece discusses an Italian paper misreading a story about an Ohio merchant fined for a store clock showing wrong time. It notes U.S. cities now require accurate clocks and argues the Italian report wrongly portrays American businessmen as poor at keeping time, calling the situation lamentable.
An astronomer explains that while comets may account for the large depressions seen in Arizona and Texas, they do not fully explain the major impact depression affecting the rest of the United States.
A mother asks Dolly what she learned at school and the reply is brief and humorous. The child notes she did not learn much and must return for another day. Tit bits style.
The accused convicted of bigamy faced the judge who asked if he had anything to say. "No, not a word," replied the man. The judge retorted that a man with two wives would hardly get a chance. Tit-Bits.
A youthful student argues a tree yields eight pounds of apples, while the farmer replies it is a pear tree. The exchange ends with a quiet acknowledgment of the error.
The jury foreman announced the verdict granting Pat’s wife ten dollars a week in maintenance. Pat responded with a quip about adding a quarter or two occasionally, reflecting the light tone of the decision.
A historical note states that apple trees grow more rapidly than any other fruit tree, highlighting their swift development compared with peers.
Linda Averill and her husband Tom shelter a supposed accident murder after Amos Peabody's death. Five guests become suspects. Linda fears DeVos is the killer while plotting to reveal truth as police race to intercept Tom and DeVos before they dine. Shaughnessy monitors closely as the tension rises.
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