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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1932
Page
4
A compact thought from January 4, 1982 cites Jeremiah 45:10 and asserts obedience as the mother of success, attributed to Aeachylus. The piece emphasizes following directives as a path to achievement.
The article reports on the assault on Consul Culver B. Chamberlain by three Japanese soldiers in Manchuria, notes conflicting health reports, and discusses potential U.S. response. It also comments on North Carolina education politics, criticizing plans to replace the Board of Equalization with a state education board and noting fiscal constraints on schooling.
The State Board of Equalization faces sharp division as education leaders clash over its duties. Supporters say the board unites the state’s schools and guarantees open classrooms for two years while promising taxpayer savings. Critics argue board members lack understanding of current school needs and education requirements.
A clipped Los Angeles Times editorial urges humanity on trial amid a global crisis beyond economics. It argues wealth has corrupted society and stresses rebuilding civilization on the rock of brotherhood and the Golden Rule through fortitude and solidarity.
The speaker argues that hunger and sorrow foster a stronger America and a better civilization if we accept the duty to be our brother's keeper. They dismiss laws and panaceas as cures, proposing the biblical sermon on the mount as the practical answer to the financial crisis.
Bruce Callon argues mood shifts after prosperity push toward freer business policy. He foresees a dividing line between conservative and liberal poles, with a healthier democracy when parties oppose. He cites Pinchot era rhetoric, warns of possible reforms without radical change. He also notes a Milwaukee man honored for cigar perseverance, and reports on unemployment relief hearings urging public funds to supplement private charity as dole becomes debated.
Renowned physicist Albert Einstein touched down in California carrying a shipment of bananas. Rumors circulated he avoided crowds in New York, yet could not escape the harvest of puns about the bunch.
Fragmentary lines mention David Hutton marriage to Aimee Semple McPherson and a job offer possibly hinting at the Prince of Wales. Other lines refer to Japanese warships moving to Manchurian waters and a remark about generals' actions abroad.
President Hoover orders consolidation combination and creation as a plan to lift the nation from low mood. The push targets economic recovery social reform and stronger federal action in troubled times.
A Yale professor suggests using fleas to keep germs busy by scratching them off the skin. The idea is to culture fleas that multiply on germs so humans are spared from attack.
A dermatologist asserts that the average woman has about 16 square feet of skin. The remark acknowledges variability across individuals and body regions.
Washington Daybook reports Minnesota congressman Paul Ivale, 35, the only former Labourite in the House, received six committee assignments. The lineup left Ivale surprised, as none of the six seats were nominal honors.
The house member Kvale, in office just over two years, faced intense speculation about party control of the seventy second congress. He reportedly sought to retain his three old committee assignments and approached both parties without promises, but was told neither would trade concessions for his vote.
The text notes Paul voted for Schneider of Wisconsin rather than the major party candidates for speaker, one of five to do 80. Democrats rewarded him with six assignments, three more than under the Republicans, seen as a fitting holiday gesture toward Kvale.
Urbane L. Barrett claims he can derive cube roots sixty times faster than a calculator. He demonstrated in New York and at Columbia University, saying his method rests on memory and number properties. Barrett's son in Los Angeles can compute cube roots up to a trillion by mental effort.
The piece notes New York elevator etiquette, highlighting men who keep hats on when alone with women in offices but adjust in hotels, and southern or western visitors being unsettled by Yankee manners. It observes limited space makes politeness impractical as hats occupy space equivalent to two people.
Harry P. Beam campaigns in Illinois fourth district on prohibition repeal and depositor protection. He succeeds Doyle who withdrew after 1923 tenure. Beam, a Loyola athlete and former assistant Chicago corporation counsel, supports unemployment relief and veterans care while backing school funding reform through a proposed seven member State Board of Education to replace the Board of Equalization.
Raleigh Jan 4 With a push from educational leaders the Constitutional Commission may include in the new constitution a State Board of Education composed of the Governor and seven appointees to supersede the present State Board of Equalization. The move aims to nationalize school funding control, likening it to the State Highway Commission, and to guarantee broad state support for six months of schooling without land taxes. The board’s creation would create dual control with the Department of Education, while the Equalization board acts as a taxpayer check on school spending.
The article notes Damascus in Syria as the city that exists, claiming its founding before 2500 B C. The claim anchors Damascus as one of the oldest inhabited locales with claims of antiquity and long human settlement.
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