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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1937
Page
3
Governor Clyde R. Hoey aims for a swift handling of liquor control in the forthcoming assembly. He has not conveyed personal views and may defer to the general party stance, with past support for prohibition shaping expectations.
Pearl John now leads the House of de Forest with a lean, wary edge and suspects danger. The knife vanished under force, the archeologist Professor Shaw denies possession, and tempers flare as officers may descend and two men head to Santa Fe tonight.
In a tense exchange, Pearl John confronts the Indian leader Broken Shield about loyalty and land. The talk highlights tribal grievances over land payments and displacement while Broken Shield asserts his duty to remain in his ancestral home on Thunder Mesa.
Raleigh reports predict a return to a land tax to fund part of county road maintenance if highway funds are diverted or expenditures rise. Debate centers on restoring county road costs to local property taxes or a statewide levy, amid calls to shift responsibility back from the state highway department. The state currently spends about ten million dollars annually on county road maintenance, roughly one million more than counties prior to state control.
In the Thunder Mesa tale, Tante Josephine defends Broken Shield and asserts she knows who killed Pearl Sam and Pearl Pierre. The Mexican servant brings word she has died, leaving the mystery and danger unresolved as the scene closes with Bob pondering more nights on Thunder Mesa.
Georgia Tech released its 1937 basketball schedule announced by coach Roy Mundroff. The list includes January 20 game against Clemson at home and January 27 date with Presbyterian, followed by a January 3? meeting with South Carolina in Columbia.
The text notes that a kiss is described as a sniff in Samoa and claims sniffing led to rubbing noses among Eskimos Malays and Polynesians. This compact item links cultural greetings with a shared nasal gesture across regions.
Lt. Gov. Horton seeks regular Saturday and Monday sessions to speed work and halve the assembly’s time, inviting House Speaker Cherry to join. He notes Western senators’ backing as they push for longer weekend sessions to advance bills and committee hearings in Raleigh.
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