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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1937
Page
4
A dated religious snippet quotes lines urging staying in God's love and mercy through Christ for eternal life. It emphasizes aligning every occupation and plan with divine will and power, quoting authors Jude and Muller.
Rupert Pickens champions reapportionment and represents a reformist stance against entrenched misrepresentation. The editorial urges the upcoming legislature to carry through the work, warning against subterfuge and urging a statesmanlike effort to align representation with population shifts.
City officials discuss how postponement jeopardizes the grade crossing elimination plan. They urge immediate action to begin excavation and construction once feasible, noting winter start is impractical and spring delays endanger the PWA funded work and regional development.
Officials say the weather assessment is largely procedural but necessary to unlock city projects. The emphasis is on moving to digging and progress without delay for valuable city interests.
Andrew W. Mellon offers to donate his 19 million dollar art collection to the federal government as the nucleus for a national gallery of art. He asks for a suitable building and endowment, and insists his name not be attached to the project.
The High Point paper commends Chief W G Friddle and aides for promoting road safety with a 1936 decline in deaths and injuries. Four killed and 89 injured last year show progress over 1935 1934 and 1933 totals, despite higher traffic and 215 accidents. The Enterprise urges renewed dedication for 1937.
The article notes rising American industrial production but warns per capita output remains about 19 percent below 1920 levels due to population growth. If output rises to 1929 per capita levels, total production would exceed the last boom year, yet recovery remains insufficient and not cause for complacency.
A New York Day By Day vignette recalls river parades and carillon chimes near Rockefeller Church and notes several mishaps from falls to fractures. The piece also sketches Mary Margaret McBride's autobiographical Martha Deane tale and her rise as a famed radio talker.
The piece recalls Montaigne as a favorite philosopher learned from a night clerk named Gus in a Cincinnati hotel. In Jacob Seitlin’s translation Montaigne shines, especially when afflicted by illness, and the author notes a craftsman’s voice in Don Marquis and oblique references to Williams and Wash Williams.
A book page recalls John Farrar stopping the thumbs trend at a tea inviting 50 guests with 150 attending. Walter Chrysler Jr uses two huskies to verify arrivals. King Edward’s Cairn named Slipper cheers dog lovers, while Will Hogg’s Cairn Gillie, from the same dam, was bought in Biarritz.
The passage describes nights on West 52nd Street crowded with cafes and a white tie crowd seeking rowdy amusement. Couples drift between canteens around 1 a.m., with waiters stepping out to catch fresh air between taxis, framing a city nightlife scene.
The Capitol theater mourns J K Emmet HU longtime manager known for his silver hair and broad smile. Son of a famous actor, he once led as a handsome leading man before turning to new work in the atmosphere he loved.
In High Point the Salvation Army’s local branch has done valuable work since its founding. During the holidays it provided food and clothing to many who would have been without these necessities. Street conditions and ongoing civic efforts are noted as influencing daily life.
French mission figures show nearly 60 000 foreigners fighting in Spain in a civil war that mirrors a world war. Loyalist forces include 12 000 French 2000 Germans 2000 Belgians 2000 Poles and 10 000 Russians while rebel forces crowd 30 000 Germans and about 1000 Irish alongside 24 000 Moors of Spain’s regular army. The outside support signals a broader threat to European peace.
Bruce Bliven, editor of the New Republic, argues the American press remains free and influential. He notes most papers covered Roosevelt’s administration impartially and contrasts global censorship with the United States, praising press freedom as essential to independent thought.
Washington editorials doubt Congress will curb the Supreme Court but note growing support for a law to confine constitutional questions to the high court. The plan would remove lower court delays and push constitutional rulings directly to the Supreme Court for faster decisions.
In Washington a split in extreme views on federal relief unfolds as Congress weighs WPA funding from February to June. Liberals push to maintain a $750 million schedule, while conservatives seek as low as $300 million, with right wing fears of vested interests and shifts in living standards. Roosevelt must decide on WPA and Resettlement Administration loans amid expected congressional generosity.
A poem celebrates love and marriage as June weddings loom. It envisions bridal paths, romance, and two lives joined with enduring prospects as wedding bells declare the couple’s vows.
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