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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1937
Page
4
National Advertising Representative BE Katz Special Advertising Agency, based in New York City, operates as a general office for regional clients and media placements. The listing notes the agency serves as a national conduit for advertising campaigns and coordination.
A devotional excerpt from January 13 1987 urges abstaining from fleshly lusts as a path to righteousness. It cites 1 Peter 2 11 and a Cotton quotation stressing the conflict between worldly desire and devotion to God.
Discussion at the House committee considers a national wage and hour law to cover all industries. Rep Connery of Massachusetts argues for a uniform standard across trades, rejecting piecemeal bills and calling for broad base regulation to curb labor exploitation and interstate shipment of goods from lower to higher standard states.
A fragmented report notes President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau weighing national gold policy and its domestic impact. Advisers warn sudden withdrawal could shock the economy, urging preemptive protections to stabilize prices and trade flows amid rising U.S. price income trends.
The article argues that global markets, led by European demand for wheat and wool and shifts in copper and metals, rely on foreign influence for domestic improvement. It predicts lasting strain from European conflict and urges building a robust domestic structure to withstand the coming ordeal.
The Department of Commerce predicts national income will reach 67 billion dollars in 1937, up seven billion from the prior year and the highest since 1929. The key question is whether the gains in distribution match the rise in income, as uneven distribution could limit the value of the growth.
A city ordinance bans sound trucks and similar noises, yet a permit was issued Saturday for a truck promoting a safety campaign. Music and a film were shown to attract pedestrians, while leaflets advertised the firm’s products. Neighbors called police over the racket, urging the rule be enforced.
A discussion of the death house ordeal describes six New York inmates facing execution for murder and robbery. The warden commutes three, while two others are executed after the governor’s decisions arrive, with the doomed men awaiting final fate in suspenseful hours.
New York Day by Day profiles Jay Jerome Williams a long-time strip creator for boys under a pseudonym. He runs features from Washington offices and owns a Cherrydale Virginia estate while publishing Pa ade of Youth in many papers. Williams, orphaned young, once pawned a watch to a stranger who was later arrested for theft, inspiring his protective stance toward vulnerable youth. His drive is tempered by the death of his longtime partner Dennis McSweeney, his business manager and close confidant.
William Gaxton delivers another strong season as Broadway’s luckiest actor. The slick performer has starred in multiple plays over eight years, with many running more than a year. Despite rough early reviews for White Horse Tavern, Gaxton’s productions gained momentum after opening week.
Fragmentary reminiscence described as a loop the loop and a stiff walk. The speaker vows to follow Grandma's cubebies regimen and keeps a bold, defiant tone about abstinence and old sayings from a 1937 McNaught Syndicate copyright context.
President Roosevelt urged 19 state governors to ratify the child labor amendment highlighting democracy's constraint. He cannot command passage and must rely on legislative consent, a strength of democratic leadership versus dictatorship.
A pan-handler edged toward a woman who retorted she had worked all day and demanded what he had done. Startled by the attack she faced, the loiterer fled as onlookers clapped from the sidewalk.
A reader notes Noel Coward’s signature in a guest book is oddly shaped with an extended N resembling a business chart. The ink curls and zigzags like a roller coaster as the author imitates a comic arc of “vel” and “nip up” motions.
Gaxton, a matinee idol and wealthy perfume businessman, was once married to Madeline Cameron, a singer from a popular sister act. She frequently visits his dressing room and they perform together in cafes and night clubs. Born in San Francisco as Don Gaxanola to Spanish parents, he also serves as the current shepherd of the Lambs.
Henry Collings Brown, noted authority on old New York and founder of the Museum of Natural History, is described as a patrician historian who travels daily in tweed and hat, a vivid portrait of a fading mid-Victorian figure living in Murray Hill.
The singer John McCormack explains his farewell tour arises from having ample worldly goods and a wish for leisure to pursue personal desires. He cites a sense of life's inevitability guiding this decision.
A shopper recounts trying a narghile in a Turkish cafe on Washington Street. After a deep inhale, the writer experiences a rapid, overwhelming reaction with a green face and spinning room, indicating a sudden adverse effect.
Twenty years ago the Elks plan a minstrel for Tuesday night January 16 with tickets at one dollar. Sunday water system work ends pumping from 9 to 12 and 1 until completion. Carter Dalton visits Guilford county. Mrs. Ingram and children arrive en route to Greenville. Barker and Welborn return from New York auto show. Du Pont plant explosion injures 12 in Hagskill New Jersey. Italian battleship Regina Margherita strikes mine with possible 945 lives lost. Miss Jamey Ford arrested in New York for disturbing worship. jitneys viewed with concern for a bad ending.
A modern measure replaces four foot logs with six inches less. The change notes that the cord wood is now shorter by that amount while the price remains the same.
The editorial contrasts democratic persuasion with dictatorship, questions war readiness, and discusses U S neutrality moves. It critiques the Spain embargo, notes steamroller tactics in Congress, and highlights the State Department’s role in shaping a selective neutrality bill amid global tension.
A poem by Victor P. Hammer warns that the lawless squander fortune and endure distress when tangled with laws. It argues a life worth while uses free will to choose good and find contentment, while wrongdoing leads to pain and confession.
The piece questions a German-Italian plan to remove foreigners from the Spanish conflict leaving Spaniards to fight among themselves. It notes about 50,000 foreigners are involved, with shock troops and air crews largely non-Spanish, and ponders whether their withdrawal could end the war.
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