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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
4
A compilation of two reflective lines, one citing St. Matthew 26 41 about watchfulness in temptation and a La Fontaine line praising love and virtue as a woman defends with tears. The tone is moral and literary with Biblical and fable roots.
Guilford county joins in celebrating Dr. W J McAnallys Soil Erosion Demonstration Project along Deep River to create a 100000 acre model farming community. Officials from the Soil Erosion Service pledge Interior Department support. success rests on local cooperation and five year upkeep program.
Public notice cites Norman Y. Chambliss of Rocky Mount and George Hamid of New York as earners from the North Carolina State Fair last fall amid political contention over the proposition.
The article recalls how the North Carolina State Fair nearly failed but was saved by Hamid Joyner and Chambliss promoting it as a business venture. Gate receipts hit about 50 000 with a net 15 266, of which the state receives 5 000. The piece contrasts with Wall Street fears over public works bonds and defends domestic funding.
Opening day at the Southern Furniture Exposition drew about 150 buyers, the largest opening-day total ever. The volume suggests Christmas season strength extends to winter buyers and signals rising confidence across the Southern business scene as stocks are replenished and purchases rise.
Economists estimate 2 billion dollars needed for federal home improvements but many conservatives resist. Dr Edith E Wood, federal housing consultant, says 9 million families live in unfit houses. Forty four percent of these in rural areas under $1,000 value with cesspools and poor water and cold protection. Health, happiness, crime costs loom as justification for nationwide reforms.
Bruce Catton discusses government spending and noted angles in federal outlays as a congressman visited New York to address the issue. The piece critiques the political optics of spending and its impact on Wall Street and public finances.
The piece contrasts Governor Williams praise of clean politics in Raleigh with President Roosevelt’s credit for strong federal governance and Raleigh City Commissioners facing a fiscal crisis and unanimous criticism for default risk. It frames good government as the same as good politics and notes the harsh local judgment.
The piece argues Congress should clarify the labor union provisions of the NIRA amid expected heated debate. It notes confusion over whether unionization is compulsory, questions about worker rights to strike, and the need to resolve whether provisions tighten or loosen control.
Bishop Ernest G Richardson of the Anti Saloon League notes 25 dry states remain and dry areas exist in many wet states. He argues that prohibition now rests on majority support where it exists and is not simply a coerced law, suggesting a sturdier basis than before repeal.
The piece notes a crackdown ongangs from the Urschel kidnapping to Oklahoma outlaw Wilbur Underhill who dies from police wounds. Associate Elmer Inman is wounded and captured while Chicago killer Jack Klin falls to police. The author emphasizes ongoing crime-fighting efforts and remaining fugitives.
Washington report explains the National Emergency Council under Frank C. Walker plans a planning session with 48 state directors to map early operations and power use. The NEC aims to coordinate volunteer emergency agencies and provide recovery information while possibly taking over New Deal bodies.
In a speech before the North Carolina club in Chapel Hill on January 16 Governor Ehringhaus praised a better fiscal condition for the state while criticizing the judicial system's rising costs. He noted a $250,000 annual saving from reduced interest and that bonds are selling at par or above, and pledged no curtailment of current education programs.
Dr. Andrews urges community support for Little Women at the Paramount theater on Thursday Friday and Saturday. He calls it the highest type of entertainment with artistic and social value and hopes it prompts more wholesome films for youth and continued national circulation.
Asheboro January 16 Tom C Daniels state commander of the American Legion will address the officers and members of the 12th district at Carthage courthouse Thursday night at 730 oclock A I Ferree Asheboro district commander has called a meeting of posts including Wadesboro Hamlet Carthage Southern Pines Troy Hemp and Asheboro to attend to district business and hear the commander.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a microbe discoverer with a short hair count and an exclamatory remark. It refers to a knapsack of five specialized tools for tuberculosis work, suggesting a historical laboratory kit or field set. No clear event, names, places, or dates are identifiable.
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