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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1932
Page
4
A reflection on worship through action urging sacrifice to God and prayers for the king and heirs. A second quote argues true worship lies in alleviating distress and improving humanity. Both lines reflect religious and moral guidance on duty and governance.
The piece argues that state control of media in Russia hides casualties and limits information to citizens. It warns that suppression of news fosters tyranny, linking limited literacy and rigid censorship to weakened public power and lost accountability.
The North Carolina governor addressed New York’s Lambs club praising actors for lifting public spirits amid inflation and stock market turmoil. He argued entertainment sustains national resolve, urges taxpayers to bear debt and keep working, as economic adjustments await.
Optimistic notes on the furniture market point to a possible revival in the industry. The mid winter market opens with cautious hope, as southern producers enjoy growing volume during tougher economic times and anticipate increased demand for higher quality furniture.
Washington reports the reconstruction finance corporation is near completion and will provide money to banks trust companies building and loan associations and life insurers. The aid aims to reopen closed banks and support financial institutions with assets exceeding liabilities in some cases. The plan faces little opposition as federal resources back private business recovery.
North Carolina during the local government control act period saw new bonds and notes total $804,500 in the first nine months of 1931, with government units paying off a similar amount of debt totaling just over seven million. The state’s total county and town obligations hover around $360 million, yielding an average public obligation per person of about $174 and a home head debt near $700.
Bruce Catton discusses the Metropolitans painting of Washington crossing the Delaware and argues photographs or newsreels would have made the scene more vivid. He notes the public craving for visual history and laments the painting as a flawed but enduring image. He then mentions lead poisoning of Minnesota ducks and railroads seeking faster freight schedules to compete with trucks.
An expert notes long skirts may not lift mood but wool socks can help. The suggestion targets people feeling cold and aims to improve comfort and morale.
A witty remark contrasts long skirts with perceptions of leg length, noting public ambiguity about style and proportion, reflecting fashion discourse of the era.
A professor argues brains rather than muscle have driven farming success. Following last year’s gains, farmers are expected to embrace the return of hard work and practical effort.
A new organization is being formed to replace the Ku Klux Klan as a prosperity drive. The notice urges frock makers to prepare for 15,000,000 new outfits, signaling a large manufacturing push.
After Laval steps down the remark hints at an American landing a vaudeville tour offer. The line frames the resignation within a sharp political jab.
Texas Guinan leaves Chicago for Broadway after discovering Midwest audiences would not bite.
The Alimony club inmates in White Plains New York have radios in their cells. The joke notes crooners on the air echo, joking that this is almost capital punishment. Battalino forfeited his featherweight title for being too heavy. Fighters get paid by the wal lop, but wrestlers by the pound.
The writer argues prohibition is unwinnable and corrupts government, calling for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He cites Al Capone, bootlegging, and social ills, then suggests regulated sale to reduce crime and boost employment. He ends urging minority cooperation to break the chain and defeat prohibition.
A weeklong religious revival at the Tabernacle on Ward Street and West Green led by Mrs. Carter draws large crowds. Sunday school attendees sing and praise, with the sermon focusing on John 3 16 and the love of God.
A reader from The Enterprise praises four contributors W E Hussey R C Shepherd and Jack Field and others. He notes his acquaintance and respect for Hussey and Jack and urges printing his observations again when short of news. He compares business inventory to self inventory and urges correcting gossiping habits with balanced judgment.
McAllen Tex Jan 18 (UP) Border patrols guard Devil's Crossing after reports a horse thief gang planned to raid US settlements in retaliation for deaths. A rustic cross marks Toribio Gonzales's grave. another man was killed and two wounded. Patrols fled. reinforcements found them surrounded with no injuries. The gang may be the Tabasco raiders, feared to strike in daylight.
Washington profile notes Fiorello La Guardia from New York's Fifth Avenue district rising as the progressive movement's chieftain in the House. The piece contrasts a once-fragmented faction with a revived bid for influence amid a tightly divided seventy-second Congress.
La Guardia steps forward as a central figure among six to eight self-styled legislative individualists. The group lacks formal organization but is active on important votes, with Kvale of Minnesota Amlie and Boileau of Wisconsin nearby. La Guardia says his ideology aligns with independents though it occasionally pulls him from his district, citing a past unannounced week in a Pennsylvania coal mine during labor unrest.
North Carolina American Legion members plan two unemployment campaigns on January 25. One seeks employer pledges to boost January 25 employment by 10 percent by February 1, even if wages of current workers are cut. The other asks property owners to pledge work for eighty days weekly in yard work repairs and domestic service. The state convention is set for July 17 18 and 19 in Asheville with invites sent to Pershing Hurley Stevens.
Hard worker in congress, La Guardia earns fame as one of the toughest on the floor. He tackles all bills, knows many subjects, and uses expert knowledge of house rules to gain an edge.
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