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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1934
Page
4
A compact note presents two quotations: Ezekiel 34:3 condemning exploitation of the vulnerable and a line from Froude contrasting selfishness with supposed sages. The pair reflects moral critique and social commentary.
Smoothed market reports bring cheer as Hosiery Code Authority ends carbon production enabling mills to run five days weekly again, depending on orders. Southern furniture market and Chicago New York shows spur optimism for improved plant schedules. Silk industry declines further cuts for now, lifting community morale.
The Treasury announces new rules mandating a lawyer accountant or other professional who helped prepare an income tax return to sign it beside the taxpayer. It aims to curb misuse by so called income tax experts who enable evasion and fraud. Taxpayers must disclose if they had professional advice and name their advisors.
Dy. Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina warned publishers at the Newspaper Institute in Chapel Hill about the road ahead for journalism.
Dr Graham notes many claim the newspaper is always right while college presidents and editors doubt newsroom accuracy. He observes constant complaints about misquotes and inaccuracies. The critic warns reporters may feel pride one day and despair the next when faced with reader reproach.
Secretary Morgenthau presents a plain speak on the government money plan. He explains the gold reserve will be held in the Treasury and that the dollar could be backed by 50 to 60 percent gold without changing dollar quantity. The aim is a steadier buying power backed by the full credit of the United States.
The piece rails against aging railroads and notes a 7 percent stock for 62 years held by a great-grandchild and the State as lessee. It questions Liberty Bond holders about gold payments and implied gains from century-old lease terms in the Gay Nineties.
Bruce Catton argues recognition of Soviet Russia reframes U S policy with Tokyo amid tensions in Asia. He cites Woman's World on Clemenceau Japan deals and notes forest, CCC and auto death trends as indicators of national security and public risk.
At the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro the North Carolina Railroad directors led by Mrs. Charles B. Aycock approved a 3 1 2 percent semiannual dividend. The piece recalls the 1896 lease to Southern Railway, the 99 year term, and public outcry over a historic private lease and Wall Street influence.
Washington report outlines shifts in Communist tactics after Soviet relations warm. It notes a move from hunger marches to milder demonstrations and increased internal organizing. It covers unemployment protests led by Herbert Benjamin, the Capitol Hill lobbying for unemployment insurance, and a brief on Sit Down Stay Sober politics and Roosevelt desk zoo items.
A government educator quips that many people underestimate their intelligence at home and urges partners to test those smarts in daily life, delivering a lighthearted jab about spousal banter.
New York City faces debt levels that allegedly exceed combined state obligations, fueling calls to consider NYC as a separate nation rather than part of New York State. The argument centers on the scale of city liabilities and potential governance implications.
Hinds Thurmond district supervisor for the federal business census in Lexington and Davidson county announces five men approved as census enumerators. The selected workers include B. W. Stone and R. C. Harvelle of Thomasville, A. V. Daniel of Denton, and James S. Raper and C. M. Miller of Lexington.
The article notes that bagpipes were introduced to the British Isles by the Romans, marking an early cultural connection between Rome and local music traditions.
On January 19 Lexington reports CWA and relief payrolls totaling over 13 000 dollars with 50 workers paid by the Federal Relief Administration and 12 500 dollars disbursed by Mrs. Charles Young for labor and truck operation. The surge follows work on sanitary privies and widespread CWA projects in Davidson county including Lexington and Thomasville street and sidewalk improvements and county road work.
RALEIGH Jan. 19 The Stars and Bars flag floated over the capitol as North Carolina marked the 127th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s birth. Mrs. John H. Anderson of Raleigh, historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was to deliver a radio tribute to Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Captain S. A. Ashe, NC historian, would speak at a UDC meeting with recollections of Lee.
Clevenger, 52, fighting extradition in Newport Tenn hearing after being held on fugitive charges tied to a bank robbery at Hot Springs North Carolina. Sheriff said arrest was kept secret to help catch three alleged confederates. Bank in Hot Springs robbed of 2500 dollars by four bandits.
A rare phenomenon appears when grass seed germinates in wool during damp conditions. Sheep with greenish fleeces are observed after rain as seeds sprout inside the tangled wool.
A word puzzle listing many clues to horizontal and vertical entries, including actors, objects, and places across a themed crossword style grid. The page prompts for the name of the actress in the picture and provides numerous cross referenced hints with varying word lengths.
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