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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1935
Page
4
A Jew a Catholic and a Protestant spoke of brotherhood and religious freedom at a National Conference on Jews and Christians event. The discussion stressed unity in essentials and liberty in nonessentials to foster tolerant relations among faiths and reduce prejudice while avoiding conversion.
An 11 year old writes of greed as the root of crime, murder, and conflict. Jacquelyn Price urges broader society to heed a child’s view of greed’s damage and the need for action to curb its self destructive effects.
The Raleigh Times urges amending the proposed drivers license law to remove deafness as a disqualifier for operating a car in North Carolina. It argues deafness does not impair driving ability and cites safe drivers who are deaf, stressing eye and mental alertness as key to safe operation.
Senator Bailey uses the Saturday Evening Post to warn against continued federal borrowing as an employment stimulant. He fears removing government support could plunge the economy back into hardship, though he notes a roughly 17 percent business recovery since January 1933.
The author weighs the defense of federal borrowing to boost the economy against concerns it cannot sustain long term. If stimulus lifts national income, the program could be worth it. if not, it risks failure. Yet signs point toward progress and a path to firmer ground.
L L Hodge of High Point asks Senator Burrus to sponsor tax relief measures and to ease laws against walkathons. He argues entertainment should be affordable, questions sales tax emphasis, and urges relief from Automobile License and State Gasoline Tax costs, claiming the latter favors the masses.
James G. Stahlman forecasts a South driven newsprint industry with a $170.6 million impact and local research by Dr. Charles Herty. The piece also outlines Senate actions curbing Morgenthau and Glass over RFC funding, plus NRA and labor board tensions affecting New Deal programs.
Ferdinand Pecora has been named a New York state supreme court justice, a move greeted with relief by Wall Street and financial observers.
The article notes Roosevelt’s unemployment figure did not include General Johnson in his assessment, clarifying that Johnson was not counted among those unemployed in the president’s totals.
Palm Beach nightlife is sparse with a few smart spots echoing Greenwich Village and upper Broadway. The piece notes socialites and famous names: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, his son George, and Alfred Vanderbilt Jr.. Fifi Widener and Askel Wichfield arriving from the South Seas. references to the Lusitania tragedy and FitzGerald era society.
A jaunty beach patroller stands straight as a ramrod with a glide likened to an American Indian. The piece likens him to a Whitney Warren figure in snow, noting his poised bearing and distinctive stride.
Observers say Roosevelt delayed the board swap by a week then West Coast publishers avoided an East meeting. Financial markets cheer Congress ending Treasury control over the RFC charter renewal, while noting no opposition to centralized agency control but a sign against central bank plans.
The piece notes a pale haired man nicknamed Col. Narcissus drawing stares as he peers into a hand mirror. It mentions Norma Talmadge George Jessel Norma Talmadge and George Jessel staying in a richly appointed home and other film figures like Hugh Dilman and the Bakers in Palm Beach amid changing weather and leisure.
A descriptive piece notes many West Indian white-coated black boys performing meals, chauffeuring, and housekeeping in homes. It cites their fondness for dominoes and tennis, their gambling on dice, heavy smoking of reefers, and suggests a romantic appeal of drugs like cocaine.
A small sand crab wandered onto a cabana porch during a calm morning as Billy slept. The dog awoke and leaped, while an attendant removed the crustacean. a bystander quipped that the dog hates the thought of another old crab.
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