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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1934
Page
5
A fragmented page shows publisher and staff roles including R B Terry and F Edwards with positions underlined by misread text. Advertising managers Alter F Hester and G M Waynick appear, plus subscription rates and carrier details for local and nearby towns are partially visible.
A compact quotation pair contrasts scriptural caution with Wordsworth style imagery. It ponders pride as a risky imitation of greatness and urges humility to avoid downfall.
The Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund voted to raise A. B. Horney’s monthly pension to 60 dollars. He had received 5 dollars since retirement. The board cited faster fund accumulation and a state act enabling the benefit. The secretary noted 1,200 dollars in the treasury after seven months of payments.
William Le Bert de Bar aged 83, a veteran executive in the silk and rayon industry, led Hillcrest Silk Mills rising to prominence in Berryville and here. He stepped back from active duties a year ago after decades steering mill properties in Virginia.
The text credits Count Hilaire de Chardonneret with commercial rayon's 1884 start and underscores the American rise in rayon production. It highlights European influence and innovators like Le Bert de Bar who supplied technical knowledge, boosting U S industry, invention, and merchandising in this vital textile field.
A Greensboro plan to extend supervised skating to music aims to give working adults a recreational option after work. Loudspeakers would amplify music for skaters at a public facility, promoting mass recreation as a potential national trend. The piece also suggests High Point adopt a similar plan.
The Greensboro Daily News notes ongoing pro and con discourse on North Carolina as the sole state voting to retain Prohibition. It cites an Associated Press report from Roanoke Rapids about Patrolman Collin Fitts, bond set at 1000 dollars, inquest into the death of Eugene Ellis after a liquor raid. Ellis died after being shot when fleeing arrest.
Milk dealers announce plan to replace glass milk bottles with paper cartons. The change aims to reduce breakage and delivery costs while maintaining product quality and safety in daily milk service.
Report notes producers plan to film Shakespeare plays but will revise titles and certain lines. Industry insiders say scriptwriters may modernize wording while preserving core plots and character dynamics for contemporary audiences.
Report notes 3660 inmates across Canadian prisons with only 44 women. Question raised about the Royal Mounted's handling of female inmates and whether more women could be assigned or housed within the system.
In New York the chorus girls in the new Follies appear less revealing than before though critics note that clothing does not define the performer. The revue emphasizes talent over attire as it debuts.
The piece argues fear fuels US Japan tensions, noting incidents like five Japanese sightseers in New Jersey and Americans in Tokyo near shipyards. It cautions mutual fear exaggerates threats, urges calm to ease path to peaceful adjustments.
The Valdese community, founded by Waldensian emigrants from Italy, is praised for its independent spirit and rapid growth as a textile center. Miss Beatrice Cobb reports a thriving Chamber of Commerce driving progress with a clear plan and social gatherings. Valdese was the first North Carolina town to partner with the CWA.
The Fayetteville Observer reports an imminent return of river traffic on the upper Cape Fear with a Seaboard-Great Lakes line and a Government appropriation. Promoter Huske secured promises from the corporation president to launch boats when the channel is ready, signaling lower freights and new shipping prospects for North Carolina.
A mother and father aged 27 and their two children, Carroll 5 and Franklin 4 months, died in a Hopkins Riverdale bungalow fire blamed on an overheated stove. Neighbors watched as volunteer firefighters battled the blaze with frozen hydrants and booster pumps, leaving water unable to reach the flames.
Burke, a New Orleans ward leader, denies Senator Huey Long’s claim the hotel room visit focused on jobs. He describes a heated dispute over insults from a mayoral race, and says he planned to shoot Long if provoked.
Miss Rera Scarboro hosted a bridge afternoon at the Central hotel parlors for her club and guests. Five tables played contract from 3 to 5 with prizes to Mrs. J. A. Spence, Mrs. L. F. Ross, Mrs. W. L. Lambert, Mrs. Kemp Alexander and Mrs. I. Moser. Hostess aide Mrs. Tom Myatt served salad. the event drew Asheboro's younger set for Miss Jane Page's celebration.
An afternoon tea in honor of Walker's eleventh birthday was held at Mrs. Wm Hammer's home with red and white Valentine decorations. Tea was served by Mrs. Hammer, Mrs. Harriette Hammer Cripps, and Mrs. Henry Armfield. Gifts were a major feature of the celebration.
Mrs. W. A. Underwood presented Mexico the Beautiful with illustrative pictures passed around the Randolph Book club meeting held Friday at Mrs. J. W. Hunter’s home. The program closed with a salad course and current events.
Palestine emerges as a leading orange growing nation, ranking beside Spain Italy and the United States in production and export potential.
A lightning strike at the blacksmith shop of Lt. 7 Serivani in Watsonville California fused a horseshoe a single tree and two heavy iron pieces into one object.
A historical note recounts that county jails in Ohio housed executions for capital crimes until 1885. The shift away from jail executions marked a change in how capital punishment was carried out across the state.
Los Angeles reports revive a 1926 Ocean Park kidnapping tale involving Aimee Semple McPherson. Lawyer Homer Johnstone seeks to prove a Stewart film would have starred her and depicted alleged events. Court recess follows McPherson’s testimony and references to Cromwell Ormsby.
A scrambled grid clue set lists terms like Ape in the brain and various short definitions. The meta hints at a science themed puzzle with scattered answers including historical science terms and miscellaneous items.
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