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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1935
Page
4
Eight thousand voters weighed nominees in a photo feature showing sixteen attractive young women from local plants contesting Miss Industrial High Point. The event highlights female emancipation through industry and the empowered role of working women in the city and state.
Jamestown municipal park opens a new swimming pool and recreation center, creating heavy traffic on a long highway stretch. The piece urges vigilant patrolling, clear warning signs, better lighting, and a center left turn lane to prevent possible tragedies with the influx of visitors since Friday’s opening.
The National Association of Audubon societies warns of near extinction risk for native wild waterfowl. J N Darling cites fewer than 40 ducks per licensed hunter and urges a closed or shortened season to rebuild Duck populations against sport, commercial pressure, drought, and drainage projects. Sportsmen are urged to back drastic conservation action to preserve the birds.
Readers urged to act immediately to fix dangerous road conditions. Authorities warn delays risk accidents and injuries that could be prevented with prompt, intelligent remedial measures.
Milwaukee, the largest American city run by Socialists, is highlighted for its efficient administration, low taxes, and strong fiscal health. It reports no murders in the first six months and only 11 killings in 1934, with most cases solved or solvable, cited as a model for crime prevention and municipal management.
The piece argues that new and old inventions could lift the economy if funded by the RFC, but warns the government may overpay for questionable ideas from a broad range of inventors. It notes that progress depends on work over legislation and cautions against costly bets on dubious tech.
Nell Battle Lewis in the News and Observer cites Louis Graves in the Chapel Hill Weekly lamenting a village of abominable noises. He blames the university power house, horns, planes, radios, trains, and factory din for a world of strain and nervous irritation, predicting a noiseless future may come with bans on horns and a device to mute neighbors.
Roosevelt's tax planning strains White House Capitol relations. Off stage maneuvers foreshadow tax politics for 1936 as liberal Senators push ideas, while conservatives balk. Bonus marchers, New Deal aides, and farm loan fears shape a tense, behind the scenes political landscape.
A bustling city column notes quips about card games beyond a deck, a wry jab at bridge, and a light line about a traffic victim meeting others in the afterlife to a theme song. It then skewers a Minneapolis doctor who touts music aides for those with social attitude issues, linking it to neighbors reacting to a daughter’s piano.
A study reports the average man utters about 11.9 million words per year, equating to a long filibuster in annual speech output.
A fragmented archaic verse reflects turbulent emotion and a fixation on the moon, love, and ambition. It hints at inner conflict between desire and control, with references to a lover named Moryl, Eve, and a vow about marriage around noon. The text blends dramatic declarations and dreamlike imagery without clear narrative.
Roosevelt tax plan faces conservative push to widen the levy beyond the rich. Insiders say opponents aim to tax those earning over 190000, seeking broad support to make the measure less permanent and prompt repeal pressure.
In a July diary entry C O McIntyre recalls Gilbert White in France and a new word epithumetic meaning sensual. He praises William Rose Benet and notes encounters with major writers Arthur Brisbane H. G. Wells and Edgar Wallace. The piece hints at travels, newspaper work, and literary anecdotes across Europe and the US.
London reports veteran director David Ward Griffith may reestablish cinema prominence with a remake of Brocken Blossoms. The piece analyzes New Deal tax and utility politics, predicting a high stakes clash between FDR and the money power as the 1936 campaign looms. It notes British film stars with glass eyes as possible stand ins for The Ancient Mariner.
A landmark artificial heart developed with Lindbergh’s involvement is described as the first of its kind. The remark notes expectations that every banker possessed one, reflecting the era’s awe at medical advance and speculation about technology pervading daily life.
A lively look at how celebrations spill beyond the calendar with crackling fires and festive atmosphere. The piece notes that children struggle to distinguish the Fourth of July from a longer season of summer revelry, reflecting community mood.
Publicity blitz surrounds the Normandie ship launch with dramatic claims and press events. Promoters trumpet dramatic breakthroughs and assign grand significance to the maiden voyage amid gala events and media tours.
A Greenwich Village grill tale recounts a sculptor stirred by terror in a candle lit corner. In the night a door clicked open then closed. The next day a Persian cat near his window was found dead, leaving a spooky air to the incident.
A fragmented clipping highlights various figures: Robert Benehrey appearing at Harvard Pudding Club with references to a policeman and a byline on Bob Ripley as a swift equash player. Gertrude Jence recovers from illness amid a star turn, Pons’s breakfast habit with rhubarb, Billy Gaxton’s engagements, Henry James’s harsh view of York, and Dr. Axel Munthe’s blindness in The Story of San Michele.
A brief note from 1995 McNaught Syndicate suggests after a half hour's ponder there is no room for further additions or changes. The fragment hints at procedural constraints and curtailment of options.
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