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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1935
Page
4
A dated quotation page presents two citations about happiness and wisdom. Heclesias tes 8 12 asks for good deeds in life. James Oppenheim notes happiness grows under one’s feet.
The UNC News Letter analyzes North Carolina manufacturing from the 1933 Department of Commerce census. It cites 2,084 establishments producing $5,000+ in 1933, down from 2,792 in 1929, due to temporary activity or closures. Average wage about $500 statewide. High Point leads with over $600 and product value drop from $52,185,880 in 1929 to $22,470,698 in 1933. The piece stresses buying power as key to economic stability.
An intensive effort to eliminate and prevent further spread of pellagra, with considerable activity in the community, will be undertaken at once by the local Red Cross chapter.
The article praises a chapter and its committee for seeking public support to combat pellagra. It notes the illness is preventable through proper diet, worsened by poverty and mood, and highlights children as the most vulnerable. It calls for a swift public response once findings are released.
The Southern Railway consolidates the High Point to Danville line with the Danville and Western, shifting leadership away from Captain W. H. Snow's pioneering venture. The move aims for efficiency but the legacy of Snow as a bold builder of High Point's rail outlet remains a notable part of local industrial history.
A column from High Point North Carolina dated July 1, 1986 quotes A Lincoln Falk seeking an answer about Jim Parley once selling a patent medicine named repeal. The Union Signal writer asks readers to tell Parley that his dope did not work, noting the era of prohibition era slang and moonshine.
Rocky Mount Telegram discusses Joe Robinson, Roosevelt’s parliamentary field marshal, caught between White House delays and Rush to tax the nuisance tax resolution. Harrison pushes immediate action, Robinson rushes to White House, then back to square one as presidential caution resurfaces. Patience taxed as Congress debates fiscal measures.
A Chicago note laments the rocking chair fading from American homes as modernism encroaches. Mr. Lawrence Whiting of Furniture Mart notes its disappearance while joking about parking lights for chairs. The piece contrasts fireside memory with changing tastes, ending with a joke about antique shops. A girl is jailed for shooting a Chinese student she claimed pursued her money, with a barbed remark on bandit alibis.
The piece mocks European powers and a proposed tripartite carve up of Abyssinia under the banner of civilization. It compares high level diplomacy to gang planning, then shifts to a brighter note on a looming industrial demand. A Cleveland meeting forecasts American machinery orders exceeding 18 billion dollars, with hopes that revival will unleash a surge of investment and prosperity.
Actress Jerme Garbo described as a shy frightened fawn hints at a return to America driven by financial opportunities. Industry observers note the draw of American film contracts and studio interest alongside lingering fame.
A Chicago millionaire leaves two traffic officers the sum of 2000 in his will claiming they showed courtesy during a traffic stop. The amount is described as inadequate to fund the search expenses, yet the gesture highlights gratitude from a private benefactor.
Poem venerates a pilot awaiting departure, with imagery of a cottage shore and green clematis ropes. A blue hangar looms, stars pin the plane, and time closes the gate by the lane. The speaker urges safe passage and a return to life’s beacon field.
A roundup notes organized labor pushing the Wagner Disputes bill and AFL lobbying struggles in committee. It cites Nye Munitions probe delays, Hull diplomacy with withheld bank findings, liquor policy politics under Morgenthau, and the Hoover question as Republicans weigh 1986 prospects.
Reinald Werrenrath a noted concert singer tours the Midwest for single night engagements in small venues. He collaborates with local orchestras and choruses, delivering multiple recitals in one day while adapting to leaner urban schedules and touring life.
A brief urban scene captures the sudden tinkle of a bell on a messenger’s handle as a notable, quiet interruption in bustling city life. The moment underscores how small sounds punctuate daily routines amidst metropolitan noise.
The ex-President says the reform slogan will fade as Congress quits, with major reconstruction measures already in place. He plans fresh investigations and will adjust experiments as needed while pressing the program framed since entering the White House. Quiet operation aims to aid recovery and bolster Democratic prospects in 1936.
By James McMullin, insiders say the steel sector governs itself without a code, price cuts have not occurred, prices hold, production stays steady, and wage hour rules are observed. Residential construction shows rapid growth since February, signaling potential recovery and a possible comeback of heavy industry.
A Sunday chapel service aboard a large liner included a quiet note as radios H. B. S. were in use and the gambling machines in the ship’s quarters were covered with large black cloths during the slot gambling area observance.
A historical report notes the fur racket thrived in the fur district at dusk, with racketeers posing as truck drivers and selling supposedly stolen furs at cut rates. Buyers paid $16 for a $1 fur, while current operations focus at Holland Tunnel bridge approaches with out of town licenses. Many offenders are family men from suburban homes, earning $15 to $80 daily.
An odd note recalls Greta Garbo as the archetype of overworked press attention. The fragment hints at industry fatigue with repetitive efforts to chase her elusive persona and public image.
Earl Carroll producing at the Winter Garden shows theatrical and political friction with the Shuberts. George White and the Shuberts, along with Carroll, faced mutual dislike that yielded many manifestos. Amid financial pressures, the Ziegfeld Follies maintained control, while Carroll and George White staged productions at rival venues, including Scandals at the New Amsterdam.
A columnist notes psychiatrists claim New Yorkers fear open spaces, not crowds, with heighted anxiety when in skyscraper regions. The author recounts his own struggle and relief by solitary midnight walks through Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, describing intense sensations and eventual coping.
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