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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1936
Page
4
The piece argues that radio has transformed American politics by shrinking the influence of loud orators and direct convention debate. It notes muffled leadership, audience separation, and censorship of frank disagreement, forcing parties to rethink traditional machinery for democratic function.
A compact maxim on patience, warning that haste breeds folly and deceit. It cites Proverbs 19 2 and Franklin to urge taking time in all things to avoid waste and error.
The piece notes a three year high in business and stages Roosevelt's re election angle as planners push a schedule. It cites a halt in wholesale price declines from January to mid May and rising national income from 38.5 to 53 billion dollars, with a projection of ten percent growth this year despite fabric weakness. It highlights polls showing Roosevelt favored in votes but short in electoral votes, and Kendall Maneover’s earlier prosperity forecast proved false.
The article explores William Hard’s view that modern society is evolving in three directions: greater cultivation and sophistication, increasing internal inconsistency, and a relentless tendency to change. It cites seventeenth century England as an exemplar of political upheaval from monarchy to Commonwealth to dictatorship and back.
The passage contrasts seventeenth century English confusion with modern resolve. It credits the Pilgrim Fathers for national backbone and asserts that with courage and vigilance, the nation can emerge stronger than before as Queen Victoria’s successors.
The June Outline of Business notes U.S. farm land values rose 12 percent in three years while overall values lag 82 percent from prewar levels. North Carolina led gains at 41 percent since 1933 mainly due to higher cotton prices, with tobacco cited as a possible underlying driver.
The North Carolina Press Association urges moving the primary from Saturday to a weekday, preferably Tuesday, to reduce delay and confusion in vote counting. A Tuesday close could allow 16 to 18 hours for cleanup and result declaration, while current Sunday lag delays reports by about 48 hours. A 5 PM closing would speed outcomes without overburdening late voters. The association seeks corrective action for a longstanding problem and expects public support.
A remark on rings vanishing and the idea of substituting iron rings as a testament to fi Dnce's persuasive influence. The fragment hints at a debate over symbolic jewelry and power in a possibly allegorical event.
Editorial warns a great steel industry strike could cost billions, kill people, destroy property, and inflame national hatred. It argues internal conflict rivals foreign war in damage, noting half a million steel workers and vast capital operate within the U S and that government cannot halt the battle.
The article notes ongoing and controversial steps by President Roosevelt as he seeks a second term. It cites court appointments in New York viewed as political, Lehman and Murphy maneuvers, and a Wisconsin Progressive conference endorsement as signals of aggressive, divisive political strategy.
A New York Day by Day diary notes Roosevelt pressuring the American Federation of Labor toward peace with John L. Lewis, amid White House visits and claims of an alliance. Polls show a drift away from Roosevelt, with insiders debating motives behind Clancy Mandelbaum and Lehman endorsements and regional loyalties.
Twenty years ago on July 18 1016 Judge Carter Dalton named Mrs R C Soyars permanent probation officer for female delinquents and placed Frances and Flora Idol under her supervision after trial for vagrancy. The mother and father of the Idol girls testified they could not control them.
Mrs Frank Sizemore and her son Francis travel with Mrs W E Price and her son Billy for a short stay at Mount Vernon Springs.
Mrs Gurley and her sons Masters Henry and Paul departed yesterday noon to Harrington Delaware to visit her parents. W H Blane left yesterday afternoon for Asheville to join a house party later in the week.
Department stores showcase women’s suspenders described as swank and visible beneath unbuttoned jackets. Reported addicts include Louise Groody and Peggy Joyce. Originated to hold riding breeches, then ski trousers last winter, now paired with fashionable skirts and sport slack and shorts this spring.
Descriptions of black cuffage among men with white shirts and dinner coats. The Colony hosts a testing ground for super stylists the first exponent. George Jessel then appeared at Lindys and Broadway haberdashers showcase a black and white window display.
James Cagney seen as a hat-checker at The Friars. Ford Madox Ford claims to have covered D. H. Lawrence. Charlie Murrays celebrate 30 years. Michael Arlen now a bicycle enthusiast. Norman Good appointed editor of The Ch Register in Boston.
An old note claims a fortune teller told actress Ann Harding she would take an exciting boat trip six months before sailing for England. The writer recalls a similar prediction in 1922 and mentions nearly capsizing in a Central Park lake shortly after.
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