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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1936
Page
4
A compact quotation page features Ecclesiastes and Franklin lines about time and life. The two famous sayings reflect on seasons and the nature of existence, attributed to biblical and colonial-era authors.
The South leads retail gains as the Southern Furniture Exposition opens a two week show with strong buyer attendance. Confidence remains high despite election-year worries from a growing furniture market with low inventories and rising prices.
A harsh crowd in Cleveland Saturday booed Norman Thomas as he attacked the Life-Begins-at-Sixty plan calling it an unworkable dream. He criticized the proposal and urged opposition, arguing it wastes people's enthusiasm and time.
The piece questions the Townsend Plan offering 200 pensions to anyone over sixty. It argues the money cannot be raised and inflation would erode the value, turning 200 dollars into a far lesser purchasing power. It warns against chasing grand schemes instead of productive use of time and funds.
An autopsy on a man arrested by Raleigh police for drunkenness and jailed reveals death from a brain concussion caused by a head blow with no alcohol in his system. The report questions police handling and calls for clarification to avoid a cloud over the capital city’s authorities.
A European commission study portrays the United States as a vast producer, owning half the world’s wealth and goods, yet local poverty persists amid plenty. It notes high consumption, car ownership, and extensive infrastructure while warning that unequal distribution fuels discontent and risks the production system.
Political maneuvering at the Townsend convention in Cleveland centers on anti Roosevelt strategy. Townsend links with Coughlin and Smith aim to derail Roosevelt while Lemke and Landon shape the broader plan. Readers are warned of intense rhetoric, factional rifts, and rumors among delegates as July events unfold.
The Raleigh Times argues that High Point cotton mills closing indefinitely to resist strikes may signal a new industrial policy. It notes relief from MBR A and processing taxes, fears of widespread unemployment if labor walks out, and contends that non resistance becomes a militant policy to avoid bloodshed and force.
Owen D. Young's American Youth Commission opens an initial New York conference calling youth unemployment a joint responsibility of employers workers social welfare government and education. He cites about 5 million youths aged 16 to 24 out of work and out of school awaiting nationwide cooperation.
On an inherited Iowa farm a man found more than 200000 dollars hidden while digging. The windfall stands in stark contrast to earning such riches through ordinary farming methods.
Clements and other Townsend advisers hold press conferences and plan rump conventions, weakening the movement and its prospects. Yet the combined forces backing the Coughlin Townsend Smith Lemke alliance remain unlikely to unseat Roosevelt.
In a New York Day by Day style the writer narrates breakfast banter and social quirks. He notes a husband flaunting a $50 bill at dinner and a shop clerk quipping about price while a shopper laments costs. Edna Ferber and sister Fanny Fox appear, praising maternal pride and literary recognition. The piece muses on Noel Coward rising to fame and Hal Le Roy’s return, closing with reflections on life’s upturns and two social symbols: Hal Le Boys devotion and Coward’s success.
Max Lincoln Schuster recalls duties to creeks and rivers as Frazier Hunt's memoirs publish. The river motif threads most life events and Spike the river boy features in the autobiography. Mark Twain's fame also drew from a river in his blood, Edna.
A letter from Caster Dalton describes 10 foot rises and flooded cornfields near the Southern tracks as people paddled by in improvised rafts. The account mentions houses broken from their moorings, a dance pavilion and exhibit building swept toward the sea, with debris and timber racing past. Nearby, notices note Steele's return from Hopewell and club events on Lindsay street.
Police labeled two illicit distilleries found July 18 near Providence church on Freeman's Mill road as part of a larger chain. They are seeking other members of the group linked to the two now-deceased stills.
Miss Kathleen Welch and Anita Welch depart for an extended visit, details not provided. The departure indicates personal travel, with no further schedule or destination disclosed in the available text.
Cablegram to the Mexican consul in Galveston said Francisco Villa would soon be captured by the de facto government cavalry. The claim proved false as Villa was not captured by them nor by the American expedition, and he was later killed by his own men. Separately the state firemen's tournament opened with Spencer shop team achieving a double victory in this morning’s contests.
London reports resumed French assault along the Somme in northern France has forced back German forces on a wide front both north and south of the river. Hard fighting continues on the Austro Italian front with heavy engagement reported.
Report says at least seven people died in Wilkesboro during the recent flood as one observer described the scene yesterday afternoon.
Rumor says Noel Coward purchased Alexander Woollcott's River House apartment as Woollcott moves to a college retreat in the Finger Lakes. The purchase signals Coward's increased presence in New York society after a sour reception to his latest Broadway work.
The narrator recalls meeting Coward during a New York residency where an unannounced stage engagement impressed him. In a room near quarters Coward improvised a melancholy yet powerful performance that trembled into despair, observed as floor staff notes a flair for gaudy pajamas.
An author recalls a group of grownup friends who blush easily and notes one particularly violent blush from Silvey. The piece links such flustered moments to Montaigne's view that adults who flush are often dependable and steadfast.
A naive view links an actress' shocking experience to a sudden hair color change. The claim lacks evidence and ignores psychological and physiological factors behind hair whitening events.
An Indian potentate promises a $10,000 reward to anyone who can put him to sleep. He invites interested parties to write to Mr. Joseph Louis in Detroit, Michigan for details and submission.
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