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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
4
A fragment reflecting on mercy and justice cites Spenser to question how one who withholds mercy can expect mercy in return. The line ponders ethical reciprocity and moral duty.
Nationally circulated class magazine proposes a $1,000 annual award for achievement in industrial administration. It argues such honors can shape public opinion on industrial conduct, serving industry by recognizing service while risking focus on prestige over purpose.
The commentary examines tension between physicians and indigent patients over unpaid services. It notes stitches removed by a physician who could not collect, emphasizes broader guilt in a community obligated to provide care, and references non hospital treating in a hospital staff context.
An editorial argues for a city hospital funded for community charity cases to relieve doctors and private hospitals from undue burden. It notes the middle class bears excessive medical costs and warns against dependence on private means, suggesting state medicine as a possible outcome.
The High Point community mourns the loss of Alfred Shorter Caldwell Jr., a dynamic leader who helped build the local furniture industry and market. His civic devotion and vigorous support fostered a city with a worldwide supplier network, advancing both industry and community welfare.
The article urges North Carolina towns to build sidewalks on Council Street to protect students walking to high schools from the north side of town. It notes opening Council Street reduced Lindsay Street congestion but without sidewalks a dangerous condition remains likely to cause tragedy with schools reopening.
A reader letter from Lawrence H. Whiting of the American Furniture Mart Chicago responds to a local editorial on THE PASSING OF THE ROCKING CHAIR. Ernest Wall of Thomasville Chair Co. forwards the piece, praising the writing and noting reader engagement.
The Washington Brotherhoods probe questions the origin of the 700000 spent by Associated Gas and Electric to defeat the death sentence provision. It asks who handled the funds and who profited, noting fake telegrams and lobbyist tactics while urging deeper detail and distinction between legitimate and unscrupulous players.
High level Democrats fear a split as anti New Deal senators threaten reelection campaigns on personal platforms. The report notes a prominent senator plans to argue Roosevelt broke 1932 pledges and could affect national momentum. It also details lobbying activity surrounding the bonus bill and Congress heatwave departures.
James E. Van Zandt national VFW chairman invites four Japanese army navy reservists to tour the United States and attend the VFW convention in New Orleans on September 15. They will represent the Japanese Reservists Association of about 3 000 000 ex servicemen. Such goodwill exchanges are viewed as fostering friendship and peace between Japan and America.
A wartime sermon-like piece warns young women about Hollywood's dangers after Julia Ann Graham a former West Virginia choir singer who killed herself to pursue film fame left a note saying she would never have left home for Hollywood and that the fight in filmland is terrific.
New York expects annual savings near three million dollars from court reforms while already reducing expenses by excluding Tammany Hall. The move aims to streamline judiciary operations and curb wasteful spending in state government.
A Denver woman urges restoring harsh classroom language from early wheat era schooling. She advocates using firm discipline and spankings to inspire compliance among pupils, arguing traditional methods produced order and respect.
There may soon be television between New York and Philadelphia but doubt remains whether Congress will permit lines to extend to Washington.
The article portrays John Erskine as erudite yet folksy, a versatile figure in letters music and wit. It notes his wide social reach from London to Berlin, his love of Shakespeare and modern revivals, and quirky anecdotes about laws, faked checks, and guests at Murray Hill Hotel.
Floyd Gibbons laid his father to rest in Washington D C and after the service flew to Chicago. From his hotel room he called the mortician to request his bill be sent.
Emil Hurja and John Hamilton, leaders of the two major parties, were introduced at a cocktail party. Hamilton praised Hurja as an ace election prognosticator, while Hurja claimed Roosevelt is stronger in Kansas than in any western state, a point Hamilton dissented on politely.
The piece notes insatiable demand for bonds and predicts new industrial preferred stock issues. It highlights Haile Selassie gaining arms from Japan, contrasts Il Duce’s limited credit, and mentions a woolen industry promotional push. New York banks back an 18 month 15 million dollar issue for Pennsylvania unemployment relief at under one percent.
A Yale professor cites common sense street caution as pedestrians face onrushing traffic. The text notes anxious families who suddenly inherit a diamond fortune turning attention to the New Deal style tax collector and related measures.
Harry Leon Wilson, then editor of Puck, defended cycling as a vice feared by reformers. A Woman's Rescue League formed to curb female cycling claiming 75 percent of national immortality rests with the bicycle and calling it the Devil's Advance Agent. Manufacturers funded PR to counter the campaign.
One-Eye Connelly admits his first failure in gate crashing at a Broadway theatre. He approached the ticket collector and sought limited companionship but was stopped by the doorman with a sharp "Hey you" and a shove to the sidewalk.
A big mop up in press agents sees Francis Albertanti sign to ghost write for champion Jim Braddock. Braddock uses Albertanti’s tremolo style, with a rumored fee around $30,000. Albertanti, an East Side native, pitches dramatic images and a flamboyant Chinatown motif for Chuck Conners.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethions is depicted savoring a cup of hot coffee in the era’s royal portrait. The scene appears in a 1935 syndicated feature illustrating imperial leisure and ceremonial poise.
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