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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1932
Page
4
A vivid tribute to the 1932 Olympics praising athletes and spectators. It likens the event to a Roman amphitheatre spectacle, notes patriotism and international unity, and lauds the enduring pull of athletic achievement across nations and eras.
The Saturday Evening Post argues constitutional protections favor criminals over law abiding citizens and urges revisions to the Fifth Amendment and similar state provisions. It notes that indictments must name witnesses, defendants may not be forced to testify, and juries cannot use the defendant’s silence as evidence. The piece concludes no constitution can forever regulate conduct for all time.
The motion picture industry is amid a struggle to preserve its future with a major onslaught of fall and winter releases. Studios have purchased rights to several outstanding books and plan higher quality stories beyond familiar plots, signaling a shift toward better educated audiences and more original films.
A 1931 news item states Americans spent four billion dollars in pursuit of amusement. The item frames the figure as a reflection of people seeking entertainment and leisure amid economic conditions of the era.
The text notes the modern dollar travels farther yet is often out of reach due to pricing. It contrasts buying power with affordability, implying wages or access lag behind the cost of goods. The tone suggests a reflection on value and economic distance.
The Greenville News endorses the National Industrial Conference Board view that American industry is not greatly overbuilt. It notes demand sag and rapid obsolescence, urges steady depreciation and modernization, and expects replacements to rise with business revival. It compares overbuilding to haircuts improving in about ten days.
The Salisbury Post urges workers and employers to unite during hardship. It praises shared sacrifice and frank cooperation to protect jobs and industry. It warns against strikes and unfair pressure, urging mutual understanding and loyal, honest dealing to endure adversity and emerge together.
A nostalgic column blends a nature vignette My Mother's Garden with a reportage style note on a Piedmont North Carolina textile strike. The writer describes a hopeful settlement, labor relations, and the civic mood around High Point, Adams Millis units, and local patrols as businesses aim to resume operations.
The Michigan governor has not issued a pardon and will require a clearly unjust case before granting clemency. He argues leniency erodes respect for the law and favors tightening up the courts and pardoning power. The paper cautions against retaliatory harshness but warns excessive mercy could harm society and governance.
Berlin reports bloodshed as Germany closes campaign for a national election that will decide between republicanism or dictatorship. Adolf Hitler calls for democracy ending with the vote while Alfred Hugenberg urges monarchy. five killed in provinces and Berlin arrests top 250 as the army readiness and police mobilization shadow the day ahead.
A review praises a non sectarian Barn People group for providing employment recreation and inspiration against poolroom gang influence. Silas joins the group finding genuine purpose. The plot is familiar and melodramatic but the author’s fearless critique of moral laxity and promotion of good citizenship is the work’s strongest merit.
Sanford Adkins 27 of Mayodan died when his car collided with another on highway 77 one mile south of Mayodan. Three others were injured Ray Manuel Thomas Manuel and Henry Hurd were rushed to a Leaksville hospital. The other car carried Chester Smith and his young son. Smith suffered a broken arm and possible skull fracture.
The Times reports the communist party accepted responsibility for the demonstration that led to the Bonus Army riots in Washington. Plans were announced for a new Washington march when Congress reconvenes in December under the auspices of the Workers' Ex Service Men's League, a group with many communists among its members.
Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana joins Hattie W. Caraway on a speaking tour in Arkansas to help her bid for re nomination. He will bring his amplifiers and trucks to boost her campaign in the home state. Caraway became the first elected woman senator after succeeding her husband Thaddeus Caraway.
Boston report describes 12 year old Jerry Walton recording a license number after an express cart was struck and the driver sped off. He reported to police and the driver now faces questioning over the incident.
Ferenc Molnars play Liliom stars Eva Le Gallienne and Joseph Schildkraut as first selections for Civic Repertorys sixth season opening in November. Other slated works include Dear Jane Alice in Wonderland Grunch and an untitled future production. Dr Kenneth Saunders summarizes Kagawa of Japan and its St Francis as a portrait of Asia's modern reformers. Patricia Reilly Foster named editor of College Humor succeeding H N Swanson. J Leslie Mitchell, author of Three Go Back, notes Maya and Cro-Magnard research amid prehistoric themes.
The 1,675,000th copy of Grace Livingston Hill's Happiness Hill was sold yesterday at Lippincott raising her lifetime total to that figure. Her best seller is The Enchanted Barn with about 125,000 copies sold.
Lloyd Stera author of Star's Road a Vanguard Press Sept ember release, is described as a former tramp athlete and subsidized amateur. The piece notes his past baseball and football play and high jumping. It also mentions Stanley Vestal's Sitting Bull biography coming from Houghton Mifflin with new details of the Sioux leader’s wars wounds trophies and the fate of Fanny Kelly.
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