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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1933
Page
4
A biblical verse from Job is weighed for integrity and divine knowledge. A tag from Goldsmith contrasts integrity with mere wit and understanding described as trifles.
The president presses Congress to adjourn by June 10 to clear the way for the June 12 London economic conference. He prioritizes passing industrial controls and reducing congressional opposition that could disrupt negotiations and policy aims.
The North Carolina general assembly has firmed against new roads for two years yet a federal grant near ten million could trigger significant highway construction. The highway commission led by Jeffress weighs rushing to Raleigh but hopes to wait until public works legislation and allocation are resolved. Competition among project advocates is expected to rise.
Universities in the state Duke and U N C C honored men mainly for scholarly distinction this year. The piece questions motives behind honorary degrees and notes a shift toward academics over wealth in selection.
Duke awarded an honorary degree at commencement with a speaker lineup including Sir Josiah Stamp of England and Dr. John P. Monroe of Charlotte. The ceremony honored three other figures from academia and industry, among them Wake Forest leaders and a noted chemist living in New York.
North Carolina has fared well in federal appointments under the new administration with two major posts going to Tar Heelians. Josephus Daniels becomes ambassador to Mexico while J. Crawford Biggs is named solicitor general. E. R. Preston gains a federal post in the same branch and Tyre C. Taylor moves to Washington as RCC attorney at 8500 a year.
Dr Bur rus of this city tells North Carolina negroes to acquire farms and homes at low prices and improve citizenship through integrity and lawfulness. He urges immunization programs and better conditions before school age and says whites have been the negroes’ best friends while urging self help. The commentary highlights Muscle Shoals electrification as a step toward cheaper power and rural modernization for the South, stressing opportunities for both races in southern farms as servence rises.
The Great Industrial Era publisher dies, but the publishing houses founded by Cyrus Curtin will continue. Tributes praise his leadership and philanthropy, noting ongoing operations of his newspapers and periodicals without publication disruption.
The text extols Curtis for building a substantial estate and developing a national press reach. It notes his daily papers were regionally limited yet his weekly and monthly publications became national institutions shaping American demand and the standard of living during the industrial era.
Catton argues that global links and wealth production have grown, yet nations drift toward war and poverty worsens despite abundance. He notes interdependence, shrinking distances, and costly conflicts, while trade declines due to tariffs and restrictions. The piece highlights irrationality in world affairs.
The speaker questions whether problems can be solved by moving with the tide rather than against it and wonders about finding a way to progress harmoniously.
An advisory master in New Jersey denied a husband's divorce claim noting his wife’s drinking caused humiliation but had reared the family. He said forbearance outweighed misery, reflecting a common truth about long marriages and occasional hurt, implying fewer divorces would arise with patience.
The new securities bill requires stock issuing corporations to notify the Federal Trade Commission if stock is sold at varying prices. It limits privileges to a favored few and ends costly investigations by committees. The measure aims to curb confidential buys and ensure publicity where needed.
The narrator recalls high school and college commencements with vivid memories. He describes a German pageant, debates won with Garland McPherson, and a comic misfortune with a forgotten fifty dollars in his pocket. He praises professors Dr. John M. Booker Dr. Taylor and C. J. Coffin for their influence.
Grace Baker of High Point merchants association cites a bulletin from Majo L Fletcher state labor commissioner. He answers questions arising in enforcing the Crews bill effective June 1 governing hours for women in stores cafes hotels and restaurants.
Dr. Walter S. Adams and Dr. Theodore Dunham Jr of Mount Wilson report Mars has less than one percent of Earth's free oxygen. They caution their work is a scientific measurement of planetary oxygen levels, not a verdict on life. Their observations used the 100 inch telescope and sensitive photographic plates.
A bulletin explains how to change and post labor schedules for female workers under Waynick and Crews bills. It covers posting methods, daily and weekly hour limits, reporting to inspectors, and applicability to wives, cooks, and hotel staff with mandatory conspicuous display in all rooms where females are employed.
Funeral services for William A. Bishop were held at Welch Memorial M P Church with Dr J D Williams Rev O L Ruth and Rev O F Barnes officiating. The service included choir numbers and a duet, with pallbearers named Lawrence Proctor Eugene Proctor Winford Brown Clyde Gillian Frank Wood and Clarence Vernon. Flower bearers were Peggy Gurley Patricia Ann Pearce and others.
Mrs Elizabeth Day 63, widow of London, claims several million dollars left by Edward Albert Ridley, a recluse slain with his secretary in a New York cellar office. Day believes Ridley was her cousin, citing prior name Elizabeth Kate Haunt Ridley.
Roy Steele and H A Carbor Oug eh, Paul Shoal, DeWitt Jones and Vera Pearce along with Ruby Southern Agnes Wall and Frances Cross are listed in a local obituary. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery.
Circle number two of the First Reformed church will meet this evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Kilmer Hedrick Associate hostess will be Mrs Glenn Brown A full attendance of the membership is desired.
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