High Point Maintains Strong Highway Safety Record
City officials report High Point ranks fourth nationwide among 25 to 50 thousand population towns for automobile fatalities through April 1936, with zero deaths in the first five months. Only Portsmouth Ohio Bloomfield New Jersey and Fitchburg Massachusetts top the list, none with April fatalities. Pedestrian fatalities last year accounted for forty four percent of U S deaths. Police Chief W G Friddle urges precautions, especially as schools close for summer.
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United States
Mk. Bfnalnwat Ghabaties Ans
Malionuss Oalcly Cuuuch
W. G. Friddle
High Point
Portsmouth
Ohio
Bloomfield
N. J
Fitchburg
Mass
Wichita Falls
Texas
Frididle
Now You Can Wear False Teeth With Real Comfort
Advertisement touts comfortable false teeth with deodorizing properties. Claims teeth stay firmly set without taste or gooey sensation. Encourages buying from druggist and using Pas teeth sprinkled on plates for ease of eating and laughing. Three stars.
Hook Advises On Planting By The Moon
A 1935 gardening column predicts higher farm prices and notes uneven rainfall. The writer urges readers not to give up on gardens and recommends late varieties for planting after mid January with a few moon phase dates and beet carrot and potato guidance.
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Hook
Moon
Paris Mid-Season Collections Emphasize Femininity in Tailoring
Paris fashion coverage highlights mid-season ensembles featuring chiffons and tailored lines. White coats and jackets are key, paired with color accents and sheer blouses, with black and navy details providing contrast. Designers like Vionnet and Patou showcase white on white and black‑trimmed looks for day and evening wear.
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Rosetta Hargrove
NEA Service
Paris
Auit
Dear Miss Mansfield Advice on a Young Love and Marriage
A 22 year old writes to Miss Mansfield about marrying a 32 year old separated husband with a child. The advisor urges self certainty before marriage, suggests dating others, and notes happiness depends on mutual fit and maturity. The letter ends with a reminder that true love should endure friendships and temptations.
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Miss Mansfield
Spraying and Pesticide Use Guidance for Home Gardens
Practical advice on fungicides contact sprays and stomach poisons for bugs and blights. Emphasizes mixtures by chemical type plant care and safety. Recommends hand sprayers three gallon units for about three dollars and notes dusting drawbacks and dew timing. Address tips direct to The Enterprise care and R. R. Hook High Point.
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R. Hook
P. O
High Point
Think Dance Racket Being Worked Here
Indications of a dance racket emerged in High Point this morning when local businessman F E B Harllee said he and others have been approached multiple times to buy tickets to dances that never occurred. He noted several attempts and described the scheme as ongoing.
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High Point
F. EB. Harllee
Harllee
Racket Targeting Benefit Dances Reported
A person approached the victim claiming to sell tickets for benefit dances but none were held. It is believed the person is attempting a clever scam. A similar racket is thought to have been attempted in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Horse's Stomach Capacity Compared to Cow
A comparison shows the horse has only one tenth of a cow's stomach capacity, highlighting a stark difference in digestive system size between the two grazing animals.
Townsend Declines GOP Bid and Heads to Washington
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, shown visiting Cleveland during the conclave, disclaims any GOP interest and travels to Washington for talks with aides as his forces prepare for a convention in Cleveland on January 19.
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Francis EK. Townsend
Cleveland
Washington
Townsend
Lake City
Drought Ends as Rain Spurs Hope for Southern Farms
A mid west storm brought wind hail and rain lifting drought across east Arkansas Tennessee north Mississippi and north Alabama. Two deaths were linked to the storm with property damage and two more tied to shock. Rainfall improved crops in Georgia South Carolina and surrounding states with more showers forecast for Alabama Louisiana Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mid-South
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Mia
John Cooper
Jimmy
Drummond
Joe Sanders
Enterprise
Ala
Roxboro
N. C
T. M. Humphries
G. C. Merchant
Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
Georgia
Montgomery
Louisiana
Noise campaign covers Durban tramlines with crepe rubber strips
Crepe rubber strips have been laid under Durban tramlines as part of a campaign against street noise. The measure targets reducing rail and wheel sounds in the city streets.
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Durban
South Africa
Local Men Join State Democratic Meet in Raleigh
L. J. Fisher Jr. Walter Crissman and Claude McIver depart Guilford County for Raleigh to attend the North Carolina Democratic convention beginning tomorrow. J M Broughton of Raleigh will give the keynote and serve as temporary chairman. Delegates up to fifty two may be selected for the national convention per James Farley in the state. In Japan twelve grains of rice were found preserved inside a 1000 year old statue after airtight sealing during repairs in Shiga prefecture.
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L. J. Fisher, Jr
Guilford County
James A. Farley
Shiga Prefecture
Japan
Paper Mills Consume Vast Forest Area for Pulp
A major city newspaper reports the industry uses about 2000 acres of forest annually to supply pulp for paper production. The article notes the scale of logging and potential environmental considerations.
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Norge
Norge Hendrix Bros
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