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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1931
Page
4
National Advertising Representatives Frost Landis and Kohn operate from Brunswick building 260 Park Avenue New York and People's Gas Building Michigan Boulevard handling advertising inquiries and department connections.
A quoted meditation contrasts hidden things becoming known with a Hazlitt reflection on why people seek secrecy. The citation places the verse Luke 8 17 and notes secrecy as a motive rather than a cause.
North Carolina ministers at Duke University denounce the Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to Prof. MacIntosh of Yale and Mary A. Bland. They warn the decision threatens conscience and religious liberty, arguing it would upend wartime draft exemptions for conscientious objectors and set dangerous precedent.
The Asheville Citizen argues Hoover should again be the GOP standard bearer in 1932. It outlines four platform fundamentals praising Hoover, blaming external forces for the depression, praising current tariff policy, and urging stable drift over drastic change. It predicts Democrats will push an economic issue against Hoover’s record.
The piece notes rising censorship in the United States across movies, books, plays, radio and mail. It cites varied state standards from Maryland to Pennsylvania and warns that censorship web entangles ordinary citizens beyond court cases.
The state plans to employ sixty highway patrolmen with a $140 000 budget, though pay cuts and living costs were debated in the legislature. Advocates cited a ten percent general reduction, arguing 90 percent of past wages buys more now as prices fall. The discussion centered on wage economics and worker impact.
The Presbyterian Standard suspends, eliminating a familiar paper from southern Presbyterian homes. The piece argues editors and readers adapt to changing times and questions whether denominational papers remain essential amid a surge of other magazines and periodicals. It notes the Standard was a wholesome family influence and questions rivals’ quality.
The passage argues wages do not rise with commodity prices and that workers accepting lower pay does not prove wages are correct. It notes unemployed men have limited options and rejects the notion that supply and demand alone can regulate wage levels, claiming this view has been disproved.
After a heated session, Governor Gardner turns to farming policy urging North Carolina to live at home. The northwest region Ashe and nearby counties demonstrate the approach with climate rich soil and cattle farming supporting local dairy products and cheese making as examples of adopting the governor's advice.
The southern Ohio coal fields confront strikes and rumors of unrest. Arrests and deportations worsen an ugly scene as communists seek to enroll miners. While agitators cause harm, understanding and addressing miners' hardships may curb communist appeal.
The committee prepares to raise 90 million dollars for next winter relief work, asserting crises will intensify even with fall improvements. It urges timely public contributions and praises proactive planning to address distress before it worsens.
Pink grapefruit grown in California to draw more buyers as the ordinary variety faces public attention and interest.
A young astronomer who helped discover Pluto plans to enter college. He has a hopeful view of his future and believes in hitching his wagon to a star.
A gangster opens a roadhouse in a rival territory calling it Musele Inn, marking a bold challenge amid ongoing gangland activity and shifting turf dynamics. Local authorities monitor the operation as tensions rise between criminal factions.
A lighthearted line notes that college men looking for mastodon bones in Texas are among the few who can publicly roll bones without trouble. It hints at a quirky pursuit tied to paleontological exploration or campus humor.
The text asserts that plastic facial surgeons are pioneers in an uplift movement, suggesting a bold, innovative approach within cosmetic or reconstructive fields.
The actor quipped All work and no play as his show failed, reflecting on a brief revival attempt that did not succeed.
Some girls plan to avoid beach outings this season to protect skin from sun damage. Health officials urge sunscreen and shade to reduce long term risks while still enjoying warm weather.
Three of four Bank of United States executives were convicted by a county jury after 12 weeks on charges of misapplying funds from the Municipal Saposit company a bank subsidiary. Henry W Polipek Bernard K Marcus and Singer and his son Herbert Singer were found guilty. Deliberations lasted over 11 hours. Sentencing set for Tuesday with possible seven year term and $1000 fines.
Public dining rooms and hotels must display the phrase oleomargarine served here in gothic letters. The law, effective June 1, imposes fines up to 500 dollars and up to three months jail for violations. Licenses can be revoked for violations, and uncolored oleomargarine requires licensing. Tax rates for the year run seven twelfths from June 1 to December 31.
The North Carolina Pastors Association condemned the U S Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to Yale’s D C McIntosh and Miss Mary A Bland for refusing to take an oath to bear arms. Resolutions call the action a grave menace to freedom of conscience and religious liberty and to spiritual religion.
Franklin Virginia authorities persist in a wide search for Bolling Byrd an escaped convict and outlaw who narrowly evaded capture Thursday night Elwood Pickett 20 of Durham North Carolina another escaped convict was arrested during a high speed chase a car believed stolen from Burlington North Carolina contained two loaded shotguns and a pistol Pickett named Byrd as his fleeing companion and the search continues today.
Raleigh June 20 Senator J R Baggett of Harnett county announces his candidacy for attorney general in the 1932 Democratic primary. The roll call includes Baggett and MacSwain in eastern and western regions with tax policy as the central issue and labor and secretary of state contests likely.
The Tobacco Association of the United States announced opening dates for markets in Georgia South Carolina eastern North Carolina and Virginia with July 28 for Georgia and sequential openings through October 27 for the dark Virginia belt. Offic ers Col A B Carrington R Clark and others were re elected. The plan mirrors last year’s schedule. A separate note reports Harvard geology students led by Prof Kirk Bryan arriving in Albuquerque June 29 for field mapping in the Nacimiento mountains and Jemez range studying volcanism and Puye remains.
A fragmented OCR sample lists scattered words and phrases such as Church official and Destruct, Honey gatherer, Bird of the night, Visage, Prophet, mu in the lion's cage, and Radio hi io Valley. Most items are incomplete and lack context or full sentences.
Marcia Campbell an 18 year old Ben Hill girl commuted daily to Fulton high school in Atlanta for four years totaling 54 miles each day. She was never absent or tardy and her classmates calculated she had traveled about 566 160 miles by graduation this spring.
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