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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1936
Page
4
A 1936 column riffs on AAAS skull research predicting a new human type based on ear bones and skull changes. It satirically contrasts past science forecasts with modern noisy life and political messaging, noting ears may become floppy or flat.
A local plea urges training in swimming after a picnic tragedy claimed twelve children. The city’s Parks and Juvenile Commission offers a free one week course at the city lake starting Monday to teach water skills under supervision, hoping all non-swimmers attend.
Two young men are dead as repeated warnings about moving with emergency vehicles are ignored. An ambulance responding to a call near Parks Garage on Thomasville Road drew crowds uptown as silences and sirens foreshadow a tragic night.
Excitement sparked a pursuit as dozens of cars followed a city ambulance to a false alarm. A motorcycle crash four miles out killed one youth instantly and another died at a hospital. The incident underscores dangerous disregard for safety warnings.
Irving T. Bush of Bush Terminal in Brooklyn testifies to the Sabbath investigative committee that he was offered 25 000 a year for life to stop protecting bondholders by backing away from reorganization plans. He says he was told he could live anywhere including Florida and replied to go farther South.
A Southern Textile Association meeting at Blowing Rock discusses stability of hours and wages to protect industry and employment. Dr Claudius Murchison of the Cotton Textile Institute warns against wage cuts that hurt the many by arguing the industry sustains about 450,000 workers and a short sighted move harms the broader economy.
A letters editor urges fathers to move from secular Sundays to church and Sunday school. He stresses parental responsibility to train children in Christian values and warns against golf and leisure on Sundays, citing Solomon on guiding children.
Tom Alderman Sykes recounts a two week session at the Institute of International Relations Duke University where 26 High Pointers heard world leaders, focusing on Dr Frederick Norwood’s message about Our Island World. He links creation, the Beyond, and the role of science and art in understanding existence.
A nostalgic reminiscence of rural boyhood chores and farm life. The narrator recalls fence line memories, chicken shooing, garden duties, and playful tricks with chickens and birds. Vivid scenes include corn fields, a village smithy, and early morning farm routines.
A reflective piece notes Longfellow on home happiness and the pull between travel and staying put. The author recalls touring via cinema and radio to Taj Mahal Niagara and Atlantic City while urging readers to enjoy home life, inviting relatives and tolerating domestic chaos for vacation joy.
Rose Macaulay in Personal Pleasures captures the after-feeling of visitors departing from a summer home. The narrator enjoys an exquisite peace, welcomes the silence, and relishes the leisure of the absence, while noting the small remnants left behind such as a fountain pen and a toothbrush.
The passage blends remarks on Schmeling and boxing bravado with jabs at Father Coughlin and Kermit Roosevelt. It notes a belligerent tone in public discourse, a chorus of critics, and a suggestion that political unity remains elusive amid varied opinions. The tone is editorial and sardonic.
The writer reflects that nominating conventions exhausting pent up emotion act as a safety valve. After the uproar subsides, the public returns to daily tasks, puzzling why politics ever makes people so heated.
The Associated Country Women gathered 7500 delegates from 27 nations in Washington to push international cooperation through farm wife networks. They plan exchange of handicrafts and an international cookbook to foster home centered peace and world amity.
A columnist jests that only two belts matter in United States politics while labeling many others as unimportant nuts in a witty aside about political history and public discourse.
The Ohio garageman’s claim of seeing a new comet is supported by Zioncheck’s presence in Washington at the time, reinforcing the report’s credibility.
If Al Smith takes a walk at the Philadelphia convention it could unsettle Democrats and intensify tensions within the party. A door slam by Smith would amplify the political episode and reverberate through campaign discourse.
Veterans are about to get their bonus and merchants expect a boost in business as consumer spending activity may rise. Retailers anticipate increased buying and stronger cash flow following the payout.
James McConnaughey’s Village Chronicle examines life at a North Carolina university town through faculty and townspeople, recalling a 1928 UNC incident. Cora Jarrett’s Strange Houses narrates soul exchanges with a crisp, original style, blending mystery and horror in a fluent, engaging tale.
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