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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1937
Page
4
A concise aphorism equates punishment of wicked men with cure of the sick by a physician, suggesting virtue and justice function as medicine for society. The statement frames punishment as a corrective remedy akin to healing in Platonic thought.
The county commissioners avoid an immediate tax rate rise by refinancing 240000 dollars of maturing debt, enabling the maintenance of the same rate while boosting income from new taxable properties. The paper hopes High Point can keep budgets steady despite rising service and supply costs and urges prudent local government spending.
The Soviet airmen completed a 63 hour 17 minute nonstop flight from Moscow across the pole to Vancouver Washington, planning a base at Oakland. Pilot Valeri Chekaloff steered the 5420 mile journey, demonstrating daring endurance and opening a North Pole air corridor with global implications.
The North Carolina Press Association elected 30 year old W Curtis Russ publisher of the Waynesville Mountaineer as president at Elizabeth City, with H A Cecil of The Enterprise as vice president. President Carl C Council urged expanding the association focus to operational issues during a challenging year.
Although it looked unplanned, authorities say the event did not appear to be a deliberate stunt. Investigators are reviewing flight paths and safety procedures as officials caution about misinterpretation of the maneuvers.
W H Winterrowd president of Franklin Railway Supply urges 90 inch driving wheels and poppet valves to create a freewheeling effect in locomotives. He argues for adoption to boost speed though warns it may not surpass automotive gains and questions its railroad value.
Rev Tom Alderman Sykes resigns after 14 years as Central Friends pastor to become personnel director at Thomasville Chair company. The move ties his community leadership and drive to one of the nation’s largest furniture makers as it faces major industry human relations challenges. His record suggests success and renewal for both him and the firm.
Bruce Catton profiles Violet Kathleen Schmidt a 9 year old Elkhart Ind railfan who waves at the Twentieth Century as it passes and the piece notes civic goodwill actions and public debate on a Pan American Exposition display. The column includes verse about Robert E Lee and assorted political commentary on U S policies and crime proposals.
An English observer recalls Col. Lind walking solemnly near his countryside home amid a reflection on exile and tragedy. The narrator and M drive Pocantico Hills, admire sunset contours, and note a gypsy caravan sighting near Tarrytown. The piece blends nature’s beauty with musings on loss and a playful digression on Inverness fashion.
Newly elected city manager P P Pilcher takes charge with Mayor Davis aid. National Guard encampment set at Fort Moultrie on August 7. Mrs Garland Alderman and Miss Lucile Jones visit. Miss Margaret Powell jokes sobre. Cat shop woes and tax time colors cited. Duke Foundation indenture praised. Earl Carroll in Federal penitentiary notes.
A young girl Violet Kathleen Schmidt greeted westbound trains for years, and her gesture drew admiration from crews and executives. The New York Central invited her to New York aboard the Century, hosted by the railroad, fueling romance and publicity around rail travel and the dream of escape that trains symbolize.
Thirty graduates complete a nine-month internship in federal government through the National Institute of Public Affairs. The program includes 380 agencies and classroom study, with selection by nationwide leadership and scholarship criteria. The piece suggests civic education as a remedy for confusion about government.
Washington report notes Vice President Garner may not return this session amid a rift with President Roosevelt over labor and relief. Garner privately backed Byrnes against sitdown strikes and relief cuts, while remaining reluctant on the Supreme Court issue.
Diners saw John L. Lewis and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth share a table with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. at Pierre’s on an evening before steel strikes. A heated exchange arose as Teddy questioned the fate of people like his sister, while Lewis responded he cared about labor.
Twenty years ago in Asheville the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association met to select Mr Matton to head the progressive druggists of the state. Mr and Mrs John R Peacock planned a short trip through the South. Miss Lucy Cobb returns home as county home demonstration agent in Duplin.
Military actions unfold on the Alene front in France. Red Cross campaign reaches 43500 dollars in the one hundred million drive. A regiment of Russian girls is to depart for the front from Pgrad soon.
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