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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise reports afternoon edition and Sunday morning publication schedule under editor R. B. Terry. Local staff and distribution details are listed in the masthead.
A short devotional notice quotes Psalms 84 16 and Desmahis on the harm of evil. The message warns that the face of the Lord is against those who do evil and that wrongdoing harms the doer as well.
The Duke Foundation approves placing a hospital on Appalachian Teachers College Boone campus. Dr. B. B. Dougherty leads a frugal, 1600-student program, and a state deeded site enables a high order infirmary serving a wide North Carolina region with improved access and public service.
Police Sergeant Remuels addressed the Rotary club on public safety and traffic enforcement. He urged cooperation between police and citizens, noting many violators had paid parking fines and warned that warnings alone are ineffective while promising relentless action to reduce violations. The sergeant is described as an excellent speaker.
Edward A. Filene of Boston argues at Vienna before Rotary that rationalized mass production serves the masses and raises living standards. He says good business relies on wide buying power and warns tariff walls shift with high and low wage dynamics between Europe and America.
The piece argues Hoover's year moratorium on war debts and reparations signals end of American isolation. It credits US leadership for Europe’s welfare, links isolation to global economic shifts, and notes rising savings deposits as a sign of cautious recovery.
The High Point police campaign targets long parking times and traffic laxity with tagged cars and court costs rising for offenders. The piece notes civic leaders and drivers reacting, praising enforcement as a needed reform for a city critiqued for its traffic scene. It also touches on forthcoming screen productions and celebrity trivia.
The text argues public confidence in police rests on courtesy, training, and impartiality as exemplified by London's Bobbies. It urges pride in local forces and notes mass production and business as service transcend borders, praising Rotary ideals as hard headed truth guiding global prosperity.
William Randolph Hearst attacks the Hoover moratorium and aligns with France on debt relief. He warns the partial relaxation of payment could spur debt cancellation campaigns while France fears losing reparations, proposing lending money to Germany as a counteroffer.
The Observer notes that public utilities have reduced costs for electricity while many necessities rise. W. S. Lee warns the rate of decline will slow, but electricity is expected to remain cheap, benefiting both the company and customers through broader access.
A humorous remark likens the submarine project to Nautilus, suggesting a bold venture with a playful twist. The quip frames the effort as ambitious yet approachable, reflecting optimism around the exploration initiative.
A lighthearted note compares the scene to a mind at ease on a holiday. As busy as an absent-minded professor on his vacation, the office hummed with scattered tasks and mismatched plans.
A lighthearted remark frames a seaside marriage as humor about a sand trap. The line uses a playful golfing metaphor to describe their bonding setting.
A light verse observation notes that a moratorium on debt payments could prompt lawmakers to imagine an oratorium as a playful parallel. The quip mulls over congressional prudence and public patience in fiscal pauses.
A columnist notes a man who marks his cuff with writing often hints at a hidden plan or motive, suggesting the office sage keeps ulterior ideas ready.
In Chicago on June 26 George T. Dunlap Jr of Princeton and Tommy Aycock of Yale advanced to one intercollegiate golf championship semi final. Johnny Florio and Bob Kepler of Ohio State formed the other pairing after surviving tough rounds at Olympia Fields amid extreme heat.
A Hollywood firearms collector maintains a large stock of weapons from flintlocks to sub machine rifles. He has about 7 000 firing pieces, swords and bayonets and earns revenue supplying them to movie productions.
A congressional committee surveyed central Nebraska’s Platte river valley on June 23 to assess irrigation reservoir sites south and west of Lexington. The visit included House Irrigation Committee members, officials from reclamation and parks, and Nebraska lawmakers. Proposals to flood nitrate flood waters, dam canyon mouths, and release water to thousands of acres have awaited study. this marks the first on-site review by a congressional party.
Fights last night report from Assoc Press with Billy Petrolle stopping Justo Suarez and Vidal Gregorio stopping Lew Farber. Tony Canzoneri outpointed Herman Perlick in New Haven in a non title bout. Edgar Norman beat Buck Easterling in Chicago.
A Soviet tobacco product named Red cigarets is described as about two inches long with thicker than usual size and long cardboard mouthpieces. The item is announced for export to various countries.
Word puzzle listing many clues with brief definitions and cross references across horizontal and vertical directions. It includes common terms such as fat chill region and mystery entries like Tibetan monk dyeing apparatus and Polynesian chestnut, plus several archaic or obscure terms.
Washington reports a census bureau study by Miss Alice V. Hagan showing 33 of 40 states posted lower marriages and 30 had fewer divorces in 1931. She attributes declines to economic hardship with costs of marrying and divorcing. Seven states bucked the trend with higher marriages: Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Nevada Maine Nebraska and Virginia.
Hollywood reports show Big Jim Thorpe, now a movie actor in Indian regalia, still pursuing a comeback. He contemplates football coaching or professional wrestling after being found digging ditches for $4 daily, defending his dignity and supporting his family while weighing 219 pounds at 45.
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