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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1932
Page
4
A quoted biblical verse contrasts sowing with little harvest and wasted wages with holes in a bag. Another line declares poverty as a potent advocate for vice, attributed to Goldemith, highlighting moral critique of wealth and need.
An essay argues that returning workers and displaced specialists should be directed to farm work to gain livelihood and health. It critiques the industrial system for concentrating wealth and failing to guarantee the masses a share, urging broader distribution of work and benefits.
A Chicago debate over the Democratic Party’s stance on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. The convention factions show strong support for a clear anti prohibition plank. If adopted a fully wet plank could influence drys and wets in national races, including North Carolina senatorial campaigns.
The Winston-Salem Journal notes a compact 130 mile by road belt housing most of North Carolina’s colleges. It highlights Salem College High Point College UNC Chapel Hill Wake Forest Duke Elon Greensboro Guilford College and others, urging an educational tour to study historical and sociological aspects of this cluster.
A discussion contrasts dry political stances on prohibition in North Carolina with a call for star led leadership. It weighs the future impact of invention, from the steam and gasoline engines to modern transportation, on society and progress.
The piece paints Al Smith as the central figure at the Chicago convention, contrasting his lively, spontaneous persona with Hoover's formal restraint. It also profiles Governor Murray of Oklahoma, noting his colorful appearance, blunt manner, and sharp wit as another prominent candidate in the scene.
An Oklahoma state convention delegates list unfolds with support for Bill Gray and Bill Murray, amid remarks on prohibition and the League of Nations. The piece reports Alfalfa Bill’s travel notes in South America and critiques of prohibition, followed by a land sale notice in Guilford County North Carolina and a trustee’s sale plan dated June 4 1932.
The article notes rising airplane traffic will create hard legal questions for decades. New York courts grapple with a mid air collision suit where rules of airspace yield and right of way are not yet clear.
Twenty patients with Bright's disease volunteer to die in experiments at the University of Chicago under the Lasker Foundation. They seek relief for future sufferers, accepting doomed outcomes while receiving the best possible care. The effort is described as brave and tragic martyrdom.
Sentiment on the soldier bonus has reversed in weeks with former opponents now backing payment. Proponents argue inflationary effects justify distributing funds to those in need and criticize Congress for delaying action. A school superintendent laments declines in home training over 30 years.
The New York press overlooked Amelia Earhart after her return and did not ask what she did with the $20 bill. The remark hints at an unexplained detail from her postflight period.
A Cleveland headline ambiguously states Police Ordered to Wink at Vice, likely meaning Police Ordered to Keep Winking at Vice. The misprint suggests a stray line break or editor’s error altering the phrase from keep wink ing to wink at vice.
In a letter to The Enterprise the editor questions anti prohibition arguments and cites Senator Sheppard in Congress presenting figures from Col. George H. Davis of the Chicago Salvation Army. Davis reports that under prohibition drink as a factor among the poor and unemployed has diminished dramatically and that requests for help due to drink have fallen to a negligible level.
A list of crossword style clues across horizontal and vertical entries with definitions ranging from earthy deposits to political notes and daily terms. Includes hints like eight blacks and dates such as July 1 1932 and references to legal and linguistic terms.
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