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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1931
Page
4
A brief religious reflection cites Luke 4 2 about Jesus fasting forty days and resisting temptation. It notes that every temptation is a chance to draw closer to God and attributes the line to J Q Adame.
Washington hosts a bipartisan Progressive conference shaping future legislative plans for senators and representatives from both parties. The group, though sincere, risks splintering. its power lies in balancing influence between liberals and conservatives across parties, until it coheres or shifts voter choice.
Dr. W. A. Jenkins, president of Davenport College, announced his resignation but trustees urged him to stay. Civic clubs and students praised his five years of service, and he remained in office, greeted with gratitude from friends, trustees, and townspeople.
Community members urge action to position High Point with larger cities, advocating joining regional efforts and pursuing an objective for future development and influence. The discussion centers on strategic steps, potential partnerships, and the time being right to advance the city’s profile.
An analysis of spring catalogs from four major publishers shows fiction leading with 44 titles, biography 20, poetry 3, drama none, and miscellaneous 61. The piece notes a shift away from poetry, a revival of drama in experimental forms, and biography expanding as writers seek contemporary subjects.
City officials weigh adding a twelfth grade to the high school to boost college readiness but retrenchment in government spending may delay the step. The piece notes northern districts have longer schooling terms, widening scholarship gaps, and suggests groundwork for the new Junior High plant to enable later adoption. It also mentions high library circulation in High Point.
A survey of rising divorce rates highlights a competitive market for quick remarriages across Reno Arkansas Havana and Paris as states and cities vie for business. The piece also notes Einstein's American fame waning after returning to Berlin and discusses The International Forum magazine promoting English use in global ideas exchange.
A reader urges High Point area farmers to back a local cannery. The letter argues North Carolina should feed itself, stop sending money to other states, and boost local prosperity by keeping revenue circulating locally. It calls for farmer cooperation to establish the cannery and for a brighter economic future. Signed letter.
Eldtor argues in a High Point column that Volstead misreads astrology, says the 18th amendment relies on signs from the Zodiac. He mocks Volstead’s ignorance of astronomy and notes the conflict between stars and law, suggesting political figures would fare differently if guided by celestial insight.
Prescott prize fighter Sam Terrin died after a fourth round shot to the heart area and a blow to the jaw during a 10 round match with Phoenix challenger John Henry. Terrin's wife was ringside as Henry delivered the fatal blows in Prescott on March 13.
A poetic exchange between a child and a jellyfish narrator speaks of voyage to the sea and being a toy of the ocean. The jellyfish declares it is a creature of the tides, bound to follow the sea’s will while offering a brief moment of stillness to the child.
The University of North Carolina fencing club plans a 2:30 p.m. Tin Can meet with V. M. I. on Saturday, then departs north next week for Lehigh Lafayette Rutgers St Johns and NYU. Club stars Hinkey Hendlin Fred Wardlaw Digby Wardlaw and James Lynch lead a groundbreaking southern fencing schedule.
Newell W. Banks of Detroit, the American checker champion, will give an exhibition at the Y M C A in Durham next Tuesday night March 1, according to an announcement.
Edward Scheidt of Chapel Hill announces a major checker exhibition by Banks, regarded as one of the world’s top players. Banks can face 20 to 30 opponents in a display, often without losing a game, and performs blindfolded contests relying on memory and visualization. Scheidt, a prominent North Carolina checker official, arranged the event with Edwin Hunt of Nashville, Tenn.
Firemen rushed to a blaze in the historic Baroness de Pontalba built apartments in the old French Quarter. The 1850 structure, home to artists and writers, faced serious danger to priceless documents stored in one section as authorities fought the flames and prevented wider damage.
Peru is the oldest petroleum producing country in South America and petroleum remains its most important mineral product.
A dense schedule of radio programs across WEAF and affiliated stations reveals a rotating lineup of Uncle Abe and David, Rudy Vallée, orchestras, dances, and talk formats. The listings include multiple networks and frequencies with overlapping show times, reflecting a broad late 1930s broadcast grid and station handoffs.
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