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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1932
Page
4
Greensboro’s governing council unanimously voted to dispense with the services of a professional city manager. The city, paying $7,200 annually, may name a temporary manager at reduced salary or transfer duties to a council member. The change provokes questions about the manager-council plan and the city’s debt.
Senator Morrison confronts questions about senatorial funds and family wealth. The piece notes a governor’s four year tenure in the executive mansion and a claim that divine blessing accompanied his time in office.
A speaker describes using his funds for religious and political battles, praising a noble wife who nurses suffering humanity and fights through the Presbyterian church and Democratic party. He notes money funded assails on rivals within the faith. He likens the party to a struggle with Satan.
The piece notes New York bankers offered seventy million dollars to a Swedish financier in Paris, but delayed news led to his suicide. It discusses American money for European borrowers, tax relief pressures, and the adverse impact of a thirty million income reduction on tobacco farmers, with broader losses in crops and industry.
The mayor of Atlanta wins his recall election handily, with votes to spare. The result reflects broad support for his views on prohibition and candor, not a strict wet or dry split, and follows prior protests including his excommunication from a Sunday school.
Dr Henry Louis Smith former president of Davidson College and later Washington and Lee University spoke to the Greensboro Rotary Club on enriching vocabulary. He argued that every new word understood adds a new idea and that a strong vocabulary is essential for knowledge power and progress. He cited the present education system as an example of how a lack of vocabulary enrichment can be disheartening.
The Joint Crop Reporting Service shows leaf tobacco from North Carolina in 1931 selling for about 41.3 million dollars, down from 72.3 million the previous year. The drop reflects a sharp decline in market value, confirming earlier horseback estimates around 40 million.
Bruce Catton considers the limits of science and human progress. He links energy matter theory to social failures while noting dirigible commerce may soon reach the United States and hints at Capone’s unlikely role in exposing crime.
A town reader defends two teachers amid letters accusing them of drinking and impropriety. The writer praises a capable teacher and questions the harsh claims while urging fair judgment and forgiveness. The note hints at late hours and calls for restraint in public rebukes.
A blunt international posture shows Japan seeking explicit benefits from China, signaling a shift from cautious diplomacy to direct demands. The remark underscores tensions in regional trade and security matters as Tokyo focuses on securing strategic gains.
An Ohio Wesleyan student wrote in an exam that Huey Long is a Chinese general. The remark follows a playful line about introducing Huey Long and his identity in a provocative way.
A High Point letter purges concerns about teacher morals and conduct in the schools. It questions the superintendent and school board actions, references a moral standard, and cites a student plea about discipline and character expectations for teachers.
North Carolina Legion posts report progress as National Commander Henry L. Stevens drives a nationwide employment program. The drive targets widows and orphans of veterans and seeks strong post membership to boost congressional support and overall service impact.
A reader argues in a published letter that women teachers deserve to lose their jobs as well as men. The writer cites drunkenness and disorder among staff, complaints of bias toward rich and poor students, and concerns about teachers using improper language at home and failing to help students with arithmetic.
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