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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1937
Page
9
Walter C. Parks describes Easter parade fashion as men favor ready made spring suits with padded shoulders and defined waists. Dress-up suits lead the trend with darker blues and striped patterns, including pencil and broad jacquard effects, emphasizing a spruce, civilized look for the season.
The current Assembly session sees ongoing disputes over changes to legal charters and a revised tax lien foreclosure bill. Opposition from Appropriations Chairman James A. Bell challenges proposed additions including an extra assistant attorney general. Supporters push to salvage the Allen bill amid a chaotic floor process and calendar committee wrangles.
An advertisement promotes Adierika as a liquid laxative with seven active ingredients that target both stomach and bowels for rapid cleansing. It claims to relieve stubborn constipation, reduce gas and indigestion, and improve sleep within hours, stating doctors have recommended it for 36 years.
Friction erupted in the Assembly on Friday when Tom Cooper New Hanover and Libby Ward Craven traded sharp remarks during efforts to revive an embalmed utility bill. Senator J H Hutchins Madison sat silent until Friday night seeking to revive a measure now tied to a sinking fund commission in his county.
Pattern 9218 offers a shirtwaist style frock with yoke sleeves and pockets in sizes 14 through 42. Order details include 115 cents per pattern and companion Marian Martin Pattern Book 116c plus Pattern 115c, with fabric estimates and mailing address at 232 W 18th St New York. The ad closes with a statistic on traffic deaths surpassing all wartime fatalities.
A Raleigh legislative clash labeled the bill unfair with a claim of a paid lobbyist and party names cited. The motion to place the measure on the table passed, shelving the bill via re reference to the calendar committee.
Senate Calendar Committee chair Pat Taylor of Anson says six Ickes Bills enabling PWA and WPA projects are stalled by opposition and possible constitutional repeal concerns. Domestic servants must undergo physicals for venereal disease under a House-passed law. A liquor advertising prohibition bill died in the House Calendar committee.
The article notes unfinished worsted dress up suits remain sharp with creases and deep color, while business suits stay modest. Spring looks feature subdued patterns in stripes, herringbones, and quiet plaids, with medium blues grays and browns. Away from office casuals emphasize bold plaids and bright overplaids and color takes the lead.
Prof J H Mourane of High Point college is among 58 North Carolinians listed in the 1937 Chemical Who's Who. The volume shows Charlotte with 13 representatives, Greensboro with seven, and Raleigh and Durham with six each.
Oregon became the first state to tax gasoline when it enacted the initial levy in 1919, marking a new approach to funding road infrastructure.
In 1909 1911 Britain faced a constitutional clash over House of Lords power. Facing Liberal reform plans the king agreed to back government measures to curb Lords veto by threat of creating new peers. Archbishops bishops and peers weighed actions as the Lords narrowly approved limits to its powers.
The article notes most accidents in 1936 stemmed from drivers failing to yield the right of way and the highest death toll came from speeding.
Advert says BC eases neuralgia and headaches with quick acting ingredients. Promoted as a trusted prescription type remedy used for over 25 years for headaches neuralgia muscular aches and backache from simple colds nervousness and functional disturbances. Available in 1c 25c sizes or by the dose at fountains.
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