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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1930
Page
4
A thought on vanity from Ecclesiastes 1 14 and Auerbach on human selfishness The vain man loves himself and admires what others overlook, likening self regard to a lover’s gaze
The Florida governor pledges Capone cannot find harborage in the state while a federal injunction blocks arrests without charges. The piece describes Florida, Chicago, and southern states facing a controversial extra-legal proscription amid Capone’s alleged gang leadership.
A debate compares southern behavior with Chicago police conduct. The piece portrays Chicago’s heightened nerves and anti-southern criticisms from the Chicago Tribune, noting a testy exchange between North Carolina’s Al Jones and Dick Whitener over law enforcement and crime claims.
The article notes southern readers recall Al Capone as a simple, memorable three syllables amid Chicago crime coverage. It suggests southern folks quietly fund and sustain police efforts while grappling with unfamiliar aliases of local criminals.
The piece notes Senate hesitation in confirming Supreme Court nominees. Judge J. J. Parker, once harshly criticized by a Baltimore woman, likely faces renewed challenges. It argues Senate vigilance aims to shield the court from corruption though confirmation grants life tenure beyond the Senate’s reach.
In Willacoochee Georgia an ordinance allows youths to roam streets after midnight while requiring grown men to show a city marshal a reason if out late. The piece questions the fairness and spirit of such a rule and imagines youths confronting older residents about their latenight presence.
Two young North Carolinians Jonathan Daniels and Thomas Wolfe win Guggenheim fellowships for a year abroad. Daniels, son of Josephus Daniels, writes The Clash of Angels and lives in New York. Wolfe, once of Asheville, author of Look Homeward Angel, also based in New York. The awards total about 200000 across 84 fellows, highlighting North Carolina’s emerging literary talent.
Walter Lambeth announces candidacy for Congress in the seventh district, a long narrow region from Blue Ridge to the South Carolina line. The boundaries, drawn by Rus Watts and not vetoed, tie foothills Republican strength with southern Democratic counties to preserve a solid Democratic delegation.
The districting in North Carolina blocks the powerful minority party from national government, despite persistent but ineffective claims to participation.
A short dispatch from a small Pennsylvania town tells of a man and woman aged 20 who divorced twenty years earlier and remarried. They later moved to the husband’s farm, illustrating how loneliness can drive couples back together, while broader wheat-market notes discuss the farmer's losses being blamed on speculators and middlemen rather than the farm board.
Letter argues the London Naval Conference drifts toward a new balance of power with France Italy and Japan pursuing naval growth while Anglo American cooperation grows. It warns against overreliance on technicalities and calls for real arms reduction and legal dispute settlement through international bodies.
A public demonstration in New York drew participation from an identified communist advocate described as optimistic in tone. Report notes the absence of a steel helmet among participants, signaling nonmilitarized protest posture.
Three centuries ago colonists paid taxes with corn. Judging from practices since prohibition this custom appears to persist in some forms.
The new Afghan leader vows to curb alcohol and related vices with nationwide prohibition. If successful, it could inspire similar moves in other nations and reshape social policy across the region.
The item notes that a large group of Americans would pay ten million dollars annually to see Mont Blanc, questioning whether this marks the peak of business. No further details on the source or context are provided.
A woman hurled an alarm clock at her husband in a dispute about a bridge game, knocking out a tooth. Police report the incident stemmed from a heated card game and alleged cheating.
An electric eye mechanism that fires a gun as a prisoner climbs a wall to escape has been demonstrated successfully. The piece notes most prisoners will view it as just another current event.
The hotel placed new Bibles in 450 rooms, showing steady demand for the Good Book as a keepsake.
A North Carolina pastor says he saw a white blackbird and offers cautious interpretation. The remark adds a note of curiosity about unusual bird coloration and local wildlife observations.
Frank J L Jackson treasurer of Davidson College returned from Washington where he joined an intensive nationwide study on classifying university and college accounts. A conference, urged by Arthur J Klein of the U S Department of Education, aimed to map a comparable statistical basis. Jackson joined G H Mew of Emory University to represent the southern association with delegates from eastern and western divisions.
In Vienna four months after he vanished Dr. Ernest Watzl is identified by his father as the man found with a woman believed to be Mary McGranehan in the Hotel Sacher. Authorities note the couple endured financial strain and a lawsuit over alleged alienation of wife.
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, at his 75th birthday banquet in Pittsburgh, says America is slowly moving toward equality of opportunity. He notes progress in subsistence levels and urges that none believe the aim is fully achieved, but that the nation is on the path. A group of 165 friends presented Mellon a gold loving cup replica of the Treasury building.
Peru's government buys four American mail and passenger planes. Flights will cut trips from the seacoast to the interior from 20 days by mule to about 90 minutes, significantly speeding mail and passenger movement.
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