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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1935
Page
4
A dated excerpt reflects on poverty and contentment with lines from St Luke 6 20 blessing the poor and a Beside remark by Byremond praising simplicity over wealth. It presents a moral contrast between riches and spiritual richness in a compact meditative note.
The article lauds Charlotte for approving a supplementary property tax to fund education, calling it a landmark gain for North Carolina. It argues the move will raise teacher wages, improve facilities, and lift the state’s public education to a higher standard, inspiring other cities to follow.
Chief of Police W. G. Friddle urges safer driving after a weekend that left one dead and five injured in local automobile accidents. He warns that many tragedies stem from careless operation of vehicles in the community.
The police chief attributes 90 percent of accidents to failing to follow right-of-way rules at intersections. He calls for stricter observance, stressing sanity and consideration among drivers over laws and lawsuits to reduce traffic crashes and near misses.
The Elwood hotel once the social and economic hub of High Point faces modernization as its veranda is removed for new storefronts and a marquee. The move signals a shift from a tobacco era gathering place to a modern retail frontage while the Sheraton rises to meet a growing city’s needs.
A long critique of Southern tenant farming poverty cites harsh conditions and discredited claims. It condemns suppression of an A A A report on Mary Connor Myers and notes Arkansas officials warning against organizing.
The speaker condemns efforts to suppress tenant farmer unions in the state. He warns that violence is unnecessary and urges full exposure of facts to spur prompt national demand for correction. Any participants in such inhumanity would feel the country’s outraged conscience.
Former President Hoover tells California Republicans that the country stands at a fork in the road between liberty and despotism. He argues for preserving liberties but notes definitions must adapt to a socially unified world where freedom is tempered by the common good.
James Hildebrand died in Atlanta at age 80. He volunteered in 1901 to aid Dr. Walter Reed in yellow fever research, enduring infection risk and harsh conditions in Havana to prove the mosquito transmits the disease and enable control. He and his fellow privates faced dire peril for a greater cause.
An apartment house service worker in the Bronx abandoned duties, leaving tenants short on liquor while supplies lasted, creating a shortage as the day wore on.
The Medical Lake Washington postmistress has served 42 years in the job and drawn interest from Republicans and Democrats who question how she was overlooked for wider recognition.
If the movie industry relocates to Florida, several actresses may support the move with enthusiasm. They would face longer travel times to Reno for shoots or events, potentially affecting schedules and logistics.
A nostalgic note recalls a time when lawmakers answered constituent letters by sending seed packets. It highlights the era’s simpler political exchanges and the symbolic gesture of giving seeds to readers.
The remark implies Jean Harlow’s written work may achieve strong sales, with the subject appealing to her former husband’s interests. The note hints at commercial momentum for the book.
A historical notice notes Hitler’s swift armament announcement timed to coincide with the baseball season, suggesting the U S public might have remained unaware of the policy if not for the timing.
A lyrical piece extols a maple leaf soaring above a lake and turquoise sky. Repeated images of a leaf and a ship ride the breeze as echoing lines describe daring heights and a fading, quivering wing. Charlies B. McCandless signs the verse.
As Germany rearmament stirs debate, the United States quietly boosts military capacity. Navy ships rise to 75 new vessels in three years, Army planes grow from 1400 to 2320, and enlisteds increase to 165000. CCC numbers rise to 600000, while relief policy tensions surge in Ohio.
In a London style journal, Dr Francois Dubois advertised for a toe to replace one lost by a rich client while Blanche Vogt covered it in Gringoire. Letters offered for money, a girl with six toes used for a grim solution. Lloyd Osbourne buys an auto and loses interest in America. Henry James mocked New York. Luxurious buses charm, Parisians ride backward, and Freudian talk crops up. Broadway notes praise Anything Goes and Friml, Ethel Merman is Episcopalian, Vanderbilts’ farewells draw critique, and theater icons from Lombard to Crawford dazzle readers.
Lawmakers press for additional tax levies as the session nears its close, moving from discussion to concrete demands to fund state programs.
New York bankers push to curb the Federal Reserve Board grip on open market operations and favor giving regional banks more private influence. Led by Tom Smith and Rudolph Hecht, the effort follows last fall’s Bankers Association convention and aims to ease centralization while tempering inflationary pressures amid rising living costs.
A girl resembling Katharine Hepburn emerges from Maillard's and, amid a weary sidewalk moment, rewrites her makeup with swift dabs. She quotes an Elizabethan line while observers note applause checks and Huey Long in news reels.
A fragment notes J. T. roaming New York in search of a light silk union suit and facing widespread scorn and contumely as a result. The brief implies a humorous or reflective incident without full details.
Burt MacBride recalls a writer during a wild binge as Jimmy Walker’s life unfolds with anti climax. A pension fund reveals untouchable wealth while editors and journalists receive little interest as a gloomy forecast hints at a devalued dollar before 1937.
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