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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1935
Page
20
The piece surveys historical quests for a better life from Spartans to Rousseau and notes modern idle time due to unemployment. It contrasts urban and rural concerns and considers how government offerings like streets and parks shape the busy lives of city dwellers.
The article urges farmers to boost profits and quality of life through soil erosion programs in Guilford Randolph Forsyth counties, home improvements, and new fish ponds. It promotes low cost projects like terracing, reforestation, garden and wildlife habitat, and pond construction funded by state and federal agencies.
The article notes 1934 aeronautic exports from the United States totaling 17 548 181 dollars. It also mentions Brazil silk hosiery firms engaging in a price war and Colombia facing a heated congressional campaign this year.
Appointment of C Howard White as manager of the High Point Agency of Imperial Life Insurance succeeds the late C R Lanier. Joe K Cole becomes Hickory district manager replacing White. White, Asheboro native, NC State graduate, and former Hickory district head, moves to High Point with wife Mia and son Howard Jr. Cole joined Imperial in 1923 and rose to manager in Hickory. Nancy is his daughter. Also notes locals on aviation and Milky Way light travel times.
Automobile retail sales increased by 22 percent in 1934 compared with the previous year, reflecting stronger demand despite economic pressures.
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