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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
4
A clipped newspaper line lists publishers R B Terry H A Cecil with business manager GEO F Edwards, national and local advertising managers Walter F Abster and G M Waynick, and an editor. The fragment ends with a price notation of seven dollars eighty cents.
A compact excerpt contrasts biblical and Horatian meditations on strength and governance. It juxtaposes Samuelic imagery of breaking bows with Horace’s line on strength overruling judgement, offering a brief literary reflection on power and prudence.
The North Carolina Conference for Social Service voted to repeal federal laws banning information on birth control. Dr Hanna Stone of the Margaret Sanger clinic testified that birth control informed and health related family planning benefits poverty-stricken families. She argued responsible information reduces harm while crude methods have long existed and spread unintelligent notions about population control.
Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the Senate stock market investigation committee, revealed that over six years during the depression stock exchange firms earned more than a billion dollars in profits. His data showed averages near two million dollars per firm, as he advanced disclosures during public hearings. The maneuver aligned with broader push as House debate opened on the Fletcher Rayburn bill to regulate exchanges, aiming to blunt opponents who warned regulation could doom the industry.
The six year period of depressed trading did not prevent exchange members from reaping profits even as thousands suffered losses in profits jobs and salaries across the market.
The Raleigh Times questions if the three strikes axiom applies to the Lake Leas in legal battles. Since 1931 the Leas have dodged justice through multiple appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court and state courts, surrounding themselves with armed show of force while fugitives from justice.
Bruce Catton discusses pre-Columbian contact theories noting Vikings precedents and Harvard anthropologist Roland Dixon suggesting Polynesian voyages reached North America. Dixon points to sweet potato origins and Polynesian trade as evidence of possible Hawaii routes, highlighting long voyages in outrigger canoes. The article reflects on the impact of such by-paths in American discovery history.
A Chicago University scientist devises a reliable saliva test for drunkenness. Despite declining use of spittoons, judges may still rely on nasal observations in assessing intoxication.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva announces new church policy welcoming smokers and pork eaters, arguing a world end is imminent next September. The move marks a dramatic shift in conduct within the religious community as he cites apocalyptic timing.
Chicago detective Pat Roche claims that with ten thousand dollars and three men he could capture Dillinger alive, arguing that a larger team would ensure success, though he does not explain why Frank Buck alone wouldn’t suffice.
A compact verse medley contemplates possession and partnership changing from mine to ours, asks for guidance to perceive others as they are seen, and honors astronomers for keeping humanity aware of heaven’s direction and guidance.
The text samples offer satirical lines on civilization sports fear and foreign policy, mentioning knee-action church autos and Dillinger with Turks. It includes a flapper remark and a blunt critique of income tax, noting three groups who pay or evade. The passage reads like clipped 1920s prose with varied opinions.
After adopting the Tydings McDuffie act the Philippines begin forming a framework for self government with a goal of full independence by 1945. Proponents argue that wartime governance experiences will shape decisions and prepare the path to future autonomy.
A professor questions the feasibility of space travel to Mercury, noting a distance of 36,000,000 miles. Having already climbed five miles into the atratospore, he suggests he can complete the journey.
McIntyre New York May 2 Broadway resembles a string of toy shops glued together with garish lighting and garish façades. Some stores open late, glow until night, hosting chorus girls and cabaret crowds while backrooms serve cigarettes and cocktails. Central Park South’s Rialto area draws hotels, performers, and radio stars, who emerge to bask in the afterglow, with some dubbing the strip the Little White Way.
A veteran observer recalls being approached by a pseudo fur salesman at West 89th street. The con artist, posing as a truckman, claims many buyers fall for the pitch. The report highlights the street crime pattern and the longevity of the scam, warning readers to beware.
Clarence Budington Kelland, famed toast-master, hosts weekly Dutch Treat luncheons for a decade, drawing 18 karat celebrities and dissecting speakers with a gentle, merciless wit. The piece also notes quiet municipal life in New York apartments, a fatal leap witnessed by newspapers, and radio figure Charles Hanson Towne overcoming stage fright.
In the early days of World War I French aircraft employed brick-throwing machines to disrupt enemy propellers. Two planes were shot down in a high-speed engagement, highlighting the perilous aerial combat tactics of that period.
More than ten million nerves in the human body. Sancho Panza appears in Don Quixote. A halyard is a rope for hoisting or lowering sails flags. The Chief Justice earns 20500 and Associate Justices 20000. The Panama Canal Zone lies under perpetual U S government jurisdiction.
The guide advises the bride not to carry a bouquet with an afternoon frock or traveling suit, suggesting a corsage bouquet instead. It notes that the phrase in as far as I know is redundant and should be shortened. For dinner invitations, issue them one or two weeks in advance.
A dense word puzzle list presents horizontal and vertical clue items including famous dramatists, languages, measurements, animals, and objects. Entries span from names like Persia and June flower to terms describing color, texture, and tools, forming a broad crossword-style quiz.
W L Gordon offers daily word study focusing on pit eous meaning fitted to excite pity or sympathy and examples like a piteous case of poverty. He notes common usage notes such as disfigured for a person's face and defaced for walls or signatures.
A Q and A style guide shows tips from Anne Ashley on onion odor, linen shade laundering, and durable iron holders. Answers recommend celery salt rub, soaking onions, borax in rinse water, and lining holders with leather from old gloves or shoes.
An observation notes that no native of Ohio has ever been elected vice president, while six Ohio natives have served as U.S. president.
The record notes that in 1982 the average monthly sold age pension was 19.81 dollars, contrasting with 1931 when it stood at 18.89 dollars.
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