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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1931
Page
4
George F. Baker, one of the nation’s wealthiest men, died at 91. The article notes his vast fortune and his reticence, built from consolidations in banking, railroads, telegraph and gas, with First National Bank at the core of his rise.
The house passed a bill to provide for better state regulation of power companies amid mixed support and attendance. Thomas Turner of this city led the measure, aligning it with the New York control act. The fate in the senate and the bill’s financing are key questions, while the state asserts authority over rates and taxes to protect the public investment.
Lawmakers debated how to handle six to eight young women charged with arson at Samar cand manor, with Moore county representative Spence and others discussing punishment, commitment, and societal responsibility. The house passed a revised resolution urging transfer to state prison, reflecting 1931 views on incorrigibles.
The text argues for scientific control of public service corporations and criticizes current information gaps. It notes legislative uncertainty about power company investments and interstate holdings and praises the Turner-Crouse-Gill measure to expand the commission’s access to financial data, contingent on funding.
A city election looms with 10 000 qualified voters and strong interest. Voters are urged to cast ballots early to avoid lines and barrier time limits. The piece critiques the allied prohibition movement and questions whether upholding the current law or rewriting it will do more to curb whiskey crime.
The passage notes religious leaders backing the Allied Forces crusading for eighteenth amendment support. Youthful enlistment frames the movement as spiritual yet political, aimed at shaping prohibition policy and party platforms in 1932. Dr. Daniel A. Poling is highlighted as a key national youth adviser.
Bruce Catton discusses William R. Castle's view that modern war defeats all participants and argues economic recovery via industrial expansion and steam power offers real peace prospects. The piece contrasts Napoleonic Britain’s debt with World War I costs, noting no new factor since 1918 and urging recognition of peace through economic growth.
A speaker reflects on the Civil War era state rights battle, praising ancestral sacrifices and warning of a future civil conflict driven by partisan zeal. The speech laments federal overreach, stresses local needs, and urges a peaceful birth of freedom to prevent a second, divisive war.
In a Cleveland game Wes Ferrell pitched a no hitter while his brother Rick Ferrell briefly ruined the moment with a near hit in the eighth. Rick did not let envy ruin the scene proving true sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct amid high drama.
With Babe Ruth sidelined by injuries, baseball remains a ruthless sport. The piece also mentions a man who refuses fish to avoid bone catching.
In a realm where a monarch's mood governs daily life, subjects endure shifting edicts and sudden favors or penalties. The era records show a culture of immediate obedience and fragile predictability under royal caprice.
A political figure offers remarks that miss the practical consequence of his own statements, failing to recognize how their impact can be quickly cooled or reinterpreted.
A sly jibe in a comic-angled line compares the famed outlaw Legs Diamond to a fallen figure while noting the stubborn Franco-Italian naval dispute resists a patching up, painting a surreal picture of international tensions and a troubled legend.
Cambridge report says Miss Bertha Lewis contralto in Gilbert and Sullivan operas is hospitalized with serious spinal injuries after an automobile crash yesterday.
Two boxing champions prepare for non-title bouts this week. Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom faces Leo Lomeki in Portland Oregon in a ten rounder. Jack Thompson meets Bucky Lawless in Chicago Friday. Kink Levensky fights Emmett Rocco in another ten rounder. Jack Berg battles Tony Herrera at Madison Square Garden Friday as Hafey stays at Sportsman's Park awaiting May 26 return.
In San Francisco on May 4 Bobby Jones and Leo Diegel lost an 18 hole charity match to the Dutra brothers three and two. Jones shot 74 while Olin Dutra posted 69 and Mortie Dutra 72 as the crowd of 6000 watched.
ST. LOUIS May 4 Charles Chick Hafey slugging outfielder will not be on the Cardinals road trip to the East. Hafey plans to drive from his California home to sign a new contract and join the club after arrival and will miss the departure.
Captain Friedrich Christiansen announced the Dornier DO-X landed at Bolama Portuguese West Africa at 3 oclock yesterday after a 950 mile leg from Villa Cisneros. The flight, among the longest yet by the Dornier, continues toward Brazil with refueling options depending on tropical test flights.
In Chapel Hill on May 4 the quadriennial Institute of Human Relations convened to tackle Russia, religious, industrial and racial issues at home. Dean Shailer Mathews opened the event joined by speakers from Duke University, NC State, the Federal Council of Churches and Wake Forest. Gen. Charles Summerall spoke in the morning and Norman Thomas, 1928 Socialist candidate, was slated to speak that night.
The long time England lawyer Sir Edward Clark, one of the oldest and most successful in the country, has just celebrated his 90th birthday. He earned over $50,000 annually since entering the law business and retired from active work in 1914. He states that to be a success a young man must be very poor very ambitious and very much in love.
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