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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1936
Page
4
A morning flood of visitors for The Enterprise latchkey open house extends from 1 p m. into the evening. Hosts welcome teachers and friends, noting the large building and crowded departments as the event runs through tonight with flexible hours for those unable to attend earlier.
The Hindenburg reaches Lakehurst after a 63 hour crossing from Friedrichshafen. Passengers recall calm amid triumphs of science while warning of Eckener’s Germany and Hitler’s dictatorship as Europe faces rising totalitarian power and antisemitic policies in Germany.
Hundreds of copies of the special edition showcasing local progress have been mailed to business leaders and trade groups across the country by local business people and the Chamber of Commerce. A few hundred copies remain available for distribution as long as supplies last.
The article profiles Thomas H. Robinson Jr as the last major criminal still sought by federal agents after the 1933 kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. It notes his evasion so far but predicts intensified searches and eventual capture, framing crime as unpaid dividends and law as closing in.
Carmella Ponselle's high notes drew real firefighters to a blaze in New York as onlookers wondered if the siren call was part of a performance or a genuine alarm. The incident blurred lines between stage craft and emergency response.
The remark questions whether the government should provide a premature baby bond for members of the Veterans of Future Wars, suggesting a policy tangent on veteran benefits. The line hints at financial aid or security schemes for newborns connected to wartime service advocacy.
A garbled report points to a golfer involved in a dispute where someone pressed an auto horn and twenty people yelled lorel. Authorities have not released full details or charges.
An editorial urges voters not to let politics or tax fears overshadow the school child. It argues extending the nine month term to eleven years benefits education, warns against lower teaching quality and crowded curricula, and calls for a focus on every child's future success.
The article discusses Germany's former colonial possessions as central to Europe’s peace. It notes Hitler’s emphasis on colonies for raw materials and population outlets, and raises questions about if and when Germany will acquire lands or pursue conflict. The fate of Europe may hinge on these possibilities.
Two roses convey messages of memory and loss. One red rose signals a divine time messenger while the white rose bears a memory of a mother now gone. The verses celebrate home, gratitude, and enduring affection for mothers.
A St. Louis man poured kerosene on his body after a domestic dispute and ignited the flames. Police report the self immolation occurred in the home, with neighbors alerted by smoke and a fire started to control the blaze.
In Camden New Jersey an automobile struck a house on a street scene that suggests the house unexpectedly moved into the roadway. No driver testimony is available yet and details remain unclear.
The article recounts a vanished North Carolina town plan near Carthage called Park Wood. Builders laid out streets and a hotel with a cotton mill but disappeared in the 1890s, leaving unpacked materials to rot and no explanation for abandonment. It also notes a radio quip about solving mysteries and a New York Day By Day column discussing urban fears.
Ten years ago in May 1926 The High Point Enterprise published news of a large advertising campaign for Wesson Oil by the Southern Cotton Oil Trading Co of Savannah. The piece notes local social visits and a May 16 Community Chest Week proclamation by Mayor Moffitt.
With $2 271 60 in hand and $728 50 more needed, supporters claim High Point will replace Danville in the Piedmont league. If the remaining $728 50 is raised by 1 16 tomorrow, the opening game will be played here Friday at 4 o clock.
Miss Helen Marsh, a G C W student in Greensboro, spends the weekend with her parents. Internationally famous artist Howard Chandler Christy has presented a Buddy Poppy poster to the Veterans of Foreign Wars to support the upcoming national Buddy Poppy sale during Memorial Day week to fund relief work.
A severe hail storm struck Dallas early tonight injuring about thirty people and causing nearly a million dollars in property damage. Large stones over a pound in weight battered the city. Julius Coleman Dellinger arrives in Greensboro claiming to be the lost Charlie Ross and plans to stay until week’s end.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance survey estimates the dollars needed to raise a child from birth to age 18 in the New York area. The report puts the outlay at about 7200 dollars in round figures.
A vivid portrait of New York residents facing insomnia and nerves ten years on. The piece describes heightened anxiety, demand for aisle seats, and the danger of surprise attacks in public spaces, including an incident at the New Amsterdam theater lobby.
The estimable New Yorker notes the glow of appreciation for small town complacency. It observes ruddy booming fellows from distant areas who seemingly share some metro influenced traits and attitudes.
A fragment describes mass fluttering souls in devotionals and nightlife seeking company. It notes a common plea to stay and claims many live with inner fear while appearing calm. A pathologist cites a million people as 'one million of them' edging toward work or risk.
A fragmentary piece notes medical attitudes among dock workers and maritime laborers. It mentions Dr George Dixon as a personal physician to the wealthy and references insomnia claims, suggesting social contrasts in treatment and nervous conditions amid barge crews.
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