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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1933
Page
4
A North Carolina civic editorial decries crime prevention failures for children after a 15 year old Welch is charged in the death of Bobby Sechrest. It argues society should fund preventive care over punishment and questions gaps in treatment of mentally troubled youth.
Dr Edward A Ross of the University of Wisconsin defends controversial sociology saying it is a sacred duty to raise hell at times. He argues sociologists must publish conclusions on topics like war marriage and divorce when required, challenging shrinking violet sensibilities.
The author urges rational help from specialists on sex problems, noting sociologists can provide needed guidance. He predicts repeal of restrictive laws will accompany liberalization, and explains raising hell as challenging prudishness to foster a healthier, liberal mindset.
The piece argues citizens must answer how America should move forward with common sense generosity and courage. It warns that despondency stagnation and suspicion lead to defeat and spiritual and physical starvation, urging fearless examination of causes and collective sacrifice to regain progress.
A nostalgic, humorous meditation on corporal punishment and motherly discipline. The piece recalls a boy’s prank with railroad tracks and the old fear of punishment, suggesting such forethought helped prevent accidents and trains from wrecking.
The narrator recalls his mother’s strict discipline and enduring care. He recounts a peach tree story, family losses, and his mother’s tireless work from dawn to night. The piece honors mothers, ending with the belief that Heaven is home where Mother is.
A fragmentary verse describing a woman in darkness and a graveyard mood. The speaker laments inability to perceive life or use love, and questions whether if grave gates could be undone she might reveal forgotten beauty.
A reflective poem fragment expresses the speaker's guilt and longing for a motherly figure who is dead. The speaker contends that men triumph and trample women's rights, pleading for mercy from the grave so he is not blamed for past injustices. Strong emotional tone and critique of gender inequality appear throughout.
The writer reflects on Bernard Shaw and impulse through a local tragedy in which a five year old was killed by a fifteen year old boy. He recalls his youth with an air rifle and how impulses lead to hidden evidence. He questions home life factors and urges parents to know where their children are.
Critics praise Francis Brett Young as a skilled short story writer whose collection The Cage Bird from Harper & Bros. shows honest storytelling without gimmicks. The volume contains thirteen tales, including The Cage Bird and Armistice, lauded for simple, engaging plots and a touch of humor.
Lawrence Meynell's So Many Doors reviewed with note of his marriage and new home in London. Maxwell Anderson's Both Your Houses praised for handling government corruption. Thunder Without Rain by Clifton Cuthbert discussed for its handling of incestuous themes and moral disintegration.
A midwestern farmer quoted by the New York Times urges the government to give farmers a fair price for their crops. He argues debt should be repayable at a similar value to what was earned when the debt was incurred, with options to use allotment rental acreage or price adjustments and asks for 10 to 15 years to pay and 3 percent interest. His point centers on land as the country’s foundation and seeks equitable debt terms.
The poem notes shifts in social norms as women freely speak, drink, and mingle with men. It contrasts old etiquette with present behavior, imagining a May month when the beauty of girls from the past remains a hopeful focal point.
The piece laments high education costs and ignorance costs, urges right kind of education, asks how to cut city government costs without harming efficiency, questions funding a nine month school term without tax increases, and calls for citizen cooperation for the city council. It notes President Roosevelt’s need for support to improve his batting average.
The public protests against fresh levies echo common discontent with government revenue measures. Citizens nationwide voice dissatisfaction as fiscal policies spark debate over fairness and impact on everyday expenses.
A Texas woman pursues a legal grant to marry her stepfather signaling a controversial challenge to traditional marriage norms. The idea prompts talk of similar demands, including hypothetically a man seeking to wed his mother-in-law.
The French parliament unanimously invites scientist Albert Einstein to chair higher mathematics and astrophysics at Sorbonne, a move praised as a sweeping rebuke to Germany and Hitler. The Atlanta Constitution notes the contrast with Nazi refusals to allow Einstein to return to Prussia. The piece denounces Nazi culture as zealous bigotry and rampaging intolerance.
The Charlotte Observer reports Senator Reynolds campaigns against racketeering in Washington. He calls Congress and America to act to suppress organized crime and save the nation’s name, seeking national legislative cooperation.
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