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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1936
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts biblical guidance with classical thought. It states that proper conduct silences ignorance and urges the value of learning over folly. The two sources, 1 Peter and Plato, frame virtue and knowledge as corrective forces in society.
The Supreme Court voided the Guffey Coal Act, signaling that without constitutional change, indirect approaches to industry and labor control are barred. It flags the danger of expanding federal power and emphasizes direct, broad solutions possibly via national incorporation or licensing of interstate commerce, while easing business uncertainty.
The editor argues a proposed 15 cent per hundred tax to fund schools is too small to warrant rent increases. It warns renters that owners must cover taxes insurance repairs depreciation and a fair return while noting supply and demand influence rental values.
The text argues fair annual rent for a property investment at 10 percent, using a $3,000 home value and a $300 yearly rent. With tax books at about two thirds value, the proposed increase equals about three dollars per year, implying no more than 50 cents per month beyond current rent even if the full authorized increase is applied.
A correspondent writes to the Letters column but is unlisted in the city directory and undelivered mail prevents publication. The paper requires identifiable subscription status and signed names to publish letters and prevents anonymous contributions from printing.
Inside page report notes the arrest of another famed gangster linked to major crimes. G men took him down smoothly, signaling a regained sense of proportion in crime news and a warning against sensational publicity that fuels crime.
Lewis Harris died after a long illness and is remembered as the first Jew to settle in High Point and the founder of its Hebrew colony. He built a small pedler’s pack into a large merchandising business and remained active in faith, family, and community for nearly five decades.
A compact survey of philosophical stances on truth from Plato to Arcesilaos and Carneades plus Gorgias and Pascal. It contrasts ideals of purity, limits of knowledge, the insufficiency of senses, and the clash between belief and truth.
Bruce Catton discusses the League of Nations as envisioned by Woodrow Wilson, arguing it was washed up long before Mussolini’s rise. He asserts the league lost value once it stopped preserving peace and notes Europe faces a crucial unresolved question.
European statesmen debate reshaping the league to include Germany Japan and the United States or rely on armed power. The debate centers on collective security, postwar debts, colonial questions, and a fresh approach to pacific aims as Europe faces Hitler and Italian defiance.
The piece argues that modern marriage demands more from women than in the past as economic forces push wives toward cultivating a romantic self and sexual appeal. It contrasts Victorian domestic duties with contemporary roles where laundries, cooking, and child care are outsourced, leaving wives to manage affection, appearance, and stability amid love piracy and shifting public expectations.
Washington May 18 The administration tax proposal is condemned as irresponsible and incompetent fiscal policy. Senator Byrd's challenge halts the plan as Treasury officials retreat after a White House compromise proposal surfaces, marking a second setback for leadership.
The passage argues that women face the toughest task yet, discovering how to create new feminine values to replace old ones. It suggests reading the balance may require another industrial revolution, but asserts women have historically changed when conditions demanded it.
Clarence Kelland presides at Dutch Treat lunches in New York, delivering sharp ribbing to famed visitors such as Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. The gatherings attract writers, artists, editors, and prominent guests, who endure his witty, sometimes biting introductions with good humor.
Poet Victor P. Hammer reflects on graduation as a move to new stations and life’s upward grade. The verses describe graduates boarding trains, pondering gains, improvements, and future movements while time’s gate seems ajar to their paths ahead.
A locally staged nuptial at the American Theater in High Point linked a young man and maid in matrimony during a screening of They Get Married. Miss Gladys Dorothy Sprouse wed Julius Eugene Horney with Rev. B H McLarty presiding. The ceremony began at o'clock and was expected to be brilliant.
The Rev. F. L. Conrad returned to High Point from Columbia where he attended commencement exercises of the Lutheran Theological Seminary. He was awarded the Bachelor of Divinity degree in recognition of graduate work completed under the faculty’s direction over the past several years.
Raleigh announces a city led redevelopment of the former state fair grounds into a residential district. Plans envision new homes and neighborhood streets on the site formerly used for fairs and public events.
From Wake Forest Walter Lippman of the New York World is slated to deliver the annual literary address at the 8th annual commencement here June 3.
A massive fire in Baltimore's Canton area destroyed two fertilizer plants and damaged surrounding properties. Authorities estimate potential losses up to 1.5 million dollars as firefighters battled the blaze and secured adjacent buildings. No injuries reported as crews contained spread to nearby sites.
From Geneva Germany presents concrete proposals to ban airplanes and poison gas in warfare and to suppress heavy artillery and tanks. Count Bernstorff, former U.S. ambassador, presented the plan during the disarmament commission meetings.
Washington reports nine month total August to April 30 at 5 277 824 tons of crushed cotton seed. The figure reflects industry throughput and regional production scales in the period.
William L. Chenery, editor of the 1936 Dutch Treat Year Book, offers a light verse on nudes. He says his acquaintance with them is slight and they are fine, but he objects to snickering old men.
Harold Ross editor of The New Yorker shared an apartment with former policeman Edward Mc Namara known as the singing cop. The pair, both rough and Irish with Celtic wit, enjoyed after dark moments together before Ross’s recent marriage.
Mrs Catherine Blanchard completes six decades of rooming house keeping at 61 Washington Square and remains active in her duties as a longtime employee.
A nostalgic sketch contrasts charm and shabby warmth of old-time houses in York with chic modern apartments. The narrator recalls living in three places and a memorable West 57th Street housekeeper, Mrs Cam, who loomed with a shepherd’s crook and spoke to a young visitor about an upcoming action.
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