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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1936
Page
4
A biblical verse from St Matthew warns of peril for anger without cause. A quote attributed to Marcus Antonius compares personal suffering from anger and grief to the very causes of those feelings.
A meeting at the Junior high school auditorium brought together a Jewish rabbi a Roman Catholic priest and a Protestant minister. The article notes nationwide efforts toward unity in moral and spiritual life to oppose wrongs, promote peace and sound citizenship. It cites church union discussions and reflects on John Wesley and faith driving unity and heroism.
Editorial highlights President Roosevelt’s tariff increase on Japanese cotton cloth and warns of retaliation threats. It cites Japan’s land purchases in Brazil and flood of cheap imports undercutting American workers and retailers, urging broader investigations into Eastern competition.
A fragment urges unity and breast-forward marching in work toward a better world, emphasizing collective action and steadfast resolve to improve society.
Several hundred people were turned away from the High Point high school commencement last night due to lack of seating. The piece urges using the Municipal lake amphitheater or the upcoming National Guard Armory for larger crowds next year, weather permitting.
Bruce Catton argues that graduates need practical dreamers who envision a better future. He notes commencement speakers default to platitudes and stresses the nation’s hope rests on real idealistic visionaries who can still dream big and act.
The speaker laments abandoning dream and faith for wealth and industry after the 1929 crash. Though material wealth remains, happiness lacks without the old ability to dream and pursue a hopeful vision. He urges reclaiming the American ideal of risking and sacrificing for a brighter tomorrow.
Inside stories of Alvin Karpis Campbell Mahan and Robinson reveal they could buy luxury but not happiness or peace of mind. Fear followed them daily as the law closed in and finally caught up with Karpis, the self styled master of the game who believed he could beat the system.
The piece notes a 50 percent ten year rise in United States adult education with 23 million adults returning to study. It argues better-educated individuals boost themselves and the nation, reflecting a shift from early lifetime learning to continuous education.
A Tiffin Ohio man is accused of looting a home filled with antiques. A local wife considers whether the suspect would be interested in a proposition about her husband’s old crush hat.
The New York Epicurean group argues that fine meals cannot be enjoyed amid loud noise. A suggested remedy for diners is wearing ear plugs during the soup course to restore focus on flavors and conversation.
A man settles his bill for his wife’s new hat and quips that he would pay anything for a laugh. The moment captures light humor in a shopping scene.
A reader who finished the book intends to spend the first half of his vacation watching the film Anthony Adverse. He plans to compare the adaptation with the book and gauge differences in scenes and character portrayals.
Hoover receives honorary status from an explorer organization as plans emerge for an expedition to locate specimens of city street grass and related flora.
The piece notes a Michigan salon owner claims no pockets exist in his coats for two decades. It remarks on his wife’s apparent contrition and suggests the stance could be vindictive.
Poem traces evolution from primitive life to humans seeking knowledge and a peaceful order. It contrasts beasts driven by force with humans who strive for a kingdom in the mind and a just, enlightened society under a guiding Law. Charles E B McCandless.
A dialogue discusses plagiarism as literary theft and critiques opinion columnists. It cites Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink's message of hope, praises brave constructive writing, and warns against trivial commentary in journalism.
In a reflective New York Day By Day column D O McIntyre writes of losing a valued friend, the night sky, and drifting memories. He recalls colleagues from Denver and New York journalism, their career paths, and a longing for places like Delft and Amstel among vivid travel-inspired images.
A dialogue fragment discusses a proposal to relocate a jail and bury columnists with names containing the letter M. The speaker argues the plan would pass unanimously, while the other speaker questions the opposition claim. The text mixes metaphor with concrete names McIntyre Moody Mebane McArthur.
An Eastern law enforcement unit adopts etiquette training and humor in a rough lesson. The quip about delivering a courteous farewell after the third degree reflects local wit amid the force’s cultural shift.
Ten years ago the High Point Redpath Chautauqua opened with a large crowd. Fred Tate gave an introductory talk and Rev. E. K. McLarty led the invocation. Tate reported women’s season ticket sales progress as Judge George D. Alden of Boston spoke on Needs of the Hour and urged self reform for honest public policy.
More than 60 illicit stills seized by the Wake County sheriff and deputies over the last six months are stacked in an alley behind the courthouse. The cache reflects ongoing enforcement in state capital surroundings.
Mrs H R Broadhurst returns from a week in Cleveland Ohio. Miss Virginia Ryan of Miami Fla visits with brother Harold Ryan for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Norman Fidler host a Tuesday evening at South Main Street home for Mrs B R Shaw a recent bride. Pauline Davis and Tom Parnell wed on Easter Monday April 5 in Salisbury. The couple will reside in Winston Salem. Thomas Alderman Sykes pastor of the Central Friends church will
Robert R. Reynolds, candidate for U S Senate, filed a formal statement last Friday afternoon in the secretary of state W N Everett's office listing campaign expenditures amounting to 1612.47 dollars.
South Dakota faced its first major fundamentalist modernist clash after Rev. Albert Crombie, a fervent fundamentalist from Lead, was expelled from his pulpit by the state Presbyterian Synod on orders of the reorganized denomination.
In Richmond Virginia Sir Esme Howard the British ambassador told the Society of Colonial Wars last night that the United States owes its rise to a special destiny and that English speaking peoples will stand together for a government of the people by the people for the people.
The city rivals New York in producing and shaping news and entertainment figures. Many prominent cartoonists and gag artists began or built careers in San Francisco, fueling a vibrant press culture with strong ties to the broader national scene.
The article describes Holland as deeply appealing to its exiled sons and daughters with a strong longing to return. Hendrik Van Loon, a celebrated author, embodies this pull and longs to sail back home on a harbor boat if possible. It contrasts modern motor travel with the vivid Zeeland scenes of dress, canals, windmills, and tulip fields.
A Los Angeles woman and a San Francisco visitor intrude on a bachelor’s home inviting a servant boy to join a tempting breakfast routine. After a business trip the husband leaves, and the next morning the boy returns with breakfast. the wife teases him to “go home,” revealing a sprung, scandalous domestic scene from 1936.
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