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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1931
Page
4
The piece argues for a clearer national creed and leadership as the Democratic Party seeks strength after years in minority status. It urges defining the party’s aims and notes efforts to organize Minute Men of Democracy while calling for a spokesman with strong articulation to interpret the party’s impulses.
City auditors report about 2500 dollars in dishonored checks lodged at the city hall. Most are small sums and several have sat unresolved for months. The city manager notes a steady flow of bad checks, with few warrants issued and uneven efforts to collect.
The Commission on Interracial Cooperation outlines findings from the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching about 1930 lynchings. It highlights doubts about guilt, limits of court justice, mob leadership, education and economic status linked to lynching risk, and calls for better education to improve public security.
Bruce Catton argues American fathers are studying fatherhood seriously as a job. He notes dads visit schools read books and form study groups to improve how they raise sons. The piece highlights the ideal parent image versus real flaws and how fatherhood shapes a boy’s world.
The council defends releasing audit findings while noting public interest in printing bad check names is limited. It warns city departments must curb overdrafts and improve duty, asserting no urgent need to publish names unless necessary to clean up public affairs.
The article notes Du Ponts synthetic rubber and German engineers synthetic gasoline as emerging inventions. It questions whether these processes can beat natural products and discusses potential upheaval for rubber plantations in Brazil and Malaya and leading oil fields, highlighting vast economic disruption.
The International Cat Society in New York City urges that all homeless cats be licensed or exterminated. It argues cats in cities damage wildlife and suffer. the group calls for proper care or removal, predicting a heated public debate with few neutral voices.
Opinion notes that many people resist early rising as society anticipates transformative changes slowing to a dawnlike mood. The piece comments on collective hesitation amid upcoming shifts and daily routines.
A compact critique notes that long established lineages have become decadent after centuries of descent. It frames aristocratic heritage as eroding through time.
Dr. Alfred Sze, representing China at the League, objects to Japan’s actions in Manchuria and calls for Japan to retreat. He asserts the need for Japanese withdrawal to curb aggression and preserve regional stability.
Travelers report Turkish authorities resist bribes and will not take the Caliph you seek. The piece recalls a past era when finishing the "hundred" in ten seconds was an accomplishment, contrasting it with a current perception that few tasks are done quickly or in the traditional manner.
Scientists say the coldest point in the north lies in northeastern Siberia. The joke implies they have not attempted discussing business in a bank.
A collection of lighthearted captions and images dominates a gloomy weekend. The feature highlights funny faces from football players while a missing teller tale adds quirky intrigue tied to a woman’s arrest.
Washington D Daybook reports Herbert Plummer describes Hugh Rodman, veteran admiral and Hoover ally, as the nominee for a commission to investigate claims of abysmal navy ignorance. Rodman, a 31 year sailor and friend to King George, has long spoken out on naval needs and praised a strong navy.
The article recounts Native American mound burials in North Carolina. It explains elevated dirt mounds with roofed graves, bone preservation, embalming with bear oil, and yearly reanointing of skeletal remains stored in boxes. The chief mourner leads rites and bones pass through generations.
In Dobson North Carolina Mrs Ida Trainum is held in the county jail awaiting grand jury action after a coroner's jury found probable cause in the death of her husband Thomas S Trainum 45. He was found burned to death in a rear room after kerosene clothing caught fire and Mrs Trainum said she locked the front door and broke in due to a key issue and he was intoxicated at the time.
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Martin retired from the U S army enters the next congress to urge a refer endum on national prohibition and public ownership of waterpower resources. He supports Sherman anti trust reforms and aims to curb monopolistic expansion.
Expenditures for schools must rise, not fall, to fund higher teacher salaries, with a luxury sales tax favored as the main revenue source. Dr. John H. Cook and speakers at North Carolina Educational Association meetings urge teachers to back a sales tax, see it as vital for state and local school funding.
Georgia holds the largest forest area in the United States, totaling more than 23 million acres, reflecting its extensive woodlands and timber resources across multiple regions.
The contributor visits Guilford County Home for the aged and infirm in Greensboro. They praise the clean, well kept buildings, grounds, and sanitary facilities, noting respectful inmates and absence of vagabonds in the facility.
Guilford College Quakers will host a charity basketball game on November 28 in Winston Salem against Moravian College of Bethlehem, Pa. Proceeds from the event will go to the needy.
The Illinois infant mortality rate runs 14 percent below the national rate and has fallen to two thirds of its level a decade ago, signaling significant public health progress.
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