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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1934
Page
5
The Joneses discuss the New Deal over supper and in the living room as Willis Thornton’s serial depicts critiques of slum conditions in Liberty Street. Pa Jones notes rotten shacks in need of demolition, while John questions the reach of government housing plans into private business.
The piece surveys slum conditions in U S cities found by the Civil Works Administration and outlines government efforts under the Housing Act to spur private loans and public building. It notes estimates of 600 000 new houses yearly needed for a decade and cites the Emergency Housing Corporation and Public Works Administration plans to reduce slums.
A Chicago dispatch outlines how hitchhiking laws vary across the United States. Virginia enforces up to 30 days in jail or fines, while Connecticut, New Jersey and D C impose fines and possible jail. Minnesota, New York and Delaware regulate roadside THUMBERS, with penalties ranging from small fines to days in jail.
Deep River News notes Betty Jane daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifton Williard has been quite sick for several days. The item also mentions Mr and Mrs W F Wheeler visiting as dinner guests Sunday.
Mr and Mrs J L Skeen and BE White and family with Henry Davis visited H Clay Briggs at High Point. Miss Bessie and Gordy Foster of High Point called on Gattis Foster. Mrs R T Jordan visited Mrs Arthur Yates at Guilford College route one. Burgess of Ramsur stayed with Carey Bulla, accompanied home by Mrs Denson for Thanksgiving. M A Wood hosted John Coble, Mary, and Willie Ingold of Climax at Sunday dinner. R T Jordan and hosts shared a dinner with another family member.
A son was born November 20 at the couple’s Greensboro home. In Oslo a new land and seaplane base is authorized by the Norwegian government at a cost of 1,266,000 dollars with completion expected in 1936.
Sparrows cause extensive harm to buildings worldwide annually amounting to millions of dollars in repairs and preventive measures. Experts note persistent costs from nesting, droppings, and structural wear across urban and rural structures.
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