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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1931
Page
4
The excerpt presents two ethical maxims. The first urges speaking well of no man and being gentle to all, citing Titus 8 2. The second notes that one who has no pleasure in looking up is not fit to look down, attributed to Washington Alliston.
General Smedley Butler discloses his retirement motive in a national magazine article titled To Hell With the Admirals. He argues naval leaders blocked his rise to Marine commandant, citing seniority bias against Annapolis graduates, while praising his 34 years of service.
Asheville councilman Wickes Wamboldt renews accusations of bought jurors and jurists in Buncombe. He seeks immunity for witnesses and urges grand jury action to compel disclosure, warning that silence could imply scandal-mongering.
Hoke Smith died in Atlanta yesterday at age five when the Civil War began his career shifted to Georgia. Though he lived away from North Carolina he retained affection for his native state and carried a family name from his mother's people.
The article recalls Hoke Smith as a prominent state leader once central to national politics. Once among the nation’s youngest cabinet officers his influence waned after opposing Wilsonian policy and the league of nations. His retirement from active politics followed his stance on American entry.
The Sedalia storekeeper murder near Greensboro shows strong police coordination between the sheriff and Greensboro police. Arrests and confessions followed closely, illustrating effective joint work beyond state lines. North Carolina is portrayed as a challenging field for criminals due to prompt crime-solving actions.
Raleigh reports the first session of North Carolina's state constitution commission outlining proposed changes. Suggestions include a short ballot with governor and lieutenant governor as sole elective officers, governor appointment power over departmental heads, and a governor driven budget process. Other ideas cover judicial district divisions, nonpartisan ten year judges, seven supreme court justices, a department of justice, state police, property tax classification, tax limits, women jurors, and married women property rights, with indictments limited to capital cases.
The text outlines trial rules with trial without jury in non capital cases and three fourths verdicts in most cases, removal of farmout convict provisions, deletion of the word male from sections, and a county managerial form of government proposal.
Bruce Catton reflects on replacing Solent English Channel pilot boats from sail-driven cutters to steam tugs. He laments the loss of old marlin spike seamanship but notes inevitability and urges embracing modern wonders like airmail planes and fast trains that symbolize progress.
The piece notes more than twenty boys have died this fall in football, calls the sport inherently high risk, and questions how to reduce danger without removing violent collisions. It contrasts football dangers with auto fatalities and comments on modern warfare's aerial force.
Fio Ziegfeld warned that stage-door Johnny fans would persist and so would the Follies, yet the speaker mocks the ongoing spectacle as a parade of theatrical vanity and showbiz rumors.
By this time it is evident that in the Manchurian theater of war China has missed her queue.
John J. Raskob is circulating a petition among about 90,000 Democrats to gauge attitudes on prohibition. The activity signals a growing push toward liquor repeal or reform.
Despite challenging times for packing houses, grape juice firms continue to issue dividends while industry players face tighter margins. The report notes ongoing investor returns even as supply chains strain operations.
Dino Grandi eludes 50 New York detectives and police, a dramatic escape that unfolds across Chicago. The tale centers on Grandi as authorities pursue him through multiple jurisdictions before his whereabouts become uncertain.
A New Jersey woman files for divorce alleging a game of cards as co respondent. The brief notes the marriage breakdown and cites the alleged affair as a factor in the petition.
Washington reports Frank B Kellogg, co author of the Kellogg Briand pact, urges mobilizing world opinion to demand peace if methods fail in the China Japan crisis. He stresses nations must publicly acknowledge obligations and fulfill them, linking his name again to the peace movement.
The piece argues the United States could have used the Kellogg Briand pact in Manchuria but notes it lacked enforcement machinery versus the League of Nations. It suggests America now holds the key to peace in the Far East and may revert to traditional diplomacy if needed.
The tale recounts a former telephone operator turned “seer ts” in a tea room who fed information to a princess with a hidden wire headset. Waitresses and clerks laughed as scribbles were read, exposing a system where the princess relayed names and dates to accused tricksters. A slip reading Andrews 1924 triggered a careful confession.
New York observers note a boxer and a wrestler are teamed as marae players in a forthcoming film. The report hints the female boxer may handle herself if the male lead pushes for photographic advantage. The pairing excites fans of the screen star.
John E. Miller of Searcy becomes the Arkansas second district representative in the seventy second Congress. A lawyer and former prosecuting attorney, he focuses on agriculture and flood control for a fertile farming district along the White River. Miller is a Democrat succeeding Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfield.
The report describes an impending Japanese move against Chinese troops near Chin chow that unsettled the American state department. Stimson said Forbes relayed Shidehara’s assurance that Japan’s minister of war and chief of staff agreed there would be no hospitalities toward Chinchow and that orders against such an advance had been issued.
A Broadway actress threatened to suspend contract demands unless the company banned certain holds she found objectionable. She accused the actor of crowding in during clinches, seeking to keep his head in front of hers. The male lead warned such moves could provoke a reaction, suggesting a possible onstage confrontation.
In Istanbul civil aviation revived as hundreds of women joined the aviation club and helped drive growth after years of stagnation, transforming the industry into a bustling activity this year.
In Rome the youthful Countess Sita De Sambuy becomes a qualified air pilot after 15 hours of practice. She completes five neat figure eights around a pylon, astonishing judges who award her wings.
Queen Louise, head of a Gypsy band, defends smoking a corn cob pipe for women and has her daughter in law Princess Ruby arrested after Ruby accepts 150 dollars to buy modern clothes for nightlife. The incident highlights tensions over dress and conduct within the group.
Homer Marsoli of Worcester offered the police a written invitation to raid his business after an unannounced visit. Police returned with liquor seized and Marsoli’s fine was halved for his politeness.
Historians awaited the cornerstone of the first public building in New York after the Revolution but wreckers report no cornerstone found. The missing cornerstone raises questions about the building’s original construction and historic status.
The remarks state that he would not advance on Chinchow and recounts a prior request four days earlier asking American Ambassador W Cameron Forbes to inform Foreign Minister Shidehara in Tokio about press reports significant to the issue.
A spokesman for the Japanese Foreign Office shows strong sentiment over Stimson’s remarks on Manchuria. The cables quote calls his assertions unfounded and warn that his wording could trigger grave consequences, urging immediate denial of several points.
A proposed scope for an extraordinary legislative session includes a state budget and limits on appropriation and revenue bills. It envisions nonpartisan ten year terms for superior court judges, districting of counties, and a governor empowered to call sessions for specific purposes. The plan also covers crop curtailment legality, a six to seven member supreme court, a department of justice, a state police, and changes to jury service, property rights for married women, and an overhaul of taxation and districting. The commission aims to present a revised constitution to voters next year.
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