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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1933
Page
4
A dated epigraph contrasts law and mercy with lines from John 7 51 and Jeremy Taylor. It questions if law can judge before hearing and urges that justice does not require cruelty or severest sentences.
At a city council meeting last night property owners along English Street voiced opposition to widening the street from College to Phillips. The State Highway Commission would pay $60,000 if a right of way could be donated, but no funds exist to buy it. Proponents warn that failure to proceed will lead to condemnation and frontage assessments later, while traffic would be rerouted through other city streets.
Elmer Davis argues in Current History that the repeal momentum was cemented at the 1932 Democratic National Convention when the resolutions committee approved repeal by 35 to 17. He notes Walsh Comstock and others pushed for repeal and an amendment to the Volstead Act as backers argued for a wets-backed platform. The vote marked the effective end of Prohibition in public policy.
Economist Robert Edmondson notes a slow emergence of positive indicators as under surface developments rise. He links dollar deflation, acreage cuts, and Washington policy shifts to a revived trade volume and firmer Southern stocks amid public debt financing and budget balancing.
Economists agree recovery begins with profit incentives and reemployment, followed by trade revival and reinvestment with wage gains. Exports rise due to world trade gains and dollar depreciation, though analysts warn that on old dollar values totals may mislead.
Despite Attorney General Brummitt's ruling that city funds cannot support night schools this year without a special election, the High Point Woman's Club will continue educational work. It will sponsor homemaking classes for the underprivileged and cooperate with the welfare board by providing class spaces and coal and lights, maintaining the club's commitment to literacy and civic programs.
Bruce Catton contends that government monetary policy debates rise like fog around a debt mountain from the boom era. The piece argues that the large debt pile looms over policy discussions and future economic health.
The article argues debt built up during boom times must be reduced, critiquing currency policy and urging alternatives beyond Washington plans. It calls for broad public input on a feasible path to lower fixed charges and restore economic balance while preserving stakeholder tolerance.
A Sunbury man entered a hardware store to settle a 31 year old debt. As a boy he once took a 75 cent sled from an estate and never forgot the act. He paid $2.25 to relieve his conscience, raising questions about whether the youthful theft brought him joy or remorse.
A young farm boy in Ohio admits he killed his sister's husband after neighbors taunted him for the man's assault conviction of a 14 year old girl. He said he would not let the man live with his sister. The piece condemns cruel treatment and its consequences.
The piece notes Governor Rolph reacts to crimes with praise for California’s lessons to the country and imagines similar proclaims for other scandals including a road commission theft and police collusion with bank robbers. It frames the tactic as politically advantageous and cites Maryland as another example.
J P Morgan had his eyes checked prior to a duck hunting trip and is noted for not needing much vision while pursuing small fry in fishing ventures. The remark playfully contrasts hunting and fishing pursuits with his eye checkup.
High Point residents are urged to buy city license plates with state plates on Friday December 1. Millard Todd of the Carolina Motor Club says buying both at once saves time and avoids embarrassment since tags must be displayed by January 1. The club office will close Thursday for Thanksgiving but opens at 9:00 Friday for plate sales.
William Penn High School students show strong interest in reorganization of the first student council. Presidential candidates include William Little James Kent Willie Brower and Charles McCrae.
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Book of a Million Names for Wilberforce University in Washington on November 10 1933. Postmaster James Farley also signs. The aim is one million signatures with each donor giving at least one dollar. Wilberforce and West Virginia clash noted with coverage planned from Cincinnati.
Virginia's 33 man varsity for the season finale with North Carolina in Chapel Hill includes two thirds with fathers uncles brothers or kin who previously played for Virginia. Coach Dawson quips that Carolina cannot be beaten by ancestral reputations. Three sons of Virginia men start or compete for key roles, with several more sons among the first line replacements.
A list of Virginia alumni including players from Charlottesville and Richmond appears, noting family ties to football and a Chicago manager. The High Point Lodge No 693 of the Loyal Order of Moose meets tonight at 7 30 at the Junior Order Hall 1101-2 Past Washington Street for a bueb eas session. The 111th Observation row of the Texas National notes a week for condemned for human were used recently for supplies to parties in the marshy sections.
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