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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1936
Page
4
An aphorism notes that charity endures beyond money and fame. Good deeds persist in memory while worldly wealth vanishes, reflecting on moral value over material gain.
President Roosevelt proclaims Fire Prevention Week as a national observance. Advice stresses calm exits, stop, drop, and roll, testing doors for heat, and keeping rugs around the neck to smother flames. Emphasizes personal safety before calling the fire department.
Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Washington DC declared that couples may kiss freely without it being disorderly conduct. The decision follows an incident involving two gentlemen of the law who apprehended Armistead leading to the ruling.
W Gilliam kissed his wife in their parked car at midnight and was charged with disorderly conduct. Judge Mattingly dismissed the case, praising the couple’s private moment and noting it would be better than dwelling on a song about kissing. The piece critiques sensationalizing a four year marriage in Reno.
The writer urges State Highway Chairman Waynick to inspect sandclay roads into High Point damaged by neglect. Scraping after rains and erosion control on embankments of highway 68 between North High Point and Deep River are recommended, with CCC workers or highway authorities urged to act.
A columnist argues politicians fear the nation more than ordinary people. He mocks Father Coughlin and the idea of a looming dictatorship, noting Americans resist oppression and that the country is large and tough. He urges calm about capitalism and elections.
A national nudist leader asserts bathing suits will disappear, leaving only a fragment of what once existed. The remark frames a future devoid of traditional swimwear as society shifts toward complete nudity.
New York Day By Day column humorously riffs on a weight obsessed speaker lamenting fat envy while confessing compulsive eating habits. A playful self mockery blends diary style lines with name checks and street scenes, ending with a copyright notice.
A narrator describes eating alone at a restaurant and the social teasing from staff. He asserts solitude increases as he consumes, noting visible weight loss and gaunt cheeks. A vivid breakfast scene follows with cereal, bananas, cream, eggs, sausages, milk, and bread.
A speaker recalls sneaking food from the ice box and pantry during late nights. He notes twice weekly raids, a dog biscuit out of reach, cold potatoes eaten quickly, and a fondness for gravy and creamed leftovers. He also teases about a Hunt Breakfast event with late arrivals.
New Piedmont Filler and Stain Co progresses with $100 000 cap and $6 000 paid in as build permits rise in September total value 16849 50. Deaf education moves as Miss Bessie Sideloff takes post in Philadelphia. High Point senior class elects Lewis Teague president and Klein Pickett secretary. Gold family returns from a Southern trip with 80th birthday honors for W S Gold. Bulšgarian Romanian war activity and Okuma cabinet resignation noted as Wilson heads to Omaha for Oct 5 speech.
A poem describes youths pairing up to perform in staged acts regardless of weather or work. It notes that shared passion and fashion drive expressions of bold ambition, as stage performances fuel brain and brawn. The verses claim staging inspires imitation, activity, and moral formation leading to national leadership.
Bruce Catton reflects on American Legion conventions showing how veterans, shaping memory into humor and camaraderie, rebound from war’s trauma. He compares to GA R reunions and notes that resilience turns solemn past into buoyant parades and jokes, a carnival of life despite tragedy.
Alfonso Count de Covadonga, once heir to the Spanish throne, lies ill in a New York hospital with haemophilia. His mother Queen Victoria Eugenie travels from Europe to tend him and influence his marriage prospects. Blood transfusions from New York donors revive him.
An Illinois woman has endured five years after losing half her brain yet remains active. A separate local incident asks if she could be the driver who collided with a bumper this morning.
W T Best recalls Clyde Hoey stumping for Al Smith in 1928 as a prohibitionist who defended Smith's Catholic sentiments. Hoey defended religious pluralism while singing for Smith amid Republican gains. The piece notes Hoey later doubting Smith's political staying power and comments on Father Coughlin and Trinity Archdale water project funding.
The piece recalls Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother “Ma” in Los Angeles a decade ago. It notes Ma's anger at Aimee over her daughter’s marriage plans and jealousy as the motive, reflecting ongoing sensational headlines.
Letters discuss how presidents and Hearst dodge political kicks by shifting positions. The writer compares Roosevelt to a mule and critiques Hearst for aligning with Soviet Russia figures and labor leaders while critiquing Democratic party ties and communist influence. The piece ends with a poem excerpt about October weather.
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