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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1933
Page
4
A compact reflection citing Psalms 11 5 about the Lord testing the righteous and His hatred of the wicked. It follows with a Massinger line noting virtue in rage may challenge mightily when adorned with greatness.
A keen observer describes a developing conservative coalition uniting Democratic and Republican factions to counter farm and labor lobbies in Congress. The NYSE stance against tax authorities signals capital’s readiness to fight, potentially reshaping party lines into Conservative and Farmer-Labor camps and directing a profound economic shift.
German cabinet passes drastic laws making publishing treasonable articles abroad or importing them into Germany punishable by death. The regime also declares journalism a licensed profession with Aryanism and Nazism as essential qualifications, banning anti Nazi material.
In Herndon Virginia a rumor of a nudist colony on Sawyer's road four miles from town prompts a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors delegation and protests from the Fairfax Hunt Club. Residents fear nude residents will frighten away foxes used by local hunters.
The Enterprise backs city raids against alleged lottery operators aiming to purge downtown and scattered gambling rackets. It notes others’ cities suffered deadly violence and police corruption as gambling grew, while thousands of dollars flow weekly from players, mostly colored people, in the “butter and egg” lottery. The paper urges eradication of this harmful, money draining vice.
The piece ponders why books emit a distinctive fragrance and how odors from books, after sitting on shelves, attract readers. It notes the scent’s appeal to owners of personal libraries and suggests the scent may influence a reader’s vanity.
Postmaster General Farley presided over a New York Democratic State committee session in Albany where James M. Curry maneuvered to endorse loyal Democrats for party chosen candidates. Farley ruled a Curry motion out of order but the vote proceeded by viva voce, with no dissent recorded.
Tam many backers claim victory as Farley acknowledges passage as formality while Tammany seals leverage over mayoral race. Postmaster General decisions loom, but the Tammany accord edges Farley into a continuing feud with the organization.
Bruce Catton reflects on the suicide of Robert E. Farley former New York Rotary Club president. He notes Farley’s self help code printed for others contrasting it with the need to face worst events candidly. The piece also criticizes Wall Street secrecy around banking abuses and laments intrusions on presidential sons’ college life.
England's vice admiral Hon Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett Erle Drax visits the United States. Acknowledgement of English visitors noted as a goodwill gesture. Gugliemo Marconi, in the country, admits responsibility for radio though not the programme.
Babe Ruth finishes the season by both pitching and batting to lift his team to a win. He responds to critics who claimed he had nothing left, proving doubters wrong with a strong performance on the mound and at the plate.
The remark jokes that Commander Settle cannot stay aloft forever and will eventually descend to earth, despite belief in endless ascent.
A fragment notes uncertainty about furs causing hay fever but observes furs have brought tears to a woman's eyes, suggesting emotional impact from fur use.
America’s pickle harvest falls from 6,000,000 to 3,000,000 washels amid rising demand from beer drinkers. The shift signals a tighter supply for pickles just as brewers seek more supply.
The piece reports cotton mill owner Robert W. Johnson in Georgia and Massachusetts proposing four 36 hour shifts to maximize machinery use and double employment while paying the same for six hours per day as current eight hour code limits. It also notes White House painting plans and public building refurbishing, plus bankers’ backlash to RF C lending standards and references to J. P. Morgan on credit.
A report notes Daniel D. Moore’s appointment as collector in New Orleans as a political setback for Huey Long. It cites New York reaction to AFL President Green’s speech on a labor monopoly and mentions NRA workers rallying as families shrink to fourteen. William Z. Foster is seen near the AFL building.
Doctors in smaller hospitals seek authority to run nursing training, arguing for practical student nurse labor under minimal pay. They failed to pass a 1933 law and move to influence the State Board of Standardization for Nursing Training Schools, a 12 member body split between hospitals, nurses, and nurses examiners. The board presently features six doctors and six nurses, with doctor seats largely from the State Hospital association. Two parallel official groups exist within the State Hospital association.
A North Carolina South Carolina dispute over the State Hospital association’s board of standardization sees two rival groups claiming lawful officers. The Charleston April slate includes H A Newell and J F Brombger among others. Charlotte September slate names Newton Fisher and M R Martin. The attorney general’s ruling remains sought to settle which group has legal authority.
In New York Al Roth 127 outpointed Pete De Grasse 1241 2 Brooklyn. In Ypsilanti Ernie Mauer 117 beat Frankie Genaro 118 Detroit. In Philadelphia Young Virpe 1441 2 out pointed Pete Nebo 140 Florida. In St Louis Sammy Slaughter 153 outpointed Allen Matthews 130. In Tacoma Fred Lenhart 181 knocked out Frank Van Hee 20% Seattle.
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