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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1936
Page
4
A reflective note contrasts the virtue of finding fulfillment in one’s own labor with the vice of idleness. It cites Ecclesiastes on rejoicing in personal work and Carlyle warning against idle living, framing work as a man’s portion and purpose.
The Interstate Commerce Commission signals disfavor for rail owned motor carrier systems. It limits rail control to auxiliary trucking services and blocks railroad acquisition of motor carriers via holding companies. It warns that such moves undermine competition and favors curbing loopholes in law.
High Point residents consider expanding from clay seating to a concrete and steel stadium. The WPA has started work and would fund labor for about 25 000 dollars, while 10 000 to 15 000 more could buy materials for roughly 10 000 seats. Funds must be raised soon to avoid delaying the project.
City officials amended the ordinance to apply the 45 minute parking limit on South Hamilton Street between Russell and Green only from 10 AM to 2 PM. The change came after a neighborhood resident asked for relief during luncheons and bridge parties.
The council voted to bar long day parking on a street section to keep spaces open for short term parkers. It instructed the safety committee to meet with the Chamber of Commerce to study the citywide parking situation.
Bruce Catton notes the Civilian Conservation Corps boosts literacy as well as forest work. Howard W. Oxley reports 40 000 enrollees gained reading and writing skills with 92 percent of initial illiterates still attending classes. He argues literacy essential for citizenship and credits CCC as nonpartisan national program.
A Chicago man listening to a radio program in a closed garage was overcome by gas. Rescuers arrived just in time and dialed off the politician.
The remark notes that the earth's inhabitants are growing into taller people and that some in the audience seem to have a head start due to sitting at shows.
A contemplative dawn poem traces the sunrise as sunrays travel in a flight of beauty and duty. The speaker notes nature's art, love’s charge within the heart, and the endless rise of a new day marked by the sun’s banner over the earth.
A dialogue explores glass history from Egypt to Phoenicia and beyond. Experts discuss invention versus discovery, early uses under Pharaohs, Roman production, and the role of Sidon, with notes on Hatsan era artifacts and the chemistry of glass including silicic acid.
Guest editorial notes growing shipper push led by The Southern Traffic League to force rail carriers to adopt Northern class rate levels in the South. It cites North rail resistance, Interstate Commerce Commission inertia, and cites Nashville headquarters filing a commission petition to investigate and readjust Southern rates to boost interstate commerce and end discrimination.
New York Day by Day reflects on fresh currency and its imagined journeys from hospital visits to bars and temples. It includes a vignette about Robert and his mother traveling to Augusta Maine and his ecstatic claim that tickets guarantee safety. The piece muses on money’s moral weight.
A sports page artist earns $100 weekly for two thumbnail sketches. A young illustrator sold a single piece to a Philadelphia weekly after two years, losing money on postage ($35) and a visit ($20) to the editor.
The writer reflects on a foggy morning on the Drive and a longing for snow and cold. They imagine walking through a damp wooded scene at Fontainbleau while noting a tangential memory of the housekeeper’s 17-year-old son.
The text recalls a boy named Robert leaving at midnight on his first bus journey. He eats only a few scraps, and his departure at the depot by ten underscores eagerness. The mother mutters that if she never sees him again, she would be comforted by the glow of happiness on his face as the bus disappears into the night.
A lively night scene shows busy mid-town bus depots with travelers moving between terminals. Passengers, including a pink pyjama wearing girl reminiscent of Bette Davis, chat among seat neighbors as routine, ordinary lives outside the train travel rush.
The piece portrays Doris Duke as a leading American heiress with vast wealth and athletic tastes. It argues such a figure could influence solutions to social unrest, noting her rejection of European etiquette in favor of an American husband and warning that a caper by a rich heiress might disrupt societal machinery.
Twenty years ago the city started street work by setting sewer and water taps to bring piping up to curbing in the paving district. Officials aim to avoid future trenching by aligning utilities with the new pavement. The Commercial club issues a booster stationery folder highlighting High Point with 81 factories and calls for more local investment. Mrs. Mallon returned from a three week Richmond visit and Maud Powell drew Greensboro attendance. Mrs. Whitener and children head to Hickory to visit relatives. Mrs. Owen hosts a Brid(e) event for two early-season brides on Broad Street.
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing discuss a possible virtual blockade of American ports in response to the U-boat campaign. The Central Carolina fair opens in Greensboro as Republicans send leaders to Hickory with speakers Linney Greene and Newell addressing crowds.
The column explains quartz origin from granite weathering, its acidic properties with bases forming silicates, and glassmaking basics. It notes impurity removal, pouring from furnaces, and the skill in blowing glass, then ends with a humorous aside about a fiancé and a drive.
A note suggests an asbestos fabric may be produced in England for practical summer wear. The idea imagines a handkerchief made from asbestos to wipe the brow on warm days.
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