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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1936
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts being minded to earthly concerns with spiritual life and peace. It warns personal desires cost heavenly status and references Emerson about trading thrones of angels for fleeting pleasure.
The Northwest ern District Teachers Association arrives with about 1,500 members, part of 20,000 educators in the state. The Enterprise welcomes them, pledging support for better schools and higher teacher salaries, and hopes the meeting will be successful and enjoyable.
A police door to door check in New York aims to curb poll fraud as about 3,500 fraudulent registrations are alleged. The piece questions the politicized use of police in evaluating registrations and the potential bias of the administration and party machines.
The text weighs a surge in voter registration as either healthy citizen interest or manipulation for political gain, and notes a police audit will reveal the truth. It warns against anyone exposing a misalignment between voter intent and political aims.
The piece argues betting odds misread national mood, noting Roosevelt's odds fluctuated from three to one to two and a half to one as pools form for the short end. It warns bettors manipulate odds, aiming to profit regardless of who wins, thus exploiting suckers.
John R. Tunis asserts in the November American Mercury that college football is a money driven sham and calls for paying players what they are worth. He faces strong opposition but argues that separating true students from athletic profiteers could reform the system.
A Philadelphia surgeon says men have asked him to alter the shape of their noses. The piece links the trend to men who may have attended a G. O. P. rally and cheered Roosevelt, suggesting a political backdrop to cosmetic requests.
In a reflective piece from New York dated October 23 1936 O O McIntyre laments the fading glamour of journalism and the crowded social whirl. He recalls Ed Howe William Allen White Carmel Snow Brock Pemberton and other figures while describing weary newsroom characters and his own struggles as the lone young reporter.
Among eager ringsiders at baseball hockey football and prize fights are sharp dressed men who run flashy haberdashery shops in and around Broadway. Many are native New Yorkers alert locals who have saved and kept watch.
New York emerges as a bath obsessed hub with morning and evening tub rituals. Upper East Side shops Pour Le Bain offer bath nicknacks from monogrammed soaps to bath salts priced 1 to 25 dollars and rubberized reading head rests.
A Positions Wanted notice reads that a valet with five years at liberty is now willing to valet wait on tables drive the car air the dog and run errands reflecting broad job flexibility and changing norms.
A letter from Apple Mary’s only granddaughter recalls the editor’s former daily visitor who brought a large basket of fruit and sweets. The granddaughter reveals Apple Mary funded schooling at a boarding school and left her $14,000 in a will, reflecting the benefactor’s indulgent, credit-friendly nature.
A southbound freight cattle car four miles north of Lexington caught fire Sunday night at 10 o clock, destroying cows owned by H A Osborne of Canton. Dairyman J W Flowe, who was guiding the herd home from the Raleigh state fair, suffered burns but recovered. Cows valued at 1000 to 1500 dollars, with one costing 300, included several prize winners. The cause remains unknown as field service reports extensive heat but no firm ignition details. Homeward Bound marked on car sides, no regret over the trip. Also noted: Cameron Morrison to speak Monday night before election, medical association events in Atlanta November 13 to 16, and upcoming reading by Miss Lucille Le Roy and Mr Robbins for library funds.
W H Plum mer becomes new manager of the Elwood hotel, replacing J Lewis Woodson who ran it for five years. Plum mer formerly led the McAdoo hotel in Greensboro before its fire last May. He plans a complete top to bottom refurnishing of the Elwood.
A special ten car train bearing Field Hospital Corps No. 1 from Washington, D. C., passed through the city at 12 25 this afternoon returning the corps from the border.
Sallie Bryson a 14 year old Jackson county girl pleaded guilty to killing her mother and was sentenced by Judge W F Harding to 20 years in the penitentiary. The United States ordered 175 aeroplanes for the army signal corps.
A Pennsylvanian was convicted of sending bombs through the mail last Easter. The case contrasts public confusion over eggs and pineapples in a curious criminal mix.
A West Virginia boy who sees objects in reverse is scheduled for surgery. Doctors note the condition is rare and linked to his unique perception turning everyday scenes into mirrored images.
The piece rails at conditions for bus drivers noting harsh limits and in loco parentis duties. It questions how future Democratic principles are taught and contrasts with Roosevelt’s 1932 nomination, arguing the system undervalues workers.
A quoted dispatch claims Edward VIII would need Privy Council consent to marry a commoner, countered by commentary noting U.S. and British views. The author favors straightforward marriages between an heiress and a chauffeur, criticizing hair splitting over royalty versus commoner.
The publication notes 92,000 absentee ballots already sent to county election officials and predicts many challenges. It praises absentee voting for the sick or duty-bound but warns of abuses to be corrected, while valuing in person voting at the polls.
Bruce Catton weighs the royal scandal as headlines question whether the king will wed American-born Wallis Simpson or not. The archbishops rebuff, Queen Mary mourns, and odds shift while Britain clamps down on sensational magazines.
Two Indiana firms spar over the use of Santa Claus as a business name. Santa Claus, Inc. sues Santa Claus of Santa Claus, Inc. to bar the other from using the name. Both firms are based in Santa Claus, Indiana. The column notes how such disputes confuse children during Christmas and recalls older Christmas lore.
An Australian woman reportedly has a double width thumb, humorously attributed to constantly resting it on her husband’s activities. The remark underscores lighthearted domestic banter about changed thumb size.
The piece argues the Roosevelt strategy shifted from farmer labor alliance to a coalition of union labor and Black voters. It notes farmers remain conservative and unreceptive to the New Deal AAA, while politicians see value in aligning Negro voters with Roosevelt for the upcoming election.
The piece argues that African American voters, long Republican, could swing Democratic outcomes in key Northern states. It cites large registered numbers in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, noting their collective electoral weight at 171 of the 266 needed to win.
A New Deal strategy circles on winning about 70 percent of the vote in sections that usually yield 80 to 95 percent for Republicans. Officials privately acknowledge this could offset Democratic defections while avoiding broad South resentment. A campaign insider notes Harlem support is nearly unanimous.
The piece claims Republicans seek to regain Negro voters while New Dealers aim to preserve them. It notes both sides avoid publicity and credits New Deal managers with skill and effort behind the shift, calling it the campaign’s real sensation with uncertain ultimate effect.
A verse lament portrays Adam as the original sinner and suggests that after birth and the Garden incident mankind is flawed. It argues that descendants dominate others and that elected candidates may lose sight of duties once in office.
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