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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
4
A short collection of quotes contrasts scriptural warning against envy with a Roman moral about contentment. It cites Psalms 37:1 urging trust over evildoers and Cicero asserting that true wealth lies in contentment with what one has.
Senator J. W. Bailey urged debt relief in Raleigh by monetary reform including bankruptcy, public defaults or a controlled currency tied to silver for ten years. He argued silver as debt payment would boost southern production, while noting bi metalism risks and gold scarcity.
Scientists and spectators gathered at various vantage points to witness yesterday's solar eclipse. Poor visibility due to dense cloud cover obscured the phenomenon, though many enjoyed the display and the curated presentation. some prototypes and observers noted disappointment amid the limited view.
The eclipse is celebrated as a widely observed event, with only a small fraction of humanity calculating and experimenting. Astronomers gathered at optimal viewing sites, yet the core lesson is that the event occurred as scheduled and predicted, affirming the reliability of human understanding of nature.
The federal role in setting up home loan banks promises thousands of jobs across twelve districts. Applicants in Washington number about ten thousand for roughly a hundred positions, while regional banks will need hundreds each, attracting many seeking stable public and semi public employment.
State treasurer reports 1931 ad valorem school levy collections totaling 3,083,797 against an expected 4,461,691. Counties show wide variance with Cabarrus at 94 percent and Greene at 1 percent, reflecting adherence to the law and collection rates across the state.
State treasurer reports 1931 ad valorem tax receipts vary by county with about 20 percent under 50 percent and most between 60 and 94 percent. Guilford leads in school fund payments at 271,053.67 or 89 percent, while 1932 levy expected to reach 80 to 85 percent of the total.
Italians under Mussolini push to purge foreign terms from daily speech. Replacing English phrases with Italian equivalents, authorities promote words like tasai for toast, frittata instead of omelette, panino imbattito, autista for driver, and glazzo for glass while banning smoking and redingote as French imports.
Natives in Africa have adopted American baseball. the author notes a reciprocal past by comparing it to how Americans embraced African golf years ago.
A Scotsman in Texas discovers a letter his wife handed him to mail in 1914. The surprise comes as the letter requires an extra penny to post, revealing old postal rate changes.
Analysts note a common belief that frozen assets will unfreeze with the onset of cold weather. The remark highlights how market participants anticipate liquidity renewal as temperatures drop.
Mayor Cermak told a Berlin audience that bandits have been driven out of Chicago by their chauffeurs, a remark reflecting wartime humor and political rhetoric. The speech links crime concerns with international perception and uses a sharp line to underscore order.
A minister told his congregation that relying on law to vanish all rules is flawed and compared it to Al Capone's era. He cautioned against believing artificial intelligence would erase need for enforcement or judgment.
Washington column surveys the Prohibition lobby as Hoover's stance jolts dry leaders. Five paths loom: back Hoover for a nationwide ban, pursue temperance education, focus on Congress, label Hoover an apostate, or back Up Shaw on a bone-dry ticket.
Not a single minor league in the National Association has gone through the current season without a managerial change. The Western Association retains four managers who started the season, though Aunt Marr of Muskogee was sidelined briefly and Marty Purtell moved his club from Indianapolis to Hutchinson.
Walter Gautreau succeeds Ed Holly as manager of the Montreal Royals. A former Holy Cross intercollegiate champion, Gautreau was an all college second baseman for three years 1923 24 25 and led Holy Cross in batting in 1925 with a .427 average. He stands five feet four inches and weighs 135 pounds.
The article notes aluminum is the most abundant metal worldwide and accounts for about eight percent of the earth's crust. It emphasizes its widespread presence in the planet's geology.
Boston reports on the 52 total eclipse expeditions. Clouds ruined many efforts though a few fully observed the event. A Kennelly-Heaviside layer radio finding showed the invisible layer retreating higher in darkness before returning to day. Japanese and other teams faced cloud issues while Bartlett, New Hampshire, vs Alfred, Maine sites mattered. Astronomers noted the moon's shadow running late by seconds to ten.
An advertisement promises rapid fat loss of about 15 pounds per month with Kruschen Salts. It claims energy, clearer skin, and increased activity, urging readers to take a daily teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and to buy from local stores with a money back guarantee.
Del Young, star second baseman for the Fort Wayne Chiefs in the Central League, carries a rich baseball lineage as his father played for Cincinnati, Nashville, Fort Wayne and Buffalo. The young infielder is with the Chicago Cubs and is being polished by Fort Wayne manager Bill Wambsganss, famed for his 1920 World Series unassisted triple play.
Bob Shawkey, manager of the Scranton club in the New York Pennsylvania League, continues to wear a brilliant red sweatshirt, a look he sported during his pitching days with the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics and later as a Yankees manager.
Thieves exploited twilight during an eclipse to rob Mrs. Henry Lapham of Newton Massachusetts at the Mountain View Hotel in Whitefield New Hampshire. Dr Clyde Fisher of the American Museum of Natural History and Casye Jones of New York photographed the moon’s shadow from 10 000 feet over Central New Hampshire.
Three Einstein planes from the Navy and Northwestern University arrived in Portland carrying temperature and air pressure data to 10,000 feet. Officials say calibration will take weeks or months before applying the data to eclipse star measurements, which suggest space may be curved.
Prof Charles F Brooks of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Hyde Park Massachusetts recorded a seven degree temperature drop during the eclipse. He was stationed at the Concord New Hampshire airport observing conditions.
W C Weller of Belmont Massachusetts watched the eclipse from Gloucester and reported the event drew a swarm of mosquitoes to the area.
A puzzle page fragment listing horizontal and vertical clues including Dung beetles difficulties and city names with several incomplete entries. Answers reference terms from science geography and general vocabulary such as olive shaped form and feverish notes while many entries remain partially shown or garbled.
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