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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1936
Page
7
A teen girl asks whether to return home to a troubled step mother or stay with her aunt. The adviser suggests weighing family harmony, talking to her father, and ensuring independence if she stays with relatives. A separate note counsels moving on from a failed romance and ignoring a noncommittal suitor.
In a lively Aug 31 report from New York, readers discuss finishing Anthony Adverse before the end and share reactions to talkies, shelves, and theater gossip. The column notes theater figures, prices, and performances, including Eleanor Helm and Babe Ruth sightings, with Hildegarde’s international ride and radio fees highlighted.
Palmerville resident H V Everhart was bound over to Superior Court without bond after probable cause was found in an indictment charging him with the murder of L A Motley. Judge T B Mauney ordered the bondless transfer following the preliminary hearing in Albemarle.
Federal Judge Johnson J. Hayes selects three appraisers to value 2,167 acres in Montgomery County sought for condemnation to add to the Uwharrie portion of the Pisgah National Forest.
Charlotte attorney examiner W. W. McKaskill of the Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a hearing on September 21 in Clinton on L. L. Porter's application for authority to operate as a common carrier of freight.
Raleigh advisory budget commission begins its second summer tour visiting the state home and industrial school for girls at Samarcand and the North Carolina Sanatorium at Sanatorium to inspect operations and needs.
Sheriff H. J. Stockard said six persons are jailed in Alamance County awaiting investigation of a daytime cafe robbery near Purlington. Two masked bandits escaped with about $500. Names of the six suspects were withheld.
State receipts for August totaled 6 223 805 81 dollars, up 208 568 67 from August 1935. General fund fell below the prior year, totaling 4 075 713 53 dollars, down 16 901 48. Motor vehicle receipts rose 225 470 05 to 2 148 092 28, aided by gasoline tax rise to 1 919 842 86.
Australia hosts at least twenty species exhibiting gliding abilities beyond typical flight. From flying squirrels and opossums to flying mice and bears, these mammals use skin membranes or specialized adaptations to glide between trees and landscapes.
In Medford Oregon two heavily armed brothers are pursued after a quarrel over a horse led to killings. Expert woodsmen ordered to close in or starve them out as bloodhounds track the suspects into a timbered area twenty miles south of the Oregon state line.
New York report states Mrs Louis Reed Jr formerly Marion Snowden has departed from her second husband after a three month Bermuda honeymoon.
Historical accounts suggest Alexander the Great favored his left hand in battles and daily tasks. Modern scholars debate the reliability of ancient sources about his handedness and its influence on his military tactics.
The text notes that Japanese archers release the bowstring causing impact on the outside of the bow arm while Western archers use armguards on the inside of the bow arm.
In Montgomery Alabama fights a new menace motorized rustling causing heavy cattle losses. Four rustlers fled after a running gun fight with L J Jones on a southern Alabama farm leaving a bloodied hat. Agriculture Commissioner Goode urged cattle owners to register brands and monitor stock sales as rustling shifts to fast trucks and distant markets.
The mottoes of the states use seven languages Greek Latin Spanish French Italian American Indian and English reflecting diverse linguistic heritage across the Union.
In Topeka Governor Alf Landon’s 1934 call for federal state cooperation on water conservation is cited as a guide as he prepares for a drought conference with President Roosevelt. While awaiting railroad response on a freight rate cut, associates see the stance as indicating his likely position in Des Moines meeting.
Pluto makes a single solar orbit taking 249 years. Spiders can survive 18 months without food.
Assistant PWA Administrator Horatio B. Hackett dedicated a $3.1 million federal low cost housing project in Atlanta. Techwood Homes is described as decent housing in healthy surroundings for people who never knew what a home could be and as a manifesto of the right to share America’s benefits.
A claim notes boiling vinegar inhalation used on elephants with colds, involving a large bag over the trunk to aid breathing. Separately, a snippet states turtles can lay 160 eggs in thirty minutes, though no context or verification provided.
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