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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1931
Page
4
The city of Raleigh weighs replacing its commission plan with a manager council system likened to private firms. Proponents cite efficiency and stability, while noting risks from managers seeking higher pay, political manipulation, or reduced civic focus. Despite weaknesses, the plan is viewed as best for improving municipal government.
After nearly thirty years as a YMCA secretary in Charlotte David Probert resigns. His long service created intimate ties with leaders during Charlotte's growth from village estate to North Carolina’s largest city, leaving a lasting community imprint.
The passage notes Mr Probert’s retirement under a cooperative insurance plan that provides a fixed livelihood after his earning years. It emphasizes the value of intelligent future planning to ensure competence in later life and reflects satisfaction that work need not be the sole source of income in retirement.
Walter W. Price of Livingston and Company urged a Charlotte Kiwanis group that undue pessimism and fear are the chief evils of American business. He echoed Will Rogers on unemployment, warned that rapid communication can hurt morale, and urged confidence to keep shelves stocked as demand rises.
North Carolina roads owe their winding character to trailblazing by pioneers and even older animal herd paths rather than direct engineering. Bailey T. Groome of Piedmont highway boosters attributes roadbeds to 50 000 year old herd movements. He blends romance with practical notes to promote countryside allure.
A Hamilton Ohio Daily News editor asks editors nationwide to define what constitutes a crusading newspaper. The questions probe whether crusading means meddling in town affairs seeking political power regulating morals or wrecking what cannot be ruled. The inquiry seeks brief editor responses for publication and may mail a summary.
The note urges careful consideration before responding, stressing that questions deserve measured, deliberate replies. It frames inquiry as a search for depth, valuing patience over haste and encouraging a measured, reflective approach to providing guidance.
A dying farmer George Pond confesses to killing a man and admits Jesse Lucas of Mt. Carmel, Ill., served a life term for the crime for which Pond was the killer. The confession prompts renewed calls to review justice processes to prevent further miscarriages.
The piece laments fading public discussion and the decline of lively conversation echoing in coffeehouses while contrasting it with modern screens. It surveys talk, writing, and the drift toward robotic, radio driven dialogue, then shifts to notes on parting and early morning routines of stars like Ruth Chatterton, Jack Oakie, Marlene Dietrich, Georges Metaxa, and Anna May Wong, highlighting daily habits and wardrobe displays.
Mrs. Shebourne Prescott leads Greenwich Connecticut Social Service League dinners asking guests for a dime to raise about 500 dollars monthly. The effort leverages hunger appeal to fund aid for the hungry and supports stay-in-school efforts amid 6,000,000 jobless Americans. A 1930 labor survey notes many youths 14 and 15 hold labor certificates while adults forego work when a child is employed, urging children to stay in school unless they are the sole breadwinner.
An Ohio sheriff organized a chess tournament among his prisoners recently. Just the place for it.
Six boys beat a mixed six girls team in a lemonade making contest held in Trenton New Jersey. The event drew cheers as participants praised sweetness and teamwork amid a sunny afternoon.
Observers note a lit cellar at night signals forthcoming company, a common gauge of social visit plans in these times.
A vivid description compares a recent Indian town swallowed by the earth to the political upheaval in the country. The tone mocks shakedown politicians and urges teaching children precise speech to avoid future radio announcer missteps.
Kansas City's safety council urges holding a man arrested for driving while intoxicated until he is sober, criticizing Missouri for lenient handling and free wheeling.
Washington EA Daybook profiles James Francis Burke as a longtime political insider and close adviser to President Hoover. He rejects mystery labels, serves as general counsel of the Republican National Committee, and divides time between Washington and Pittsburgh. Burke emphasizes nonmaterial motives and a preference for private, informal influence over official titles.
Lexington reports the seining season ended August 3 and the squirrel hunting season started September 1. Warden Reid F Dorsett notes that locals may hunt on their own land without a license, but a license is needed to hunt elsewhere with the landowner's consent required for lands of others.
The woman notes that facial makeup for women, once seen as a recent adornment, was widely practiced in China more than 4,000 years ago, indicating early and enduring beauty traditions.
Winifred Sackville Stoner Harrison and her husband Earl Harrison dismiss a New York report claiming their marriage is failing. From their Hollywood apartment they insist they are on a happy honeymoon and denying plans for annulment, countering remarks attributed to Mrs Harrison's mother. The former child prodigy, now 6 foot tall author, previously wed Philippe De Bruche and Louis Hymen, divorcing Hymen in 1930.
In Wilmington a report traces Winifred Sackville Stoner’s marital woes as she, three weeks into life as a Hollywood bride, faces a rocky marriage while her New York mother disputes the union. The daughter, a thrice married former child, is described as bright and promoted by her mother as a future standout.
A compact list of crossword style clues with numbered across and down hints for a puzzle. Includes terms from geography language and objects, expecting player to fill a grid with corresponding words and letters.
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