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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1933
Page
4
A biblical line from 1 Chronicles 15 4 urges turning to the Lord in trouble. A Seneca thought notes that trifling words hide deep pain and quiet anguish. The pair contrasts faith seeking relief with inner distress.
The piece discusses how water in soils causes damage to concrete pavements in freezing weather and how the U S Bureau of Public Roads funds tests to prevent this. It outlines a national program testing soil capillarity and four physical traits and notes road building as a social act requiring community effort from ancient Rome to modern science driven highways.
The piece notes Cuba's brief peace after the Machado overthrow, followed by a revolutionary junta and a five member commission seizing control. It mentions Roosevelt sending ships to protect lives and property, along with praise for Ambassador Welles in prior revolutions and Norman Thomas’s view on Cuba's ongoing organizational challenges and U.S. tasks in rehabilitation.
The text argues against the Platt Amendment citing it shields exploiters and scares Latin America, while noting the need to avoid economically severing Cuba. It contends that revoking the amendment should not abandon Cuba economically and warns against harming Cuba’s sugar industry to protect US beet sugar interests.
The piece reviews H G Wells’s speculative work predicting future events. It cites a 1940 world war, 1945 crime era, 1950 imperial relaxation and germ raids, 1960 American disruption, 1968 British land-slip, and 1990 a genuine World State, noting Wells’s pessimism yet reminding readers he speculates rather than forecasts.
Karl Radek, adviser to Stalin, predicts the American system will fail due to competition inside a profit economy. He argues wage limits prevent sufficient buying power, leading to higher corporate power, possible wage cuts, and a lower standard of living. He notes farmers resist foreclosures but sees no mass proletarian revolt. He frames socialist all for one as unable to cover worker prosperity.
The Winston-Salem Journal notes that in 1929 about 29 000 North Carolinians filed federal income tax returns, 1930 had about 26 000, and 1931 reported 24 822 filings. Only roughly 40 percent paid tax, with total federal revenue $2 363 679 for 1931. The article cites Treasury data and highlights low incomes and sparse tax payments across the state.
Mecklenburg county leads in inhabitants per return and filings with 3403 taxpayers, supplying about one seventh of state's returns. The six counties Mecklenburg Guilford Durham Forsyth Wake Buncombe account for half of all NC returns. Mecklenburg alone surpasses 646 other counties combined.
A 36 foot sloop from France arrives in New York harbor with a sole occupant Marie Marie Durand Couppel a young painter. He reports little drama from the voyage noting head winds a storm and a jib loss but says there was no special excitement after many sea journeys.
A concise reflection notes that much costly talk about the sea’s romance obscures the real, practical knowledge sailors hold. The piece emphasizes that sailors seldom discuss the mystique and prefer plain truths over lavish language.
A traveler writes of a voyage that seems vivid to others but yields only wind waves and a jib wreck in his account. He notes that real seafaring often provides nothing worth recounting, while sensational writing comes from those who stay home and imagine the thrill.
The piece ridicules Huey Long as a braggart and blusterer now out of power, noting public notice as his downfall while still serving as senator. It contrasts his failed fame with the idea that publicity exposes merit or its absence. It also mentions a foreign uptake of cloth membrane roads amid U S experiments using cotton fabric.
Huey Long reportedly receives a $1000 weekly offer to perform in a sideshow. The proposal marks a dramatic decline from his long tenure in burlesque theater and suggests shifting public interest and economic pressures on a once prominent performer.
A century plant at the New York Botanical Garden finally bloomed renewing faith in long awaited change. The event sparks renewed belief that prohibition repeal could follow.
The article notes federal offices operate short hours amid the New Deal pull, with pay cuts and furloughs shrinking earnings. Four NRA Consumer Advisory Board members resign, while plans push kids to buy at Blue Eagle stores and sign consumer pledges. A letter on Blue Eagle Inn stationery hints at broad civilian support.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains that proper nutrition is the foundation of health and disease resistance. He notes WWI recruits showed ill health due to poor growth nutrition, and breastfeeding from well nourished mothers strengthens resistance, while poverty linked malnutrition raises disease risk including tuberculosis.
The article explains how early life diet and vitamins A B C D and minerals iodine and phosphorus prevent disorders like scurvy xerophthalmia rickets and neuritis. It emphasizes that adequate nutrition supports bone growth thyroid function and blood repair, aligning with the proverb Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.
Alicia Hart offers advice on choosing fall shoes without aggravating foot problems. Check feet health first, treat corns with medical help, avoid cutting calluses, soak nightly, use pumice, and wear fresh stockings. Keep feet dry and apply antiseptic powder between toes after baths.
Every residence and practically every business house here has signed pledges under President Roosevelt's NRA program.
An ad claims B C relieves periodical pains in three minutes. It positions the product as a soothing remedy for neuralgia and nervous distress without opioids. Availability advertised for 10 cents per package at various shops.
A newspaper puzzle page presents a mixed set of clues across horizontal and vertical grids. The enigmatic entries range from mythic beings to common words, with numbered hints guiding toward a final reveal about a pictured lady and her background.
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