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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1936
Page
4
A quotation compares gifts to clouding judgment and notes arguments drawn from the mint persuade quicker than those from philosophy. It cites Exodus and Addison on gold’s impact on understanding.
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska accepts renomination to the Senate as an Independent. At 75 he remains active and clear minded, backed by 40,504 Nebraskans urging his return. He faces Terry Carpenter and Robert G. Simmons with Roosevelt’s support noted.
The High Point city council passes an ordinance prohibiting left turns on Main Street at Washington and Commerce, aiming to ease traffic. The measure follows discussion of turning conflicts in the inside lane and contrasts with practices in some neighboring cities. The ordinance details and potential impact are to be weighed further.
The Enterprise notes Elwood hotel corner restrictions block left turns from Sheraton Place to the post office. Prohibiting left turns will likely keep cars in heavy traffic longer, and it questions whether the ordinance will improve flow. The suggestion urged is parallel parking on Main Street and a third traffic lane to ease congestion.
Robert Browe, father of a 20 month old kidnapped child in Detroit, pleads for crowds to disperse from his home and stop obstructing communication with the kidnapers. The piece condemns the morbid curiosity of onlookers who pursue ambulances and wrecks, noting the cruelty of witnessing grief.
The piece notes Republicans portray New Deal excesses with a Arcadia cow sidewalk stunt while Democrats allege misinformation. It mentions Knox threatening legal action over claims about insurance and banking firms under New Deal policies and previews GOP press material to expose alleged embellishments.
California forecasts its best dove hunting season in years as a large migration from Italy boosts numbers. Officials anticipate high bag limits and renewed public interest in hunting activities across the state.
A European peasant underwent surgery to remove a fork swallowed a year earlier. Authorities did not arrest him for hoarding metals.
A motorist who blared his horn while driving through town faced a barrage of eggs and tomatoes in a rural reaction tied to a harvest relief scheme for distressed farmers.
Column of amusings on theater stars, writers, films, and social gossip in New York. Notables include Billy Rose, James Jeffrey Roche, Eva Tanguay, Patsy Kelly, Gene Lockhart, Nero Wolfe, Myrna Loy, Corkscrew mispronunciations, and reflections on opera, vaudeville, and restaurants.
Fred N. Tate president of Continental Furniture bought five acres adjoining the Country club in Emerywood from Sunset Park Company and Stephen C. Clark for over 50 000 dollars. The site will host a mansion in the near future. Justice Muse warned High Point girls about dangers of ride sharing with unfamiliar boys after the trial. A concrete stadium for the high school was proposed at about 10 000 dollars.
Mrs J W Jamison and Mrs Olive Spencer Cox visited friends at Eton College yesterday. Mrs Robert Walker and son Robert Jr returned from Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs H L Newbold of Statesville and Newbolds parents of Elizabeth City spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs A Sherrod on North Main. Mrs J Van Boyles Mrs C M Cecil and children Helen and Frank depart tonight for Kansas City for an extended visit.
An Italian anarchist who returned from republican France attempted to assassinate Premier Mussolini. The incident heightens Franco-Italian strains since the Black Shirts’ October 1933 entrance into Italy, worsening relations between the two nations. Senator Bimmons advocates a tax cut of half a billion dollars to Congress. American destroyers Stewart and Pope were fired upon in Chinese waters September 5. two women were lightly wounded, and return fire was not possible due to unknown shell source.
Colonel D. H. Milton helped initiate 53 members into Eno Tribe No. 61 at Revolution last Saturday night. The Sunday school workers’ tour across Guilford county closes with meetings at Guilford College, Sandy Ridge and Jamestown, Alamance church, and Holt's Chapel. City Manager Lyon mailed 200 inquiry letters to city officials about pay, costs, and maintenance. August marked a peak in High Point’s production with strong September pace so far.
Glenn Rawley accepts a position in Asheville. Olin Cummings returns to Chapel Hill to resume studies. Edith Hayworth returns from Washington and Baltimore. Steven Carrick leaves for Greensboro to teach domestic science at State Normal College. Henrietta White returns from an extended Raleigh visit.
The Allied general offensive in Macedonia has begun while Republicans win a sweeping Maine election. Democrats in primaries select candidates in South Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia as gold imports reach 670 million dollars. No end to movement in sight.
Congressman Wank Hitchcock addresses barbers at a Winston-Salem convention urging respect for politics as a civic vocation. He argues that under the government, a man’s avocation remains politics and urges engagement across society science and religion.
A collage of quirky statements about writers and public figures. Mentions include a sky writer scared by a bee, Will Rogers on Calvin Coolidge and various vivid descriptors. No cohesive event or clear narrative, multiple individuals and ideas spread through the text.
A collage of media figures and personalities surfaces with mentions of A. St Alexander's Good Will Court and Janet Ryan, Barbara Stanwyck in The Noose, Time magazine, Reader's Digest, Fleurette on Boulevard des Capucines, Major Bowes radio poetry, and a hint of public fascination with fame and media venom.
A column contrasts human engineering with domination and notes GOP and Democratic fundraising totals of 2,050,311 and 1,892,658 respectively. It also cites a Paris dispatch on Russia's war readiness and a Minsk airfield capture claim, warning nations face Mars' frightful visage.
At the Paramount a crowded audience found the comic picture Harth worm Tractors uproarious. Joe Brown as Alexander Botts in the film proved a veritable rope of laughter, keeping viewers roaring from start to finish.
The Raeford resident Arthur D. Gore criticizes North Carolina officials for highway safety problems. He argues blood of auto victims rests with indifferent officials and urges rooting out the worthless and adding patrols. The editorial acknowledges his sharp language but agrees on the responsibility to improve road safety.
Quote from W S Van Dyke on Hollywood influence and public reaction. A second remark from Clarence Darling about nightly travel attire contrasts with the first, reflecting celebrity and traveler perspectives.
The quote by Bobby Jones likens golf to a mount that alternates between gentle strides and bracing twists, noting how nerve wrecking is a string of holeable putts that fail to drop. It reflects the sport's fickle rhythm and mental challenge.
A historical note centers on Walter West, a film make-up expert, and a marked claim he peddled puppies on his first night amid Broadway lights, reflecting a scathing view of glamor and a hint of scandal.
A compact collage notes Wayne King’s waltzes and Eddie Guest’s roasts, praises Florence Mills and Lillian Russell, critiques torch singers, singles Irving Berlin for restraint, hails Governor Chandler as a crooner, and laments carving as lost American art.
Mr Gantt of High Point asserts rising land values and a coming housing boom driven by improved economy and higher incomes. He cites safer investment, fewer evictions, and a population boom as keys, predicting unprecedented demand for dwelling quarters and vacant lots.
Coffee planters in Java shift bean processing and relocate crops following volcanic erosion. The practice mirrors adjustments seen in some restaurants as they adapt to volcanic dust and changing harvest patterns.
Amid dust and drought in the Midwest region, professionals called mudstingers urge heavy rain before the election to ease field conditions and protect campaigns from dry spell impacts.
A science note reports brook trout lose about 2.6 percent of their length after death, challenging the belief that Ishaw men always stretch them. The finding attributes length loss to postmortem shrinkage rather than any practice claimed by local tradition.
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