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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1936
Page
4
After a long absence the editor returns to share impressions of Europe and the Statue of Liberty. He notes ongoing home changes and praises colleagues. Six years of rubber wheel research promises to revolutionize heavy car usage and train wheel supports, potentially reducing trolley noise and reshaping urban transportation.
The piece contrasts George Bernard Shaw with H G Wells noting Wells at age 70 predicts decades more work and a fading posthumous name. It cites Wells foreseeing 1938 fascist clashes in England 1942 communist dictatorship and a 1950 cultural renaissance as possible futures.
Street cars in Brooklyn will soon run on rubber wheels after successful tests. Rubber springs will also be used to improve trolley comfort and reduce noise, a scientific advancement with practical urban impact.
A tribute to Mrs. J. B. Allen known as Granny Allen who fostered a baby after her mother’s death and her father’s subsequent death. The foster care led to a lifelong bond and the younger woman later cared for Granny Allen until her death yesterday. The piece honors a quiet, humane life and mutual gratitude that enriched both women's lives.
Near Gardiners Island New York an old army fort was used as a bombing target but protests from fishermen and Governor Lehman led the War Department to cancel further bombing. The army conceded and promised no more bombs on Fort Tyler.
New York writer Gene Fowler retreats to a primitive Fire Island shack with his wife and children to evade the world. He spends days arranging games and pondering pranks while editors and authors like Irvin Cobb drift between Denver and Hollywood careers. The piece recalls Cobb’s move to the West Coast and a London observer’s quip about American tastes.
Faith Baldwin recalls a ship steward who coughs outside a cabin door and says she is getting ready to knock before a quiet rat-a-tat. Dick Berlin chooses a Bobby near London Parliament Houses and is asked about the bell in Big Ben.
Ten years ago the city council approved pay hikes for all fire department members led by Fire Chief A B Horney raising his pay to 200 dollars monthly while other members reach 125 dollars. The semi monthly session featured jokes and a discussion about street paving and lowering the tracks with no final action.
Twenty years ago a community note reports the high school faculty will voluntarily add the eleventh grade this year to achieve accreditation. City and school officials plan a reception tomorrow for patrons of the four schools. The notes also mention Mrs. W. Jones hosting a party, and visitors Mrs. H. P. Amos from Washington expected today to visit Mrs. F. W. Bechrest, plus Mrs. James Gwyn Hickerson arriving tonight with her daughter Annie Aurelia to visit Miss Bessie Pitts.
At the Savoy horse shoe entrance George Ade struck a man with a wham calling him Bill. The man coughed through dental work and revealed he was a stranger, not the intended friend. Ade apologized claiming a mistaken identity. The Englishman asked if Ade’s friend approved of such behavior.
The writer notes that modern performers fake handwritten notes for effect, while William H. Crane stood out for using a real pen with genuine ink. An old stage manager recalls Crane demanding workable tools and notes that were clear, properly punctuated, and easy to read.
The piece riffs on Carolina pronunciation and its famed orator W. W. Kitchin, recalls baptism debates in the Raleigh News and Observer as an ongoing clash, and notes Lady Macbeth’s line as a lens on whether ritual means much without right intent.
Bruce Catton recounts Brooklyn laundryman Joseph Tipardo who challenged New Yorks minimum wage for women. After the Supreme Court overturned the state rule he expanded to cut costs, but faced public backlash and lost business, ending in unemployment six months later.
The nation's accident toll turned Labor Day into a workday for ambulance drivers as responders rushed to medical emergencies and crashes throughout the holiday.
A new factory for synthetic rubber is rising in Delaware increasing competition for the sole supplier serving local restaurants with steak.
A mock debate notes that the London Naval Treaty escalator clause could let Japan build more ships than Britain, sparking discussions on naval parity and defense budgets. The joke highlights tensions in interwar arms limits and proportional shipbuilding.
In a restrained display the eminent Leo Deltrichstein delivers a near perfect flourish with a heartfelt I love you line. The performance leaves audiences warmed yet unsettled by the imperfectly perfect romantic persona.
A narrator recalls a spring night beside the Arc de Triomphe area estaminet where an American couple share the Paris mood. The man growsl y complains about service and longs for pancakes and a Chicago Tribune, highlighting reality intruding on romance.
Mary Elis abeth Perry leaves Monday for Hollins Virginia to enter Holling college Mrs Charles Wilson of Tryon arrives today to visit Mrs H M Bowne A letter from Mrs W K Brokaw Miami says she is safe after the Florida storm Before marriage Mrs Brokaw was Miss Daphne Ruth Rev and Mrs W Arthur Barber return to the city from Marion vacation
The Florida disaster now puts damage estimates between fifty and one hundred million dollars. The death toll is put around four hundred. Governor A W McLean returned to Raleigh after two days of roughing it on Ocracoke Island. Nine Raleigh business men left the state capitol for a goodwill tour visiting thirty eastern North Carolina cities and three points in Virginia.
British troops capture two miles of German trenches in a renewed Somme offensive. In New York strikes loom as 700,000 union members may walk out and 6,000 police prepare for possible mob action. Carolina and Yadkin River railroad ends electric storage battery car service after three months, citing insufficient revenue. Philadelphia sent 31 hundred woolen coats and 6,800 breeches to Camp Glenn to ready troops for the border.
Counting straw votes requires caution as many responses are nonserious or biased. Readings can be polluted by chaff, so conclusions should rest on clearer indicators and representative samples rather than raw tallies.
A British observer warns that global oil reserves are shrinking rapidly and accuses politicians of fanning the crisis rather than addressing it with facts.
The piece argues that party loyalty breaks down in the election, with Republicans uneasy about a low tariff, anti monopoly, and states rights stance, while Democrats face support for Progressive Republicans and radicals. It notes ironies in comparing Roosevelt to Lincoln and Emancipation Day events across regions.
The author argues the campaign is upside down with reversed party positions and absurd alliances. He notes Rev. Stanley High and Carter Glass supporting the same Presidential candidate, highlighting unlikely ties and the odd balance of Roosevelt’s support amid mixed loyalties.
The piece argues that French allies backing Madrid Loyalists risk a general war, challenging the Blum government. It warns that European conflict pressures reflect how public temper can push a nation toward war and that lasting peace depends on the people’s restraint and attitudes.
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