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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1932
Page
4
In High Point the YWCA plans a dinner meeting to complete plans for a fund canvass to cover operations for another year. The budget has been cut by thirty percent, yet workers promise a story of service to inspire generosity and support.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States backs a 40 hour work week with five eight hour days as a solution to labor distribution. The President supports shorter weeks to fix the misalignment of labor load. They foresee slow adoption and note regional wage disparities and industry shifts as adjustments unfold.
A fragment notes legislative strain over a proposed broad sales tax plan. The text references states exploring new tax measures and concerns about revenue generation, with an emphasis on how varying approaches could affect public finances.
The Mississippi emergency two percent sales levy, effective April 30 and expiring June 30, 1934, will inform North Carolina lawmakers as they consider a general sales tax. Merchants warn border counties and mail order firms could relocate or avoid taxes, impacting industry and commerce.
A reflective exhortation argues knowledge alone is insufficient and urges unity of knowledge and spirit. It calls Christians to act now, embrace opportunity and responsibility, and invite Christ to guide choices as society moves toward noble ends.
The High Point Enterprise urges forming a strong citizens committee to advise homeowners at risk of foreclosure. It calls for refinancing help and practical action in Gastonia and Gaston county, asking bankers, real estate, and insurance authorities for guidance to save homes and restore community confidence.
Riley's Ole Swimming Hole in Greenfield Indiana is tiled and cemented into a modern bathing pool ending its era as a rustic basin. The site no longer collects litter or sand, leaving only memories of the once bustling Hoosterdam corner and its local summer ritual.
The text reflects on Riley, the poet of the people, recalling the Ole Swimmin Hole near Greenfield. It suggests Riley found beauty and memory in a simple NC swimming hole, inspiring one of America’s best loved poems and shaping his enduring fame beyond Greenfield.
Reader Minnie Atkins Edwards extols Walter Damrosch for his refined diction and pronunciation on Friday and Saturday broadcasts. She urges Americans to speak with a more musical, moderated voice, noting the value of sonorous, well pitched speech for both men and women.
A brief dispatch from Tarsus in Asia Minor describes a small fire. The piece uses the event to reflect on how a town’s fame can emerge unexpectedly over centuries. It notes civic boosters once wished for a larger world status for their ancient town.
Census data show women are less likely to become insane than men, though the note avoids judging contemporary industry or individuals.
A scattered column muses on Growth and education comparing the sword and pen while musing on progress. It recalls a class motto Dies Diem Docet and argues for measured reform and responsible reading in public discourse. The piece laments sensationalism and considers issues from gangsters to animal testing ethics.
Editor writes of evenings in the city filled with old time Christian songs. The piece promotes Seventh-day Adventist missionary work and urges readers to give a small gift to support global relief, hospitals, schools, and publishing, citing a magazine and scripture about feeding the hungry and clothing the naked.
The editor quotes a Cincinnati Post item praising beer culture as a social lubricant. Yale professors praised beer's role in daily life, naming Schuler's on Vine Street, Willert's with Strauss waltzes, Mecklenburg's on the hill, and the general ambiance of German social gatherings around steins in the city.
London reports Gen Jans Christian Smuts told the South African Association for the Advancement of Science that the Sarara Desert in North Africa may be the cradle of the human race. He cited many considerations pointing to the region as the original home of Homo sapiens, distinct from earlier extinct Homo species.
A Knoxvill e department store clerk H B McConnell faced a disturbance complaint. In court he shouted a sales pitch including neckties ten cents and socks five cents. The judge interrupted with a ten dollar fine.
A reader notes a proposed film at the Paramount would be censored for showing a thirty foot python squeezing a tiger. The commentator states they do not intend to miss the scene.
A review of Welbourn Kelley’s Inchin Along set in Alabama with Dink Britt, a Black farmer whose profits buy more land despite white prejudice and a looming lynching. Also discussed are Pittigrilli’s The Man Who Searched for Love and Maria Theresa of Austria by J Alexander Mahan, with notes on style and historical context.
Literary notices discuss Maria Theresa of Austria as a steady keystone in politics and home life, praising the balanced biography by Mahan. It also notes forthcoming works on Calvin Coolidge, and reviews on diverse subjects from literature to translations of Four Thousand Years of Pharmacy.
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