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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1936
Page
2
Kay Dunn a stewardess falls for Ted Graham a veteran pilot devoted to his work and his adopted son Dickie. They marry after a scientific view of marriage and embark on a Orient honeymoon. Kay adjusts to loneliness as Ted travels and a child expert warns of Dickie’s behavior.
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Kay works hard on child training with a lecture, while Dickie shows excitement and seeks Kay’s attention. Ted suspects Mrs Watts’s influence and jokes about punishment, as Kay considers Dickie’s need for direct guidance beyond the training book. Kay worries Dickie may need stricter instruction.
Ted returns from the Pacific to find his private office ransacked as Kay suspects a patent thief may target the gyropilot. Kay and Dickie seek distraction with a movie and later a lively Christmas gathering with friends as Ted travels, while Kay wrestles with doubts about Ted’s marriage and her growing independence. Monte Blanc urges Kay to take a night off. Doris inspires camaraderie and new flirtations among the aviation circle.
Census data show North Carolina had 8,103 service establishments with a $19.56 million business volume last year and 10,399 employees earning $5.844 million. Full time payroll totaled $5.208 million. part time $636 thousand. Barber shops, beauty parlors, laundries, funeral directors, studios and shoe repair saw payroll rises.
New York reports broad gains across all trade divisions in late September. Retail sales remain satisfactory amid heat, wholesale volume matches retail turnover, and manufacturers operate near capacity to fill orders. Employment rises. eastern manufacturing cities show the strongest gains while Great Plains regions trend weaker.
In Greensboro Miss Mellise Lambe wed John W. Worsham in a simple Sept 21 ceremony officiated by Rev J Ben Eller. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Lambe of Randleman, wore brown vachelle crepe. The couple resides at 307 Wainman Ave Asheboro.
The Philathea class of the M. P. church will meet Friday night at 7 30 at the home of Mrs W F Redding Jr. Associate hostesses are Mrs Howard Craven Mrs A B Copenhaver Mrs Stanton Presnell and Mrs Lolie Jones. All members are to bring a birthday offering.
The Randolph Book Club held a brief meeting at Mrs. W. C. Hammer's home on South Fayetteville Street to elect officers for the coming year. Mrs. Hammer was re elected president, Mrs. D. B. Mc Crary became vice president, Mrs. W. A. Coffin was chosen secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. W. A. Underwood named assistant secretary. The program chairwoman, Mrs. Underwood, reported plans for the year.
Monte tells Kay she is too lovely as Jerry inspires the crowd to move. Kay replies that the old days are past. The line hints at a tense reunion and a gathering across the bay.
The Asheboro Parent-Teachers Association will hold its first meeting in the high school auditorium on Monday September 28 at 7 30 P M. A very interesting program is planned and all parents are invited to attend regardless of membership. Mrs J T Pugh chairs the attendance committee.
The Sun paper poll shows President Roosevelt with 62.29 percent of 149 807 ballots counted in Maryland. Landon with 37.12 percent, across five candidates. 771 000 ballots mailed. Breakouts list Landon 55 608, Roosevelt 93 312, Thomas 522, Aiken 104, Browder 266.
State Works Progress Administrator George W. Coan Jr announced federal and local funding totaling 180 603 98 for five armories. Waynesville and Canton each receive 35513 for infantry and signal units, Madison for hospital company, Morganton for engineers, and Dunn for artillery HQ.
Funeral services were held here yesterday for Dr Benjamin William Best 75 who died from injuries in an automobile accident on September 18.
A Kentucky senator argues that New Deal financing is sound, comparing 1933 Hoover era debt to 1936 Roosevelt levels. He shows income versus interest, noting Roosevelt’s higher debt but stronger earnings and reduced interest, supported by treasury data and corporate ratio trends.
The article argues that earnings to interest is the key measure of economic health for lenders and investors, likening it to a medical thermometer and pulse. It dismisses fears of mounting government debt as hysteria, claiming government finances compare favorably to private corporations based on this ratio.
The article notes utilities improve after 1933 with net income to fixed charges rising from four to one in 1933 to ten to one in 1935. It compares utility stability to government debt, estimating Britain at 175 percent of national income and France at about double. U.S. gross debt is just over half of estimated national income.
The speaker argues that fears of national debt are unfounded noting the Depression raised U S government debt by about 10 billion dollars while total public and private debt declined by about 20 billion. They stress that national indebtedness includes households farms and businesses beyond federal figures.
Deep River area specialists push increased use of winter legume cover crops with Austrian winter peas vetch and crimson clover. Demonstrations with farmers aim to cut soil water losses, fix nitrogen, and add organic matter for better yields and moisture capacity.
A 22-year-old woman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Winston-Salem. Sheriff’s deputies said the husband, Gaither Be Shutt, told officers he found his wife kneeling with a .22 caliber bullet in her head. Authorities noted she had been nervous for some time.
A general sessions jury acquitted George Royster the Union County constable in the fatal shooting of W. B. Franklin during a textile plant incident in June 1935. After 90 minutes of deliberation the panel returned not guilty. Judge G. Dewey Oxner presided and had charged the jury on possible verdicts including murder or mercy recommendation.
A fragment notes the mans income stands at 512 times the interest charge on the greater debt. The terse line hints at a significant disparity between earnings and borrowing costs, suggesting financial strain on the more indebted party.
Representative Bolton, the Republican chairman, denounces the campaign fee as the most dishonest propaganda machine in history, arguing it funds aggressive messaging and distorts public debate.
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