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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1933
Page
4
A devotional snippet quotes James 5 15 on healing and forgiveness and adds Emersons remark that belief means accepting the self evident truths. The concise lines reflect religious instruction and reflective thought in the era.
Prisoners in North Carolina stages a series of escapes from camps near Mocksville and Burgaw. A guard was shot, a sheriff and motorist kidnapped as authorities vow drastic overhauls to end the escape epidemic and deter crime.
The piece contrasts Clarence Booster Keuster's sunny view on North Carolina cities with the Charlotte News claim that slums exist in the state. It recalls childhood games and warns that as long as housing conditions persist, social improvement remains needed across communities.
The piece warns that despite claims of no slums in North Carolina, Clarence may collide with rows of rickety houses perched on creek banks. It notes the lack of fire escapes and close proximity between structures signals dangerous, crowded conditions for residents and children.
The Enterprise published a letter signed by J. W. Owens attacking the High Point police department. The paper regrets publishing the piece after learning the name and address were fictitious and the letter likely cannot be substantiated. The police department is praised for its conduct on a high plane.
An article by H. St. John Rumsey at Guy's Hospital argues the Oxford accent is a misused mouth technique rather than a true accent. BBC phonetics scholars note no Anglo-Saxon origin found, while Rumsey claims weariness in voice results from tense throat muscles and faulty production.
Ruth Bryan Owen, the first American woman to hold a major diplomatic post and former Florida congresswoman, argues in Woman's Home Companion that politics offer a bright future for American girls, insisting politics are not confined to saloons or back rooms and urging removal of the idea that political life is degraded. She emphasizes that conventions are only part of the process and real fights occur backstage.
A provocative remark argues that women can engage in politics and suggests that if women organize seriously they could influence American governance through informal venues like tea and bridge tables as well as hotel rooms, barrooms and club rooms.
Bruce Catton argues that crop reduction and hog culling during the recovery program clash with moral duty and relief needs. He cites Ohio Methodist conference critics who see destroying food and fiber as inconsistent with feeding the hungry and clothing the nation, reflecting a broader capitalist tension between production for use and for profit.
The article argues that destroying crops or idling factories harms those in need. Farmers are as much capitalists as factory workers, and neither group should reduce production when there is demand and profit to be earned.
The piece argues that farm subsidies reveal tensions in capitalism as farmers and industrialists alike would continue production even without profitability. It notes the moral clarity from farm programs, calls for education from current policy, and warns that rapid public works spending risks graft and waste due to slow start and big contracts.
Logan Porter chairman of the NRA advisory committee in High Point and workers at his Logan Porter Mirror Company reach a settlement. All workers return to jobs with seniority and without discrimination as operations resume on the pre dispute basis. Strike-breakers relinquish positions to original workers while code wage disputes go to the National Recovery Administration labor board for guidance before a permanent mirror industry code is set.
Sue waits for a telegram for Mrs. Thornton as hours pass in a hotel. A telegraph clerk hints someone altered the message delivery and Sue confronts the desk girl about interference, while Corbett remains distant. She contemplates distractions and recalls Corbett as intrigue deepens.
In Chicago on September 27 a nine foot black snake named Amos disappeared from Mrs Frances Nowaski's home. Neighbors say Amos hid in the foundation and caused noise alarming pedestrians and even frightened a police squad. Mrs Nowaski defends Amos as friendly to children and ponders tearing the foundation to end complaints.
Paul Eagle of Charlotte received a two to three year sentence in Anson County after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the June 3 death of 8 P Bow man, struck by Eagle's car near Greensboro.
Officers investigated how James Chandler 24 a textile worker received two fatal knife wounds. Hee Palmer drove Chandler to a hospital and said Chandler fell on a knife.
Leonard Atkins, 25, of Gastonia, fell through a skylight at Citizens Savings and Loan in Charlotte during what police suspect was an attempted robbery. He was reported in critical condition as investigators inspected the scene and searched for clues.
A fire destroyed the home of farmer J C McMullen near Mount Olive, consuming the dwelling and its contents including about 6 000 pounds of tobacco stored nearby. The blaze left the property uninhabitable and caused significant loss to the farmer.
Mrs. Spain Bailey was held under $1,000 bond after a coroner's jury ruled her carelessness and negligence caused the death of M. G. Galley in the September 3 automotive crash.
North Carolina reports August fires in organized counties at the lowest damage in years with 17 fires burning 378 acres causing 1527 dollars. Smokers started ten fires, three were incendiary, others from brush burners campers fishermen lumber operators and lightning. August figures pale beside July 66 fires over 3914 acres and 7233 dollars in damages.
Kirkpatrick, a Charlotte state senator and president of the United States Good Roads Association, will terminate his official tie to the organization next month to devote time to his gubernatorial campaign for North Carolina in 1936. He seeks the Democratic nomination and states he will not handle official association matters during the race.
A set of crossword style clues and phrases referencing a famed 19th century figure and related words. Entries include hints about a national figure, places, terms, and common phrases, with multiple numbered clues and cross references.
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