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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1936
Page
4
A National Tax Conference in Indianapolis next week is seen as crucial to reforming a burdening tax system. The piece warns of rising government costs and urges clearer, simpler laws and better balance of taxation between states to curb tax greed and preserve government usefulness.
A Senate civil liberties committee report portrays industrial disputes as a dangerous racket fueled by gangsters. The piece warns that violence harms both employers and workers and calls for ending the unsound pattern threatening national stability.
King football opens a vibrant season with growing popularity for amateur and professional play. The article argues football evolves with times, delivering fire and pageantry that energize alma maters and fans, and notes early season matches are fierce, fast, and decisive.
The author argues that industrial relations are at a fragile stage after strife and mis understanding. Progress toward regulation of working conditions is possible through voluntary industry action or government intervention to prevent costly conflicts and avoid dangerous escalations.
The article extols North Carolina autumn foliage and the state’s rich flora. It praises the season’s colors and urges residents to appreciate and advertise the natural beauty, noting rains will yield to frost as winter approaches.
New York optometrists develop spec tacles that cool the eye and suit holiday lounging. The invention aims to provide relief and novelty for Christmas gifting and relaxed moments.
A Fourth of July fireworks display could have inspired the line about a Spanish town and a night like this, suggesting a cross cultural reference in a lyric or song lineage.
A High Point reader urges united action to feed hungry city children this fall and winter. He cites community groups and funds to support Nursery School Work Adult Education Program and Lunch Fund. He pledges cooperation with Grover Jones for Oct 18 24 to raise Community Chest Funds.
Hollywood shock as an 18 year old girl is chosen to play Huck Finn after a mass audition. The piece notes a shift in gender norms with women’s rising presence in high profile roles and male-dominated fields.
A late night column recalls how weather shifts quickly from warm to cool, notes hay fever relief with cool nights, and shares humorous local anecdotes. It mentions a respected traffic officer in Statesville keeping the no U turn corner safe, and nostalgia for old railroad excursions and “scushions” trains. The writer ponders the uncertain future for retirees and long-time workers, urging practical jobs for the unemployed.
A reflective column marks the end of September and the approach of October. The piece ponders aging, time passing, and humanity’s path, quoting Browning on life’s value while urging against morbid thoughts and urging to seek wholeness through faith and effort.
A village romance in Slogo unfolds as Carrie Pouter marries the chief engineer after a ticket scam leads to a city life. The piece shifts to book news from New York publishers Lippincott Random House and others detailing fall lists, notable titles, biographies, dramas and art books with release dates and prices.
The piece notes Germany’s growing artillery race with France and Russia. It cites a new plan to air land field guns by planes and parachutes and claims Hitler’s field gun exceeds the French 76 in range and mobility. It also mentions a New Jersey couple marrying on a carousel a few weeks after meeting.
The article recalls Auguste Rodin studying Egyptian statues and the Venus de Milo, with Malvina Hoff noting his use of candlelight to reveal marble contours and his modesty before ancient art, asserting his greatness through restraint.
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