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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1938
Page
4
Washington observers say members of Congress appear unsure of the public will amid clamor from various groups. The piece notes a mid term unease, loss of self confidence among leaders, and a need for accountability as 35 lawmakers face re election. It cites economic shifts and responsibility for the break in well being.
The article notes a plebiscite affecting Austrians to be held April 7 with voting by Austrians in Brazil on the German vessel Olivia outside Brazilian waters. If not voting, a second opportunity is offered April 9. It warns of growing influence by Russia Germany and Italy over citizens in the Western Hemisphere and questions Monroe Doctrine implications.
The president approves a proposed congressional investigation of TVA matters. Citizens question why he did not inform Chairman Morgan that Congress would investigate before demanding his resignation.
The writer discusses postwar politics, Mussolini, Franco, and possible Spanish outcomes. It weighs Woodrow Wilson’s wartime stance against party reversals, previews General Johnson at a Rotary event, and warns against overestimating future troubles while urging mercy for Spain’s people.
Tax reports from Piedmont counties show a sizeable 1938 valuation increase due to higher building activity and property revaluation. The piece notes wasteful tax collection, with uncollected taxes adding burden on the poor taxpayer who must come across.
Roger Babson argues that markets will improve before the end of 1938 and that pessimism is unprofitable. He suggests religion as a remedy and urges serene faith to ease bodily and mental distress.
Mrs. Freda Ehmann, a seventy year old widow from Oroville California, developed a method to ripen and preserve ripe olives. After initial ridicule she traveled to New York to pitch samples and won an order for 6000 gallons, earning the title The Mother of Ripe Olives as she built a large industry.
Gov. Philip F. LaFollette asserts Republicans fixate on the past while Democrats focus on current issues but fail to foresee the future. The remark reflects partisan tensions in Wisconsin politics.
A fragment quotes Joseph Sweeney founder of a non steady union at Tufts College and cites Alexander Kerensky as the once strong man of Russia asking who can read a dictator’s mind. The text mixes campus controversy with a wry political aside.
Washington dispatch describes the partisan split over the reorganization bill. The White House claims credit for line- holding support while critics fear excess executive power and Congress’ checks. The Senate and House differ on abolishing agency functions and timing for presidential orders.
Three hour Good Friday service held at Wesley Memorial Church from noon to 3 p m with eight local ministers participating. County commission candidacy announced by H A Millis. Easter Monday closes city offices and Enterprise not issued. Asheville Tourists beat High Point 9 to 3 at Welch Field. High Point College defeated Erskine 11 to 0 in Greenville. Miss Polly Kivett visits Raleigh friends. Mrs W J Olive heads to Washington to see her son. Polly Perry of Hollins College holidays in town. Dr Nat Walker attends optometry meeting in Winston-Salem. Ammunition bound for Sandino seized in New York. Hoover leads Lowe in Republican convention delegate race.
Charles B. Driscoll sketches Fourteenth Street from Union Square to the East River describing crowded shops with blazing lights and diverse communities. The area mixes burlesque venues and Central European shops with historic Luchow’s and Salvation Army blocks as it threads toward the Hudson.
The 1940 census will cost 50 million dollars, signaling large national stakes in the numbers game as the regime urges Vienna to curb what they are famous for, while ignoring approaches that win a man’s heart.
Twenty years ago local children bought war savings stamps totaling 4295.30. A derailment disrupted main line traffic south of the city, delaying freight cars as a journal broke on a northbound box car. Bishop Kilgo cannot visit. Dr. Rome will preach instead.
Vernon Harvey of Milwaukee sues for divorce stating his wife often sat on another man's knee at night when he returned. He claims she introduced the man as her cousin, describing a pattern of alleged infidelity.
The Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue remains a preserved brown stone relic. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr, a globe trotter and Liberty reporter, returns from travels to China and Spain to be welcomed by his mother while his yachtside father winters in Florida. Neil, a war survivor in his forties, once wrote Farewell to Fifth Avenue and now funds his debts as a high priced correspondent. The piece also notes reader letters and personal updates about the McEvoy family and a reminiscence of wild rice consumption in Minnesota, a tale dating to 1899 Waldorf days with price and supply context.
A brief religious meditation praising Holiness meekness patience humility self denial and self sacrifice as Christian virtues and faith love and spiritual gifts. The text emphasizes enduring faith and moral discipline as guiding principles.
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