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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1939
Page
4
A brief religious note cites Luke 12 8 about confession before men and adds Quarles on confessing sin beginning salvation. The passage connects faith acknowledgment with divine acknowledgment and spiritual progress.
The High Point era faces a candidate shortage as filing deadlines approach for municipal offices. Voter registration is criticized as inadequate while debates over tracks, hydroelectric plans, and other city decisions intensify tensions. The paper urges eligible residents to register and form a solid slate to address issues at the polls.
The article reflects on early relief programs and criticizes the low priority given to road building. It argues that directing emergency labor toward major national improvements could have elevated the nation’s credit and infrastructure, suggesting a shift in focus from marginal projects to essential construction.
The article notes Germany’s 5,000 mile concrete roadway linking Berlin to key frontiers as a vital asset for military and economic needs. It argues the United States also needs a large nationwide highway network for commerce and defense, lamenting that much of the national debt has not funded this priority.
The piece questions the Versailles treaty amid critical doubt in Germany and the United States. It argues peace without justice undermines endurance, and notes England and France admitted the treaty’s flaws. It suggests wiser terms to win democracy using generosity to the defeated rather than force.
In Raleigh a condemned Black man Bat DeJournette died in the gas chamber after a final prayer. The case involved Elmer Williams who gave a false confession to save himself, then recanted, while Williams and DeJournette faced murder charges over the Jamestown shooting of Garland Mangum.
A fragment notes a man protected by constitutional bar to further prosecution while contemplating a life term extension for De Journette. The text hints at legal strategy without detailing charges or outcomes.
The Concord Daily Tribune marks Thomas Jeffersons 1743 birth with praise for his democratic ideals and warns against overshadowing giants. The piece also critiques North Carolina election reform, noting reforms like absentee ballot bans and precinct reductions, urging honest officials to reduce future discord at primaries.
Short devotional verse pleading for relief from bitterness and self pity. The speaker asks for Christ’s tenderness and power to transform pain into sympathy and wiser compassion for those who bear heavy crosses. The dedication is to Mrs Craven Page.
The Enterprise editor questions whether Christians should fund atheism and notes many promising young Christians return from college as skeptics. He argues colleges may be responsible for doubt through instructors or curricula and cites a former city schools superintendent as an example.
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway openings and box office during Holy Week noting which shows falter or prosper and naming performers such as Hepburn Barrymore and MacDonald while referencing press critics and current stage trends.
In High Point a longtime Baptist minister Rev. J. M. Hilliard dies at eighty nine after a life of service. The writer recalls their sixty two year friendship, Hilliards honesty in funerals and weddings, his tolerance for differing beliefs, and his steadfast faith until the end.
A five person group from diverse Southern groups climbs Green Hill in western North Carolina on a gloomy Easter Sunday. At 4700 feet they witness a sunlit sea of clouds and distant towns, then sing of the Green Hill and the light of resurrection amid doubt and renewal.
A California professor touts earmuffs for snorers as a health aid while jokes about slapping Fascists and a New York shower window leg contest amuse readers. An Indianapolis man cites tax timing after speeding charges and Rudy Vallee’s new celebrity gaze spawns quips. Comedienne Beatrice Lillie jokes on her son’s mustache as others comment on hobbies, violin grands, and wartime Europe tours for students with funds.
Ruth Blodgett’s Down-East Duchess portrays Peaceport’s glittering elite and a modern duchess’s clash with tradition. Captain Lidell Hart’s Through The Fog of War analyzes World War I leaders and tactics with dispassionate detail. The Modern Library publishes Dos Passos U S A trilogy in one volume, offering a panoramic view of early 20th century America.
The piece notes theaters offering male escort services for intoxicated patrons, speculating on attracting female audiences. It mentions a Detroit incident where a man assaulted officers and reflects wartime era distrust with a European minister promising treaty support.
A witty remark targets southern gallantry as Louisville declares spooning must occur under lights, framing a humorous clash of decorum and tradition.
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