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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1938
Page
4
The article analyzes President Roosevelt's options after defeat on the reorganization bill. It weighs pushing Congress to enact a clearer reform program focused on unity and economy versus pursuing punishment at the polls. It urges a constructive course aligned with his initial stance to sustain leadership and avoid protracted conflict.
Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, commemorates Jesus entry into Jerusalem with palm branches. The observance is world wide and historically second in importance to Easter, marking Jesus as a reformer who challenged contemporary authority.
The excerpt contrasts the triumph of the Jerusalem entry with eternal life, noting Jesus’s kingdom is not of this world. It asks history to weigh victors, comparing martyrs, Nero, Spartans, Persians, Xerxes, Pilate, and Christ in a meditation on lasting victory.
Deservedly large crowd fills High Point College auditorium for Carl Sandburg address. While officials pleased with the response, a rainstorm caused a traffic tie up as cars blocked driveways. Administrators may hire traffic officers or student volunteers to guide parking at future programs.
The article reports on a mild winter in North Carolina with winds and rain rather than frost, avoiding major fruit crop damage. It notes High Point garden open houses with flowers past peak due to unusual weather and timing issues affecting visitors.
Ex president Hoover noted plentiful parking in Europe while seeing a shortage at home. The High Point case shows local regulation limiting an old ordinance to ease space concerns. The writer argues the U.S. owns far more cars than the world, with 26 million in operation. The auto industry dominates wealth and employment but may have peaked.
The article notes that life of a car now extends to six to eight years and predicts future auto sales will depend mainly on replacements with limited new business. It estimates about three million cars yearly to sustain current ownership rates.
The High Point community grew rapidly to a 50 000 population but faces a slackening in factory payrolls amid a general business slump. The piece compares High Point to Toledo with its labor employer citizen board and urges a similar plan to improve industrial peace and regional welfare. It also recalls Sam Bryan’s influential role and the city’s evolving press coverage.
A Fort Lauderdale editor recalls Sam Bryan and his lasting impact on his boys at The Enterprise. The reminiscence shifts to Good Friday 1865, describing Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the Atlanta funeral train ceremony with Sunday school children viewing the president’s casket under an arch of mourning.
The writer rejects jazz as a modern American form, calling it borrowed from primitive rhythms. He cites Alexander's Rag-Time Band as early syncopation and recalls reactions from London and Berlin to illustrate widespread disdain for the genre. He argues jazz is not new or distinctly American and laments its cultural impact.
Dr C S Grayson recalled growing up on a Lincoln county farm and learning from Jersey cows. A Knoxville job led to dairy work with Mr McNutt near the city, shaping Grayson’s belief that sobriety and steady association propel a good life and career.
The article notes the American robin or robin redbreast as a thrush common across North America. It highlights its range from eastern Mexico to Alaska, wintering in the south, and sightings around Twin Oaks Court. It also describes the bird’s feeding on grubs and worms and its friendly, curious nature toward people.
George Ladbrook, once the duke of Windsor's chauffeur, is arrested after heckling a soap-box critic of the former king. The incident underscores tensions surrounding royal figures as Ladbrook defends the duke he served.
A weekly books page surveys James Neville’s Ladies Under Glass from Lippincott Irene Kuhn’s Assigned to Adventure recounts a journalist’s Shanghai career and perilous experiences It also reviews The Child In Their Midst by May Edington and Edgar Rice Burroughs The Lad And The Lion noting adventure fiction and historical observations by experts and diplomats including Dr. Tongton Ko and Eduard Benes.
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