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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1939
Page
4
A pithy biblical quotation contrasts divine command about war with the notion of a soldier wandering homeless, citing Chronicles 28 3 and a Schiller line about finding no home lit hearth.
The President calls for mediation to stabilize world affairs as Germany and Italy have yet to respond. Democracies applaud but doubts persist about real value and German treaty faith. The piece warns of greed and the risk of a new power alignment amid bolshevist Russia watching closely.
The article notes North Carolina's rising status in furniture manufacture led by High Point and Grand Rapids. It cites shifts from Michigan to the South, with 1987 state figures showing North Carolina near the top, and predicts a furniture exposition could cement High Point as a leader in high grade furniture.
The paper argues two strong tickets will offer competent municipal management for two years. It warns against partisan control of election machinery and calls for fairness in registration. It urges reducing local resentments and maintaining a spirited but fair contest over city policy.
A statistician points out that with an 8 billion dollar annual budget the United States spends about one thousand dollars per breath, claiming more than five thousand dollars have been spent during the time the paragraph is read. The remark underscores the scale of government spending.
Editorials discuss figures like Reed and Bergdoll impacting public spending and military policy. The Concord Tribune notes rising municipal control of utilities, warning that quality and cost will decide if government ownership expands to power, rail, and mail.
The columnist contends Anglo Saxon leaders ignored Bible guidance as Munich fallout grows. It argues that the eastward expansion of dictators will become western, with Israel’s outposts doomed, urging nations to heed prophecies and resist peaceful rhetoric amid Nazi, Mussolini, and Japanese aggression.
Walter Winchell on Broadway reviews clash as Charles Morgan John Mason Brown and Brooks Atkinson trade jabs over The Flashing Stream and other spring productions. The piece notes mixed receptions for The Happiest Days and My Hearts in the Highlands as Easter week matinees flop and international talent colors the scene.
The article recounts Morse as a painter turned inventor, aided by Ezra Cornell, who helped finance and perfect the telegraph. It details early tests from Washington to Baltimore, the May 11, 1844 proof when Clay’s nomination crossed the line, and Annie Ellsworth’s prompt for the first message What hath God wrought. It notes Morse's poverty, Congressional grant, and Cornell’s later fame as Cornell University founder.
A narrator recalls finding a four-year-old boy lost on a busy street and his mother’s stern return home. The piece then shifts to reflections on childhood past, wars from Spain to World War I, and how society’s pace and values have changed from neighborly summers to global conflicts.
Rupert Hughes presents Stately Timber a lively voyage through colonial life and sea lore centered on Seaborn Fleet and Judith with romance and tragedy. Albert Schweitzer’s African Notebook offers hospital tales from LamBarene with sawy simple honest stories of natives and medicine men. David Garth’s Eastward In Eden adds suspense romance as Faith Sterling becomes a spy in Egypt with a scientist’s danger and a steadfast fiancé.
Dialogical quip about trade and sugar origins where the boy misdirects by saying sugar comes from the neighbor while the teacher presses for the source. The humor hinges on borrowed goods and regional goods exchange. The line captures a light classroom exchange with a Caribbean flavor and playful misunderstanding.
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