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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1939
Page
4
A quotation from I Corinthians 6 19 affirming the body as a temple of the Holy Ghost and recognizing the body as divinely given and exquisitely made by God credited to H W Beecher.
The city council selects a power commission to oversee the hydroelectric plant and related business. Voices debate the investment’s merit, but decision makers are praised for intent and faith in the plan. The city anticipates cheaper power and potential profits as High Point grows and demand rises.
The article reports Adolph Hitler receiving honorary citizenship papers from Albert Foerster in the Free City of Danzig on his 50th birthday. It notes observers’ doubts over the ceremony and compares it to other ceremonial recognitions while stressing the act’s political implications.
A newspaper account describes Danzig on Hitler’s 50th birthday with brown shirts, swastika banners, and speeches pledging allegiance to Germany. Citizens cheer Dr Victor Boetticher as he asserts the will to follow Hitler and the expansion of German influence through new citizenry in Danzig.
The 96 mile line from Goldsboro to Morehead City is leased for 25 years to a Sanford man. The State owns 72 percent of stock and votes for the lease, with annual rent of 60 500. The bond is 50 000, and critics question whether the lessee can ensure full performance and a break even, given past mismanagement.
A 4.5 hour parade in Berlin marked Hitler's fiftieth birthday as 40,000 soldiers and war machines rolled through cheering crowds. The piece questions the cost of this martial display to the German public.
A retailer fails with traditional sales pitches for India moccasins until a sales script targets the child. Elmer Wheeler’s lesson shows the boy becomes the best assistant salesman, swaying the mother through the child’s perspective, and after one eleven word line the entire stock sells within a week.
Elliott Roosevelt defends his administration criticisms amid editorials and spankings. He says comments were misinterpreted and that he and his father reviewed the notes before publication, but critics did not publish their clarifications.
Dramatic critic J. Brooks Atkinson served on a jury in Judge McGeehan's court this week. The city case brought by a construction company was settled out of court after the jury, which included three women, was dismissed with the judge quipping that the men would have been more interested in underpinning.
The critics fail to pick a champion as Little Foxes earns six votes and Abe Lincoln in Illinois five. Lincoln opponents claim the Lincoln work relies too much on letters and speeches. Lincoln’s business at the box office remains strong despite debate. Kelcey Allen clashed with George Jean Nathan as Allen interrupted Nathan’s remarks.
Meyer Berger of the New York Times quoted Dutch Schultz as a pushover for blondes prompting Schultz to retort that the Times erred in language. Inez Calloway Robb comments on Democracy and a Toronto reporter notes Mrs. Roosevelt’s unescorted stance at the White House press conference. A Toronto lass questions Lady Tweedsmuir’s accessibility and a Kit Kat crowd anecdote ends with a bar joke about standing while drunk.
A lively column notes risqué details from Tony Sarg’s Worlds Fair map and theater gossip. Jed Harris plans cinema work, Lucille Swartley’s 210 pound Casa Manana headdress is mocked, and Time Mag sports are women only. A psychiatrist helps a dreamer frustrated by Radio City lines, Grace Hayes hosts Joe Frisco, and Brenda Frazier is crowned debutante amid glamorous chatter.
Local observer notes Hi Po editor R C McMannis from Maryland at High Point College. Professor T C Johnson of the faculty will speak at Davidson County commencement in Lexington on Tuesday. Other notes cover Mrs Lyman Redding returning from Charlotte and Doris Marie Elliott recovering from diphtheria on State Street. Mr and Mrs H R Williamson visit Charlotte.
Bruce Catton analyzes after a $50 million cut in WPA deficiency funding. With only two thirds of the requested amount approved, about 600000 workers may lose relief by end of June, leaving roughly 2.4 million on rolls at start of 1939 and raising questions about absorption into private industry.
Fast moving news brief reports troops will be withdrawn from the Gastonia strike zone tonight as a precaution while widespread floods threaten levee breaks. Hundreds have fled from Mississippi levees in Arkansas due to rising waters and levee damage.
High Point observes Easter Sunday with special services in all churches. Dr. C. S. Grayson departs for Indiana to attend obstetrics clinics at Northwestern University.
The article notes that Everett Marsh, long a hospital patient, was discharged Saturday with health greatly improved. It mentions George Bingham’s Dog Hill Paragrafos about Elite millinery and fashion shop closing as Mrs Atlas Peck tried a dress. Mrs J T Ryan departed for Lynchburg and Mrs J T Burrus spent Easter at Rockford.
Totaly has pressured the peace conference with insistent demands. The Victory Loan drive begins in High Point on Tuesday as America faces calls to protect Armenia.
Sir Oswald Mosley, founder of the British fascist movement, likens the governments of the United States and Great Britain to an old spinster who sues for breach of promise today and seeks another promise tomorrow.
Harold D. Smith says the President urged him not to bow to pressure and he will not yield his own judgment. The remark reflects internal tensions over budget directives and potential policy clashes within the administration.
President Robert M. Hutchins of Chicago University condemns current parole practices. He argues supervision and assistance parole with supervision is the only humane option and calls for harsher penalties, likening failures to social risk.
Critics mocked her impressions of his rap and recalled how she once gave the late Percy Hammond an oral whipping for a sour notice. Percy replied that her off stage acting was as ordinary as on.
Eavesdroppers report a discussion at the Algonquin Hotel about the Fascist salute. The reply suggests it originated with the Italians who grew tired of halfway measures.
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin argues during the Senate neutrality debate that eating Wisconsin cheese keeps citizens national and avoids gas on the brain, implying it could prevent war and reduce antipathy toward Germans and Italians.
Judge William Devin of Seattle fines a bartender twenty five dollars for tossing a cup at a woman during a bar interaction. The man had tended bar for six years and faced the minor entanglement with customers.
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