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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1938
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts the discipline of the tongue with deceitful pleasures. It cites Job 27 4 and a line by A Hill about deceit leading toward vice and illusory pleasures.
A commentary surveys federal lending policy and gold reserves, warning of debt expansion and taxation while assessing Britain’s demand to restore oil properties in Mexico. It notes Mexico’s nationalization, the U S stance for orderly compensation, and broader implications for global finance and policy.
The chairman of the State Highway Commission is in Washington examining prospects for a federal gift of 450000 dollars.
The state weighs PWA support for a prison camp improvement program once valued around a million dollars. Renewed interest from Washington could enable a cooperative plan to modernize camps, expand road work labor, and boost agriculture while reducing fire and safety risks across counties.
The piece notes a forecast of poorer tobacco returns in North Carolina compared with 1937, contrasts tobacco with the large state cotton earnings, and urges boosting domestic food and feed production. It advocates a middle ground between self sufficiency and market participation to reduce the wealth drain from imports.
A letter writer argues that the Bible answers six questions about eternal torment, resurrection, and judgement. He cites scriptures to claim the soul dies, Jesus paid the debt, and immortality is not inherent. The piece contrasts eternal hell with the second death and urges readiness for Christ’s return.
After a crash, Joe meets creditors, raises funds by selling a ring and watch, rents a small house, and starts a roadside ice cream business with his wife. They switch to home baked goods, expand to festivals and retailers, gain a trade name, add a partner, and eventually run a small factory with multiple freezers and deliveries.
Local sermon highlights social uplift as Josephus Daniels champions justice and equal opportunity. Raleigh talks turn to the June primary with the commissioners’ race featured. District advertising clubs plan a two day convention at Sedgefield. Plus people notes from Mrs Alderman and Mrs Hiatt, and a Carolina-VMI baseball recap. News briefs cover national conventions, Arctic explorer Wilkins flight, Sinclair acquittal, and a south central storm outbreak.
New York Day By Day columnist Charles B Driscoll muses on public figures places and past city scenes. He recalls rackets along Broadway Madison Avenue and Forty-second Street, laments architecture, praises Mayor LaGuardia and Commissioner Valentine, and shares anecdotes about barbers cartoonists and neighbors including George Green.
A brief church side note presents a quotation from Isaiah and asks readers to decide their path. It closes with a sign off by Marvin J Ward.
Governor Bickett spoke in Raleigh urging triumph of American ideals as the 3rd Liberty Loan drive proceeds. He called the war a world melting pot to decide future leadership and values. The brief cites other local notes including visits by George T. Penny and Eddie Briett.
A reflective line on marriage guidance, asking who a man chooses to wed. It argues that if Joe had partnered with someone matching his original self, the result would have been predictable, implying the influence of a spouse on a man's life path.
The narrator recalls favorite vocal pieces with the Gounod hymn Praise You The Father highlighted. Daughter Pat offers her song Don’t Be That Way, adding a family musical moment to the discussion.
The article references Harry W. Nock, a senior DuPont de Nemours Co. official, in a notice about his life or career. Details are sparse, but Nock is identified as a prominent company figure in the archival snippet.
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