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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1939
Page
4
A devotional note cites Acts 2 21 and a remark from South praising prayer as the path to blessing and salvation. The text stresses that no blessing is too small to seek in prayer and that all great blessings may come through prayer.
Absent a firm policy in England the question of conscription for military training and service dominates political debate. Reports tie a British envoy to Berlin to a message for Hitler while Daladier’s decrees hint at emergency power. France and Britain weigh coercive measures against liberty and parliamentary control.
Mississippi Senator Bilbo calls for a federal program to fund a Negro settlement in Africa beside Liberia. He proposes spending a billion dollars annually to develop the colony and lets Black Americans choose migration. He critiques immigration pleas from philanthropists amid congressional hearings.
A Raleigh Times column praises Black Americans while critiquing race prejudice and colonization schemes. It notes 75 percent support for a plan but warns against trade barriers and recalls Marcus Cato’s motto Carthage must be destroyed. The Gastonia Gazette urges rapid cleanup of Gastonia slums.
The piece critiques Mussolini’s obsession with perpetual youth, noting his effort to hide middle age through diet, shaving changes, and strenuous routines. It argues the dictator’s attempt to project a triumphant, Caesar-like image clashes with advancing years and mockery of time.
A Gallup poll shows 73 percent support for a conference of world powers to secure peace, with 27 percent against. The Winston-Salem Journal notes broad public backing for President Roosevelt, unmatched since Wilson in 1917 18, praising his European policy stance.
The Atlanta Journal highlights a 616 AD Persian dictator Chosroes addressing Byzantine Emperor Heraclius with threats to destroy Constantinople and conquer the Greeks. The tyrant was later defeated in battle and met a violent death at the hands of his revolting subjects.
The Christian Science Monitor argues that despite high-sounding Pan American rhetoric the United States has not systematically built good relations with its southern neighbors. It notes racial and language issues complicate outreach and mirrors European practice.
A columnist recounts a 26 year old prospect's failed letter seeking work in merchandising and explains that focusing on employer benefits matters. The piece previews a rewritten letter to show how to attract six call requests and two job offers. It cites J Warren Madden on employer control of organizations and ends with light media notes.
West 43rd displays Mein Kampf The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler and Salute to Freedom in a stationery window. Talent scouts eye Young and Rubicam. Six day fair passes replace dishes as prizes in neighborhood theaters. Frohman noted at The Lyceum Dorset hotel. Broadway angels deflated by high jinks. Milt Herth narrates shop talk. Shields urged to act not play tennis. Stokowski to be paid 50000 plus gross share for Fantasia. Casa Manana ladies inked in Raleigh ads. Robbins declines patriotic song on Aryan grounds. Merle Oberon to wed Alexander Korda feared by Maria Korda. Initiation fee cut at Union Club for six months. Seamen jobs offered to non-citizens on Sixth Avenue. Jerome Weidman sought for new subjects abroad. Wolfe estate heirs find ten thousand advance placed in trust for mother.
Paying Father Time at Local News shows Monarch club in Charlotte earning the silver loving cup for attendance. The spring revival at Wesley Memorial church closed. Rev. A. L. Stanford returned home to Statesville. Mrs. C. C. Earnhardt hosts Lotus Club tomorrow. Robert M. Bryant remains in High Point hospital after surgery. News briefs mention tornado devastation in the Southwest and Huey Long’s tour ending with seven charges in Louisiana. Plant 2 Wenonah Cotton Mills opens at Lexington after a strike.
Twenty years ago Local News notes progress as Victory Loan workers begin work ahead of schedule. Commercial National Bank reports subscription of $100000. The Woman's Missionary Society met at First Baptist Church yesterday. Secretary Massey says chamber committees will be organized to clean up the city and discuss parks.
C S Clark returns from Winston-Salem to the city yesterday afternoon after several days of business there. C D Smith solves a city mystery about a supposed black snake seen at a tank exhibit. A cobweb roll mistaken for the reptile was confirmed by Ser Dee. Mrs J Fred Tesh and daughter Mrs John Walker return from Philadelphia.
A quirky October 1938 Psychoanalytic Review piece titled Not Poppy Not Mandragora blends literature and science in a death by own action study that reportedly out-Joyce Joyce. The obscure author’s work has drawn attention from psychiatric leaders worldwide as cultural commentaries blend with clinical inquiry.
The Italian premier Orlando has returned to Rome while Italy remains represented. American delegates to the peace conference disagree on who started the war. Europe faces three months of hardship as war bread is anticipated.
In a snappy column fragment the critics clash over a Years Best Play deadlock. One critic defends Saroyan’s My Heart’s in the Highlands citing a “nice feeling” while joking about marijuana. The chatter riffs on The Circle label and past infanticipation gossip about Mrs. Todd Wright.
A spectator who paid for a Louis-Roper boxing match failed to watch the bout, reportedly looking up at the sky to check the stars. The moment captures a humorous distraction during the event.
Bruce Catton reports that Associated Farmers of California may extend the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee to probe the group. A $100,000 extension is backed by Senators Schwellenbach and Downey, with support from the National Grange CIO AFL and the Farmers themselves. The fight hinges on funding and the committee’s mandate amid ongoing investigations and a separate Justice Department inquiry led by Bates Booth into illegal activities of the Associated Farmers.
Roosevelt admonishes back-seat critics over policy detours while Power quips on wedding tickets. Mrs. Roberts urges Americans to seek and live the spirit that won independence amid a troubled sea.
Henry L. Mencken argues that papers might unite against war rhetoric to stop a khaki election, but doubts the move is feasible or timely given current circumstances. The Baltimore editor suggests media influence could shape public policy and voters' choices amid looming conflict.
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