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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1937
Page
4
A brief classified line notes second class mailing at High Point North Carolina and lists E Katz Special Advertising Agency in New York City. It ends with a quotation from Menander about living for others.
The Tokyo government tightens business and finance under state supervision as it readies for a sustained war in China. Officials warn such steps resemble fascist moves in Europe, risking foreign trade restrictions and rising national debt amid a precarious economy. Metternich quote reflects on dialogue and restraint.
A New York Telephone Company guide argues against hello as a stiff opening. It urges callers to state organization or personal name and to phone as one wishes to be phoned. A smiling voice is prized as a reflection of character and trust.
In a Raleigh city report two hit and run automobile accidents in one week highlight the need for public awareness to prevent such crime. Citizens should cooperate with the law to stop fleeing drivers, who are described as dangerous. The page also notes Thomas Dixon praising Roosevelt for moving the capital back to Washington, while some think it undermines state capitals.
William Phillips Hall, known as a business millionaire evangelist, died Sunday at age 73. Hall, who built a large electrical contracting business, combined success in trade with lay preaching as a vocation and began in the electrical machinist trade in his youth.
The obituary recalls Hall as an early railroad engineer and Moody ally who earned a lasting sobriquet. It notes his belief that true religious instinct preserves joy and contrasts this with the US fatality burden on highways amid global danger concerns.
Guilford neighbors watch Alamance County’s fight over adopting the ABC liquor system versus continuing traditional supply. The Lexington Dispatch calls it the modern Battle of Alamance amid Republican opposition, framing the issue as a stand against a liquor-storeTrust betrayal for dollars.
The passage mocks self appointed guardians of public morality in Alamance who may know liquor conditions but could still vote against liquor, suggesting they might attend the polls and oppose alcohol despite familiar terms with the situation.
A regional proposal urges Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill to join Greensboro Winston-Salem High Point and others to transform Central North Carolina into a premier recreation and beauty spot. It envisions a rose garden lily pond arboretum and collaborative chambers of commerce to attract visitors and residents alike.
The United States moves to lease six destroyers to Brazil drawing protests from Argentina over potential threats to regional trust. Officials fear secrecy and link the plan to a naval race, noting the ships match those built for Argentina in British yards and warning of broader peace implications.
James H. R. Cromwell of New York husband of Doris Duke argues that when minority monopolistic labor unions gain higher pay through organization the cost is borne by workers unable to organize. He cites redistribution from nonparticipants to organized workers.
Emilie Dionne returns to join her sisters after five days of illness. The Dionne family welcomes her back with warm words and relief.
The article contrasts Senator Hugo Black's evolving stance with Roosevelt's policies, noting Black's early push for wage hour reform and anti monopoly measures, and describing how Roosevelt later embraced many of Black's ideas to curb profits, regulate prices, and promote broader social and economic aims.
New York reports a surge of eating establishments piling into West 52d street and Broadway areas as restaurants, movie houses, and entertainment venues multiply. The city notes a shift toward dining out driven by service woes at home and a boom in themed venues and headliner shows.
The photoblopharon from the Banda Islands has a large glowing headlight beneath its eye. The organ remains luminous after removal and is used by locals as bait for night fishing.
An open air London swimming pool issues colored rubber wristbands that change by time of day. Attendants can quickly tell if a bather stays beyond the permitted limit by the band color.
The Atlantic Ocean covers about 34,801,400 square miles, making it the world’s second largest ocean by area. This vast body of water spans numerous coastal regions and supports major transatlantic trade routes.
Historical report notes Arctic shark flesh is highly poisonous but poison can be removed by cooking in boiling water.
Victoria Fair Africa stands more than two and a half times as high as Niagara. The note compares two water bodies or landmarks by height, highlighting a marked difference in scale between the two features.
Margaret Case Harriman grew up in her father Frank Case’s Algonquin era literary haven. The writer and editor contributed to the New Yorker Red Book Vogue Vanity Fair and Saturday Evening Post. Frank Case, a prolific albeit anonymous author, is finishing a book about his decades at his West 44th Street tavern.
Harlem residents remain noncommittal about Father Divine's following amid opposition. Fear of voodoo like punishment keeps silent many critics while several of his detractors suffer odd misfortunes, seen by some as juju jungle witchery. The superstition helped Divine escape near defeat during recent clashes with authorities.
Billy Seamen, once a clerous host to Broadway, is now a settled family man after marrying Phylli Haver. The piece highlights his notable shift from flirtatious playboy days to business achievement.
Local residents await official designation of the route as the Colonial highway passing through the city. Delegates from Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion returned from the Washington DC convention.
Brief items note the Dole Flight plane Woolaroc was due to arrive at Wheeler Field Honolulu at 2 p.m. plus short society notes on Mayor Walker era associates and local residents traveling and visiting, including Mrs Hatcher and daughter returning to Richmond and Miss Ring’s appendicitis operation with doctors McCain and Reitzel visiting Greensboro.
Rev Walter E Rodgers preaches to growing crowds at Green Street Baptist Church as local revival continues. School census shows enrollment rise in the city. Rose Theatre manager P T M McIntyre hires an orchestra to accompany the film Civilization.
China's declaration of war on Germany begins today as President Wilson and Secretary Lansing plan preliminary conferences over the Pope's peace proposal. Dr. A K Graves, labeled an international spy, was arrested in Kansas City. Kansas City streetcar strike ended yesterday.
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