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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1938
Page
4
A compact quotation from Job 84 22 and a note on freedom from evil thoughts attributed to Aeschylus. The lines juxtapose biblical and classical wisdom about inner virtue and moral clarity.
Senator George denounces Roosevelt liberalism and resists a one man party, pledging to uphold national fundamentals. He warns he may not rubber stamp White House policy, faces a tough Georgia race where county unit rules emphasize grass roots support over Fulton County votes, amid farm aid stakes.
A cautious United States stance on world justice and peace balances isolation and intervention. Cordell Hull faces pressure as the nation strengthens its navy and joins the arms race, seeking a measured path between extremes.
The piece weighs Hull's pacific internationalist address against rising isolationist sentiment. It notes British press criticism and praises restrained British policy while urging regional farm education programs in the Deep South to tackle economic weaknesses, with a plan for Southern laboratories as practical steps.
A Guilford Superior Court jury awarded Elizabeth Mulford 20000 for injuries from a September 1 1936 fall at the King Cotton hotel coffee shop exit in Greensboro North Carolina. The plaintiff alleged insufficient lighting and a dangerous step down amid general hotel hazards.
A practical plan notes federal law supports establishing regional agricultural laboratories. North Carolina urges selection due to its strong farm problem study, skilled personnel nucleus, good library, and keen state interest. The state argues it offers diversified agricultural experimentation of high importance and has campaigned vigorously.
The piece recounts William Harrison Dempsey born June 24 1896 in Manassa Colorado who rose from poverty to become a famed prizefighter and world champion after overcoming public scorn for not enlisting in World War I. It notes his defeats and comebacks to illustrate that loss can breed admiration and resilience. It ends with brief quips and a C E M Joad quotation on human judgment and progress.
Walter Winchell humor column cites myths and anecdotes on attempted suicide from history and fiction, noting sleeping tablets are ineffective and inhaling gold leaf as a Chinese method. It recounts Lincoln’s despair, Napoleon’s poison bid, and a Tennessee woman suing for divorce after homicides attempt.
Local news notes Herbert Hoover's private secretary Miss Sesser will gather the Hoover family history chiefly near Trinity Randolph county where the Hoovers first settled after moving from Pennsylvania. Red Men speaker Colonel D H Milton addresses Kannapolis lodge. Kirkman family reunion set at Monroe Kirkman residence near Freeman's Mill. Plus brief mentions of Lizzie Gooch shopping in New York, Britt Armfield's trip to New York and Canada, Mrs. Laurance Ingram visiting Nag's Head, Rev H N Bowne returning from Blowing Rock.
A Washington style letter recalls William Faversham’s hardships and a famed interview culture. It covers ship departures at the pier, Fred C Kelly’s harbor breakfast, George M Adams interviews, and Adams family ties, plus the Army and Navy Club’s derelict state and a looming naval gun shell at the entrance.
In Los Angeles today President Hoover urged creating the largest reservoir at Boulder Dam, noting the engineers will recommend the design. Vice Presidential hopeful Charles Curtis begins stumping in Topeka tomorrow. Nick Steles, Shreveport cafe owner, departs for Greece to claim $720,000 from an overnight aluminum mine sale.
J. T. Ryan S. H. Tom Linson and A. E. Tate return from conferences in Chicago Pittsburgh and Washington to develop a complete conservation program for the furniture industry. W. E. Snow becomes High Point fuel committee chairmanship after C. D. Smith resigns. A High Point citizen complains of excessive whistle blowing at local plants citing an ordinance against prolonged blowing. Mrs. R. L. Loflin returns from northern markets. Corporal Oscar Shelton and Sergeant C. F. Suttenfield arrive safely overseas. Mrs. J. Harvey Shields and son Bill travel to Winston-Salem to visit friends and relatives.
Senator Jacob Harold Gallinger, New Hampshire's oldest serving member, died today in Franklin at age 81. He had long served in the U.S. Senate and witnessed the war's first year, while war profiteering and three-front fighting were noted in brief dispatches.
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