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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1937
Page
4
High Point Enterprise announces subscription prices and carrier information, noting per period charges and payment options. The paper emphasizes AP news rights and local post office classification, with imprint details and advertising agency reference.
A devotional line contrasts light sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart from Psalms 97 11. A Whately quote argues true expediency cannot sacrifice a greater good for a lesser loss.
The piece surveys industry wide regulation and critiques the Black Connery plan and the National Recovery Act. It cites Senator Henry Cabot Lodge defending industry in Massachusetts and notes the North and South opposing over-regulation. It argues for sober policy reflecting regional variations and free enterprise needs.
Mr. D. P. Whitley, after 12 years guiding Cloverdale school, becomes principal of the Senior high school succeeding Professor Henry Grady Owens. The board chose a qualified leader, signaling continued steady administration and internal promotion.
Lexington selects Earl Andrews a High Point native to lead its city schools after A W Honeycutt leaves for Chapel Hill. Andrews has a proven record and strong zeal for public education in North Carolina. The community expects notable progress under his leadership.
An editorial paragraph in The Enterprise was printed with a makeup error. The paragraph was intended to state that Jonathan Daniels, editor of the News and Observer, after touring 14 Southern states, has
The text muses on poverty as a key Southern trouble and opposes a lingering will to keep it. It cites Burns and a High Point citizen praising the South while urging progress without losing local color, echoing Dr. Johnson on poverty and worth.
The Sino Japanese conflict raises questions of international law as undeclared war threatens indemnity for property losses in Shanghai. The piece notes foreign assets including an American backed ice cream factory and argues that without a formal declaration war legality and belligerent rights are hard to secure.
A wartime piece argues legality must be challenged to elevate morality as the world tires of conflict. It warns Japan's aggressiveness wields a thunderbolt, urging restraint and ethical reflection despite looming hostilities.
A Philadelphia Inquirer digest reviews President Roosevelt’s Roanoke Island remarks defending democracy and social justice. It contrasts his stance with critics, notes concerns about property rights, and discusses the wage hour bill, a proposed voluntary census, and political reactions in Massachusetts.
McIntyre surveys fashionable New York women using publicity camouflage the Glamour Glimmers. He catalogs names and scenes from Bermuda to Europe, noting brassy charm and subtle blackmail risk. He mentions Black Starr and Frost Jewelers and Eimer and Amend drug firm with local color across Manhattan.
Washington August 25 job hogs rule Congress on unemployment relief. Taxpayers will fund a six million dollar census seen as a patronage device for primary time. Maverick proposed a low cost commission to study relief and long range programs with the question how will we all make a living. The President supported the idea for a limited period.
In the Democratic cloakroom Vice President Jack Garner and Senator Pat Harrison discuss baseball, then pivot to a sugar bill. Harrison predicts the President would be a fool to veto the sugar bill, and the vice president agrees.
The note recalls 1914 fashion and argues that prison culture missed a grand event as San Quentin officials declined a marathon for an Olympic style prize. Prisoners express disappointment that the prison gates term of distance was not included in any prize race.
A Pennsylvania woman files for divorce from her golf pro husband who has been absent for about a decade. She pursued the action likely to learn his side of the story and ends in a court filing seeking dissolution of the marriage.
Farmers say brown coated caterpillars observed recently portend a mild winter. If you segment one with pink stripes it indicates an early fall.
Report notes a bumper crop in the American South boosting supply while Russia reports a bumper crop shortfall in its harvest, impacting market expectations and prices for global grains.
Young Eddie Duchin grieves after the death of his socialite wife Marjorie Oelrichs following the birth of a son. He shows deep melancholy, spending hours at a window and folding a handkerchief as friends worry. Their marriage was a true love match and she supported his career and social polish.
Evan gelist Fraser told a Welborn Furniture tent audience that God is a broad casting station and that hearts turned to him can hear heavenly messages. He warned that a single sin can cause static in a Christian life. Rotary luncheon highlighted college education with three student speakers. Dr. O. B. Bonner and Edgar Hartley introduced them.
The piece notes a piano player rising to a $200000 annual income through radio and stage work, and mentions Henrietta Crossman still active in matronly roles. It jokes that actors rarely admit age beyond 39 and actresses rarely reach 40, while Minstinguett defies age with a 60 year span.
Mrs. Walter Hester shows marked improvement after illness and is resting at home on Broad Street. Mrs. 8. C. Vincannon and daughter Ernestine of Roma Georgia are guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mebane. Mrs. John L. King of Greensboro and Miss Lula Heath of Monroe were visitors yesterday with the family of W. J. Amfield on West Broad Street.
Paul R. Redfern departed Glynn Isle Georgia for Rio de Janeiro a 4600 mile flight. Officials estimate the journey will take about three days and two nights with uncertainty about his fate as an aviation mystery. In a separate report three bomb explosions struck the Harriet cotton mill strike at Henderson with no injuries.
Twenty years ago Mrs W J Mc Anally learns K McAnally is to duty at Camp Greene. Mrs J B Welborn returns from Hendersonville after a visit. Mrs W A Cofe fin and her sons Harris and Billy of Asheboro travel to Mebane and see relatives on Aug 23. Community laments weak Red Cross support and patriotism locally.
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