High Point Population Guess Sparks Census Debate
A split view emerges as analysts weigh 1940 census figures for High Point. While some foresee around 47 000 residents, others point to city expansion beyond Guilford into Randolph and Davidson counties and shrinking family sizes. The decennial count looms as speculation grows.
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Tion
High Point
Guilford
Randolph
Davidson
Citi
Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Sizemore
Jonah the prophet and the Nineveh lesson
An aged sermon reviews the Jonah narrative from fleeing to repentance and mercy. It contrasts views of the tale as fish tale or parable and applies the moral to modern figures who resist duty. It urges self examination and warns against isolationism and selfish piety.
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Jonah
Nineveh
Tarshish
Joppa
John
Walter Winchell on Broadway First Nights Review Reel
Walter Winchell surveys a busy week of new plays and film musical events. Paul Muni returns to Hollywood and stages a homecoming in Maxwell Andersons Key Largo while Ethel Barrymore debuts Farm of Three Echoes on Broadway.
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Paul Muni
Hollywoods
Maxwell Anderson
Benny Goodman
Louis Armstrong
Maxine Sullivan
Brooks Atkinson
Times
Dorothy Gish
Effie Shannon
After Thoughts Christmas Poetry and Prose Echoes
A compact survey of Christmas literature from Luke’s nativity to 19th century tales. It notes Dickens A Christmas Carol and Mohr Gruber Silent Night, plus Phillip Brooks and Mackay works, with reflections on memory, aging, and reconciliation under the holiday season.
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Dr. Luke
Jesus
Joseph Mohr
Franz Gruber
Phillip Brooks
Bethlehem
Luke
Dr. van Dyke
Lionel Barrymore
Scrooge
Dickens
Congress of American Industry Aims for Private Enterprise Analysis
The article notes the gathering of major U S manufacturers in New York for the Congress of American Industry. President Coonley of the National Association of Manufacturers urges a comprehensive analysis of the private enterprise system, highlighting its relations with the government employees and the public as fundamental aspects. The piece emphasizes the need for strong American business leadership amid changing political and economic conditions.
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United States
New York
Congress of American Industry
Coonley
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt's Economy Comment Sparks British Opposition
Herbert Morrison of the Labour Party criticizes Mr. Roosevelt emphasizing political economy in campaigns. John Hamilton, national GOP chairman, states the Nazi regime is a poisonous growth and wholly evil, warning that power or death defines the leopard's spots.
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Roosevelt
John Hamilton
National G. O. P
Herbert Morrison
Labor
Paul
Ballad makings in Kentucky and Studio Christmas Annual reviewed
Jean Thomas surveys Kentucky mountain ballads and the ballad makers like Jilson Setters and Laban Harliss in a new study with photographs. The Studio Christmas Annual offers paintings, carols, photos, and essays as beauty relief to troubled times. Mabel Leigh Hunt’s Little Grey Gown highlights Libby Ann Quaker children and their pet stories. Roy J. Snell’s Sign of the Green Arrow follows teen photographer Johnny on a deep sea mystery.
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Kentucky
Jean Thomas
Mountains
New York
Henry Holt & Co
Jilson Setters
Fiddler
Lost Hope Hollow
Laban Harliss
Ben Martin
Martin- Tolliver
Studio
the Studio Publications
the Studio
Froissart's Chronicle
Gauguin
Leonardo da Vinci
Rembrandt
Botticelli
Hogarth
Velasquez
Renoir
Cezanne
Mabel Leigh Hunt
Frederick A. Stokes Co
Libby Ann
Reuben
William Penn
Alice Fell
Wordsworth
Margaret Bell
Betsey
Uncle Ely
Roy J. Snell
Chicago
Reilly & Lee
Johnny Thompson
Caribbean Sea
Johnny
Thanksgiving memory of a country hunt and feast
The narrator recalls a personal Thanksgiving when a seven mile walk led to a humble dinner without invitation. He recounts a turnip harvest stash and a persimmon tree offering a late dessert, ending with gratitude for providence guiding him through edible paths on a quiet fall holiday.
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Bob White
Indecency in Screen and Stage Alarms Citizens
The Enterprise editor argues decency on screen and stage reflects broader moral collapse. Gunmen are glorified, racketeers praised, thieving excused, and religion mocked in today’s pictures, with a world turned upside down by drunken parties and nude women.
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Enterprise
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