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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1938

Page

4

Children of this world marry and are given in marriage

A biblical verse from Luke 20 34 is cited with a Wordsworth quotation note about the adage the child is the father of the man.

Jesus Wordsworth

Ruling on Missouri race case prompts national school issue

The U S Supreme Court overruled Missouri’s denial of a Black applicant to its law school, declaring a federal right to admission. The decision challenges segregated higher education in sixteen states and suggests building professional schools in existing Black colleges as a remedy.

Missouri Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Missouri University North Carolina Supreme Court Missouri

Lady Nicotine and Pellagra Treatment Hope

The piece argues pellagra is preventable through diet corrections and praises new nicotinic acid treatments showing marked improvement in severe cases. It notes Duke University and the University of Wisconsin reports, framing tobacco’s economic origin and calling nicotine a potential benevolent agent for public health.

Duke University Hospital University of Wisconsin Duke

TVA hailed as one of New Deal's great feats

The article argues that the TVA should be seen as a major New Deal achievement despite criticisms. It credits the program with breaking private energy firms from overcharging customers and lowering electricity costs nationwide. It notes rural service expansion and sustained revenue, backing government-led power for public benefit.

Roger Babson New Deal Morris Cooke Steinmetz

Main Street Bridge bid targets local merchants and approvals

A contractor building the Main Street Bridge over the Great Railroad Divide seeks warm approval from High Paint merchants by submitting both permanent and temporary bid halves.

Main Street

Bridge delays tied to Christmas traffic and future gains

The city weighs extending a temporary bridge section through the holiday shopping period despite slow progress on the project. Officials acknowledge contractor delays and seek indulgence while noting past traffic congestion and ongoing landslide risks for a multi year period, arguing a net gain for the growing city.

Highway Commission Main Wrenn

Minister writes in protest over “intelligent drinkers” term

A city minister criticizes an Enterprise editorial for calling some drinkers intelligent. He argues that intelligence does not negate temperance issues and notes many highly intelligent people drink, insisting intellect does not prove the habit righteous.

Enterprise

Alcohol's Growing Role in Society Weighs On Future Influence

The piece argues that alcohol forms a powerful social force affecting current norms and future impacts. It examines cultural integration, public policy considerations, and the need for balanced approaches. It highlights communities grappling with regulation, education, and health outcomes.

Real Living Over Wealth The Paris Summer Awakening

An observer recounts a wealthy woman’s lessons from a Parisian summer, trading luxury for honest work, sun, eggs, and garden painting. The piece contrasts ridicule with kindness, shares memories of singing fears, and honors the idea that understanding and opportunity build true credit in life.

Paris New York John Gregg Gregg Shorthand Systen

Editorial Letter on Drink Dangers and Domestic Harm in High Point

A reader questions The Enterprise editorial on drink, arguing that alcohol endangers the public and harms the home as surely as drunk driving. The writer condemns liquor as an evil whether consumed publicly or privately, noting recent tragedies both on and off the highway. Continues on page 9.

High Point North Carolina the Enterprise

Walter Winchell On Broadway personal gossip and betting odds

The column riffs on Hollywood and socialites including Fred Perry and Helen Vinson divorce chatter, Ella Logan in Scotland, Jules Bache courting Rose Saphire, Debra Frazier’s costly coming out, the WPA Sing for Your Supper cast, and political moves in Washington. It notes Jimmy Walker as radio MC prospect, NLRB fate for Donald Smith, and sports bets on USC Duke Tennessee Oklahoma and others.

Fred Perry Helen Vinson New York Ulu Dudley Nichols Ella Logan Scotland Jules Bache Rose Saphire Debrenda Frazier Hillmans June Inverclyde la Conga Hollywood Liz Whitney Reuben’s WPA Felix Frankfurter U. S. Supreme Court Brandeis Cardozo Judge Stevens Washington Circuit Court of Appeals Jimmy Walker M. C A. Woollcott Donald Smith NLRB Jimmy Roosevelt London S. Goldwyn C. Chaplin D. Fairbanks United Artists Adrian Beecham T. Beecham Barbara Joyce

Minutes of Change Snapshot of a Minute

A rapid, period style item notes what unfolds in sixty seconds. It centers on daily actions and broad stats such as smokers using 50 000 cigars and cigarettes and pensions payout of 222 dollars per minute in the United States while bombs fall in Civil War cities.

Earth U. S

Work on No 10 highway advances toward Thomasville road

Local grading has started on the new No 10 highway from Lexington avenue along country club road to the Thomasville highway. Adams-Millis stock lists on the New York exchange after a curb market period. A district meeting of A B clubs from the Carolinas Georgia and Florida is expected to meet at Sedgefield next spring. Flu illness keeps most city hall workers home including City Manager Knox. Mrs W C Idol visited Winston-Salem and Charles Hoertel is ill at High Point hospital. Marriages reported includes Mrs Nannie Embler of High Point to Henry L Bell of Denton on December 11. Bishop Edward Rothaler addressed the High Point Rotary Club. Senate appropriates 250 million dollars for enforcement of prohibition.

No. 10 Lexington Avenue Country Club Thomasville Adams-Millis Corporation New York Exchange A. B Carolinas Georgia Florida Sedgefield City Hall Knox W. C. Idol Winston-Salem Charles Hoertel High Point Hospital Nannie Embler High Point Henry L. Bell Denton Edward Ronthaler High Point Rotary Club Sheraton Hotel U. S. Senate

Local News and Snapshots From Twenty Years Ago

More than six hundred people joined the Red Cross without solicitation. Lt I Thurman Mann, ex Army medical service, will resume practice in High Point after leaving Camp Custer. Miss Vera Idol returns for Christmas. Greenville schools close early for influenza. President Wilson greeted at Brest. American forces on the Rhine and fleet ordered home. Capt Charles Matton and Lt Hal Ingram of High Point were reported active in wartime fighting. National Republican Club in New York sells its home. Garner for President boom launched from his mother’s log cabin birthplace. Fred Perry and wife part ways. A Christmas lead notes a man wearing galoshes.

Red Cross I. Thurman Mann Army Medical Service Camp Custer Battle Creek Mich High Point Vera Idol Greenville High School Greenville Sam Strickland State College W. A. Lambeth Thomasville Wilson Brest

New York Day By Da Charles Driscoll’s Ritz Manager

A portrait of Charles Driscoll Keller manager of the Ritz hotel in New York describes his tall sturdy frame Swiss roots and cosmopolitan training from Rome to Cairo. The piece mentions a long-serving couple at the Ritz Mr and Mrs O. O. McIntyre and various city scenes including 125th Street’s pants area and a profile of Jerome H. Cargill a pageant impresario.

Keller Howard Taft Switzerland Cesare Rome Paris Geneva Don Cairo O. O. McIntyre The Ritz New York

Boston man battered after incident in town center

A Boston man, Lewis Thornhill, was assaulted on an unspecified date leaving a fractured jaw. Thornhill refused to name his attacker citing possible retaliation and intends to pursue a civil claim.

Lewis Thornhill Boston Thornhill

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High Point Enterprise Pb, Terry D. A. Rawley Sec’y and Treas Hammett A. Cecil Mer J. P. Rawley C—O Capus M. Waynick Associated Press Focal News Audit Bureau Post N. C Act of Congress National E. Katz Agency General Office New York City Lady Nicotine Main Street Bridge Dale Carnegie Walter Winchell Broadway Daily Ambor, Inc MAN About Town 77Th Street Madison and Park Cary Grant Phyllis Brooks Morris Ernst Hague Harold S. Vanderbilt Doctors Hosp Barbara Hutton Curtis Huttons Santa Barbara Arthur William Brown Wags Teddy John Powers Power& Untouchables Narcissa Swift Count Robert de USC Tennessee Okla TCU Tech Texas Tech St. Mary's Wisenheimers America Sun National Republican Club White House Charles ‘ Driscoll New York Trai 125th s/ street Abe Point Jerome H. Cargill Grand Rapids New Y Cargill Gies Harry Foster Esota Lewis Lawes Sing Park Avenue Fifth Avenue Cornelius Derbilt
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