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.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1938
Page
4
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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