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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1938

Page

4

Biblical Quotes on Repentance and Timing

A compact collection of admonitions on repentance from Luke's gospel and Fuller warning that moral change should not be delayed. Emphasizes urgency of conversion and fear of sudden judgment.

Lima conference May shape Pan American unity and policy

The article argues that Lima could foster genuine Pan Americanism, reducing North Atlantic paternalism. It cites German Austrian and Czech voting abroad as cautionary examples and calls for excluding outsiders from regional politics. It urges expelling disruptive foreign elements to strengthen solidarity and democracy in the Americas.

Lima Uncle Sam Rio Grande

North Carolina Librarians Seek $3000000 Annual Library Aid

North Carolina librarians plan to press the legislature for an annual library appropriation of 3000000 dollars or less than ten cents per capita to improve access for about two in ten residents. They acknowledge current limits and aim to influence authority for funding in the coming session.

Letty Carolina

Library funding appeals for a university expansion

The piece argues for $300,000 to extend library service and open a university of sorts, noting legal backing and the need to substantiate promises. It cautions on state funds and other agency demands while highlighting transportation safety concerns and a grand jury report on school bus steering defects in Wilson County.

Bureau of Identification Rocky Mount Telegram North Carolina Hamilton Wilson

Spirit of Hitlerism Versus Global Freedom

The piece warns that Nazi domination would curb liberty worldwide, with Berlin press deflecting criticism while pushing propaganda against democracy. It argues resistance is needed as appeasement strains the Chamberlain government and may embolden anti democratic forces, amid London tensions and a coming no confidence Labor motion.

Berlin Germany Hitler Chamberlain London Commons

Public record of Roosevelt ancestral estate transfer

The President vows that his ancestral home and surrounding land totaling one hundred acres will pass to the government after his death and that his papers will be kept there for scholars. The Statesville Daily comments that any selfish motive would be a proper example for public figures. Posterity will seek full facts of his life.

Statesville Roosevelt

Rejection as an art in Chinese literary culture

The Twin-City Sentinel credits China with turning rejection into an art form. The piece mocks editors who undervalue writers, inflating praise to humorous extremes to illustrate the paradox of rejection slips versus love of writing.

America China Sentinel

Farm Boy to Colgate President E H Little’s Rise

The narrative follows E H Little born in Mecklenburg County North Carolina who starts selling Colgate soap with little experience. He analyzes each failed pitch from the buyer’s view, earns trust, and progresses to district manager in Tennessee and a New York office. Thirty six years after his first sale he becomes Colgate president.

E. H. Little Mecklenburg County North Carolina Colgate’s Great Soap Company Mr. Little Tennessee New York Colgate Company Palmolive Company Peet Company

Roosevelt backs pay as you go defense funding plan

The piece notes Roosevelt urging a pay as you go approach to defense costs and remarks on wartime tax policy. It also references reaction to the idea among allied efforts and mocks from bookmakers. Other lines mention the Illinois athletic board seeking a Bob Zuppke game in the Soup bowl, and Cleveland councilmen opposing a tag day for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

Roosevelt Illinois Athletic Board Bob Zuppke Cleveland Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Walter Winchell On Broadway Anecdotes and NYC Celebrities

Walter Winchell recounts late night Broadway chatter with Beatrice Lillie Sally Braberry and socialites. The Stork club scene includes Sherman Billingsley Clyde Tolson John Edgar Hoover and other figures amid jokes about Hitler and Lincoln Hotel. A deputy sheriff Larkin hosts inmates at Sing Sing and mocks false hope of new trials.

Stork Beatrice Lillie Sally Braberry London Lady Peel Ethel Merman Gel Senator Walsh Othah Verah Zorinah Robert Morleh Persahns New York Sally Sherman Billingsley Clyde Tolson John Edgar Hoover Matthew Larkin Sing Sing Whitney Stock Exchange Irwin Larkin Philos

A Famous Word and Christmas Seals in Metro Notes

Editorial columns discuss the phrase brutalitarian origins with Walter Winchell and the World Telegram. Social notes mention Mrs Roosevelt and Kitty Carlisle at the Paramount Building for Christmas Seals, and a taxi elevator moment as a crowd shouts a joke, plus John Hammond at the Lincoln Hotel enjoying Artie Shaw while Billy Holiday nears termination.

Montgomery Ala Walter Winchell New York World-Telegram Thaat Winchell Miss Carlisle Kitty John Hammond Carnegie Hall Lincoln Hotel Artie Shaw Billy Holliday Billie

Minute By Minute World Facts In A Single Minute

A rapid roundup of global activity as a minute passes. Auto fires, life insurance payouts, moviegoers, railroads costs, candy consumption, war prep spending, Social Security letters, gasoline use, cosmic expansion, blood flow, bridge bets, births, and inhaled particles. Highlights include 8000 people going to the movies and 33 000 gallons of gasoline used per minute.

Social Security Board U. 8

Pagings Time to Health News and Christmas Lights

Health authorities in High Point predict cooler weather will abate the influenza epidemic. The Christian Endeavor union plans a church meeting at First Methodist Protestant tonight. Merchants will open stores and Christmas lights will be turned on. About People notes Mrs. C. F. Long and daughter Mrs. J. D. Pell visiting Charlotte, Miss Lucille Alserson and Mrs. H. A. Cecil in Charlotte yesterday, Miss Louise Salsbury of Salem College home for holidays, Mrs. Walter Hargett visiting her mother Mrs. D. E. Hoover in Thomasville.

High Point Christian Endeavor Union First Methodist Protestant Church C. F. Long J. D. Pell Charlotte Lucille Albertson H. A. Cecil Louise Salsbury Salem College Walter Hargett D. E. Hoover Thomasville Paggy J. P Pat Peggy Michael Mike Digest

Anti Japanese uprising raided minister's residence in Nanking

An anti Japanese uprising in Nanking yesterday raided the Japanese minister's residence and smashed his furniture. The state tax commission and the board of equalization meet in Raleigh in joint session today as state legislators seek a new election law and more schools.

Nanking China State Tax Commission Board of Equalization Raleigh

Local News Highlights From World War I Era

Archie Allred writes from France noting rapid production of cars with 700 in a week and 150 in a day and promising extra offerings at Thanksgiving. Local Baptists plan fund drive for Baptist institutions. Grady Beck and Elmer Hedrick visit home for holidays from Catawba college. Mrs. W A Foyle of Greensboro visits sister Mrs. W T Vestal. Paris greets President Wilson with ovation. German Lutheran pastors in America ordered to preach pro-German sermons before US entry. About 15,000 men are mustered out of US military daily.

Archie Allred France Grady Beck Catawba College Elmer Hedrick W. A. Foyle Greensboro W. T. Vestal Paris Wilson America United States

He Said It Sign of Life Not Wisdom Says Rev John Malick

Rev John Malick of Cincinnati Ohio argues gambling shows life rather than wisdom. He comments on the moral implications in a public talk drawing local listeners and media attention.

John Malick Cincinnati

Odd Aesthetic Observations From Detroit Lectures

The quote links artist paths to divine mystery as William Rose Benet lectures in Detroit. A humorous aside notes Dr. Knute H. Hansen from Elgin, Illinois warning friends not to load his dog Pug into a cab and send him home from a distant location.

God William Rose Benet Detroit Knute H. Hansen Elgin Ill Pug

New York Gossip and City Traffic Notes

In New York, J P McEvoy and Peggy discuss their baby Patricia and future stories for Digest while Kaufman winds through mid town with Melba toast jokes. George White jokes with Kaufman about rubber boots and proper dress as traffic snarls grow on Riverside Drive and West Side lines.

New York J. P. McEvoy Peggy 94Th Street Times George White The Kaufman White George Bers Oas

Edmund Breese Contends for Gone With Wind Lead

Reports indicate Edmund Breese is considered a top choice for the male lead in the film adaptation Gone With the Wind, with studio discussions ongoing about casting and potential negotiations.

Edmund Breese

Cheering for the man of house and new odorless cabbage

Readers cheer the man of the house as Christmas brings news of a new odorless cabbage variety. The announcement highlights a curious household scent change and holiday cheer.

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