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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1939
Page
4
The attorney general ruled the Guilford County commissioners lack authority to levy taxes for firefighting outside county lines or in cooperation with city departments. Cities seek contracts for county cost-sharing, while commissioners fear overstepping tax powers. The decision, though painful, may settle the dispute and shift responsibility to municipal leaders.
The relief situation in Ohio sparks debate over partisan influence on aid distribution. Analysts note past abuses and predict a reshaping of policy as John W. Hanes resigns as under secretary of the Treasury amid tax plan tensions.
The Daily Worker seeks a new film reviewer after last critic produced a weak assessment of Gone with the Wind. Howard Rushmore, a Communist card holder, saw the film and found redeeming qualities but was urged by editor Ben Davis and the board to write a scathing piece and urge a boycott. Rushmore claimed personal ties to American history and defended the film as historically true.
Several conservative businessmen valued Hanes for his vision and courage as a spokesman. His empathy with their views and keenness earned him broad confidence, making his government post surrender seem regrettable to many observers.
The article notes Rushmore resigning after 25 years in editorial roles amid claims of Moscow driven policy shifts. He cites Communist Party membership and dues, says he stopped paying as the party abandoned Americanism, and plans to return to traditional Americanism while criticizing Soviet influence.
Vernon Howe Bailey sought access to Bethlehem Steel to sketch gun and armor production for Harper's Magazine. After ten refusals, he framed his case around the public investment in battleships and the people who funded them. Grace relented, Bailey drew the scenes, and the sketches later joined Smithsonian collections. Bailey’s lesson: identify the basic appeal that resonates with the person to persuade.
North Carolina school bus drivers carried 320000 children daily on 6000 routes for eight months, totaling 23000000 miles with no fatalities this year and only one last year. The article urges quick praise for drivers and notes the heavy responsibility of all public highway users.
A holiday reminder calls for generosity toward mail carriers the needy and the man who always wears red ties for Christmas. The piece frames giving as a seasonable duty and community kindness shared among readers.
Walter Winchell notes Broadway buzz and Club 18 fame as a saloony 52nd Street spot. Quentin Reynolds may write Heywood for Saturday Review, with a grand Christmas piece planned for all papers. W. L. White’s country reporting adds witty local color about a street backfire.
Bruce Catton reports on the San Francisco harbor strike by Harry Bridges’ clerks delaying 10000 bags of cocoa beans bound for an army contract. Government mediation fails as Frances Perkins and John O Connor seek settlements with no success. Townsend declines allegiance oaths as Pennsylvania pension club members object to joining.
Memo style note recalls Atlanta premiere of Gone With the Etc. Vivien Leigh appears with Laurence Olivier causing whispers about divorce status. Leigh praised as Scarlett while dismissing earlier casting debates. Also mentions Mark Hellinger inheritance and Rockefeller skating rink cost of 220000 dollars.
A traveler recalls a humorously misspelled laundry sign near Fort Lauderdale and jokes about a probable successor to a song title. The excerpt also notes busy appointments and a quip about Heywood Braun’s death prompting responses, ending with reflections on people missing the living more than the dead.
Rumor hints at Adolf Hitler’s quiet period beginning after a Munich beer cellar scene. Lew Lehr warned by doctors to rest as overwork threatens health. Izzy Eliason recalls a former student in a dance cap now hosting a radio quiz show. Eddie Cantor backs a safety slogan urging careful driving.
The column notes you cannot buy Railway Age in Grand Central and mocks subscription only sales. It also says Film Daily and The Hollywood Reporter aren’t sold in movie houses. The writer asks readers to stop insisting on personal talks and to give clear, swift responses.
A five year old asks why people go into a church and is told to say prayers. He mishears and asks if they go with all their clothes on. Also noted is a top dance act Aland and Anise at the Cotton Club and a half empty Capitol matinee where Gene is playing.
The diary notes suggest F D R might run for a third term to stay in power until Mrs Roosevelt returns. A broadcast line praises gratitude to God for freedom in America. Chas Walgreen died, prompting Times Square drugstore closure for three hours and a rainy scene of curious youths outside.
The note mentions gifting orchids to a new Lee Wiley Gershwin album and highlights the recording “But Not for Me” from Girl Crazy. It also notes a Washington law firm Doolittle and Lesser and a novelty Vermouth glass at the Stork Club with square sides.
Readers urged to notify police about surplus toys bikes and items stored in apartments for donation to poor children. A Riverhead jail escapee once jailed for jewelry theft is believed hidden on the Lower East Side and authorities say he may be treated kindly if he surrenders.
The Nazi offender Severin Winterschiedt was jailed for molesting a child but not at Sing Sing. A miscarriage of justice resulted in a two year term at Rikers Island. He also holds a clerical job in the prison laundry.
A brief column notes a male executive powdering his nose before meetings with gas staff, the Let's Go revue opening tonight at the International with strong advance word, and recommends getting the Quintones Vocalion recording Fool That I Am. It also mentions The Theatre Handbook by Bernard Sobel as essential reading for theater professionals.
Mrs. I. L. Andrews and Miss Margaret Andrews spend the holidays in Lakeland Florida. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Lewis return from Norfolk visit. Misses Agnes and Dorothy Haney depart for Washington. Parker Waynick, Carolina student, remains home for holidays.
The Carolinas expect a white Christmas. Duke University plans to occupy new buildings next fall. Two train wrecks occurred today in Kansas and Louisiana with no fatalities.
Twenty years ago M C Crowson resigns as cashier of the Home Banking Company. The Barbee estate comprising 228 lots is bought by a local real estate company for about 31 000 to 35 000 dollars.
Miss Eva Strickland returns home for the holidays. Miss Annie White visits Greensboro. Miss Mary Ring, a Greensboro College student, is home for Christmas. Geddie and Sam Strickland, State College students, come home for the holidays.
General Pershing is greeted with a grand welcome in his hometown Sacred in Missouri. The Ho henzollerns are to hold a family reunion in Holland.
State Forester J. S. Holmes urges farmers to plant a few acres annually in young seedlings on waste land. The trees would become saleable Christmas trees and also improve eroded lands, providing a cash crop and permanent land protection. More trees on waste land are needed for Christmas and every day.
Germans hail new naval victories and the deliberate scuttling of Nazi ships to prevent British forces from sinking them, signaling a strategic show of resilience and defense amid ongoing conflict.
A White House caller reports President Roosevelt now favors staying out of the war until exhaustion prompts a peace process. He notes earlier in September some believed intervention was possible to halt a Hitler victory, suggesting a shift in timing and approach to a peacetime role.
Miss Anne Morgan speaks on the vast displacement caused by war crisis. Mrs. Linda P. Littlejohn praises women’s role in humanitarian projects. John L. Lewis notes no single U.S. group can solve unemployment. Commodore Ahrens recalls Bremen’s fate to illustrate wartime choices.
The Italian foreign minister Count Galeazzo Ciano states that Fascist Italy remains watchful and prepared to contribute to world peace, underscoring dedication to international stabilization and restraint.
A brisk commentary notes the Russian blitzkrieg as an example of a modern scientific marvel and frames the Poor Red Menace as a looming worry, contrasting speed and spectacle with political fear.
A Canadian physician announces shell shock is curable, but theater patrons near peanut nibblers gain no relief from the disclosure.
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