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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
4
The United States names Myron C. Taylor as the President's personal minister to the Pope restoring diplomatic relations with Vatican City. The move, noted as unique since the 1860s, blends religious and state roles, sparking debate over church state separation and public reaction.
The late Dr A G Dixon once urged federal health insurance and government funded hospitals for low wage classes. His ideas now gain traction as hospitals are planned with AMA approval and President Roosevelt hints at expansion to education bills.
The King spoke on radio to the British Empire stressing Christian ideals amid European peril. He quoted a line about walking by faith and hand in hand with God to stay safer than any known path, noting doubts about when Providence contact is established.
The Fourteenth and Baltimore Garage at 1401 Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City passes to widow Mrs. Drumheller who takes over operations and staff. She expands with a second parking lot, earning admiration as a top woman garage owner and manager in the United States. Her success hinges on her late husband’s habit of discussing business with her. Maj Gen Andrew McNaughton led Canadian troops into England, while Churchill notes submarines do not target neutral fishing boats.
A column riffs on giving and religion with stories about a quarter donation and a boy's collection basket mishap, notes on science and religion cooperation, and comments on the International Ladies Garment Workers workers' automatic wage adjustment proposal. It questions wage declines versus prosperity and urges mutual employer-employee consideration.
Gossip notes mingle with political whispers and social twists. Miriam Hopkins may wed Bennett Cerf while Dewey’s aide promises a big Jan. 2 scoop and Roosevelt avoids primaries. Hollywood figures, charity gifts, and a Fritz Kuhn verdict card color a season of headlines.
Delicatessen store owners and Yorkville shopkeepers who helped post Fritz Kuhn’s $50,000 bail threaten further Bund scandals as some claim they have not received their money back. The D A s office reports many letters from Detroit and elsewhere seeking help to collect Kuhn owed funds. Florence Camp’s letters reveal more personal notes from Fritz, including his disbelief in the Bund. Florence tried to sell her story to papers but found no luck. The piece also recounts various entertainment figures and industry gossip from United Artists to Columbia Pictures.
Holidays see two arrests for drunkenness in High Point as Salvation Army distributes food to over sixty families. The Empty Stocking Fund volunteers supplied 253 food boxes to those listed as needy.
A. E. Futrelle won the Northwestern Life Insurance contest held before Christmas and was ordered to buy a 12 pound turkey with the bill sent to him. Mrs. L. B. Dutton is recovering from illness. Alton Stutts and Cleve Loman visit relatives in Georgia and Roanoke Rapids respectively. News briefs note a farmer from Stokes County killing his wife and six children before taking his own life, a Dunn plane crash killing three, and the White House fire on Christmas Eve with Hoover establishing official quarters in the presidential study.
Twenty years ago High Point observed Christmas day calmly due to the absence of alcohol. Post office records show mail handled during the pre Christmas season reaching a record high. Local residents include David Yow now in Columbia South Carolina and Mildred Bedford visiting Charlotte. News briefs note Hartford fatalities from tainted liquor and historical transfers of German liners to Britain by Wilson.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan broadens Republican rift with a magazine article urging a coalition to salvage the New Deal by revising relief programs and the Wagner Act. He argues for a retooled McNary Hauegen plan, stronger social security, bank deposit insurance, and revamped RFC under GOP leadership.
Washington debate centers on whether a Republican winner can translate progressive ideas into action. Vandenberg’s role sparks questions about coalition appeal and party unity while attention shifts to Kuusinen’s Moscow ties and past attempts to steer American cooperatives through Tampers and Communist influence in Superior Wisconsin.
Brief items and wry observations touch on holiday manners and etiquette. A ventriloquist’s dogs fail to bark when unattended while references hint at League of Nations, Switzerland, and a naval captain. A topical line about President Roosevelt and Christmas trees closes the fragment.
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