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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
5
North Carolina bank leaders assert post 1933 offensive rebuilt capital to meet sound banking standards. By year end 1939 the state’s surplus funds may match or exceed common capital, pushing NC toward an all time high in total bank resources and prosperity.
Earl Latham 21 of Winston-Salem died from gunshot wounds after a roadhouse brawl near the city. Sheriff Ernie G. Shore said F. J. Thompson operator of the roadhouse is held on a murder charge, claiming Latham attacked him with a tire pump and Thompson fired in self-defense. Thompson said he had left a sick bed to quiet the disturbance.
The Church service notes the Christian Science Lesson-Sermon for Sunday December 24 with Isaiah 42:9 as Golden Text. It cites 1 John 1 1 3 and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health claiming Mind is All in all and healing proves divine Principle.
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman expressed happiness over President Roosevelt's push to join with other forces for peace and humanitarian influences. He said he is glad Roosevelt harmonized Pope Pius XII's call for peace with his own, in a statement from New York.
A string of Christmas weekend incidents across North Carolina claimed at least four lives. Clarence A. Johnson, 45, of Carteret County was run over by a passenger train near Beaufort. Fred Cauble of Salisbury died in a Winston Salem Mocksville crash when his car overturned. Roy Cowan, 4, burned to death as his mother’s home fireplace fire spread to his night clothes. Vestal of Courtney near Booneville died from a falling tree while watching others. Additional injuries included Juanita Whitlow of Winston-Salem seriously hurt and Edwin Shaw of Maryland fatally injured in an Elizabethtown crash. Barney Childress, 60, died in a Booneville auto wreck.
The Declaration of Independence. Ice hockey. Theodore Roosevelt. Alpha and Omega. The Rio Grande.
Practical Q and A style item shows how to snuff a chimney blaze by dropping sulphur and closing the draft. It recommends keeping a can of sulphur for emergencies and notes fumes suffocate the flame quickly.
Candor reports the death of Charles Beaumont Edwards 72 a designer of the US Navy s first torpedo boat He died at his Candor home Sunday night after moving here from Pittsburgh upon retirement in 1928 His widow and a daughter survive
A rapid broadcast lists hourly global activities: eight dogs slaughtered in U S retail outlets, 100 people board trains in Egypt, sheep increasing by 20 daily, 70 ounces of gold mined each minute, over 300 pounds of arsenic produced per minute, wool output dropping 400 pounds per minute, Hungary Romania trade valued at 40 a minute, Irish mail 900 pieces and three telegrams per minute, Norway imports 1000 pounds salt per minute.
A reader asks if a girl should accept a dinner invite from a new beau’s family. Advice says accept unless the man becomes too serious or she fears it signals her own seriousness. Other questions cover offering to clear tables only when asked or close friendship justifies help, and an old proverb linking gossip to a frog with the line gossips and frogs drink and talk.
A concise reading item lists usage tips for consult and expert phrases, pronunciation notes for tapestry, and common misspellings of desert and dessert. It includes synonyms for obedient and yields and a daily vocabulary goal. A quote from Burke cites dilatation of the heart revealing character.
Police chief J. A. Gargis, longtime head of Southern Pines police, collapsed and died shortly after arresting a bus driver for a traffic violation. Officials attributed the death to a heart attack.
Asheboro residents and merchants awarded prizes for festive decorations as a Woman's Club contest circuit toured town. First prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bossong for their Lexington highway home, with multiple honorable mentions across homes, doorways, windows, and trees including the Presbyterian Church displays.
An AP column presents quirky notes from Pittsburgh where Burke Burk gets a 50 pound concrete left shoe as a Christmas gag. Bloomington revives a curfew law for under 16s by using a fire truck siren to wake residents. Clathe Springs notes James Manning finds a spring sign as a hen hatches eight chicks in a barnyard nest.
Edward J. Cassidy, a policeman, had his portrait taken with a hat 27 years ago. His children, upset by a lack of headgear, gave him a hat for Christmas and urged him to wear it. He complied and put the hat on his father.
Jim Rivers a Boone newspaperman announces a bid for Congress opposing veteran Bob Coughton. Some say the move stems from local politics while Rivers doubts broad support. He claims no one urged him to run despite widespread chatter.
Employment Service delivers a large married high school graduate Santa within an hour to fit a pre purchased uniform for the Goldsboro Merchants Association. The unusual rush request specifies a family man with children and a size suitable for the outfit.
Des Moines officials sent a notice renewing a $22 monthly old age pension to a woman. She responded that she could not be bothered with it due to illness. An investigator will likely deliver the good news verbally and try to make her listen despite her unread notice.
Sudan acts to block outbound shipments of its farm products amid tensions over trade. Steps aim to curb overseas sales and protect domestic supply, with officials stating enforcement will target cross border routes and trade channels.
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