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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1937
Page
4
A religious reflection cites First John 5 17 noting sin and death. The passage contemplates conscience and mortality with a scholarly tone attributed to Walter Scott.
The piece argues against amending the state constitution to prohibit diversion of gasoline and license tax money from road building. It supports nondiversion, but favors a referendum or statutory protection over a rigid constitutional barrier, noting public desire to keep funds for roads and the need for flexibility in law. It cites statewide impact and mentions oil interests and highway commission beneficiaries.
Robert H. Jackson, assistant attorney general, earns notice among scholars close to the President. He lacks extensive college credentials yet offers a theory that monopolies caused the current slump by raising prices beyond what the public can pay.
The piece discusses trust busting, Jacksonian motives, and the role of big business in price increases for steel and autos. It examines a shift to classified tax rates intended to reveal intangible property and share in $2,000,000 annual revenue, with half returned to Raleigh and half to counties and cities, while noting the political implications and hoped benefits.
Community gifts in 311 American cities for 1938 reach 61 million dollars with more to come to total 83 million. The piece argues taxation funds relief and public works may justify a permanent policy if efficiently managed, stressing the need to apply funds to productive improvements and avoid waste of unused labor. It questions how government should provide for the jobless and the efficiency of such programs.
State moves to tax intangible assets under new constitutional amendment affecting counties especially Guilford. Credits, bank balances, funds held by trustees, insurance proceeds, notes, bonds, mortgages and other evidences of property will now be valued for ad valorem taxation. Proponents say current levies ignore these assets reducing tax fairness.
Dale Carnegie recalls a letter from a fifteen year old admirer Jimmy Fraemer. The piece argues that successful men often value education, citing Mark Twain who persisted in study despite leaving school, carrying a Webster's dictionary across deserts and dangers to become a lifelong learner. Think it over, Jimmy.
Magistrate Crevey in Philadelphia holds five boys aged 14 to 18 for thefts. The remarks imply concern over youth crime and the need for action against early offenders.
A New York Day by Day vignette describes the Bowery in winter slumber and fog of Bowery empire. It notes collapsed buildings and a smiling yet tired police presence as clerks and shopkeepers endure late hours and early mornings.
Descriptive scene shows Bowery pawnshops with bright windows and unredeemed pledges. Uncle Solo caps and gilt balls evoke street mood while uptown shops disguise as Investments in concrete towers. Stormy nights ring bells guiding unsteady feet to temporary havens for one more round.
Describes Bowery pawn shops with barred windows and chained cases. Mentions a crying child’s crutch a glass eye and a torn gold crown. Foreboding security includes rear partition surveillance and a handgun. Notes several brokers forced to quit after repeat robberies. Lodging houses charge low nightly rates.
The Bowery reveals a palatial apothecary with white-haired clerks and no patent remedies, rows of Latin script bottles, and opulent electrical fixture show windows. A rare book shop delights bibliophiles among the muck born upshoots of the street.
A Bowery dining spot offers boiled pork chops with soup and coffee for 20 cents, Beans and Yankee pot roast for 15, fried meat balls for 10, and oxtail soup for 50 cents. Frescoed menus announce prices while waiters with pompadour hair work in a foul smelling, poorly ventilated room. The scene captures the Bowery’s relentless hunger.
William Edward Hickman, the youth linked to the Marian Parker murder, made a full confession to the brutal attack and slaying and is now jailed in Los Angeles. The case follows the child's gruesome death and body disposal, shocking readers with details of crime and motive.
A Philadelphian advertises for his missing spectacles with no reward offered. He may recover them once the spectacles are returned.
Japan faced a paper shortage that curtailed the annual holiday card exchange. The war department’s waste basket treaty scraps were suggested as salvaged material for thrifty citizens to reuse.
The report notes Adolf Hitler ordered uniform alterations, including shorter shirt tails for citizens, while collars remain adjustable to accommodate the Nazi emblematic dress code.
The historical archive lacks the December 27 1917 edition of The Enterprise. No readable notes, stories, or notices are available from that issue to summarize.
In The American August issue William Corbin argues modern churches lack distinctive offerings. He cites seminary surveys showing Protestant churches as sociological institutions failing, notes shifts toward culture and entertainment, and asserts Christ offers life’s guide via church. A closing quip laments stamp collectors’ zeal.
A fond mother guides her son Johnny in football drills in a Christmas basement bargain tale. The narrative hints at a broader theme of family devotion and a choice to focus on domestic life over wider commitments.
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