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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1938
Page
4
The Senate debates foreign policy amid fears of war as supporters urge open covenants and transparency while critics accuse the administration of faithlessness to Wilsonian ideals. With Britain and allied nations unsettled, Congress ponders peace versus potential conflict and how the United States should respond to escalating international tensions.
A Raleigh preacher denounces Tom Girdler for his collective bargaining proposal calling it radical and unstable. The issue sparked wide attention at Chapel Hill as speakers debated whether his stand reflects shifts in public opinion or a concession to current conditions. Girdler’s stance includes recognition of collective bargaining and the right of workers to join or not join unions.
The passage argues for free choice in unions, human relations in industry, and laws safeguarding both employee and employer rights. It links these ideas to a platform favored by Girdler, aligning with collective bargaining as the basis for stable relations between workers and managers in a modern corporate environment.
Plans move forward for a larger veterans hospital in eastern North Carolina. The project anticipates about 1.5 million dollars for initial construction and a 300 bed facility to serve veterans disabled in the war or subsequently. Hospital care remains a federal obligation to ex service men, with ongoing need for new and expanded facilities.
The President hosts a cracker box style conference with 500 little business men. The piece notes Roosevelt is expected to talk more than listen and wonders what insights the group might gain from a White House view. It suggests the meeting could be an entertaining experience more than a source of real policy.
The piece recalls February 2 and the groundhog tradition, noting the annual shadow omen and its persistence as a weather predictor. It mentions Col. J. M. Reece, editor of the Greensboro Record, who popularized the tale in the area before his death about 23 years ago.
The public is reminded of the ground hog prognostication, which many take as a forecast of extended bad weather based on averages. The speaker notes little truly wintry weather so far and suggests more cold days may be ahead this year.
Dr. Victor G Heiser shares a tale from his book about treating Igorrotes in the Philippines. By adopting the tribesmen perspective and matching their practices he won consent for a combined medicine approach. The method cured many using a simple stick of strings as a daily ritual.
A collection of brief quotes from figures like Frank Keefer, Dr. Barnum Brown, Mary Katharine Ralph, Count Massimo Salvadori, William A Brady, Maj James Strachey Barnes, Marion Redd, and Rear Admiral C H Woodward. They touch on hair length, women's roles, stage exits, theater in New York, anti tax sentiment, potential war, and navy strength, reflecting varied opinions.
The piece notes Karl Bickel leaving his United Press presidency for Florida and Europe, Irving Cobb relocating to Hollywood with properties on the market, Mason Peters quitting and briefly returning to New York, and a Shanghai Refugee Club in New York aiding war refugees. It also describes a Cameo audience watching Russian films in 42nd Street with a somber, subdued mood.
Pupils saved 12468.75 dollars as thrift grows and the junior high posts a 100 percent savings record for two weeks. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks hosts Past Exalted Rulers night at 7 46 p m on West Broad Street. Dan Boone is signed to manage the Pointer baseball club for the 1928 season and arrives today to confer with owner Co T Willis. Mrs B B Adams of Four Oaks visits Greensboro relatives. Charles McAnally leads the second year law class at Chapel Hill. Field Marshal Earl Haig’s funeral will feature the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers at Westminster Abbey tomorrow. A fire in West Philadelphia kills a father mother and four of their five children.
William G. McAdoo launches a sharp critique of Governor Al Smith’s stance on Prohibition, portraying it as lacking firm leadership. The exchange underscores growing tensions within the Democratic ranks over national policy and party direction.
A New York woman claimed to have no appetite on shore yet became voracious at sea. She ate large bowls of onion soup for breakfast, joined all deck snacks, and had three hearty meals daily. Even in a violent storm she showed no squeamishness.
A genealogical footnote recalls a distant character who joked about being raised on hoe cake sow belly pot likker and heart burn reflecting rural Southern food lore and memory.
Twenty years ago mills powered by hydro electricity cannot operate on Mondays until after March 5 per State Fuel Administrator A W McAllister in Greensboro. Merchants may sell flour only with an equivalent purchase of a substitute. licenses required for bakeries using three or more barrels monthly by Feb 4 per Henry A Page. G A Matton travels to Raleigh for his son Lieut Charles Matton’s wedding. Mrs Matton accompanied him. Louise Reitzel from Thomasville schools visits for weekend. Elmer Shields to spend weekend in eastern state. News notes: C J Coffin to succeed Robert L Gray as Raleigh Times editor Feb 1. German navy admits U boats failed to subdue Britain. Groundhog sees no shadow. winter over.
Henry Villar a deluxe liner pursuer aboard the Normandie may retire after eight decades in service. He started as a Paris pursing chief then moved to the I de France before his current post. A former marine lawyer at Harve his charm lies in multilingual ease and courteous gestures to passengers.
The seasoned voyager, inciden tally, is not always the jaunty sailor. Frazier Hunt becomes nauseated going up a gang plank and remains in bed unable to raise his head until he reaches the other side. It had been in two fierce Atlantic gales and in both instances the captains confessed they had their limits.
A dated note from High Point North Carolina Route 2 box 618 on January 30 1938 appears as a community letter or personal missive submitted to the local page. The fragment provides minimal context and no additional details.
A reader argues against forced Sunday observance, citing Exodus 20 8 11 and personal choice. The letter supports Blue Laws while urging tolerance for differing beliefs, claiming God does not force worship and condemning penalties for noncompliance.
A reader weighs public input on Blue Laws and Sunday golf at the municipal course. He argues for delaying any ordinance vote to next election, cites church influence fears, and urges equal rights for nonreligious groups while noting civic sentiment remains unsettled.
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