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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1939
Page
4
A compact reflection quotes Matthew 5 7 blessing mercy and cites Beaumont and Fletcher noting the greatest attribute of heaven. The lines blend scripture and classic drama to ponder virtue and divine favor.
A Raleigh discussion notes anti-diversionists may not yet abandon the fight to preserve highway funds but hints at shifting tactics. It argues for using road money for roads while avoiding harming public schools and services, calls for more revenue, and discusses wider economic trends amid war fears.
The Texas Weekly highlights Dr. Benjamin Anderson Jr of the National Bank outlining a plan to boost US manufacturing with a two sided trade balance. He favors a fixed gold value, push for tariff reduction, and urges other countries to lower duties while the US lowers tariffs. The article contrasts his program with Cordell Hull’s approach.
Concord Tribune notes surprise at Senator Reynolds vote against the presidents relief fund plan citing regional disparities and looming North Carolina cuts. Randolph Tribune ponders war slogans and humanity while the Rocky Mount Telegram defends Governor Hoey on highway fund diversions as a humane measure.
A reader shares advice from Wilfred J. Funk publisher of Your Life on keeping children bonded with parents. The six rules emphasize playful engagement, honesty, fairness, treating children as individuals, active partnership, and patience, with a final tip to avoid public punishment.
A national authority links unbalanced diets to traffic crashes noting meals like a single hamburger with onions and strong beverages can impair driving. The report emphasizes diet quality as a safety factor for motorists and public health officials.
Walter Winchell On Broadway presents a humor column listing quirky curios about history science and everyday oddities. The piece compiles questions about England's radio scare Lucius Beebe high hats and other trivia, ending with a note that the column continues on page 5.
The questions explore era specific curiosities from Australia to California. Topics include workplace dress rules for government banks, social clubs in Reseda, gender behavior, toyed historic weapons, cosmetics sales, pansy seed value, Costa Rican tastes, cadet car policies, red hair health myths, media producers, and Japan’s modest dress norms.
An article notes that consuming rat snakes in public in Kansas may violate state statutes or public decency laws. It discusses legal interpretations and potential penalties for wildlife or public order offenses.
A compact vignette sets a rapid scene of global change as events unfold in real time. The text frames a single minute as a dynamic snapshot of movement and progress across the world.
Every minute India births twenty people and twenty die, Sesamum yields oil for laxatives, seeds for food, leaves for cholera cure, with India producing over two thousand pounds per second. Germany drinks seventy five barrels of beer per minute in Naziland, China leads tungsten production, Kashmir outputs two carats of sapphires each minute, Turkey two pounds of opium, Britain and Germany players number two thousand per minute in billiards and snooker, and Germany yields 200000 pounds of potatoes per minute.
A short copyright notice from 1938 credits Esquire Features, Inc. as owner. The fragment presents no narrative content besides legal ownership statement.
A final drive will be made this week to raise funds for the ball park. A room on the second floor of the home of L V Ingram English street was destroyed by fire last night. C H Lam of Tomlinson's spoke on work methods at the bi weekly meeting of the Thomasville High Point superintendents and foremen's club at the Commercial club. A library has been opened at Center hall at the Pickett mill.
Charles B. Driscoll reflects on relaxation as a virtue for active people and shares miscellaneous remarks from New York society. He notes shipwreck memories, el structures workers with brown helmets, Philadelphia subway ideas, movie execs, fashion, church attendance, Bermuda trips, and a courteous ship crew member.
Charles Farriss, a Duke University student, is visiting his mother Mrs. R. K. Stewart in this city. Rev. and Mrs. John W. Moore plan a brief vacation in South Carolina starting tomorrow. Miss Ruth and Dorothy Bencini are visiting in Fort Myers Florida. Mrs. D. E. Richardson and Mrs. C. B. Mattocks spent Friday in Burlington for the U D C meeting at Mrs. C. C. Haworth’s home.
Atlanta reports the groundhog saw his shadow promising six weeks of wintry weather for Dixie. President Coolidge returns to his Washington desk after a Florida visit. Legislature bills include restricting prosecution in criminal cases and creating a state school purchasing agent. Mercury records 19 in Raleigh today.
Local notes report clear skies yesterday with a groundhog shadow implying a long winter. The chamber of commerce has 249 members signed up and subscriptions total $3,500.
Miss Odelle Peacock and Miss Ruth Balsam of Greensboro College visit with friends in the city while Mrs Dred Peacock, once ill in New York, is reported much improved. Other briefs note an Italian peace plan on Germany’s WWI costs, Hines opposing rail nationalization, Bolshevists seize Kiev, a remark about cold mornings, Jefferson nickels not changing design, and Dizzy Dean signing a contract without quibble and sacrificing publicity value.
Passengers on the deck enjoyed long windows with water and clouds below. Five or six people quietly watched the sea, while a captain or crew member offered calm advice about a coming storm. He urged holding the rail and bending knees to stay steady as the ship rocked.
The narrator recalls meeting Reverend Edward Flanagan at the Waldorf-Astoria with L. B. Bozell and dining on their sandwiches. They discuss boys, movies, and old times. The speaker plans to visit Boys Town in June to address the commencements and hopes to inspire the boys toward useful careers.
The portrait of Father Flanagan shows a calm, confident man who jokes with Bozell about taking in more boys in the spring. He insists money will come, saying he is not worried and the fund will materialize as needed.
If Robert Moses wins approval, construction may start on a Battery to Brooklyn bridge modeled after the San Francisco Oakland span. The new crossing would crown Manhattan’s tip as a striking landmark and could elevate the city to the planners’ boldest dreams.
Cecil Holm who earned 300000 from his play Three Men on a Horse is recuperating in a sanitarium for pulmonary disease after a bad cold and collapsed lung. He remains in high spirits and expects another stage hit next season.
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