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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1937
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment cites republication of gospel content and credits to a source at the High Point institute in Washington. It references a March 6 congressional action and a Bileroico mention.
A compact snippet pairs two quotes about prayer and inquiry. The first warns that requests may fail if asked amiss or for lusts, citing James. The second praises prudence and boldness in asking, attributed to Lavater.
The piece discusses Roosevelt's plan to reorganize federal courts and the Supreme Court, weighing potential benefits against dangers of dictatorship and loss of constitutional balance. It argues size expansion could shift power, affect arbitration, and threatening the three‑legged system sustaining government.
The piece discusses protests against Avon’s presentation of The Merchant of Venice and the debate over racial sensitivity. It argues Shylock reflects human frailty rather than a true indictment of Jewry and notes Shakespeare’s likely lack of firsthand Jewish identity, while acknowledging objections and defense of the play’s poetic merit.
In a New York address Mayor La Guardia highlighted hot lunches for 90,000 needy children as key crime prevention. The local drive serves 430 students daily in High Point with 2000 needed to cover winter, funded by Junior Service League clubs and churches. The effort asks strong community support this Friday as a Valentine appeal.
A devotional meditation thanks unknown benefactors who sent food shoes and clothes while praying for blessing on all who helped others. The fragment closes with a note attributing the prayer to Charles H. Hazzard and a separate quote on labor law by Secretary Frances Perkins.
A Sunday Thought urges reaching out with sympathy and love to ease global and domestic tensions. It argues brotherhood, shared humanity, and mutual understanding as the path to ending war, improving workplaces, and healing broken homes, citing religious and civic leaders and urging vigilant care for freedom.
An inaugural column by a novice writer explains the aims of The Old Plank Road. He frames the piece as a self deprecating, humorous pledge to cover broad human themes from local High Point life to distant space, promising engaging observations and reader interaction.
A columnist muses on dreams of a tired cat bound for Nancy Hanks in Richmond and a talking desk from Southern Desk Company. They compare marvels of modern technology, telephone links from New York, and the wonder of progress to humanity’s struggles with strikes and crime.
A young woman in the city gathers a peach branch in January, roots it in water, and watches buds bloom in a breakfast room. The author reflects that warm weather reveals nature’s beauty, comparing spring to banners of renewal and urging kindness so small acts become gardens of God.
H Norwood Bowne protests a General Assembly civil service bill for High Point. He warns the measure could entrench party power, limit voter power, and hurt city finances if minority party appointees are excluded and self perpetuation remains. He urges a civil service serving all citizens.
Reviewing Maxence Van Der Meersch’s Invasion, translated by Gerard Hopkins, the piece contrasts wartime hunger, heroism, and tragedy in a four year German-occupied French village. It highlights Abbe Senevilliers and characters Annie and Antoinette while noting the work’s broad scope and humane portrayal.
Charles Spencer Hart surveys the editors chosen for three periods in a wide anthology, noting vivid selections beyond canonical names. Ernst Toller's I Was a German is praised as vigorous and insightful, detailing his wartime leadership, exile, and a questioning, humane critique of postwar Germany.
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