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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1939
Page
4
A damaged text quotes a biblical verse about healing and a Johann student Schlegel line on life and faith. The fragmentary passage mentions a daughter and healing and then pivots to a general maxim about great enterprises commencing in faith.
The Raleigh gathering signals succession plans for Governor Hoey with names like J M Johnston A J Maxwell Willis Th Charles M Johnson George Ross Pou Thad Eure and Eastward candidates such as Lee Gravely Tom ... The piece notes a distinct East West divide in the quest and hints Warren as a potential candidate.
A newly introduced Ingress bill links federal aid to state spending with a condition that all agency employees take civil service jobs. The measure aims to ensure hiring through the civil service route, though its passage is uncertain.
The text notes flouting civil service in North Carolina by the legislature, with the State Unemployment Compensation Commission exempting six month workers from civil service. The measure resembles a blanket policy for many employees, seen as undermining merit rating. Washington could retaliate if Congress approves. Greensboro's growth since 1920 through suburban towns is cited as a possible model.
In Alleghany county a laurel thicket blast from an illegal whiskey still killed three men instantly. The scene references bootleg liquor’s deadly reach and even laurel adornments as mourners mark the victims.
The column recalls Helen Menken’s lesson to endure discouragement. A failed audition on Broadway became fuel after spotting the line So you can’t take it in a shop window. She persevered, found success with The Old Maid, and urged readers to endure and stay welcome in business and social circles. Tex O Rourke adds rules for making oneself welcome, advising against asking if names are remembered and avoiding “Do you know who this is?” at the start of calls.
In High Point North Carolina J R Trotter condemns the Absentee Voters Law urging Raleigh lawmakers to abolish it. He claims 99 percent in his area oppose the law and warn it erodes trust in government and fair elections. He calls for an honest election law from the General Assembly.
The piece argues capital punishment is barbaric and uncivilized, condemning dated traditions and fanatical influences despite calls for civilized justice. The text references continuation on page 6.
Walter Winchell On Broadway surveys radio program shocks and industry feuds with snark about Tyrone Power sponsors and ad interruptions. It notes Abe Lyman’s sunburned misfortune and Grace Moore’s royal party quip, plus Bing Crosby quips and Lucius Beebe debate.
The community prepares to bid farewell to Rev Samuel Turner Barber 70 at Greensboro tomorrow following his death yesterday morning. He formerly served as pastor of Main Street Methodist church in town. Other notes report the M P brotherhood supper at the church tonight and Colonial Life Insurance Company stockholders’ meeting showing 6 million dollars in business last year. Jack Campbell is convalescing after surgery at Guilford General hospital. F J Flagler returns from Atlanta trip. Mrs B W Bryant Mrs H C Massey and Mrs C O Lowe visited Oxford Orphanage with Miss Inez Campen.
Washington bureau reports Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina proposing a plan to cut surplus by selling 2.5 million bales into markets, converting half a million into cloth for the poor, using a million bales in experiments, and enabling buyers to purchase surplus at 6 cents a pound with price supports around 12 cents. He cites dwindling exports and stagnant domestic demand as the key problem.
A compilation remarks on global activity in sixty seconds, noting sugar cane production, termite eggs, cosmetics sales, bank clearings, film spending, neoprene production, model aircraft spending, cremation costs, Indian education funding, AFL membership growth, hair imports, and other rapid statistics from the era.
The state House is being asked to increase the county highway aid fund. The Vatican treaty to be signed Sunday ends estrangement with Italy and grants the pope authority over Vatican City. Al Smith declares he will not run for mayor of New York City this year.
Stanley High spoke to the Advertising Club and later to Baltimore teachers. He argued democracy suffers from excessive Phi Beta Kappa polish and not enough tear jerking rhetoric. He praised Winchell for using heart and belly phrases to rally defense of democracy.
Twenty years ago a weekly thrilling serial began airing at the Broadway with Pearl White as star in The Lightning Raider. Wesley Memorial church plans a Valentine party at Mrs J F Hayden home on Washington street February 14. Grace Bencini is expected from Greensboro College for Women to visit. Mrs S R Garner visits Greensboro. Mr and Mrs J A Hart shopped in Winston Salem. Louise Ingram spent time in Winston Salem. News briefs note allied territorial claims, railroad policy debates in Congress, ships sailing up the Rhine with Rotterdam as base, a new army recruitment, and Mayor Stanton urged gardening to ease food shortages.
A recent poll of New York school children ranked Roosevelt and God as the most popular. The third, spinach, shows the children were playful and pronged in their choices.
The statement recognizes Curtiss-Wright as junior partners to the three fundamentals of French patriotism, Fraternity Equality and Liberty, suggesting a collaboration or endorsement by the company within the nationalist framework.
The widow of Guglielmo Marconi recalls her husband’s idea of extracting gold from seaweed and notes he was close to success before his death, highlighting his pioneering work on wireless technology.
English author J. B. Priestley declares intent to challenge for a South England parliamentary seat to keep a Tory incumbent from rewinning. He frames the bid as a stand against Conservative influence in the region.
A New York reader, Louis Schneider, defends corner drug stores and their staff regarding small injuries and accidents like a cinder in the eye or a swallowed nickel, urging quick assistance.
Joe La Flamme recalls 11 timber wolves flown to Boston clashing in midair tethered too closely. The incident occurred while the plane was aloft, highlighting the stress of the transfer and the animals’ injuries.
William Braughman, village barber of Ban field Illinois, leads a rebellion against a ban on rummy. He acts as a local organizer and public figure in the dispute, rallying residents to oppose the prohibition as an infringement on social gaming.
Toronto lawyer W Perkins Bull accepted a settlement that deprived him of one third of the estate of Mrs May Belle Horlick Sidley. The event reflects a dispute over inheritance and damages in a case noted in local legal proceedings.
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