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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1939
Page
4
A biblical verse from II Kings 22 2 praises following David’s ways and not deviating. A secular maxim by C Simmons asserts no man has a right to act as he pleases except to do right.
A North Carolina editorial urges the General Assembly to adopt steady public school funding to prevent teacher discouragement and mass departures. It warns that delaying essential support harms youth, questions who will inherit the state, and notes a mass meeting in Greensboro to seek funds for Japanese beetle eradication.
An adverse report from a Raleigh legislative committee signals the likely failure of a bill to abolish capital punishment. Despite abolitionist support, North Carolina remains reluctant to give up the legal right to execute, with many believing the death penalty serves as a deterrent and an outlet for vengeance.
The piece argues that capital punishment rarely deters crime, notes high execution and homicide rates, and questions juries and governors’ roles. It suggests legislature should ease the burden by removing mandatory aspects of the statute to reduce governor workload.
Gastonia and Winston-Salem papers debate anti lynching sentiment and federal role. The Goldsboro case prompts call to end lynchings in North Carolina, while CCC state parks funding notes Fort Macon opening and a need for 45 000 more to provide recreation facilities.
A North Carolina leader urges immediate action to fund four parks Hanging Rock Morrow Mountain Mount Mitchell and Cape Hatteras for summer use. The legislature should appropriate the $45 000 deemed essential to conservation and public recreation. The Telegram notes reconstruction aims for national unity after Spain’s regime change.
A poem from Ernest Camp Gregory contrasts love’s three words with civic duty. It praises I love you as grand and elevating.
Walter Winchell surveys the week on Broadway noting mixed receptions for One for the Money and other acts. He cites El Morocco inspired wit, the Florodora Gals, Mrs O Brien Entertains Irish Rose and Stars in Your Eyes with J P McEvoy lists. The piece highlights The Magic Lanterns The Hall Johnson Choir and performances by Maxine Sullivan Dorothy Lamour and Alice Faye.
A snapshot of rapid production and consumption across the United States in sixty seconds. The piece highlights locomotives, bicycles, theatrical gear, border inspections, hospital outpatients, golf clubs, fishing gear, tennis items, sports equipment, mail mileage, and rehabilitation loans, all quantified per minute.
This piece traces the divining rod or forked twig use from ancient times to the present rural practice. It explains methods, materials, and the idea of unstable equilibrium as a scientific explanation while noting high failure rates and persistent belief.
A roundup of book notices covers W H Doering Lifely Portraiture With Your Camera from American Photographic Publishing Co. Eugene Jolas experiments in language in I Have Seen Monsters and Angels from Paris Transition. Marguerite Brewer Family Tis Of Thee from Macaulay Co. Sylvia Hollywood Streamline Your Figure from Y Macfadden.
Seventy three years after Lincoln’s death and 130 years since his birth the author recalls learning to admire Honest Abe. He recalls Southern prejudice, biographies read, and a school history program that celebrated Lincoln’s mercy and justice.
George B Craven recalls Frank McNinch as a former Charlotte mayor and prohibition advocate seen in a 30 year old Durham speech. He notes a Saturday Evening Post piece calling McNinch wind dried and suggests he may be McNinch’s double while admitting he has not yet appeared in Who's Who.
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