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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
4
Rotarians voiced a push for completing a YMCA plant in High Point. Logan Porter noted earlier progress stalled by insufficient facilities and urged forming a community advisory group in 1940 to mobilize supporters and finish the project.
Senators Truman and Schwellenbach condemn Britain for seizing U S airmail in Bermuda and threaten to curb clipper flights. The column notes possible long term U S resentment but predicts no immediate break as Britain battles in Europe. North Carolina livestock wealth is praised by S H Hobbs, contrasting past horse prestige with growing farm poverty from neglect of livestock.
Tom Alderman Sykes of Thom asville urged spiritual courage at a Lexington Rotary Club meeting. An Associated Press report notes Senator Robert A Taft told the Carolina Political Union in Chapel Hill that despite national stagnation the South shows 25 percent growth in manufacturing since 1935 and rising property values while the New Deal faces unemployment and low farm prices.
In the Lexington Dispatch commentary, Sykes urges Americans to stop relying on politicians and embrace spiritual courage like Washington. He cites Valley Forge and belief in God, arguing for reduced regulation and tax reform to empower self-started initiatives. The piece notes political maneuvering in the South and the need for open public discussion.
The Catawba News-Enterprise cites Adolf Hitler claiming he does not know the meaning of capitulation. It suggests he should visit Doorn to consult the Kaiser and learn from history about Napoleon, a figure Dolly regards as a superior genius.
A farm hand in Oklahoma, John D. Rust, reads Carnegie and original sources, conceives a cotton picking machine. He prototypes with a damp steel approach, partners with his brother Mack, and creates the Rust Cotton Picker. First unit rolls out November 4, 1938, with ten pickers by that year. The effort sparks a potential industry revolution.
Gertrude Lawrence sips soda at Hicks on Vth Ave as 25c drinks roll by. Hope Williams giggles at John Buckmaster’s Algonk comedy. Anita Louise and Ivan Lebedeff toast at Coq Rouge. Liz Whitney, Billy Rose, June Duprez shop Madison Avenue. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Wm Hart perform, Fred Allen jokes, E Barrie lurks Broadway.
Gossipy snips from a late night scene cast a sharp eye on a group of playgirls with jests about looseness and a jab at Elsa Maxwell. The piece notes Lon don blackout digs and a waiter swap from white bread to pumpernickel amid sharp quips about the Mefoofskys and the rhumba in Mi mi.
A collage of gossip and cultural snippets from New York personalities, theater, publishing, and nightlife. Mentions include Dolores Del Rio, Henry Luce, Harvey Dunstman, Ginger Manners, the Wayne Morrises, Blaine Faber, Lucius Beebe, Saro yan, and Frank Gruber. Observations cover theater prefaces, divorce residence laws in the Virgin Islands, Broadway hotel troubles in 1934, and brisk urban signage through Manhattan locales.
Local notice says Cyclone Mack will preach at Union Tabernacle this Sunday at 2 30 PM. Two pedestrians were struck by cars yesterday with injuries not serious. A high school glee club will stage The Pied Piper of Hamlin at the American Theatre March 13 14.
Bruce Catton In Washington reports that Ohio politics threaten the Roosevelt third term bid. Donahey may bow out while Charles Sawyer becomes a vehicle for FDR's delegation. Garner and Davey loom as possible rivals as two Ohio special elections influence the outcome.
Census takers report they will finish in a few days with clear weather. The influenza situation in Thom asville has improved but officials keep public gathering ban for several days. Miss Mabel Gurley of High Point wed D. H. Patten of Gibsonville on Monday February 16 at Spencer.
J F Hayden is recovering from influenza. George T Penny of Greensboro visited yesterday. J D Ward is ill with influenza on Rankin Street. W C King of Asheboro visited February 21. News briefs note railroad unions opposing new legislation and Herbert Hoover opposing using the treaty as a campaign issue. Raleigh schools reopen after flu shutdown. The body of Robert E Peary was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery.
Bishop William T. Manning of the New York Episcopal Diocese denounces progressive education for erasing authority discipline and duty among youth stating such methods mislead young people away from moral foundations.
New York Governor Herbert Lehman calls for the closest cooperation between the people and their government to ensure a successful democracy. He emphasizes unity and active public participation as essential components of a robust political system.
A faded legend from Broadway recalls a dazzling actor and a famed beauty whose marriage failed after a torrid affair with a rival. Now two decades later they live in a tropical hideaway, unmatched by time as tourists glimpse their worn, decayed figures in a distant, sunlit exile.
The French government announces support for Britain in the Altmark dispute. Critics question Churchill's actions while some claim Hitler is sane, though that argument seems beside the point given Europe’s unsettled state.
Norway sits between Germany and England amid war tensions as it appears to have attracted blame for its passive stance. The piece suggests confusion over how Norway ended up in the crisis by taking minimal action.
The piece surveys entertainment notes from New York with mentions of Booth Tarkington’s Seventeen in flicker form, Lee Wiley’s Rodgers and Hart tunes, unpublished songs, and other show business jests. It covers radio names Elvira Rios, Lillian Roth, Mil ton Berle, and varied club scenes.
Vivid lines from patrons at Tony's 52nd Street La Mar tinique Queens Terrace Armando's and the Stork Club capture fast talk and flirtatious ambiance. Jokes about wives phones dress and a quip on Roosevelt show the era's club chatter. Casanova muses on love as telegrams end with final word.
President Roosevelt makes a stop in Puerto Rico on a wartime cruise. The trip appears aimed at rest and strategic talks as summer politics unfold and questions about submarine policy surface.
A fragmented quote attributes critical views to Wende Willkie as president of Commonweal Southern Corporation, expressing loss of confidence in the victual and support for a state led municipal approach for the people.
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