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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
4
A pithy quotation contrasts Ecclesiastes warning to fear God with the claim that vanity swallows reason. George Sand is named as the source of the reflective line.
The piece notes Senator Borah praising Roosevelt's persuasive voice while hinting he may critique the speech after reading it. It describes Roosevelt avoiding drastic reforms, favoring consolidation of gains, and urging national preparedness. It suggests the opening address aims for smooth Congress with minimal party strife.
The text outlines Dr. Harvey W. Wiley leading a federal campaign to curb adulteration and misbranding in foods and medicines. It notes his poison squad experiments and a Congress bill restricting adulteration, his later exoneration, resignation in 1912, and leadership at Good Housekeeping Institute. Mary Hornaday highlights American women sustaining the fight for better standards.
The Monitor notes new interstate food drug and cosmetic labeling rules effective since New Year’s Day. Labels must state all ingredients in plain English with any habit forming drugs clearly warned. Women champions from the National League of Women Voters and others helped push the reforms amid consumer input from Greenbelt Maryland families. The piece links broader trade issues, pressuring better relations with neighbors and debates Roosevelt Hull prospects.
A reflection on wartime devastation of cultural treasures in Finland and Europe. The piece notes Russian air raids degrading old communities and art, compares past destructions of cathedrals and Magna Carta to current threats, and warns many more valuables remain endangered as war threatens a broader wreckage.
The text argues Germany’s friendship helped Finland become a free state and Germany’s alliance with anti Communist Russia muddles the European balance. It notes strange alignments in the present war and questions the feasibility of a European federation. Daladier calls for unity toward a United States of Europe.
Statesville Daily reports Adolf Hitler asserts Germany is economically and militarily prepared for the new year and confident of victory. He asks God for blessing while praising Nazi forces and cites Abraham Lincoln on dignity and worthiness before God.
Matthew Sloan president of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad is praised for brief, frequent visits to customers to learn their needs and secure more freight. A Fort Worth manufacturer recalls Sloan’s courtesy inspiring business and appreciation for his road.
Jamaica government launches a nationwide program to raise domestic food output and cut reliance on imports. officials say the plan will involve farmers, new funding, and agricultural reforms to strengthen food security.
A heifer escaping from Romsey cattle market charged into the Baptist church and galloped along the aisle until cattlemen roped it, creating a chaotic scene as surprised worshippers watched.
Walter Winchell column notes holiday tales from Fifth Avenue stores and Broadway. A GOP agent questions a salesgirl about Christmas business, reporting a 20 percent rise. A Hollywood joke round includes Steffi Skolsky’s Santa chat and a Longacre Theatre anecdote about a stew on a doorstep.
The Purple Panthers quint will face the Charlotte Monograms in a home game tonight after their Christmas break. Local note. Joe Robinson of Charlotte, a Black man, is arrested on suspicion of attempting to wreck the Crescent Limited by pulling spikes along the track.
A famed town actress avoids confirming her adult daughter’s existence, saying she is in school in Switzerland for over a decade. Alex Woollcott pressed her and joked that the daughter may be on the faculty, highlighting the long held stock line.
The passage contrasts Bolshevik and Finnish scenes of ice crossing and drowning strategy with Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky, noting ironic parallels. It highlights how the same motif of doomed crossings appears in both real events and cinema and jokes about Russian propaganda.
Arturo Toscanini recounts a radio listener's desperate letter after losing her baby. He tracked her through hospitals using only the letter date and newborn loss, then sent a personalized photo inscription reading From Arturo Toscanini Detective to show gratitude.
Twenty years ago the High Point city statistician reports 441 births in 1919, up from the prior year, and 187 deaths, including 39 Negro deaths. Township figures show similar rises outside city limits, with 141 births and 13 Negro deaths, as the influenza epidemic waned compared with 1918.
The city council meets Tuesday to investigate who put garbage cans on the streets and why. The Winston-Salem board of aldermen has discussed keeping the Twin City streets cleaner and may offer a lesson to local officials. Massachusetts reports a decline in wood alcohol consumption as supply is exhausted.
A humorous piece notes lines from popular songs and a radio program featuring Harold Winerip. It reports Atlanta’s World premiere of Gone With the Wind drawing 82 luncheon invitations and a provocative Klan prank offering to burn a cross atop Stone Mountain during the grand opening.
A movie actress claims her husband would sit at a table refuse to talk and compel her to carry the conversation. A Communist paper fires its movie critic for not panning Gone With the Wind and quips Reds oppose Scarlett. It says the Spee incident was a British defeat, while the Soviet army supposedly wins against the Finns.
Bruce Catton outlines economist and government views on 1940 business prospects. Officials foresee a steady 1940 recovery with renewed private investment and policy shifts to ease burdens on industry. The piece notes attempts to curb farmer subsidies, tax reforms, and labor board changes as steps toward prosperity.
A collection of short statements from Senator John Bankhead Joseph Lewis Cal Frank Knox Harry Woodring and Earl Browder reflecting views on taxation church separation U S government trade in Europe and Soviet life as reported in a condensed news brief.
Scientists now think the era when monkeys roamed North America was 10 to 15 million years earlier than previously believed. The Finns threaten the Nordmansk railroad as authorities issue a new timetable.
A playful jumble of invented terms mimics surreal verse from a mock dream book. The note states it is not by Saroyan or Stein and mentions a 19286 publication date, then declines reprinting.
Matthew J. Hommel, a Kimberly diamond pioneer, marks his centennial birthday in Kimberly South Africa. Russia expands imports buying metal-working machinery copper ferro alloys electrical apparatus petroleum products and wheat from the United States.
The Attorney General Frank Murphy, seen in Palm Beach, glares at gambling suspects while denying a broader campaign fund scandal link. The exchange hints at past Michigan cases tied to his political finances as reported by Ernest L. Meyer in the New York Post.
A Variety review of Alternate Current calls it terrible. A New York Journal American critic notes a Paris underworld novel overflows with Rabelais while Tom Meany comments on Hitler traveling by plane amid world rail wrecks.
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