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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1938
Page
4
The document lists officers including President R. B. Terry and Secretary-Treasurer D. A. Rawley with Gen. Manager Hammett Cecil noted in the minutes.
A quoted remark contrasts a church as a house of prayer with a den of thieves. Another anecdote recalls a man aboard a boat from America claiming his church is The Church. The reply likens baptismal symbolism to a bathtub ocean.
General Motors president William Knudson faced a congressional inquiry on why 30,000 workers were laid off while a 450 million dollar surplus existed. He argued market demand and long term confidence are needed, warning even a powerhouse firm cannot sustain a full workforce through a prolonged downturn.
The piece argues Glenn Frank’s acceptance of the Republican policy committee chair should be welcomed as an open minded effort to craft enduring policies. It stresses the need for informed public opinion and a republic guided by philosophers balancing ideals with practical administration to strengthen democracy.
A Missouri man Carl Crow’s China sales wisdom inspires a local insurance agent George to study a target’s habits. He tailors approach using gardening as a hook and asparagus beds spark a rapport. The strategy leads to a policy sale after a plant gift and mutual interest in gardening.
A Marion Arkansas court sentenced two Black defendants to death after a criminal assault trial. Eleven white jurors and one Black juror voted for the verdict, with no dissent from the Black juror noted in the report.
The piece argues capital punishment should be applied equally across races citing a Raleigh case as a protest example. It notes black leaders advocate equal penalties and questions minority objections to lynchpin judicial practices. It then shifts to European diplomacy with Romania Italy and Germany shaping a ministry amid Japan crisis signals.
Discussion notes the influence of Romania in postwar stability with France seeking alliance and capital investment. It highlights Balkan politics, small-country diplomacy, and Paris concern over developments in Romania. The piece reflects classic interwar anxieties about regional balance and national sovereignty.
A 1937 McNaught Syndicate piece argues blame for failures lies with others or upbringing, not personal responsibility. It notes how leaving home can correct parental judgments and suggests both mood and timing affect life chances across generations.
A compact column of New York Day by Day musings on figures like Norman Bel Geddes Ben Ali Haggin and Jerome Kern. The piece playfully notes Lois Long Peter Arno Frances Williams Lucien Longuevo ton and others, ending with a witty jab at John L Lewis and a quip about Henry Luce.
The passage notes the last white tiled Child's storefront on the Bowery has closed and been replaced by more stylish design. It reflects nostalgia for jugglers in white uniforms formerly seen on the sidewalk windows and the avenue’s historical New York charm.
Francis Albertanti, raised near Chinatown, rose from Park Row copy boy to Eve ning Mail sports writer and Madison Square Garden press agent. He joined the Santa Fe trail migration months ago and now writes he will not return. A vivid, puckish figure known for cigars and snap suspender style, he observed the rise of Manhattan society chatter as ink splashed.
Local report notes a $1,500,000 centennial campaign under way to retire college debt. F Tomlinson requests a $100,000 annual city appropriation as part of the plan. Also updates on church resignations and tonight’s services at Central Friends and Green Street Baptist churches amid social scene observations.
The piece notes New York’s Washington Square retaining its aristocratic air with residents described as the carriage trade. Despite mansions turned into pensions, the scene in gathering dusk suggests gentlemen with imperials and ladies in crinoline fashion, quietly gathering in lace curtained rooms.
France presents a note calling for a treaty banning war of aggression and makes it public today. A sudden Thames River rise yesterday caused at least nineteen deaths. In a separate crime, two armed bandits robbed the Bank of Bennett of 4000 dollars after locking two officers and a customer in the vault.
Twenty years ago the public schools in High Point delayed opening until January 15 due to a fuel shortage. Wyatt A. Taylor of Columbia South Carolina will address the Christian Endeavor societies of High Point township Thursday evening. Memorial services for members who died in the past year were held yesterday at First Baptist Church.
George Lowe spent the weekend in Charlotte and Monroe as a visitor. C F Wilson sustained a broken arm from a fall this morning. R A Silla of Greensboro visited the city yesterday.
The Supreme Court today sustains the Selective Service Act as constitutional. Earl Redding, lord chief justice of England, plans a visit to the United States. Russian pressure for Germany to move peace talks from Brest-Litovsk to Stockholm appears to have failed.
A Pennsylvania drug store installed a meat counter sparking amusement that consumers joke about ordering yachts from the corner pharmacy. The comment hints at unusual retail diversification in a light local mood.
Washington dispatch analyzes Roosevelt’s power policy and utility talks. It notes Supreme Court rulings favoring New Deal projects, hints at cooling Willkie relations, and details Carlisle discussions on St. Lawrence power, urging private expansion and rate reductions to preempt government competition.
The President warned Congress he would hold them responsible for failure to economize on highway building. He noted that re-electing Congressmen hinges on home-town motorists.
The article notes Joe Louis has not met his challenger Nathan Mann and predicts a lengthy affair if Mann lasts as long as Louis’s previous opponent Tom Farr, with the fight scheduled for February 23.
The government orders dance halls shut labeling them alien influence. Funds previously allocated to other uses are redirected to support military personnel as part of a broader wartime mobilization.
A biographer quotes the President claiming he would be bored without opposition. The text notes that apparently he hasn’t been bored.
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