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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
4
Opinion piece surveys political mood on Roosevelt's possible renomination amid third term talk, praising the South’s growing industrial and resource wealth. It cites Gallup trends, Doughton’s stance, and Stacy’s gubernatorial prospects while contrasting Wall Street Journal’s view of a rich South.
The record editorial argues that while a cloud of doubt hovers over industry due to New Deal criticisms and high taxes, the South is emerging with flexible, youthful industrial sectors. It highlights chemical production moving south, rejects sectional prejudice, and cautions against overstatement of regional problems while affirming potential prosperity.
A portrait of Arturo Toscanini on San Giovanni Island near Lake Maggiore and Dale Carnegie’s reflections on success. The piece recounts Toscanini’s humble meals of bread and soup, a Roosevelt White House wait, and a call to readers to start a Success Scrap Book. It notes Carnegie’s February 1 appearance at High Point Senior High School Auditorium.
Fragmentary remark questions whether the White House milkman would know about a third term issue or canceling deliveries after 1940. The line hints at political uncertainty and rumored changes without concrete details.
Walter Winchell riffs on Broadway and politics noting a baron Oppenheim visa denial before a suicide, Life editors, Elsa Maxwell piece, a new term obnoxitated for a noisy drunk, toasts, a Lepke record, Fritz Kuhn editor may face perjury charges, and a quip on water shortage with Scotch.
A downtown rumor column mentions James Moffett the oil man tied to Hutton women’s marriage plans. It also notes Life reporters and Virginia Lamont with a possible merge, a Goebbels link, and a New Year card with bizarre lines attributed to Mark Hellinger.
City employees must live within city limits. Dr J T Burrus announces for State Senate as a candidate. High Point ranks sixth in white school enrollment in NC with per capita cost 47.11 dollars. Millikan leaves for Portsmouth VA for Naval Hospital treatment. Eugene Coltrane to speak at Springfield Friends Church. Mrs Mack Hiatt and sister in Charlotte. Workers canvass state to alleviate suffering. UNC President Chase dined with President Hoover at the White House. Medical experts study parrot fever.
Local news recalls a new hotel for sale with talk it will rival state standards. Rev Culpepper criticizes a congressman’s knowledge of High Point. Mrs Harry Raymond and daughter Catherine return from New York. Mrs D C Johnson of Trinity visits High Point. Miss Pearl Plunkett weekends in Greensboro. Charles Rankin of Greensboro stays with W L Smith in town. News briefs note a world prohibition campaign to be launched as reform societies gather in Washington. Railway tank cars are to
Senator Vandenberg will address Lincoln's birthday gathering in St Paul on February 10. The talk focuses on the farm outlook as he emphasizes votes in favor of cost-of-production measures and farm aid bills across multiple Congresses. He is portrayed as firmly aligned with farmers.
Highlights from White House Conference on Children in a Democracy reveal that about half of U S children receive no formal religious education and a third have no library access. The report notes one quarter rely on public relief over the past decade amid political speculation on FDR’s successor and jockeying among McNutt Ickes and Hull.
The administration pushes to extend the Hull reciprocal trade agreements law this winter as Hull's presidential prospects hinge on the outcome. Hull faces both Roosevelt and Farley with AAA farmers in the farm belt organizing a grass roots reaction in support of the program.
Embree H. Blackard, pastor of Wesley Memorial Church, asks the person who left an anonymous letter to contact him to work out the problem. The appeal appears in The Enterprise.
A harsh quote reflects cycles of manipulation around the Negro vote in Congress during elections. The speaker echoes a sentiment likening lynching to political tactics, noting those who profit from racial fear and injustice. A neighborly remark cites Paw’s line that lynching is wrong only if the wrong man is harmed.
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