This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1939
Page
2
Robt Ripley claims the Escorial palace and mausoleum commemorates a 1557 battle victory. He notes St Lawrence day and the grill shape of the palace built on a slag dump site, with "Escorial" meaning rubbish dump. The piece labels the site as Spain's splendid "Dump."
Rain this afternoon and tonight with a generally fair Saturday in most areas. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville will be south and southwest, shifting northwest with showers tonight then Saturday. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds rise northeast then east or southeast, likely gale force tonight, turning northwest Saturday with rain in the south and snow turning to rain in the north.
Washington Jan 13 Rep Ben Cravens D Ark died of pneumonia early this morning He had served in Congress since 1933 after earlier terms from 1907 to 1913 Cravens lived in Fort Smith Ark and was an attorney and former district attorney prior to his election to Congress
A local columnist claimed Margo, an actress and dancer, is divorcing Francis Lederer the matinee idol. Lederer angrily challenged the claim sending the clipping to his wife in Manhattan. Margo read it, dismissed it, then faced her husband’s pointed note asking if the report was true.
A playful Broadway style aphorism column notes jealous wives upset by weak stomachs and sunny smilers with shady reps. It mocks actors overacting for applause while pacing with old flames, explains reason versus heart, and declares the loser as the one seeking revenge as sunshine and moonlight alter a man’s mood.
A column reviews a flurry of 1940s entertainment items from New York to Miami Beach. It notes Erika Mann and others, Corliss Palmer, Noble Sissle, Teddy Powell, Q Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald, and Frank Fay among many names. The piece also critiques show business gossip, a Berlin film blurb, and overheard crowd chatter about wage cuts and critics visiting London.
Guilford Council No 23 Jr O U A M will meet tonight in the Terry building lodge hall to install officers. Officers-elect include Kester Burrow councilor and B H Jordan vice councilor with a music program featuring Charlie Tuttle accordion and Guilford council quartet after the ceremony.
The High Point Teachers Forum at William Penn High School endorsed speeding completion of eastern railroad crossings after discussing student and public inconvenience. A committee was formed to convey forum sentiment and other topics included selecting a speaker for the educational program and tentatively setting an early March artists night. The night featured a thrilling game where the local team lost. A and T college basketball teams were to play Virginia State that evening at the home court, with doors opening by 7:30.
Ladies Aid Circle No 4 of St Mark's M E church met at Mrs Emma Foushee's home on Hobson street Tuesday. They planned a Cinderella party to be held at Mr and Mrs M F Leach's home on Under Hill Avenue February 13. Mrs Elsie Day spoke on the first four chapters of Matthew with emphasis on Christ's birth. Refreshments were served by the hostess with Mesdames Swannie Saunders and Mary Elliot assisting. Attending were Mesdames Hattie Leach Marie Grant Estelle Carter Julia Lee Mary J Reid Estella Nelson Daisy Trible Beatrice and Gertrude Kendall and Miss Blanch Lindsay.
The Junior Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will meet with Miss Lucille Goolsby at 707 East Washington Street this evening Friday at 7 30 o clock.
Scout District Committee of the Uwharrie Council, Boy Scouts of America, will meet at William Penn High School this evening at 7 30 o clock to lay plans for a vigorous scouting program. Local NAACP Branch Meeting Set For Sunday Afternoon At 4 The High Point branch of the NAACP meets Sunday at 4 at Women s Memorial AME Church East Washington Eccles Street. The gathering was moved from Tuesday at 8 due to conflicts with other earlier meetings.
William Penn Tigers lose 30 to 23 to A and T College junior varsity basketball on the local court Wednesday night. The Tigers led after three quarters before the junior Aggies surged ahead in the final period.
A musical program is set for Sunday January 15 at 3 PM at St Matthews C M E Church corner of Leonard and Hay streets Winston-Salem features three quartets the Big Four Willing Workers and White Pine from Winston-Salem. Admission is free.
Mrs. Alice Coltrane and her son express gratitude to friends for sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father and for the floral arrangements.
Pittsburgh January 13. Bandleader Hal Kemp and New York debutante Martha Stephenson announced their marriage plans for today in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania’s 72 hour marriage law may delay license issuance. Kemp’s band opens a Pittsburgh theater engagement as plans shifted from a New York ceremony. Stephenson is from New York cafe society. Kemp, from Charlotte, N C, was previously married and divorced.
A pilot reasoned that a diving helmet that worked at low altitudes could perform at higher levels. He built a telephone in to test the idea, and the experiment proved successful.
Washington reports Lindsay C. Warren of Washington DC presides over the House debate on the deficiency relief appropriation in the capitol. The veteran chair, living at the Washington hotel since entering Congress, is noted for steering relief measures and other New Deal proposals through the committee of the whole.
Special to The Enterprise. Greensboro Jan 13 Hugh J Keeling of Greensboro filed suit in Guilford Superior Court for 6350 against Wachovia Bank and Trust Company as administrator of the estate of J C Welch High Point for professional services rendered the bank as executor and its predecessors George T Penny and Mary F Welch as executors. He began compiling annual reports in 1929 at the executors request facing difficulties and expenses. He estimates services at 7000 and says he was paid 650 by the bank but the balance 6350 was not paid when he tendered a bill.
Traffic accidents have increased in numbers, yet the death rate per mile traveled has fallen by 17 percent since 1925, indicating improvements in vehicle safety or medical response over time.
Greensboro officials say Clarence Bray and Lind say Johnson were charged with the slaying of Glenn Malloy a 35 year old assistant foreman in the Greensboro Daily News mailing room An autopsy showed a heavy blow behind the ear Malloy was accosted in a smoke shop Wednesday night and a brawl followed Bail was denied.
Mrs Bert Nichols Woodruff now in Greensboro filed a petition in Guilford Superior Court asking Judge H Hoyle Sink to set aside Dr F G Woodruffs divorce granted November 1 1937 on grounds of fraud and to return the case to civil court for trial She claims mental incompetence before 1936 narcotics caused it and that separation was never properly decided She alleges care was refused after a return to High Point and notice of separation by publication was wrongful.
Dr P E Lindley headed the Kiwanis attendance committee as the club marked 95 percent attendance. Dr Link spoke on Kiwanis aims and community service, awarding 13 year perfect attendance to J A Morris and one year to EB Dudley. Visitors included Andrews H Casey Mose Kiser Earl Garrett Otis Phillips Robbins Tilden R O Bundy Ray Spooner.
Representatives of Jewish, Catholic and Protestant faiths met at the Sheraton to organize a round table. Co-chairmen named were Charles F. Carroll Jr. Protestant Ben L. Herman Jewish and H C Barth maier Catholic. The group aims to foster understanding of the three faiths and of religious freedom under the American Constitution.
The article notes a streamlining of taxi cab rules allowing cars with fewer than seven seats to operate for work commutes. It also reports the state Board of Agriculture asking to raise fertilizer and feed taxes by 232100 dollars for the 1939 41 biennium to fund an aggressive marketing program and related extensions. Both houses adjourned to focus on local bills, with the legislature to resume Monday night.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.