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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1940
Page
7
The U S Chamber of Commerce announces a mail referendum on four proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Act. Proposals seek to drop majority rule, shield employers violating bargaining terms, extend coverage to employer unfair practices, and define interstate commerce scope.
U S business trends show holiday levels remained firm with snow and cold aiding retail, orders rising in industry, and heavy goods demand steady at 50 to 60 percent. Autos jump output with a January record forecast, while weather dampens home building and engineering awards lag. Plans for new plant construction in utilities rise sharply, signaling strong steel, machine tool, and electrical equipment activity despite weak foreign orders.
A 1939 Esquire feature counts global activity per minute. Americans spend money on health foods and war costs rise, Sweden ships resin to Nazis, German tar output grows, and Britain outfits its forces with socks and drawers as nations mobilize.
About 25 members of Club Mikado will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the Blue Room of the Sheraton Hotel for the group s initial monthly business session. Officers elected include John Ingram president Bill Snotherly vice president Huey Long secretary Fred Kimball treasurer and J R Robinson publicity. Plans call for a February event and a full spring schedule of functions.
In Monmouth Illinois on January 13 a customer paid a $286.72 bill to Druggist Arthur P. Zimmer with a large amount of small change. The trio left after the man with two others carrying a ten gallon keg stood by as the total was tallied.
A 1939 resolution by the High Point Real Estate Board directs the publicity committee to forward details of its successful real estate promotion program to the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The plan covered conception funding and execution and urged concerted local efforts.
Milton Bronner NEA War Correspondent writes from London describing air raid scares, ration cuts to 75 percent, reduced sugar, and shopping shortages for cosmetics and beauty products. He notes factories shifting to war work, profiteering concerns, and civilians adapting as London endures wartime austerity.
Dr. George F. Thomas of the UNC philosophy department has been named professor of religious thought at Princeton University. He will start in September and help establish a new religion department offering courses on biblical and Christian thought. Thomas studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and earned his PhD at Harvard after teaching at Swarthmore and Dartmouth.
Ancient belief held that precious stones were living beings with souls. The notion framed gems as animate, imbued with spirit and vitality in early cultures.
The High Point Real Estate Board proposes a nationwide information campaign to inform every U S member about the plan and empower local boards to start campaigns next year. It urges the National Association to adopt the program in 1940 with radio billboards newspapers and other media to unify efforts and achieve national results. A clearinghouse would gather and share ideas and slogans as a coordinated effort led by J C White. Brazil now has more than 600 hydroelectric plants.
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