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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1939
Page
4
Split the road funds demand in North Carolina cities
The piece argues North Carolina municipalities seek ten percent of total road funds, about three million dollars annually, to better finance city streets. It notes cities pay a majority of road taxes and traffic, while receiving a small share, and predicts little success in the General Assembly. It also touches on Franco’s war and European reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
General Assembly
Raleigh
Ickes Says Press Free Yet Dictated by Needs
Secretary Ickes argued the press is subsidized and in bondage to its economic needs. He contended the government does not dictate to American papers as in Germany, but the papers act as dictators through their own financial pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
America
Germany
Dic
Ickes attacks press and cites Johns Hopkins study
The Secretary questions the fairness and freedom of the American press. He contrasts past praise of press liberty with current critique, and cites a Johns Hopkins study on cigarette advertising, while the university clarifies its findings were widely published in small-town papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins
Raymond Pearl
An Oriental Looks at Democracy
Lin Yutang explores democracy through Confucius ideas in the Christian Science Monitor democracy issue. The article frames how a nation’s character emerges from its cultural lens as observers compare Eastern and Western political ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confucius
Lin Yutang
Christian Science Monitor
Democ
Observations on Fascism and democracy from a Chinese viewpoint
The Chinese observer warns against letting Fascist states grow too powerful and argues democracy will ultimately triumph because dictatorship cannot endure. He calls the Spanish War the most immoral conflict and criticizes democracies for hypocrisy and the dictators’ cynicism, noting that democracy will survive though peril lies ahead. Roosevelt’s
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor
China
Theodore Roosevelt
Guilford College celebrates 105th charter anniversary
Rev. Joseph H. Peele speaks at Guilford College’s 105th anniversary emphasizing the school’s profound cultural and spiritual impact. He notes the community, state, and nation have benefited from the institution’s traditions and warns of speculative outcomes if it had relocated to a large industrial center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Peele
Guilford College
Trinity College
Duke University
Crisis over Czechoslovakia reflects broader world trouble
An editorial contends the Czech crisis mirrors a global crisis born from postwar treaties and Allied inaction. It argues the League of Nations failed to shelter Germany, fostering internal chaos, economic hardship, and the rise of Hitler as a consequence of punitive peace terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Germany
League of Nations
League
Republic
France
Hitler
Walter Winchell on Broadway First Nights Review Montage
Walter Winchell surveys recent Broadway openings from Gilbert and Sullivan to The Mikado and The White Steed. He notes mixed audience reactions, standout performances by Barry Fitzgerald and Lillian Gish, and critics' sharp words on earnest attempts and glamorous premieres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Eddie Dowling
Paul Vincent Carroll
Ireland
Barry Fitzgerald
Jessica Tandy
George Coulouris
Watts
Htrib
Old Country
Octopus
Lucile Watson
Lillian Gish
Rose Hobart
Jack Hawkins
Hope Williams
Clifton Webb
Vanderbilt Theatre
Mirror
Robert C. Benchley
New Yorker
Alexander Woollcott
One Minute World News Snapshot
A compact, period tone overview of global activity in sixty seconds noting costs and production. It cites the National Bureau of Economic Research on depreciation costs, U S consumption, trade figures, insurance spending, and medical care enrollment, ending with a STOP READING cue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
National Bureau of Economic Research
Daffodils, Fashion, and a Glimpse of Times Past
A reflective column traces changing style from cars to facial hair and plants. It recalls Madame de Graaff, the 1887 white trumpet daffodil, and notes her decline as floral fashions shift. The author observes early bloom in Paper White narcissus planted in 1937 and hints at printing mix ups in last week’s edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James
Mr. Zanuck
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Nancy Kelly
Tay Garnett
Bulldog Drummond
Peck
Hollyw
Elmer Sunfield
Madame de Graaff
England
After Thoughts Dear D. B. Reminiscence and Advice
A column responds to a peer on fashion and propriety in menswear citing historic figures and jokes about knee pants. The letter then shifts to a troubled man’s suicide contemplation and a reflective anecdote ending with resilience and hope.
Senate Chaplains Open Day with Prayer by Rev Phillips
In the opening hour as Congress meets the Senate prays. Rev ZeBarney T Phillips delivers a lengthy invocation emphasizing divine guidance, courage, and service for lawmakers as they begin daily duties. The prayer invokes God’s nearness and eternal life through Jesus Christ. Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
ZeBarney T. Phillips
Senate
Jesus Christ
Lord
Psychiatric advice leads man to choose life over death
Dale Carnegie recounts a psychiatrist telling a man with severe nerves to run around a city block until he drops. Surprised by no objections, the man followed the plan, felt relief, postponed suicide, began daily exercise, and is alive today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carnegie
Minister Rev. J. M. Hilliard Impresses Congregation
A group recalls Rev. J. M. Hilliard praised for dignified ministry. They share anecdotes of leadership, discipline, and a life of faith that inspires belief in the gospel and its mission. The elderly preacher, famed for stirring sermons and even a cane tap that moved a church, is described as a Soldier of the Cross with an enduring impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hilliard
England's Cut-Flower Trade Valued at 60 Million
The English cut-flower trade brings in about 60 million dollars each year with nearly 90 percent of blooms sold being British grown. The figures reflect a robust domestic horticulture market and strong local production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Review of Dr. Merrill Moore’s Life in Sonnets and Other Poetry
A book review discusses Merrill Moore’s M: One Thousand Sonnets fifty thousand mass production and the new plastic sonnet form praised by William Carlos Williams. It also covers Oxford Book of Light Verse edited by Auden and Dana Doten’s The Art of Building with its history of bundling. Doris Zinkeisen’s Designing the Stage is praised for practical stage design guidance with illustrations.
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Merrill Moore
N York
Harcourt, Brace
Dr. M
Moore
Dr. Moore
William Carlos Wiliams
Williams
Swedi Modern
Moore Him
Oxford
York
Oxford University Press
W. H. Auden
Auden
Chaucer
Vachel Li
G. K. Chesterton
Frankie
Johnn
Burns
Byron
Cole
Wordsworth
Pope
Scott
Swift
Dana Doten
the Countryman Press
Farrar Rinehart
Doten
Dr. Doten
Doris Zinkeisen
New York
the Stu Publications
Miss Zinkeisen
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