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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1940
Page
4
A compact quotation from Deuteronomy and a Shakespeare line urge strict obedience. The two verses present moral and literary authority emphasizing rule following and accountability. The pairing contrasts biblical law with Elizabethan wit on human folly.
FBI traced a plan to overthrow the United States using bombs as 18 men linked to the Christian Front planned to shoot to power, attack police, and topple Congress. The piece also notes New York guards, a marine reservist, and a Bund member among detainees, while praising melting pot ideals and urging calm. It also reports on Charles F. Carroll Jr. launching night vocational courses in sheet metal, pattern drafting, and shop mathematics to boost workers’ skills and promotion prospects.
The Salisbury Post notes North Carolina counties dropping veterans from survivor lists as the nation tracks World War I and Civil War generations. It warns past wars produced new casualty lists long before older veterans died, urging hope for lasting peace into the century's end.
The Raleigh Times notes Al Capone is out of the hospital and ordered to rest for a year. It mocks lawmakers clinging to district interests and resists Hull trade changes, urging open minds to new truths as the Charlotte Observer echoed.
April 9 1940 marks the 75th anniversary of Lee surrender at Appomattox Virginia. A 20 year old Civil War soldier at surrender will be 95 at the coming commemoration. Mecklenburg County loses its last Confederate veteran T M Alexander who died at age 95. County note mentions.
The Winston-Salem Journal notes renewed.slot machine tensions with sheriffs and deputies confronting operators. It questions when a device becomes a slot machine and worries that though current laws bring tax revenue, they create a big headache for authorities.
A courtroom quip from Charles Dickens comes to mind as a judge faces a complex case. The line, The law is a ass, an idiot, echoes in discussions about legal complexity and justice.
Dale Carnegie recounts how Harvey Couch rose from 60 cent a day drugstore work in Magnolia New York to head a major railway group. A doctor’s loan after a $6 stamp debt unlocked his rise, showing honesty paying. Carnegie promotes success scrap books and notes Carnegie’s High Point appearance.
A humorous exchange about a troublesome tandem ride. He jokes about the effort to pedal as the partner notes the foot rests keep moving up and down, capturing a light domestic moment from the Wall Street Journal.
A bachelor Biggs is dining with a young woman when a man at another table appears. The woman urges including him, then declares the man is their minister, shocking Biggs.
A brief dialogue exchanges a casual meeting plan with flexible time and place. The conversation ends with a cautious reminder to be punctual as noted in the Schweizer Ilustrierte Zeitung.
The passage features a dialog about statistics and the value of figures, alongside a remark on the British Empire and Australia. It mentions national identity and the monarch’s ministry, indicating a period tone without specific events or dates.
Eugene Newsom of Durham, president of Rotary International, will address the High Point Rotary Club at the noon luncheon tomorrow. Wachovia Bank cashier W C Idol attended the annual stockholders meeting in Winston-Salem showing good progress in President Fries report. The A B Club of High Point backs the bond election at 100 percent.
The New York scene notes James Thurber and Elliot Nugent team up for The Male Animal with Leon Ames Ruth Matteson and others in a lively take. Paul Robeson performs John Henry as Roark Bradford studies win der worker life. Surviving shows Dinner Father and Du Barry top box office while the new season dips after holidays and one producer fears only a return of his $100,000 investment.
The review notes Invisible Stripes with George Raft as a brisk cops and robbers tale aided by Warner Bros. contract felons. Lupe Velez in Mexican Spitfire shines as animal spirits clash with Leon Errol. Street of Missing Women is a weak clip joint study. Thou Shalt Not Kill stalls with a clergy murder secret. His Girl Friday remains a lively Front Page-style update with Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant. Geraldine Fitzgerald in A Child Is Born earns praise. They Wanted Peace is a critical, satirical Communist-leaning piece.
A quirky column notes pronunciation quirks with Hore-Belisha and shifts in broadcasting as war drags on. It compares big city and small town papers, weighs film influence on radio, and praises Attorney General Robert H. Jackson as a strong radio presence while hinting at Republican radio voice worries.
Broadway writer replies to Nugent of the New York Tribes calling Damon Runyon's film hokum. He quotes Nugent praise then notes hokum is their leather and their readers may not know the term. He contrasts with Nugent's Times editorials.
The piece surveys criticism across periodicals and essays. It mentions Beverly Owen in Liberty praising Churchill, Bob Considine’s wordplay in Benjamin Franklin’s weekly, Life’s debunking of Political Follies, Fadiman on Oscar Levant, Edna Ferber in Cosmopolitan, a lithograph on Vincent Sheean in Current History, and a Swiss frontiers anecdote about exchange of goods.
The Times drama reviewer uses cautious wording about a show booked "trifle tentatively" signaling a definite maybe. The Sun mocks Herrick-Lowther as doomed marriage in films, while sports pages note the Yankees for sale at a price. Alf Landon is labeled an expert on who is through politically.
The piece lists various celebrities and public figures with quoted lines. It includes William Powell on work and play, Sonja Henie about engagements, Binnie Barnes on incentives, Ann Sheridan on makeup, Lord Lothian on international organization, and Molotov on Russia’s role in world business.
Dr. W. J. McAnally and D. A. Dowdy are motoring to Miami Florida and Havana Cuba. R. B. Terry left this morning for Miami to spend the winter. Mrs. Richard Reitzel entertained the Sigma Theta Club yesterday at her North Main Street home.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft is in Asheville for a month's rest. A cold wave promises relief to Mississippi flood sufferers, while Col Charles A Lindbergh has acquired a new airship, termed a flying laboratory.
A local post of the American Legion will be organized in the city tonight. On Saturday January 31 a building on Washington Street owned by the North State Telephone Company, adjoining the Home Banking Company, will be sold.
Misses Nina White Edna Sechrest and Gladys Kirkman have returned from a short visit to Brown Summit. Mrs A E Frazier was a visitor to Greensboro yesterday. Mr and Mrs J A Barker returned yesterday from an extended visit to points in Canada.
U S marines clashed with rebels in Haiti yesterday leaving two privates wounded. The brief notes a bank robbery attempt on Broadway New York earlier today but clerks repelled the bandits. A separate line says Mexico plans to seize oil lands near its border. Also mentions Russia potentially denying landings for deported aliens.
Quotes from Rabbi William F Rosenblum and Prof. Oscar Jaszi discuss democratic ideals and the tendency to blur responsibility in diplomacy. The remarks urge vigilance against defeatism and alibi framing in foreign policy debates.
An indicted Communist told investigators he borrowed the private airplane of a European ruler to photograph military objectives for Soviet Russia. He says the pictures were likely filed in the Koomlin in the Forlorn Hopes envelope.
The Social Security act unemployment reserve stands at about 1.5 billion as benefits paid last year reached 425 million while 800 million came in. Labor groups push liberalization with minimum state standards and longer benefits, while others seek cuts. The Social Security Board cites favorable tax yields and late operations as reasons for growth.
Congress likely will ignore the President's budget proposals and pursue its own approach to spending that leads toward red ink, revealing a fractious budget battle with unclear outcomes.
A man was clipped in the eye when he guffawed during a holdup carried out by bandits who stole only 50 cents. The incident prompted caution about rude behavior.
A new Lowther-Herrick styled romance dispute surfaces on the Pacific coast. Observers note several suitors are entering similar arrangements, reflecting a pattern in these entanglements.
Former President Herbert Hoover likened the Russo Finnish conflict to a major sporting event after noting an army of 300000 faces a 4000000 force. He emphasized scale and spectacle in war.
The writer observes rising European appetite for the Balkans as Italy eyes involvement and predicts actions by Hitler and Stalin may face new opposition at borders. Gandhi reportedly told seven million unclothed followers to spin homespun to curb unemployment, suggested as a Republican slogan.
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