Mercy and Compassion Cited by Spenser and Luke
A religious reflection cites Luke 6 36 and Spenser on mercy urging readers to practice mercy to receive mercy. The text emphasizes universal mercy as a core ethical standard and moral expectation.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
4
A religious reflection cites Luke 6 36 and Spenser on mercy urging readers to practice mercy to receive mercy. The text emphasizes universal mercy as a core ethical standard and moral expectation.
Reports from the Pan American conference warn against delay in forming a solid American front against Axis powers. The United States bears defense duties and seeks break in all ties that could aid fifth columnists. Mexico and other nations push for action, while late snags threaten a quid pro quo holdout.
A tribute to Rev. Frank P. Twine, born in Durham and raised in Thomasville, who died in New York this week of appendicitis. He pastorated First Baptist Church for his race in Brooklyn and led the Baptist Ministers' conference of Greater New York, earning respect from both black and white neighbors.
A fragment notes the Baltimore Sun’s persistent hostility to President Roosevelt and his domestic policies, describing the paper as disarmed for the duration of the struggle. The item frames the paper’s stance as aligned against Roosevelt's leadership throughout the wartime period.
Editor Hamilton Owens described the Baltimore Sun's wartime stance at Chapel Hill as supporting constructive criticism yet aligning with decisive action to prosecute the war. The paper aims for cautious commitments, avoids impeachment of leadership, and expects furniture trade in the market to favor those who move boldly yet prudently.
Economists argue that rising national debt is tempered by reduced personal and local government indebtedness. Federal aid helped homeowners secure cheaper mortgages and reduce obligations. If local and state debts stay bounded, federal policy lightens overall burdens as the nation borrows to defend property and freedoms.
The mid winter furniture market opens amid transition from peacetime to war footing. Buyers face uncertainty about demand as the nation shifts to a total war basis. With 50 billion dollars in defense spending next year, buying power expands yet goods availability will vary. Competition for scarce commodities is expected to be strong while retailers avoid overloading inventories.
A Swedish-born worker in Minneapolis rises from moving freight to stenography to railroad office to presidency of the Delotey Corporation in Chicago. He doubles earnings in five months and earns 73 dollars monthly after three years, later building low-cost houses and planes while stressing self fitting for the job above. The piece urges readers to prepare themselves for advancement.
This column reviews Theatre Guild week with The Rivals and the cast led by Mary Boland Walter Hampden and Bob Clark praised for comic flair. It covers backstage feuds Billy Rose versus Tallulah Bankhead and snips about George Nathan Barbara Stanwyck Gary Cooper and Betty Grable Victor Mature in recent films. Also notes on radio shows Joe Louis and public notices and critical takes from Collier's Time and Reader's Digest.
On Broadway which officials treated potential ene mies .1, A. R. Wylie spreads an nif ty tale across the pages of the Jan. 24 Liberty- It concerns people who believe that "it's better to have a broken neck than a bowed one." The Front Pages: The Times and Trib came up with one of those em barrassing contradictions.
The Commercial National Bank failed to open as a national bank examiner took over its affairs. The High Point Perpetual Building and Loan moves to Hood Bank Building at 210 North Main Street. Local reports note social visits, church study plans, and upcoming events including a winter furniture show and welfare hiring drives.
In Washington Jan 19 the OCD arc of conflict around Mayor La Guardia and Eleanor Roosevelt is laid bare. OCD lacks real national authority. duties pass through state governors and mayors creating local friction. La Guardia vows to fight Germans and Japs while preferring to avoid fighting mayors and sheriffs.
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