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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1939
Page
4
Governor Hoey Defers Revenue Rise Weighs Highway Fund Shift
The piece argues Governor Hoey favors diverting seven million dollars from highway funds to the general fund to fund an expanded public service program. It warns this creates a two year cushion followed by a fiscal reckoning, with politicians needing to lead North Carolina out of a developing deficit. The administration avoids new taxes, relying on budget appeasement rather than balanced money-raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoey
Burlington
General Assembly
Reaches 85th Milestone Funifold Simmons Birthday at New Bern
Former United States Senator from North Carolina Funifold M. Simmons celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday at his New Bern home. He faced political backlash for opposing Alfred Smith in 1928, losing his Senate seat, but now reflects calmly on a long career and recalls Trinity College days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funifold M. Simmons
United States
North Carolina
New Bern
Simmons
Alfred F. Smith
Senate
Journalists compare British and American presses
A veteran newspaperman, John N. Aiken of the Baltimore Sun, critiques British news practice versus American reporting. He notes Britain withholds key imperial policy news and often presents news interpretively, while American coverage is freer though local items show legal actions affecting civil suits and even family incidents in motor-vehicle accident cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
John N. Aiken
Baltimore Sun
House Judiciary Committee
Raleigh
North Carolina
Impartial facts versus colored news in American papers
A discussion on editorial pages shaping news emphasis and the British press’s freedom and reach. The piece notes American bias concerns, compares foreign press freedom, and cites the London advantage in breakfast-table circulation. It also touches on liability insurance and consumer costs from misadventure and fault claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
London
When Job Loss Sparks a New Life Path
A former Birmingham and London Railway engineer, fired at 26, finds a new calling after discovering geology and evolution. He reads, writes, and studies, becoming Herbert Spencer and author of First Principles, Philosoph of Style, and other classics. His career shift shows how adversity can unlock a life’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham and London Railway
England
Lyell
Herbert Spencer
America
Public Morale and War Debate Cited by Officials
A quote from Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook warns that halting the morning coffee line could erode public morale and push the nation toward war or an unsatisfactory peace. Rabbi Maurice Perlzweig criticizes Ethiopian favoritism toward a Jewish state amid anti-Semitic rule. Senator Byrd argues government borrowing reduces private spending, claiming a two to one deterrent effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Cook
Equal rights and odd crimes notes in a jumbled column
A quirky collection notes equal rights optimism in the United States while deriding a cinema portrayal of Jesse James. It mentions subway nickel heists and a nude tattoo case pursued by Hawaiian police, plus a Greensboro bar association critique of courtroom kissing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro, N. C
Bar Association
Walter Winchell on Broadway satire sparks Times response
Time magazine salutes N Y Times critic J Brooks Atkinson for witty reviews and sagas of Oscar Wilde. Readers protest Wilde died while Atkinson quips about his living author. Contd on Page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brooks Atkinson
N. Y. Times
Time Magazine
Time
Atkinson
Oscar Wilde
Wilde
Times Square
The
Times
Robert Rice
New York Morning Telegraph
Prime Minister Chamberlain Leaves Umbrella in Rome
Report notes Chamberlain forgot his umbrella during a Rome visit. The quip suggests the habit of leaving something behind when meeting a dictator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Rome
Hopkins Testimony Sparks Senate Quip on Radio Speech
In a Senate hearing, Chairman Bailey pressed Harry Hopkins about a radio speech on the Supreme Court. Hopkins said few listened, joking he spoke to opposition host Charlie McCarthy. Bailey quipped that the country owes a debt of gratitude to Charlie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hopkins
Senate Committee
Senator Bailey
Hopkins
Supreme Court
Charlie McCarthy
Bailey
Charlie
Five East Side Lads Sentenced to Electric Chair
Cheery Note reports undertakers complain of a 20 percent business drop over the year. The column cites Bruce Bliven Jr's They Are About To Die in The New Republic and urges Gov. Lehman to read it. It mentions five East Side youths sentenced to the electric chair for killing a cop and references a TV quiz about a famous foreign plant breeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Bliven Jr
New Republic
East Side
Lehman
United States
Robert Taylor
Balanchine
Tamara Geva
Vera Zorina
Million Dollar Subway Fare Robbery and Eddie Garr Gag
A fragment mentions a subway fare heist as the era’s biggest nickel scam and cites comedian Eddie Garr delivering a joke about a panhandler asking for three cents for a cup of coffee. Garr notes a coffee costs five cents, then jokes about a due bill. The text hints at a Hollywood to Eastbound shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Garr
Garr
One Minute World In Motion Destiny Unfolds
A compact reflection on rapid global events and continuous change. It captures how life shifts as moments pass, highlighting the simultaneity of action and reporting and the sense that events unfold even as they are being observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Minute by Minute U S Facts and Figures Decline
A 1938 Esquire column lists rapid, dramatic daily rates: Germany makes a million tons of synthetic gas each minute, US railroads lose 720 dollars every minute, 30 copies of Osservatore Romano print each minute, Chicago as the largest railroad hub with fifty thousand pounds of freight per minute, 400 prescriptions filled per minute, California supplies all mined borax worth ten dollars per minute, the South yields 100000 pounds of nitrogen and phosphorus per minute, Canadian income equals seven thousand dollars per minute, and reading eyes jump 500 times per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Local Furniture Market Draws Large Noon Attendance
Ninety buyers registered at the furniture market this morning while approximately 1000 people attempted to enter the municipal courtroom. A Sunday school institute is set for Jan 30 31 at First Methodist Protestant church. Mrs D A Neese is a patient at High Point hospital. Dr L Amos has returned from a business trip to New York. Mrs Frank Page of Aberdeen visited her daughter Mrs E T Harrison yesterday. John Rochelle returned from the Chicago furniture market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Protestant
D. A. Neese
High Point Hospital
L. Amos
New York
Frank Page
Aberdeen
E. T. Harrison
John Rochelle
Chicago
The Syrian Melchite Rite Church of St George of New York
A New York City feature describes St George Church at 103 Washington Street in the Syrian Melchite rite. Monsignor Bernard Ghosn discusses Mass in Syriac, rite details, and the church's connection to Rome while noting a 130,000 Melchite practicing worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Church of St. Geoge
Bernard Ghosn
Catholic Encyclopedia
Chicago seizes 3000 in vice sweep. Hoover heads to Florida
Chicago police report 3,000 arrests in a vice crackdown. Herbert Hoover travels to Florida for a vacation. A Danville Virginia tobacco district fire damages a full city block, estimated at 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Vice
Herbert Hoover
Florida
Danville
High Point Receives Chamber of Commerce Formation
Twenty years ago High Point is set to establish a chamber of commerce. The city reports ten miles of asphalt paving and local figures note notable moves, including Sergeant J Grover Everheart's discharge and Frank Ogburn's return from Monroe. News briefs flag the 30th division’s embarkation for France return to America and opposition to the Joyner bill raising the public school term to six months. Shippers oppose higher freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
J. Grover Everheart
Frank Ogburn
Monroe
George Wilson
Greensboro
France
America
Joyner
General Assembly
Hollywood Year of Fame and Diplomatic Toasts
A reflective roundup cites Ferdinand the Bull’s rise in Hollywood and James Roosevelt’s ascent with Samuel Goldwyn. It notes Christmas violence in the Holy Land, Panay bombing claims, Harvard sociologist Sorokin on campus dating, and sharp reactions to Mussolini and Chamberlain at Rome’s banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ferdinand the Bull
James Roosevelt
The
Marines
Samuel Goldwyn
Holy Land
Prince of Peace
Italy
Mussolini
Britain
Rome
Chamberlain
Melchite Rite Priests and St George Church in Manhattan
A household member notes American youths prefer Latin service in regular Catholic churches, and Msgr Ghosn discusses marriage options for priests in the East. St George's is the sole Melchite church in Manhattan serving a small local community amid Syrian shops and a Near East trade presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Pries
Msgr. Ghosn
Non-paying guests in New York spark Sing Sing wall rumors
In New York, rumors circulate about non-paying visitors mistaking Sing Sing for a Chinese city and indirectly causing calls to breakdown its walls. The chatter reflects urban folklore about correctional facilities and misperceived geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York States
The
Man Kills Friend With Gun Club and Car in New Jersey
A New Jersey man fatally shot his friend using a gun a club and an automobile. The incident details include the method and weapon combination used to ensure the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Assura
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