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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1938
Page
4
The text provides a newspaper masthead detailing AP rights and publication status. It notes editor CAPUS M WAYNICK and that AP dispatches are for republication, with post office carier text and a date line for January 23 1938. No event or outcome is described.
The state Department of Conservation and Development urges broad public support to restore quail numbers in North Carolina. With tourism and hunting economy at stake, debate centers on two year shooting prohibition or shortened seasons to allow juvenile birds to mature and grant new restraint on hunters.
A Kentucky centered report notes Senator Barkley faces opposition due to a filibuster clash with a prominent anti synch bill. It suggests he will push for night Senate sessions and implies the President backs the bill, despite local disfavor and political risk. The piece also includes a formal resolution from The Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Supply Dealers Association thanking newspapers for convention publicity.
Fred Erwin Beal is not entitled to sanctuary in Massachusetts or elsewhere as a political refugee. He was charged with conspiracy to murder, sentenced to prison after murder. North Carolina should consider the merits of his case impartially on return, while lawmen pursue top racketeers in gambling and bootlegging to curb systemic crime.
A fragment notes John Temple Graves Jr speaking on the press as guardian of constitutional free speech, praising vigilant journalism as essential to public rights. The text emphasizes the enduring role of the press in protecting liberty.
A Duke University lecture stresses that a free press safeguards democracy. The text references Jefferson on free press versus government and notes China’s population near the Russian frontier, with fears of Chinese influence spreading. It critiques Congress for blocking federal wage and hour laws and urges labor organizing against discrimination, signed Lucy Randolph Mason.
A reported talk by Miles W. Vaughan on Japan China politics and Communism frames the Far East. Local letters favor Sabbath observance, oppose blue laws, and urge church members to live moral standards.
A 1938 discussion argues fair play between North and South to grow wealth as markets. It links freight rate discrimination, wages, and labor rights to regional purchasing power and local circulation. Letters discuss Blue Laws, Sunday closings, and workers’ rest, urging balanced policy and community impact.
The press highlights a proposed large hemp growing and processing plant if farmers plant several thousand acres next year. The piece recalls Moravian settlement trials in Wachovia 1753 to 1756 showing hemp's viability, uses from rope to oil, and notes hemp milk from seeds and the plant’s historic role in local agriculture.
An entry on chlorophyll and plant chemistry explains how leaf green powers photosynthesis and food production. It notes chlorophyll’s role in energy capture, catalyst-like actions in synthesis, and the beauty of foliage, urging appreciation of plants’ unseen labors.
The column discusses public perception of Duke Power Co buses and a Buck Duke legacy. It notes opinions on naming and usefulness of the buses, comments on profitability, and mentions traveler Richard Halliburton and Ramon Coffman of Uncle Ray’s Corner, with reflections on exploring world travel and Egypt.
A memoir recalls nine schoolboys including a farm lad who ate voraciously at a boarding house near The Academy. The piece contrasts overindulgence with spiritual fasting by Israel Harding Noe in Memphis, and references figures like Simeon Stylites, Columbus, Edison, and Phillips Brooks. It notes New York City trailer growth and motorcycle decline amid a parking perception.
Seph Mitchell a New York journalist known as Joe Mitchell recaps his career from University of North Carolina to Heral Tribune and a stint as a freighter in Leningrad. The book Ears Are Bent surveys encounters with famous figures and odd characters, offering readable anecdotes and a columnist voice.
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