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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1940
Page
4
The passage quotes Absalom wishing to judge the land to ensure justice for any who come with a suit. It links to the call to be just and fear not, aiming to serve country, God, and truth. The lines echo a theme of righteous leadership.
Wartime editorials urge watchful waiting for America while Germany and Russia prepare protracted offensives. Paderewski, elected Poland’s National Council president, vows not to play again until Poland is free, as Vatican reports recount Polish suffering under German and Russian aggression.
The piece recounts Dale Carnegie visiting a Missouri spelling class and sharing mnemonic rules for common misspellings. It includes examples on capital versus capital, stationery versus stationary, ecstasy, embarrass, principal versus principle, geography memory devices, and a country school rhyme.
The passage argues that a government that serves the people stays safe, because in turn the people will defend it. It emphasizes mutual obligation between state and citizens as a check on power.
Local hosiery employers contribute to the aid drive for Finland. Guilford Hosiery Mills sent 22.45 dollars and Melrose Mills on English Street added 56 dollars as part of a rallying effort by workers.
The nation is off the gold standard in practice yet holds most of the world's gold. The Christian Science Monitor notes rising imports and deposits near $5.38 billion, warns that hearsay calls to free circulation could drive inflation, and cites Winthrop Aldrich advocating gold return to circulation.
The text argues the United States cannot lend or give gold, so it should buy more abroad than it sells. This could ease the gold hoard, supply other nations with metal for depreciated currencies, and support the Hull trade program as a path to permanent world peace, despite potential tariff and industry pushback.
Attendance grows at the Furniture Exposition as the week ends on Friday January 24. The Parent-Teacher Associations of three schools endorse the bond issue. R K Stewart is elected president of the District Deputy Grand Masters Association in Raleigh North Carolina. Virginia Clipard recovers from an operation Mrs R K Stewart and Miss Irvin Paylor visit the Old Soldiers Home in Raleigh.
President Roosevelt reportedly leads with 196 delegates though no voter has backed him yet. Four states Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Florida promise delegates, with Illinois Pwin advisory, Pennsylvania nonbinding. Republican Roy Woodruff touts chemurgy and farm-based industry expansion as policy, tariffs on fats and oils, and government support to create new farm markets.
The piece questions the legitimacy of the Christian Front case alleging 17 defendants plotted to overthrow the U S government with arms and bombs. It argues the defendants knew guns shoot and bombs explode and calls for full light from the Federal Grand Jury amid warnings against misled followers.
The speech argues no favorites in law, asserts defendants' rights to full protection, and defends a fair trial under the Constitution. It cites American families seeking truth through patriotism debates and defends the Bill of Rights as timeless and universal.
A historical reflection extols the Constitution as the source of prosperity and unity across generations and diverse groups. It notes that allegiance spans races and creeds, and that citizens defend rights for all, while intolerance and treason threaten the nation’s soul.
A newsboy quotes sources predicting Germany will mass armies on the Dutch Belgian frontier and press a peace offensive led by Hitler. It outlines a global chess game with moves by Mussolini, Gamelin, and France, weighing a United Europe and a Western alliance against Russia as the clash nears.
Refugees near Memphis in flooded areas receive air aid. Six persons die in Portsmouth Ohio when a home burns today.
The Christian Endeavor and City Union held a meeting last night and elected officers. Secretary Treasurer W A Idol announced the Perpetual Building and Loan Association had one of its best years in its history in a meeting on the 22nd inst.
Mrs W A Lambeth and children return home from Winston-Salem where they visited relatives and friends. C B Cummins departs yesterday for a business trip to northern points.
A new building is to be erected soon in Raleigh for the State Museum. The New Berman predicts dietary reform if Herbert Hoover becomes president. Influenza spreads nationwide but health authorities remain unalarmed. Allies may ask Germany to seek extradition of the former emperor from Holland.
Reportedly Italy agrees to a New York Rome airline run by T Hitchcock as relations with the United States warm. F D Roosevelt aides note strong party unity and a landslide in the census context, with Corcoran confronting political expectations.
A reflective remark notes that private armies in American history have collapsed under the verdict of a twelve person jury, underscoring the reach of legal accountability.
About 5000 widows who married Civil War veterans while the men were old may gain government pensions if the House pension committee bill passes. It would allow widows who married the veteran at least ten years before his death and lived with him then to qualify. Estimated annual cost is around 2 million dollars. The story also notes proposed cuts to the Maritime Commission and possible Wage Hour law amendments and a disagreement between Attorney General Murphy and J Edgar Hoover over the Christian Fronters report.
Government moves toward severing diplomatic ties with Russia gains momentum as opposition is limited to Communists and vodka drinkers amid the political debate.
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