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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1939
Page
4
A compact saying gathers two brief reflections on wealth and spiritual life. Jesus notes difficulty for the rich to enter God’s kingdom. Beecher adds that riches should serve life rather than end it.
Op eds discuss railroad taxes and possible government control, arguing tariffs and rates reflect broader political shifts. They warn against discriminatory taxation, favor a fair freight rate, and criticize subsidies to lawmakers amid concerns over syndicalism and corruption in Congress.
The speaker defines crime syndicalism as criminal law violations or advocacy of violence and unlawful acts to influence or encourage violations. He reflects on past radicalism, noting how an ex radical can become violently anti radical and critiques the measure while observing the current system's enduring, though unimpressive, strength and its reliable trains.
A Rocky Mount Telegram item notes the Yankee baseball club becomes property of three women who received the gift from Gotham’s famed bachelor. It trails into a discussion of chivalric ideals, a North Carolina history model locomotive from the Raleigh and Gaston route, and the 1836 to 1840 launch of the original locomotive as part of the R G railway’s early history.
A speaker extols the U S standard of living noting how Americans hold many world leading measures in phones savings insurance education and cars. He contrasts U S poverty with global hardship and credits mass production for lowering costs while citing Paul Garrett on prices and living standards.
The Enterprise argues for establishing a State Nautical School and a school ship to advertise North Carolina. It describes a vessel cruising U S and foreign ports every summer within a three year itinerary and carrying 50 to 100 NC students to promote the state. It invites interest and offers information on Merchant Marine officer training from Southport, North Carolina.
Walter Winchell On Broadway highlights Katharine Hepburn Elaine. Gene Tunney Tony Galento Adolphe Menjou Fannie Hurst Morton Downey Mayor La Guardia and Jack Oakie in bustling New York scenes. A humorous Club 18 incident and a tale of a star pressuring a tough performer.
In spite of rain and cold, 130 buyers registered at the local furniture market today. Miss Ellen Copenhaver of New York will lecture at the Y W C A headquarters tonight with a tea tomorrow on European industrial life. Several residents returned from Paradise Point after hunting for days, reporting 42 ducks and two geese killed. Obituary notes include former Senator Oscar W Underwood died in Virginia after a long illness. Alfred E. Smith received a large reception in Florida.
New York columnist recounts Sidney Toler born Warrensburg Missouri 65 years ago and his rise from Kansas City stock farms to Wichita Toler Auditorium to stock company actor and later Broadway and film roles. He helped adapt plays with Fred Knowles before moving to films.
A brief, vivid snapshot links rapid reading to ongoing events. The passage emphasizes time, motion, and immediate reporting as events unfold in real time. It frames journalism as a momentary capture of a living world in motion.
Twenty years ago the U D C plans an old fashioned spelling bee at the commercial club with Prof. A A Taylor as master of ceremonies. Miss Mary Lilly Fish returns from Y M C A work at Camp Gordon while J J Elder of Richmond visits friends and relatives in the city. Governor Bickett postpones UNC president election after Edward Kidder Graham’s death. Dean M H Stacy would likely have been chosen. The 30th Division is said to have been named Wildcats by British troops.
Purdue psychologist links rise of fascism and looming war to a sixty second phenomenon. Hitler’s voice frequency allegedly spikes 480 points above normal anger, hypnotizing crowds. The piece notes rapid radio revenue, stock turnover, cosmetics spending, cigarette taxes, and fireworks sales, all in a brisk, era-tinged survey.
A playful late night scene unfolds in a midtown hotel where four card players invite a chorus girl from next door to join a game. The mood turns risqué as she asks about the game and joins in with a prompt about strip poker.
Philip Bar ry sells his share of Here Come the Clowns to Eddie Dowling while keeping it running despite weekly losses. Margaret Anglin passes on Outward Bound now a hit. Cafe Society in Greenwich Village imposes a dime cover with free days. Art galleries charge 25 cents to deter students. Tony Galento jokes at Cotton Club about drafts. DAR blocks Marian Anderson from Constitution Hall. Broadway Ballad recalls a former big shot booking agent.
Police Commissioner Valentine vows to “kill him with kindness” to a city councilman over crime concerns. Editor Clyde Tudor notes a World’s Fair exhibit at Boys Town faces funding woes as European poets may revise famed lines. Buckeye high schooler Clyde Tudor explains his canal jump as a personal confession.
The piece notes declining night club business in Manhattan with talks of waiving location charges. It recalls Martha’s Vineyard mailings after a hurricane and a neighborly look at Dr. Albert Shipp Pegues of NYU. A barber muses on heaven while lamenting long work, and a wish for a practical talking-less domestic machine closes the column.
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