High Point Enterprise subscription rates and policy
The High Point Enterprise lists daily and Sunday carrier rates for High Point and nearby towns with annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options. It notes carriers may not collect beyond two months and directs longer payments to the office. Associated Press content rights are stated and a national ad agency is named. The date is Wednesday January 26, 1938.
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High Point
Essen
Cannes
Associated Press
Tional Advertising
Katz Special Adv
Agency General Office
New York City
Ee Ee
Warless Years Between Syria and Israel Recalled
A historical note recalls three years without conflict between Syria and Israel, citing biblical reference II Kings 22:1 and a Schiller line on peace. The brief reflects on enduring peace amid regional tensions and literary reflections.
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Syria
Israel
A Market Moves Governments Japan Threatens War on China
A historical analysis notes Japan’s threat to declare war on China to leverage economic pressures, suggesting the move would invoke treaty rights and disrupt Orient trade. The piece argues that such actions reveal reliance on economic privileges over honest diplomatic conduct and warns of U S embargo responses if war erupts.
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Japan
China
United States
Drys Renewing Fight for Prohibition
The united drys in North Carolina mobilize for a state wide push ahead of primaries. Dale K Burgess of Raleigh leads the drive urging dry candidates to face a statewide dry issue in the General Assembly races and to seek repeal of laws modifying prohibition.
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United Drys
Dale K. Burgess
Raleigh
United Days
General Assembly
North Carolina
1939 Raleigh Scene Promises Legislative Excitement
The passage notes twenty seven liquor stores already in operation and doubts any return to prohibition. It warns that restoring the old bootlegging system would provoke bitterness in the legislature, suggesting the forthcoming Raleigh scene will be a source of excitement.
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Raleigh
Prospects for County Budgeting in Guilford
County commissioners face a tight budget as state changes to listing and taxing intangibles may reduce revenue by more than 75 000 annually. A net loss is likely though partly offset by continuing efforts to align tax books with county wealth. Debt service and hospital relief absorb about a third of the levy, driving the need for prudent finance under shifting conditions.
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Guilford County
Guilford
Mature Men Over 40 Happier at Work in Survey
A labor relations expert finds that men over forty report greater job happiness than younger workers. The 7,500 department store employees across six states also align with findings that older salesmen generate more sales. The piece suggests increased usefulness of mature workers as the population ages, noting longer lifespans and falling birth rates.
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South
United States
Labor Rally Sees Push for More Government Pump Priming
John L. Lewis urges Congress to seriously consider further fiscal stimulus as a response to economic malaise. The labor audience applauds the proposal and Lewis expresses continued belief in government action to spur spending.
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John L. Lewis
Government spending and debt in postwar outlook
The article argues the nation cannot rely on continuous federal pump priming. It warns debt is high and vows a balance between income and outgo. It suggests government budgets around seven billion dollars annually and calls for restraint and reallocation of responsibilities to restore business confidence.
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Roosevelt
Morse's Painting Journey Teaches Finishing Touches
The anecdote recounts Samuel Morse, future inventor of the telegraph, returning from Europe as a painter. Benjamin West urges him to continue refining a drawing, insisting it is unfinished and must be completed with muscle and joint detail, teaching perseverance.
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Samuel F. B. Morse
Europe
Royal Academy
Morse
Benjamin West
Academy
West
Pompeii City Transcript Cold Warnings From The Past
The essay reflects on Pompeii once inhabited, buried by Vesuvius shortly after Christ's birth, noting inscriptions like a man’s lament “To have a cold.” It cautions that small concerns shrink with time and urges perspective on everyday worries.
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Europe
Pompeii
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Quotes on dictatorship and marriage from early 20th century figures
Dudley White questions public access to war film footage revealing Nazi Germany. Roy Dickerson laments masculine pride in unhappy marriage while noting two governments sharing similar trade views in January 1936. Agnes Macphail recalls strong Canada Britain trade relations.
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U. S
Dudley White
Ohio
Nazi Germany
Agnes Macphail
House of Commons
Fifth Avenue in New York Loses Pristine Pomp in Years
A historian notes Fifth Avenue between 34th and 59th streets has shed its former grandeur with few outside signs remaining. Churches St Patrick’s St Thomas’s and select department stores remain as the avenue’s surviving symbols while bon ton shops move toward Park Avenue. Madison Avenue gains carriage trade as Rue de la Paix style shops appear.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Magnificent Mile
Empire
Plaza
34Th Street
59Th
Rockefeller Center
St. Patrick's
St. Thomas's
46Th Street
60Th
Fifth
John
Madison Avenue
Rue de la Paix
The House of Morgan's Marble Corner Fortress
The House of Morgan sits on Broad and Wall in costly real estate, two stories high with imported marble. Locals pass the entrance constantly, while detectives persist on a bombing mystery tied to a terrifying noon explosion that killed innocents.
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House of Morgan
Broad and Wall
Kingdom
Morgan and a glimpse of a New York titan
The narrator recalls early New York days chasing a glimpse of J. P. Morgan. He describes lunch behind a screen at Dewey's on Fulton and a press visit to Morgan's office ending with a brief mimeographed communique. A later sighting shows Morgan in a limousine after an opera crowd.
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J. P. Morgan
New York
Dewey's
Fulton
Star
Morgan
42Nd Street
Broadway
Centro Market Place and its Cop Customer Trade Hub
Centro Market Place sits behind police headquarters as a block long hub for gear used by officers. Many shopkeepers are retired cops adding to pension checks and keeping in touch with the force with early morning lineups.
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Centro Market Place
Midwinter show attendance beats prior record and bus crash injures students
Attendance reports from the seventh annual mid winter show show 204 buyers in progress, with the July market record of 246. A Trinity graded school bus overturned near a railroad station injuring two students, driver Otis Walker citing a locked steering wheel. Also notes on visits by Thomas Gold Jr and Blanc Lynch, and brief items about Lindbergh flight, Chicago gang violence, a Los Angeles kidnapping jury, and storm death toll.
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Trinity Graded School
Carl Purdie
Dilliard Smith
Otis Walker
Charles A. Lindbergh
Canal Zone
Cartagena
Colombia
Chicago
Windy City
Hickman
Los Angeles
Prisoners Mock Police Wins at Chambers Street
At police headquarters on Chambers Street visitors see celebrities like Theodore Dreiser H G Wells and Mary Pickford among the regulars. Prisoners supply wise cracking with the police under the spotlight, a scene both regulars and casual visitors experience differently.
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Ers
Chambers Street
Theodore Dreiser
H. G. Wells
Mme
Alma Claybergh
Mary Pickford
Nocturnal Towels of Sorrow and Spring in Mind
The writer recalls police premises and prison odors like lysol that dampen mood, contrasting with clover scent described as uplifting. Cited in 1938 as a McNaught Syndicate piece, the reflection links odor to emotional states and memory, referencing Arnold Bennett’s noted reaction to pink alms houses.
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Arnold Bennett
England
Bowery
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Local News Highlights From High Point Township
Twenty years ago no Negroes would be sent to training camps from High Point township unless deserters. The Monday closing order was made stricter preventing sale of nonfood goods. Offices would not be heated. Genevieve Moore of Greensboro visits weekend home-people. Dallas Zollicoffer family back from extended trip. Abram Rones visits brother Max Bones at Camp Jackson. H Gordon and son depart for New York and northern markets.
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High Point Township
Genevieve Moore
Greensboro
Dallas Zollicoffer
Abram Rones
Max Bones
Camp Jackson
H. Gordon and Son
New York
German war condition grim as Austria seeks peace
A report notes grave German conditions and suggests Austria is willing to seek peace without Germany. Firebugs cause extensive damage across numerous regions in the United States and Canada.
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Austria
Germany
United States
Canada
Ontario thief steals auto finds it full of bees
A man in Ontario stole a car only to discover it was filled with bees and abandoned the vehicle. A separate report notes another man was stung while involved with a used car purchase.
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Ontario
Sunday Blue Laws debated by editor in The Enterprise
Marvin J. Ware argues against enforcing religion through law in a letter to the editor. He claims Christ never forced faith via rulers and warns against church state coercion. He cites Bible verses and condemns the idea of state mandated worship shifts.
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Enterprise
Jesus
Herod
Pilate
Jno
God
Constantine
Chrision
Marvin J. Ware
Sunday Blue Laws and Gods Law Clash Over Repentance
The piece argues for Sabbath observance against opponents of blue laws claiming religious rights must bow to modern business. It appeals to divine justice, cites scriptural commands to remember the Sabbath, and warns that denying sacred law leads to hypocrisy and spiritual death.
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America
Christ
Stevens
God Devil
Heaven
Hell
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