This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1942
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts grace and faith, citing Ephesians 2 8 and a Tennyson line on faith and unfaith. The note frames faith as a gift from God and suggests unfaith as a universal deficit across acts, urging contemplation of belief and doubt.
Ten years ago today Japan issued an ultimatum to China in Shanghai amid looming war. Eugene Chen warned that Japan sought Pacific mastery, Manchuria annexation, and conquest of Australia, with US opposition as the central obstacle. He argued Japan’s real government was a militaristic Shogunate plotting a western-excluding Asia.
The article lauds the Morganton State Hospital as a strong facility with modern psychiatry, good food and recreation, while urging cautious inquiry into sensational claims by Tom Jimison. It notes reader unease over alleged inadequate provisions and calls for substantiated investigations and witness testimony.
At Charlotte former Lieutenant Governor Richard Fountain of Rocky Mount says Bailey will not be unopposed and plans to run. He recalls his near win in 1936 and notes support has waned, especially in the east, while Piedmont and western North Carolina favor Bailey. Rumors name Rodman or Josephus Daniels as potential rivals who could challenge Bailey.
The account follows A C Craft and his wife who, from a boyhood idea born in Georgia, raise and care for thousands of orphans. From 1911 to today they housed 1400 children, later sending some to private homes or state care, while reunions draw many back. Their work inspires civic support and reflects enduring commitment to a cause.
In a brisk column of entertainment gossip and public notices, Walter Winchell relays details of a $1,000,000-plus divorce settlement for Alfred G Vanderbilt and Joan Edwards elopement rumors involving notable figures, TV and radio personalities, film industry shifts, and wartime home-front commentary, interleaved with a flurry of society and military notes.
A lively collage of wartime intrigue and social items features Ezequiel Padilla’s insomnia, Mrs. Joseph Davis’s favorable government stance, and public praise for labor. It notes faces at Town events, marriages of Pat Weaver and Elizabeth Englise, plans to name B 25 bombers after Mitchell, and amusements with practical wartime humor. It also mentions royalties turning to Army Relief, a Kings Row premiere, a boutique scoop, and two unlucky calendar days for MacArthur and F D Roosevelt.
Local note says Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition field director praises High Point show as balanced and well organized. Funeral services for Reid Marsh held for a life of a popular young man. crew of 56 drowned. Josephus Daniels returns home after 16 weeks in Atlanta Hospital following a car crash. China’s ex foreign minister says Japan seeks control of the Pacific, implying war with the U S. Harry Waplan in New York buying goods. Mrs Lulu Sechrest relocates to Jamestown. F F Mickie seeks treatment at Guilford General Hospital. Mrs G Howard Furgurson recovering at home after operation. British submarine M2 believed sunk in English Channel.
Twenty years ago Guilford Davidson and Randolph tobacco growers planned to meet to hear J B Swain of Raleigh on marketing. News briefs note Oxford market sales and other national items. Retiring Archbishop of Canterbury and the vigor of leadership are mentioned.
Washington cabal blasts the new Office of Facts and Figures for issuing a 60 page pamphlet titled Report to the Nation as its first public act. The critique notes the group’s hidden operations, high costs, and lack of hard war facts, calling the effort a half dozen veiled misfires and a relief to critics.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.