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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
4
A biblical verse from Zech 8 16 appears in the text juxtaposed with a call for truth and peace at the community level. The fragment emphasizes honesty before neighbors and the administration of just judgments in daily civic life.
The article describes a national merchants crusade to organize city forces for selling commodities. It argues a sound plan can boost demand, spur production, and reduce inventories as prices of finished goods and raw materials trend downward then rise, signaling a time to buy with local drives expected to clear shelves for replacements.
The piece notes Owen Wister once favored Roosevelt and distrusted Woodrow Wilson. It recalls a venomous doggerel about Wilson and explains Wister preferred his novel The Virginian to his political reactions. It cites Wilson's refusal of Teddy Roosevelt's staged San Juan Hill episode as a turning point.
The excerpt discusses Charles Rosen dahl’shelium remark and Secretary Ickes reaction. It then recounts John Mays Hammonds stories of Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft, illustrating how personal acknowledgment shapes support. Roosevelt’s knack for making others feel important changes the dynamic with admirers.
North Carolina towns weigh hospital needs against debts as High Point and Charlotte consider funding via grants and bonds. Mayor advocates borrowing for a new hospital while council members split, framing a broader issue of municipal debt and public health readiness.
The text notes a 19 percent national and 39 percent North Carolina rise in rural electrification. It cites $8.4 million invested in three years of REA line extensions in the state, with 6,467 miles of utility lines built by public utilities and 1,151 miles funded by federal funds, bringing service to about 46,000 farm homes under satisfactory conditions. It questions whether the PWA commitment is affordable for voters to decide.
A compilation of varied statements from international leaders and public figures including President Vaino Hakkila of Finland, Robert Bolling Lambeth, author Margaret Ayer Barnes, Yusuke Tsurmi, and others. The notes touch on culture, politics, science, and personal anecdotes, with dates and locations lightly referenced.
New York July 22 Thinking out loud George M. Cohan sails for Europe as a crowd admires the hard working elder. A note on Boris Sokoloff and his book mocks aging and vanity while observations on hat wear sun glasses and a mockingbird visit in Central Park bring a gentle urban portrait.
Jack Benny writes from Los Angeles about Artists and Models Abroad at Paramount with Joan Bennett. He jokes about Hollywood life, racing at Hollywood Park, Cantor’s antiques, building a new home, and a lined-up love scene while avoiding lines and scenes. He notes Mitch Leisen runs a Men's Shop and the director demands a camel hair coat for marriage on screen.
City Manager Knox to about sixty Miss Marion Munn of Charlotte employed as girls' commissioner here. The Pointers split a double-header with Winston Salem, first game High Point 4 Winston Salem 2, second game High Point 0 Winston Salem 3. Miss Mary Agnes Ranson left for New York to visit her mother Mrs R E Ranson. Doroth Chandler of Clarkesville Va guest of Miss Evelyn Gibson. Miss Bess Sheroff returned from an extended western trip. A horseless windmill tale ends with a mocking bird song from Kansas evenings.
The English actress Ellen Terry asked no funeral gloom and her wish was honored with a simple service. Anti-Smith forces opened an office in Richmond Virginia. John Henry Mears and B D Collyer globe circlers are speeding toward New York in their airplane today.
Twenty years ago special services at the Presbyterian church marked the dedication of a large service flag. Dr. W A Hayes presented the roll of honor listing 14 church members serving with the colors. Rev C P Coble received the flag and urged support for the boys in camp or on the firing line, with remarks by Dr Dred Peacock and Rev George H Alfred Peacock and Rev George H Atkinson.
Mrs. C. C. Robbins visits her father Mr. Harlem at Ocean View Virginia for the week. Mrs. E. C. Mendenhall is slowly recovering from an operation. Mrs. J. B. Ellis left for North Wilkesboro to visit relatives. Word arrives that Henry Sherrod has reached overseas safely.
The Germans are making every effort to block the steady American and French advance while the allies continue gains. The Japanese council agrees to the American plan for joint intervention in Siberia. The YMCA Southeastern division plans a war drive for 112000009 dollars. Honduras declares war on the central powers.
Morton Gill Clark, once a Tahiti voyage participant with a bold crew, wrote Captains Outrageous about the voyage. Now with wife Amy Vanderbilt on Staten Island, they live in a small house, son Lincoln age one, and share a pantry as a study. Clark writes publicity copy and plans his next book.
A farmer notes New York market mushrooms are hard and woody unlike the delicate, sweet smelling Kansas varieties. He recalls foraging on shaded pasture, gathering half a bushel for family meals, and praises the fresh, well cooked delicacy of the Kansas mushrooms.
The McIntyre dogs left the Park Avenue apartment with Mrs. McIntyre for Gallipolis to spend the hot season. They accompany her and are now meeting Percy the English bulldog who guards Gatewood.
Central Park mornings teem with exhausted workers resting outdoors as heat drives residents from tenements. Police pledge protection while alerting that some men doze off after dinner and may not wake before dawn.
Rival mural groups in New York clash over employment terms halting all mural work. Prolonged standstill leaves walls blank as negotiations stall projects and funding tensions rise among crews.
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