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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
4
A biblical verse from Isaiah 48 22 warns of no peace for the wicked. A Fuller quotation encourages perseverance when the wicked prosper and personal hardship persists, framing adversity as a path to health and eventual judgment.
The piece argues mood drives economics as optimism returns to lift demand and sales. It cites the National Salesman's Crusade and High Point merchants boosting trade, noting consumer purchases and bargain prices spur production and employment. It also reports a Swain county murder indictment of a Holiness preacher and parents over typhoid deaths, highlighting feud with medical care advice and divine providence.
Dispatches warn flood damage in eastern North Carolina rivers Roanoke Tar Neuse Cape Fear and Mississippi valley. Experts note recurring losses and call for dams retaining walls channel deepening aided by federal and state funds to reduce property damage amid ongoing debates over broader policy.
The region faces a shortage of Herty type men in chemistry and sciences. The Gastonia Gazette notes the importance of such minds for pulpwood and newsprint from slash pine, urges neutral nations to avoid conflict, and cites political shifts affecting primaries in Kentucky Georgia and South Carolina.
Dale Carnegie, renowned author of How To Win Friends And Influence People, rose from humble beginnings to become a leading figure in self help and public speaking training, shaping midcentury career and interpersonal development. He founded the Dale Carnegie Institute, teaching communication and leadership to mass audiences.
Roy W Howard rose from Indianapolis newsboy to publisher by studying his target. He learned the buyer’s love of money, used bonds and a bag of cash to persuade, and became publisher of 23 papers. The piece urges researching a counterpart before a business meeting and notes philosopher Hegel once wore only one shoe while concentrating.
Walter Winchell on Broadway features Carole Lombard recounting a week in Selznick International's news bureau with 70 news stories. She notes parties, a three foot gold cup, and lessons for stars about newsroom news value.
The quote hints at Sophie Tucker, 54, shifting from musicals to drama as she plans her career. D. Frederick Burnett, commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control of New Jersey, quips that no official beer-collar control is needed, while patrons challenge conservative dress standards.
Robert Griffin of Detroit fights a purse snatching charge. He denies stealing a purse and contends he did not commit the crime. The case details and proceedings are noted in the report.
A newspaper column notes Swiss spending on a grand defense program and poses a provocative idea that it could be cheaper to dominate the ski market. A soap maker foresees soap used in future cakes to boost fluffiness. A sharp line about mouth washing is included. The fairy tale frames a rich European marrying into a historic American family.
A visionary plan for the World’s Fair hints at a surreal building that echoes Salvador Dalí’s style. The concept imagines a striking, dreamlike pavilion that could redefine exhibition architecture.
Dr Frederick R Tay lor directs life extension work for the North Carolina state board and expands outreach in Macon and western counties. A new Buick displays updates to design and improved motor. R R Blackburn returns from Atlanta with a heat ing plant agents certificate program visit. Rev and Mrs Herman T Stevens visit Dunn. Dr Francis Anscombe to preach at Central Friends Church. Five convicts escape Richmond Texas prison farm after a shooting, one guard killed. Mayon volcano erupts severely in the Philippines. President Coolidge seeks a commerce secretary candidate. North Carolina Republicans optimistic about breaking the Solid South.
New York notes recall the Barkentine Cap Pilar from London with a two dozen crew paying 500 dollars each for a round-the-world voyage. Baroness von Hutten, publisher links, Betsy Riddle of Erie, and a lineage of society figures are sketched amid a modern medicine show on Sixth Avenue and a Milwaukee dog Pax. Lakewood theater colony draws Broadway and Hollywood names.
Twenty years ago the Enter prise reprints Willis Hinton known as Uncle Willis a fish seller and city character. He discusses religion noting some call religion but lose it and urges attending church regularly to do good.
The report notes a lower marriage rate in Papua following a decrease in head-hunting activity. It suggests that women prefer husbands who are likely to advance, influencing pairings and family formation.
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