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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1939
Page
4
A brief reflection notes that life overgrows both achievements and ruins. It cites Edith Wharton and the biblical verse Micah 7 8 about resilience when in darkness. The tone is contemplative and authoritative.
The town reexamines electric pricing as Duke Power rates fall under scrutiny. City Hall measures the city’s rates against regional minimums and calls for further reduction of commercial charges to balance profits with fair consumer costs. Citizens pay higher city rates while private utilities are taxed differently.
The completion of the Main Street bridge across Southern Railway tracks relieves traffic hindrance. City officials tout the cost effective track lowering as the best public service, noting total expense near two underpasses. The project eliminates all grade crossings though a perfect plan to address city bisecting issues remains elusive.
The Greensboro News weighs Byrd’s Gettysburg remarks on class hatred and demagogic tensions. It argues current economic and social dissension is not a unique threat, cites experimental era debates among leaders and economists, and expresses faith Americans will continue to work toward democracy.
The Christian Science Monitor uses the Squalus submarine tragedy to argue humanity’s negative thinking and reliance on armaments. It calls for improved cross national trust and warns that industrial powers trap nations with weapons while rescue efforts show possible progress. The piece also critiques Southern Bell’s beach property charges seen as a local tax toward improvements.
Winston-Salem judge Bailey Lupfert imposes six months on the roads and six months revocation of driving rights for a hit-and-run driver. The commentary questions whether non-driving punishment should be longer, but agrees reform and safe driving are the goals.
A farm boy who built a hundred million dollar tobacco fortune dies after a life spent working. A friend recalls his last illness and the joy he found in birds. Notable figures like Ford and Roosevelt are cited for balancing success with time to listen to nature. The piece urges slowing down to enjoy simple pleasures.
Gilbert T Hodges of New York City with 35 years in publishing delivers guidance to law graduates. He argues success comes from engaging in social economic and political life beyond the courtroom, not just mastering the law, and that this principle applies to all professions.
Dr Haven Emerson testifies against the national health bill, arguing that economic distress often follows from sickness rather than vice versa. He contends that neglecting health care worsens financial strains and limits productivity, challenging policymakers to address health as a driver of economic stability.
Dr. Joseph Broady of Birmingham urges community leaders to mobilize donors and boost benevolence giving, seeking support for local charitable initiatives. He stresses collective action to strengthen aid programs and address need in the area.
A general aphorism from Arthur Whiteside, president of Dun and Bradstreet, noting that most people desire what they should not possess. The remark reflects practical restraint in aspirations.
Graeme K. Howard, vice chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council, declares that economics drives wartime strategy and outcomes.
Lewis Nalls retired after four decades as a carpenter in the Senate wing of the Capitol. He sawn more wood than a senator endures listening to a filibuster, marking a long career with steady hands.
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes a Reader's Digest piece and recalls Darryl Zanuck using radio to boost box office, including broadcasts for Alexander's Rag Time Band and Young Mr Lincoln and sponsoring the Kentucky Derby. The critic calls a flaw in Goodbye Mr Chips the Archduke reference and mentions Miami weather.
A 1938 print idea suggested a royal visit to the United States that could benefit the world. The piece notes media credit, questions Doris Fleeson’s referenced columnist Dorothy Thompson, and a circulating limerick about King Carol and democracy, reflecting press debate and satire.
The St Moritz New Yorker Astor and Waldorf Astoria say they have not raised room rates for Fair visitors and the Astor estimates a 75000 loss in foregone revenue, hoping goodwill will yield greater future returns. The column notes the Legion of Decency targets showmen, a Broadway figure seeks arrest publicity, Sally Rand gained fame at Chicago, and the Fair’s top attractions include the Perisphere Aquacade with Dr Couney’s incubator babies drawing attention.
In a late night Stork Club gathering, publishers and writers criticized President Roosevelt’s tax programs. They claimed the wealthy can no longer fund projects like Rockefeller Center and the Frick Museum. One columnist retorts that F D R is also ending ghettos and slums.
Rosita Ortega performs at the Havana Madrid before a Broadway crowd and fakes a faint with a doctor arriving to assist. In New York City Mayor La Guardia’s slumbers are awakened by three men in Central Park who cannot pay fines and go to jail. A columnist fears wall wreckers provoke mercy from a landlord, yielding a joking letter of apology. An actor refuses a tiny salary job, preferring to sell peanuts.
George White's 1927 Scandals revue grossed about 1.4 million dollars and featured songs such as Birth of the Blues This Is My Lucky Day and Black Bottom. The piece was discussed amid remarks by figures including James Rus sell Lowell and Eddie Cantor exposure at the Fair with humorous exchanges among Grover Whalen Henry Youngman Milton Berle and others.
Songwriter Jack Lawrence created the line two years earlier for Care and later moved it to Asleep or Awake with Oscar Levant. Publishers ignored Care until the Ink Spots recorded it for Decca, propelling the group from obscurity to top bookings and steady work for two years.
In a separate edition Gayda comments on Mussolini declaring nations do not war for fun and only barbarians do so, while noting Mussolini’s prior remark that only the weak engage in conflict.
Robert Latham of Asheville will deliver the baccalaureate address to the High Point College graduating class tomorrow morning. Chet Smith and Fred Holcombe win the Channel Swim at the Y.M.C.A. contest, completing the 28 mile English Channel swim. A reproduction of the first American locomotive, Best Friend of Charleston, will arrive tomorrow at noon for exhibition and power demonstration, marking 99 years since the original locomotive was built.
Major Bruce Craven leaves today for a week in Florida on business. At Raleigh State College finals, attendees include Miss Alice McRae Caldwell Miss Elizabeth Freeze and Miss Dorothy Franklin. Miss Nancy Carr Terry departs to Nashville Tennessee for Vanderbilt University commencement.
The Shriners hold their convention in Los Angeles. R W Riggsby of Durham becomes Charlotte city manager. A Hearst contest prize temperance plan proposes repealing the Volstead Act with light wine and beer sales endorsed by Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt of the New York children's court.
Twenty years ago the First Christian Church of this city was formally dedicated yesterday morning in a full church. Dr J O Atkinson of Eton College led the service and Mrs Virgil Idol hosted a bridge luncheon on North Main Street for Miss Kathryn Tate who will wed in June. A Rose Theatre advertisement notes a show today.
Miss Kathrine Wig gins of Weldon is visiting the city as guest of Miss Violet Johnson. They will depart tomorrow for Blue Ridge to spend several days. Attending the Greensboro dance Friday evening were many local residents.
The excerpt mocks fascist bravado and war boasts while noting the cost of future conflicts. It contrasts pro war rhetoric with economics and civic concerns. It references the New York State Chamber of Commerce and a satire on aging and media.
Bruce Catton reports Washington notes Congress has five months of work left with major tasks in defense, taxation reform, social security revision, wage and hour changes, neutrality acts, and rail and relief programs. Some items likely delay adjournment while others move forward with hearings and executive action.
In Manchester England telegraph messengers drop leggings as faster transit and modern uniforms define the new era. The shift signals a broader embrace of speed in city life.
A Colorado fish hatchery is actively seeking information on suspected rustlers. Law enforcement is conducting rounds at colleges and universities to locate suspects and gather tips on the thefts.
The list includes Bristow Pitts, Wilbur Strickland, J. C. Welch Jr, Everett Marsh, Roland Holton, Lawrence Matton, and William Simmons appearing in a historical newspaper segment.
The Chicago Federation of Labor fixed today for a public tally of votes on the Mooney general protest strike program. The North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs met at Hendersonville. Senator Johnson of California denounced the League of Nations in Congress calling it a gigantic war trust.
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