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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1939
Page
4
A devotional note cites Psalms 71 4 urging deliverance from the wicked and unrighteous, paired with Jeremy Taylor asserting resilience through faith in an omnipotent Helper. The excerpts reflect religious consolation and steadfast support amid adversity.
A commentary on Jewish refugees aboard a ship near Cuba facing landing uncertainty. The piece weighs U S immigration limits, calls for careful future arrangements, and recalls past lax borders while urging humane solutions and proactive placement outside Germany. It cites Miami and the peril of voyages to nowhere.
A National Labor Relations Board report by its own economists argues that craft unions are no longer important in U S industry and that industrial unionism has grown within the AFL. The dispute between Green and John L Lewis over craft versus industrial unionism underscores a leadership struggle paralleled by party factionalism.
The notice states Vice President John Garner is running for the Presidential nomination, signaling a possible major split in the Democratic Party. It suggests the breach may persist beyond the convention and that Garner will not be groomed for favored status.
The piece analyzes William Gibbs McAdoo and Garner as possible symbolic figures, argues liberal support unlikely, and notes strategic aims to avoid a Republican type in 1940. It discusses Jewish financiers, farm income rankings, crop diversification, and highway safety funding as broader concerns.
The Christian Science Monitor reports Molotoff’s speech framing Russia as a new top power aiming to guarantee the Baltic region regardless of local wishes. It notes distrust with Britain yet highlights ongoing business ties between Russia, Britain, and France, with a tentatively stated no. A Raleigh letter questions Jewish majority assumptions and echoes Hitler’s political objections to Jews.
Story of William S. Weiss who, after a crippling ailment, founded the Legal Clinic in New York offering expert legal help for one dollar with a cap of ten dollars. He answers calls by phone, helps with dispossession, faulty purchases, and insurance issues, and aims to aid those unable to afford traditional fees.
The phrase from Grover Bergdoll reflects his admission of faults in youth. He has paid the penalty by serving his prison term after returning from Germany to face consequences for his World War I draft evasion.
Walter Winchell reports Vera Stretz, acquitted of murdering her lover, heads for divorce. Heywood Broun’s Catholicism is not linked to Mrs. Broun. Fritz Kuhn’s woes may come from the Post Office. The Ernest Simpsons nurture lullabies. Jack Osterman’s condition is grave in Atlantic City. Dempsey faces bombing threats. Murphy rejects tax compromise and heads to Chicago. White House speculation ties to F D R and Lowell Mellett. The piece notes Greek drink and a mischief of detectives at 51st Street Station House amid society gossip.
A jumble of society notes runs through New York life from Downey’s diamond loss to anti union court decisions. Megastars like Kath Hepburn model posters while Anna May Wong’s romance crosses borders. Public feasts, bookie raids, and political fires mix with Broadway gossip and posed questions about taxes and pensions.
A recent audit shows High Point in excellent financial condition as city merchants push to restrict carnival operations on weekends. Bid openings for a city garage project named Acme Lumber Company as low bidder at 23450 dollars. In society notes Dr and Mrs A A York travel to Charleston for Ashely Hall commencement and their daughter Miss Daisy Lee York will graduate. Mrs Charles L Amos attends Duke University commencement as Miss Florence Burton of Reidsville visits Mrs Dillard Ragan.
News brief reports Prince Henry third son of King George V injured in Vancouver British Columbia after a pony fall during a polo match. Ramsay MacDonald named premier of Great Britain. Senator Simmons calls for Chairman Raskob to be ousted for the party's good.
Mayor D A Stanton announced a government plane may visit High Point to spur aviation interest. Independence Day celebrations are expected July 4 in Greensboro or Guilford Battle Ground with participation from the city and county towns.
Fred N. Tate announced last night that the Redpath chautauqua will return to the city next year. Miss Ida Harris returned from Goldsboro. Miss Ila Marshall visits her sister Mrs C B Clegg in Greensboro.
A Vienna dispatch reports that leaders behind recent bomb plots remain at large as broad searches continue. Austria states it will not sign the peace treaty, despite the ongoing investigations and expected results.
The column threads varied items from Jerry Groesbach II and Mabel Bell’s son injuring a wrist to Nora Dawes hosting in Montreal and Arch bishop Spellman’s first convert. It mentions Elizabeth Ann Tucker and K Gillette Bird wedding and a G-Men smear of J Edgar Hoover with a Hollywood query about a diamond machine gun, plus Arthur Vandenberg's Senate bid.
Bruce Catton reports in Washington on a well funded drive to exempt agricultural processors from the wage hour act, aiming to remove about 1,000,000 food workers from coverage and also push them from social security and potentially Wagner Act protections. The fight centers in Congress with the Agricultural Producers Labor Committee backing the move and a defining question of what constitutes agricultural labor under the act.
The debate centers on who should be excluded from Social Security benefits. Arthur J. Altmeyer favors excluding only the traditional hired man, while a Ways and Means amendment would remove agricultural processing workers from protections entirely. The Wage and Hour Administration rule currently exempts farm laborers under certain urban criteria, and the lobby proposal could broaden exemptions to thousands of city processing workers. Mrs. Norton argues for limiting farmer aid and protecting processing workers from added exemptions.
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