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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1938
Page
4
A reflective note on truth as the foundation of knowledge and speech citing John 17 17 and Dryden. It emphasizes that truth sanctifies thought and underpins all learning and expression. The fragment underscores the role of truth in discipline and wisdom.
The article reports on Mr. Hopkins defending the permanent works program as a core part of national economic security. He argues the public works system should endure beyond crises, reduce waste, and provide steady jobs, while acknowledging organizational weaknesses and urging cautious local intervention to sustain the broader goal.
A Charlotte Observer article notes a long-distance, multi operation typesetting device tested from New York that could cast lines of type remotely. The inventor argues it may not reduce jobs, though it enables centralized output and could shift work to new tasks, as one operator could run machines across many papers.
The Herald, a morning newspaper, begins circulation in Salisbury with an early edition noting local news and advertisements.
1937 marks the Herald's retirement from Salisbury daily news leaving Salisbury Post in sole possession of the field. Subscribers are refunded, equipment kept for possible future revival, and promoters admit running a newspaper is costly. The piece notes the murder of a child and urges protection for childhood and moral values over greed.
The recovered ransom and the arrest of a suspect bring partial closure to the Jimmy Cash kidnapping case. Public unrest grows as authorities, led by Hoover, tighten the net on the gang. The nation reflects on the Lindbergh case and the artful methods of criminals in this era.
A man who joined an English repertory company in youth pursued theater with single minded care. He perfected every bit, helped others, and his humor boosted performances. George Arliss valued doing his part, earned stardom, and left a humorous epitaph about old junk for his grave.
General Ulysses S. Grant rose to national fame and two presidencies by handling men and seeing life from others’ views. He balanced tact with toughness, once suspending rations for a day to compel obedience. Tony Wons argues seating a successor is harder than filling a large legacy.
A Memphis man chose a 15 year term in the pen over a shorter workhouse term, claiming the work was easier though years feel long. The page also cites remarks by Yale and Rochester officials, Burgess Meredith, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Alan Valentine on education, labor, and politics.
A syndicated column mixture lampoons romance and wartime politics with jests about Goebbels and Hitler. It also reports on Jersey City rally reception, DiMaggio and minor league pay, and a Fritz Kuhn critique. A humorous roundup ends with a derisive Berlin joke about a proposed Nazi program.
E M Knox, newly elected city manager, will meet the city council early in the week. Sears Roebuck and company opened a new store at 309 North Main street with W C Branton as manager. Dr George T Wood, son of Mr and Mrs G T Wood, was high honor graduate at Jefferson Medical College. He will vacation in High Point before interning at Germantown hospital, Philadelphia. I C Brenner clocked his millionth mile by motorcar, much of it since the Crimson Ramblers days. He has worn out 31 cars and traveled across the United States, reporting several accidents but never seriously hurt.
Mr and Mrs M W Stump leave Monday for Lexington Virginia to attend the VMI finals. Alfred Caldwell third Dick White Parker Waynick and Bill Ragan Carolina students now home for summer vacation will attend the University commencement exercises tomorrow.
Democratic followers in this state seek to know Cordell Hull from Tennessee as his friends push him for the presidential nomination. Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, will win a Florida Congress seat next year by defeating William J Sears in the fourth district primary by more than 10 000 votes. Republican factions mass in Kansas City for their national convention.
Friends in High Point report Tom Dupree now serving as chief quartermaster in the naval aviation service during training at MIT Boston. Chautauqua guarantors collected 126 dollars in extra season ticket charges before a tax waiver letter from Daniel S. Roper redirected funds to the local Red Cross. Nearby visitors Mr and Mrs W H Idol have returned to Madison. Mrs C E Sheloff returns from Duncan’s sanitorium. Allies gain ground in France despite losses as Gompers calls for democracy to triumph amid Germany’s heavy weeklong attacks.
June 10 column notes stray musings on unemployed youths fishing for coins through subway grates, minimal Chinese Japanese tension, cheese aromas near Grand Central, Quaker antiwar protest parade, and critic Harry Hansen’s prolific book reviews.
The Cameo on 42nd Street near Times Square features red propaganda displays including Latest Soviet News and Moscow May Day Demonstration. Crowds of varied attendees move through a lobby where a foreign language is heard. The Moscow News and The Daily Worker are widely held as patrons protest limits on freedom in America.
Ogden Nash, author of I'm A Stranger Here Myself, now spends much time in Hollywood. He once pursued business, wrote quirky rhymes for the New Yorker, and briefly joined a public house before returning to verse. His brother Aubrey is a Wall Street broker. Nash thrives on eccentric humor in film industry circles.
A nostalgic note on Al Smith preserving weekly marked razors and a train ride past Harlem’s idle Ne York World plant. The 126th Street site, long idle since Pulitzer sale, shows dusted prisma glass and empty modern machinery while watchmen keep a lone central office calling.
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