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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1938
Page
4
A fragment notes Joseph dying at age 110 and being embalmed and placed in a coffin from Genesis 50 26. The text links death to natural human fate and cites Francis Bacon in a brief historical or scholarly aside.
The text discusses a statewide Asheville conference where Revenue Commissioner A Maxwell outlined six road safety proposals including widening narrow roads and removing shoulders. It also questions funding realities and notes Maxwell's political ambitions.
The Pitt sheriff S. A. Whitehurst is under a spreading cloud of charges while enjoying respect from the sheriff's association and holding its presidency. Despite district attorney faith in him, the case remains unclear as voters renominated him, keeping the community hopeful he can clear his name and justify public confidence.
The piece mocks Mayor Tom Cooper of Wilmington promoting Reynolds for President. It notes a junior Senator freshly polling well and questions Cooper's ability to inflate the boom. It alludes to Hitler's Strength through Joy as a comparative slogan and hints Cooper aims to portray the senator as a party pleasure figure.
The piece argues that the President's Arthurdale statements mislead the public about government expenses. It notes the average annual family cost of government at 523 dollars and questions the President's awareness or complacency. It condemns fiscal mismanagement as historically infamous.
Dale Carnegie, renowned author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, rose to prominence with practical self improvement guidance. His books influenced generations of readers and public speaking training through seminars and courses.
On Staten Island in 1922 a pneumonia patient near death improved after Dr. Harry Eaton Stewart used heat therapy with electrodes placed on the chest and back. The patient recovered, and Stewart’s method was cited as a breakthrough by Paul de Kruif.
A dress styled to be worn forward or backward captures attention as a fashion novelty. The piece targets young buyers who seek versatile outfits and playful ambiguity in dressing.
Walter Winchell humor column notes dozens of intelligence agents in New York for Germany and mentions various society, political, and cultural items. It references Haru Mateus the aviatrix in Washington, cinema closings, a hospital update, editor rejections, and rumored mergers and letters with sharp one line jabs. It blends gossip with political hints and local oddities in a late 1940s style column.
A lively pane of entertainment notes mentions Music Maestro Please and its high similarity to Beyond the Blue Horizon. Debuts by Tom Riggs and Betty Lou on the Valle program, plus Frank Parker’s West Coast acts narrowing to June Knight. News of John V A Weaver’s poor prognosis in Colorado Springs and word to inform Vincent and Mrs Youmans in New Orleans and New York. Dorothy Parker quip about Revolution and Cartier ring gossip, Connie Bennett adopting a girl, and Robert Irwin trial radio plan. John Chapman heading to Hollywood for a month, Sinclair Lewis in It Cant Happen Here with South Shore Players, and a rumor of Dorothy Thompson wage feud.
The snippet references A. G. Vanderbilt and Manuela Hudson as a couple in romance chatter. Neila Goodelle plans marriage to composer Ian Grant, while questions arise about I A Ingersoll of Time Inc remarrying and rumors of the Randy Scotts divorce.
Lord and Lady Leven spoke with Soph Tucker about finding a residence in town not for themselves but for the Duke and Duchess. Leven, once chief equerry to the King, is connected to the Savoy Plaza visit as the Levens tour New York social scene. Martin Quigley earns a Loyola University Doctor of Literature degree this Sunday. Vernon Mac Farlane improves at Doctors Hospital and asks friends to note he is lonely. Henry Youngman’s Hollywood option is described as a nervous breakdown on paper.
The column reports Eddie Silton texting from Hollywood that rumors of a split with his wife Claudia Dell are false and questions why other columns issue corrections. It notes Claude Stroud of the Stroud Twins buying a ring for Gloria Brewster and mentions a 2 15 PM WJZ Welfare Council program and Melvin T. Kane entering Bay Ridge primaries.
Henry Grady Owens, assistant principal, will teach English in the State College summer school. C. C. Parlin of Curtis Publishing spoke to local furniture and advertising men at a Sheraton luncheon. E. M. Knox, the new city manager, will meet with the city council for the first time tonight.
Miss Elizabeth Setze of Atlanta Georgia will arrive Wednesday for a visit to Mrs W F Freeman Mrs A Lee Gibson Worthy Matron of the local Eastern Star chapter leaves today for Raleigh to attend the Grand Chapter meeting Mrs M P Harrells music class will give a recital Tuesday evening at First Methodist church
The fate of Herbert Hoover as the Republican presidential candidate rests with Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and the Pennsylvania delegates at the Kansas City convention. In the Democratic arena, Cordell Hull is forecast to command 1 082 delegates versus up to 857 for Smith at the Raleigh convention opening tomorrow.
Twenty years ago banks shortened Saturday hours closing at 3 pm with 7 to 9 pm openings halted. The state board of health repeats the slogan Dont spit dont cough dont sneeze for the summer. Thirty eight motorists who drove too fast on Sunday June 9 now regret it.
Miss Lila Davis of East Bend visits sister Mrs E J Jarrett for the weekend. Miss Rachel Shrago, attending the State Normal college summer session, spent the weekend with Miss Ida Harris.
A German submarine was attacked and apparently sunk by a British steamship on June 2. The brief item notes a naval action in early June during wartime. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, addressed graduates at Virginia University and spoke of hopeful outcomes from the war. July cotton prices were listed at 25.59 in New York. Striking at the center line between Noyons and Montdidier, German forces routed the French last night.
A man who claimed he had religion returned a towel he had stolen years earlier to an Albuquerque hotel. The gesture is described as poetic justice, with a hope he found repentance in a Gideon Bible.
Weather affects vehicle lengths and racing distances in a historic note. The report cites how rain wind and temperature alter car dimensions and influence the measurement of horse race tracks and distances.
Police investigate a break in at a military school as thieves sought to steal a march, authorities say. No injuries reported, and the incident is under review by local law enforcement.
Charles B. Driscoll observes St Thomas church on Fifth Avenue as a premier New York building famed for its costly architecture. He notes forty unoccupied facade niches, a modernistic Christ statue, and a serene interior lit by soft floodlights and rose windows creating a meditative space praised by diverse worshippers.
I entered a church to find three or four people inside. A young couple moved along the side aisles studying stained glass and whispering. Worshippers left one by one until I stood alone in the transept, struck by the sense of the eternal.
In a hushed chapel a subtle organ note drifts through the space, shifting from harmony to harmony without a tune. The speaker finds a pew alone as the organist prays privately, and the vaulted chamber feels like a mother tucking a tired child into bed.
A narrator recalls resting in a church as anxiety fades to a peaceful calm. A tall dark organist enters silently through a side door, crosses the carpeted floor, bows at the altar, and leaves. The scene shifts back to the loud evening city outside.
The writer describes a bustling city scene with summer fashions near the news stand and exit doors as stylish worshippers depart. Green music fills the air while an eloquent preacher proclaims the Gospel from the pulpit. Visitors gain memories to cherish from the metropolitan church experience. The narrator notes an especially memorable hour at St. Thomas church.
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