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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1938
Page
4
The piece warns that expanding wood pulp plants and newsprint markets threaten South forests. It notes most original timber is gone, erosion risk rises with careless cutting, and only disciplined forestry can honor industrial progress without harming habitable land.
An analysis of North Carolina prison data shows 9 749 male inmates to 195 new admissions, with many held in local jails. The piece notes women as more law abiding and more likely to receive leniency. It mentions a new recreational center for Negro residents in High Point and broader needs for gymnasiums and playgrounds for both races. The article discusses the mixed fortunes of Negroes in the Southern United States, noting they make up about one third of the city’s population.
The text argues that betterment must consider education and empowerment of colored people alongside white neighbors. It calls for enabling all people to use natural talents and grow strong with gentleness, plus better housing play areas and improved mental and physical culture facilities for both races as part of advancing equality.
The Florida kidnapper F. P. McCall sits alone after his confession as his wife and mother say they never want to see him again. The piece argues kidnapping is a doomed, merciless crime that harms families and serves no profit, urging a quick trial and swift justice to deter others.
The column notes Col Charles A Lindbergh and wife taking a refuge on Illice Island off northwest France. It adds lighter commentary on public figures and reviews a Waukegan divorce granting to Mrs Alice Higginbotham Patterson, wife of Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the New York Daily News, amid broader remarks on public life and money.
The piece notes Quillen rejects grand fixes for business and politics, favoring deeds over boasts. It traces the origin of the saying a bird told me to Ecclesiastes 10 20 and hints at a secretive aside common in political chatter.
Lucy Randolph Mason argues that southern workers stick when faced with mill pressure and lockouts. She recalls a 400 member meeting approving a hard won contract, and a 1000 person town where workers refused to return without a union. Across the region, unions gain leverage amid closures and scarc e employment as cement for solidarity.
In Crossnore North Carolina on June 4 1938 residents report WPA crews at the school grounds and park project while a parkway nears completion. They urge readers to donate men’s clothes and good garments for women and children to raise cash for bills and groceries. A string of unrelated items follows including Hoover advice on staying cool and a 75th wedding anniversary anecdote.
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway chatter on television premieres and critics. He notes praise for Susan and God and Magi c Lanterns but bitterness toward Hollywood deserters and editorials on press freedom and public opinion.
A veteran recalls a San Juan hill veteran and a colonel who swapped a gold watch for a dollar timepiece. He reflects on time, memory, and history, tracing how past eras echo in the present and ending with a personal note on treasuring life’s moments.
An essay style critique of modern dentistry likens dental torture to medieval punishment. It praises dentists in contrast to a bleak dental experience filled with pain, gold fillings, and steam shovel imagery, ending with Burns on toothache and lament.
A reflective aphorism by H. G. Wells notes that future wars yield no true victors, underscoring the futility and human cost of conflict.
The regular impression that musicians are temperamental is erroneous. Music is a big business today and there is no room for temperament in business, says Al Santell, moving picture director.
Frances Parkinson Keyes tests ambition and romance in Parts Unknown tracing Michael Trent and Daphne Dangerfield from South America to England in a brisk diplomatic saga. Carolyn Wells and Nat J. Ferber offer mysteries and a portrait of Justice Salvatore Cotillo that mix crime plots with social reform and immigrant gratitude.
A collage of remarks attributed to Charles Webb Alexander Troyanovsky Cordell Hull Sumner Welles Governor Lehman Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Albert Einstein. The passages praise democracy spiritual renewal peaceful world order and individual freedom.
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