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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
4
A fragmentary note cites Esther 7 10 about Haman’s fate and the king’s wrath while attributing thoughts on divine administration to J Foster. The text blends biblical reference with a personal attribution and fragmented commentary.
The State Department and President push for a firm stance while Congress argues over neutrality laws and Navy bills. Secretary Hull reiterates no alliances and the administration seeks a tougher U S position amid warnings against entangling commitments.
Herbert Niccolls an 18 year old Idaho native and high school graduate now lives in the Walla Walla Washington state prison where he has been a lifer since killing Sheriff Worrell at age 12. Despite completing school and showing talent in languages and music his parole remains unlikely after nine years without release.
Fragmentary text describes a person named Charles L. Van Penn in Greensboro last night after an auto accident. The passage emphasizes appearance and character, noting a strong, forceful nature and varied interests, with unclear context or outcome.
A reflective piece compares old and new campaign styles in North Carolina. It honors reformer and historian Van Noppen while criticizing modern avoidant tactics, noting his warmth and impact, and contrasting vibrant public engagement with streamlined, guarded campaigning.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey was fined 11 cents for refusing to sing at a Lions club banquet in Asheville. Tailtwister Stewart imposed the penny sales tax penalty, the fine was paid, and about 150 Lions roared in response.
In South Carolina campaigns cling to old methods with up to ten candidates debating on shared platforms. They travel on one train and stay at the same hotel, following the familiar color and style of earlier days.
The piece argues name recall is vital in sales and public life. It recounts Frances Cleveland as a name-remembering exemplar, Theodore Roosevelt’s Florida stop, Jim Farley’s fame for calling people by their first names, and how Farley used such memory to build relationships and progress to Ostmaster General.
Prominent psychiatrist Lauret ta Bendre warns of impulses to kill in children formed at home. New York attorney Grenville Clark argues conservatives cannot defend civil liberty by discrimination. Mme Chiang Kai-shek criticizes democracies for inaction in the Sino-Japanese war context.
A vivid Walter Winchell column entry roils with showbiz color. Highlights include Dick Hees on clarinet and a bustling New York nightclub mood with cigarette fumes and clacking feet, plus bustling mentions of Martha Dodd and other social snapshots.
Local Court of Honor at Wesley Memorial church awarded Merit and Scout badges to eight High Point boys. Recipients included Howard Kelly Sherrod Salisbury Frank Sizemore Billy Fraley and George Crickmore. Also noted Lee's Riding devices hosted 75 children from M P Children's home and a local youth game result. News briefs cover GOP Kansas City convention aftermath and political commentary on farm policy amid flooddisplaced Arkansans.
The Mandalay sinking spurred no evident fall in white excursion boat business around New York. The Atlantic Highlands incident provoked pride in crews and officers, not fear. The piece notes safer travel on smaller steamers, stricter inspections, and highlights a reader’s memories of summer trips and nearby sights. It also comments on Stanley Walker’s portrait of Herbert Bayard Swope as a bold but capable editor.
Editorial notes support for allowing payments of excess profits and possibly income taxes in installments. It cites Secretary McAdoo on a future $3 000 000 000 needed by week’s end and argues for protecting industry from a sudden drain while ensuring predictable tax yields and possible short term treasury certificates. It compares wartime taxation to current conditions in Cleveland and Columbus Ohio.
The Century Club designed by Stanford White embodies refined living with high ceilings and restrained decoration. Most members are elderly and membership is selective. vacancies arise as members die, with obituaries filling the vacancies. An aging secretary recently quit after being kept busy writing obituaries.
Observational notes describe William Briggs, Clare Briggs, and H B R Briggs with contrast to cartoonist Clare and theatre figure John Golden. Thomas J Watson is praised for his business acumen and outward focus. Golden appears as a discreet, engaging conversationalist with an air of exclusivity.
Fred Knowles, based in Times Square with a country home near Pawling, says he has owned cars for twenty years but never drives on Manhattan Island. He keeps cars at a Mount Vernon garage and uses taxis or buses for city trips while preferring rural drives. He notes police enforcement is strict but understandable.
Citizens in Salinas California are surprised by a patch of grass growing on a busy street while Mr Hoover expected the greenery all along suggesting a planned or prearranged display or project in the town core.
A Nebraska farmer complained his rye grew too high for a binder and quipped the country is full of highbinders these days. The remark hints at agricultural labor and market conditions in a light, humorous note.
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