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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
3
Finland leads a massive postwar reconstruction effort to house 500000 homeless and 16000000 displaced people. The plan allocates 212 million for housing plus 300 million, funds hospitals and new cities, with state factory building and refugee support through taxes and loans from democracies.
Walter Hoving of Lord & Taylor writes on growth and responsibility for career promotion. He urges proactive planning before graduation, emphasizes selling ability for department store roles, and cautions against vague promises. He notes advertising and merchandising as paths and highlights early planning with State Vocational Guidance Service.
Thomasville reports Grant Murphy a well known farmer arrested by Davidson County officers charged with arson and larceny and receiving He is jailed in Thomasville awaiting a hearing this week Murphy is accused of trying to burn Charles A Livengoods barn after allegedly obtaining a key to the corn crib A flashlight found near the barn is said to be Murphy s and neighbors complained of missing chickens and other items
Among the nurses passing the State Board examination last week was Rachel Hill Smith, graduate of City Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem. The passage notes her success alongside a broader reflection on Finnish political resilience and democratic preference amid postwar ruin.
Dubose Heyward author of Porgy and playwright of Mamba's Daughters died of a heart attack yesterday in a Tryon hospital at 56. He was en route to Hendersonville for the summer and will be moved to Charleston for funeral. Survived by widow daughter Jenifer Ward and sister Mrs Jennie Haskill.
Sunday services note the Bible verses Psalms 18 2 65 2 4 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. The lesson sermon titled God the Preserver of Man emphasizes trust in God as rock fortress deliverer and strength and stresses secret prayer virtue and divine reward.
Memphis officials and police review autopsy findings in the deaths of Robert Hardwick and his wife Lettie who died within minutes of each other after scavenging a city garbage dump for food. A tentative diagnosis cites food poisoning.
A compact English lessons note defines proper phrases for interference and misused words. It teaches correct pronunciations, spelling tips, and daily word study with a quote on actuating action by Smollett.
Paul P. Brown, longtime secretary of the North Carolina Bankers Association, died at his Raleigh home after years of declining health. Funeral set for 5 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. burial in Asheville. Survived by widow, two sons, and a half-brother. former banker with American National Bank of Asheville and editor of The Tar Heel Banker.
Margaret Wilson daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson reportedly found sanctuary in a religious colony in India. George Nakashima said he met her in Bondicherry where she refuses to return to the outside world. Miss Wilson, 54, had been in the colony two years and is said to be among musicians and scholars in the Brahma movement led by a Cambridge University Hindu granate.
In Litchfield, Illinois, a mob attacked Jehovah's Witnesses returning from a coal town visit. 65 members 39 women and 26 men were assaulted and jailed as residents demanded saluting the American flag, with no serious injuries reported.
Chief of Police F. C. Smith of Thomasville was rushed by ambulance to Duke University Hospital in Durham Sunday after a series of heart attacks. Physicians planned examinations and treatment to improve his condition. he had previous heart attacks months ago but recovered to resume duties.
North Carolina uses a 1935 law to transfer an 800 foot wide right of way for over 100 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway to the federal government. The scheme lets the Highway Commission file a map and receive automatic title with compensation to landowners later settled by agreement or jury. The state reserves police and taxing powers within the area except for U.S. government ownership.
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