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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1938
Page
4
A reading reflects on preaching as a safeguard for a nation, citing a Bible verse about spreading the word and the Lord confirming it with signs. The note emphasizes the role of a steadfast pulpit in guiding public life.
The Imington Star urges Raleigh to end 7th Carolina counties' tribute to a central government and empower local bills to exempt counties from statewide laws. It notes a trend toward weakening statewide provisions and calls for a referendum on whiskey rules while praising New Hanover's strong local governance and road system.
Text appears as a fragment arguing that secession could aid New Hanover, suggesting unnamed lawmakers consider separating from the state system. The passage lacks full context and concrete details.
The article contrasts Japanese haste with Chinese patience as both sides endure a protracted war. It notes Japan offering peace terms, refused by China, and cautions a potential cost to Japan’s standing among great powers. It highlights rail modernization and safer maintenance following Montana flood devastation.
Senator Bailey argues that WPA allotments expose political bias in relief policy. He cites Pennsylvania receiving 214.5 million while 11 Southern states total 210 million, despite a population more than three times larger in the South. He questions equity and links allotments to political considerations.
The Montana train wreck recalled past disasters and underscores rail improvements in passenger safety. The observer notes that historic rail dangers have diminished, while road travel still imposes greater risks to life and limb due to motor vehicles.
A shy boy near Lancaster Massachusetts grows ten unique potatoes that launch his career in California. He leaves his family with ten potatoes and builds a life of plant experiments that produce better crops, flowers, and fruits. The piece links his early discipline to later fame and offers life lessons about pursuing work you love, hobbies, and friendships.
Washington June 20 Boss Frank Hague receives a mild setback from President Roosevelt as District Judge William Clark of New Jersey is elevated to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Clark, 47, a liberal with a notable 1930 ruling negating the Prohibition amendment, has handled the Hague injunction suit. The move shifts the Philadelphia third circuit towards new blood amid anti New Deal leanings and Hague allies back Clark’s successor, possibly his son in law.
Congress pressed for inquiries into phosphates monopoly TVA taxation forest resources automobile distribution and campaign expenditures. Senator Wagner’s health services bill lingered in the Senate Finance Committee as prayer rhetoric faded and Chaplain ZeBarney T. Phillips received $1680 yearly.
Amid discussions on compensation a chaplain earns $500 for prayers at opening of each legislative day and Senate days spanning months. The arrangement hinges on a parliamentary device extending duty across sessions.
Thomas Burton resists arrest for intoxication as he passes money to pedestrians. Rev. Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick laments moral guardianship while Harvard anthropologist Prof E A Hooton weighs in on democracy amid a hostile mob.
A collage of quotes and brief notices covers gambling pros and cons, political figures, and social anecdotes. Items mention Amleto Battisti retirement remarks, Frances Perkins, Anthony Eden, Mme Chiang Kai-shek, Rev Dr Charles R Brown, and Dr William A Shimer. Also notes a Texas couple wed by telephone, a German woodworker with prosthetics, and a deported monkey who threatened to lecture.
A statistician predicts England will be horseless within two decades, a remark that triggers the burrowed humor of fox holes. The remark reflects concern over declining equine numbers and rising fox-related issues impacting farming and countryside life.
A motorist glimpsed an adder beside his car and in moments both had changed positions. The driver found himself beside the reptile, creating a startling roadside moment.
Chapel Hill Mayor Zeb Council urged High Point officials to hire City Manager Knox calling him Eddie. The day reached 93 degrees, May 5 tied a heat record. In Durham the Pointers beat the Bulls 5 to 2 with strong play.
Claude E. Reitzel Jr a Stevens prep school faculty member in New York City arrives for summer with his parents Dr and Mrs Co E Reitzel at 1105 Lindsay Street. He earned an M A from Princeton last spring and will enter UNC this fall to study law. The state optometric society met in convention here at 9 this morning and was welcomed by Mayor W A Davis.
A rescuers' plane sighted the crew of the dirigible Italia off Northeastland. Five miners died in an explosion at the National Fuel mine near Morganton West Virginia today. Raleigh men in the Al Smith campaign committee left for Houston predicting Smith would win by acclamation. Explorer Amundsen, who left Monday by airplane seeking the Nobile party, is believed lost in the Arctic.
Local registrants who married since May 18 1917 and have no child dependent will enter class one. Captain Ely Denson of the United States regular army has been promoted to major and attends the army general staff college in France. The new major is a High Point native who graduated at West Point. Miss Genevieve Moore new junior superintendent on a chautauqua circuit spent time with relatives en route to Greenville. Mrs J C Penny of Greensboro and Mrs George T Wood Sr are visiting relatives in Salisbury. Lindsay Rawley of Camp Sevier Greenville DC will depart for Washington DC.
German crown prince halted his assault after French forces halted 40 000 of his troops near Rheims. American patrols crossed the Marne east of Chateau Thierry. Vienna faced rioting as crowds stormed the Austrian premier’s residence and the Hasburg palace wing. The national food administration set corn meal at 5 cents per pound. Italians gained air superiority along the Piave front.
Charles B. Driscoll recounts visits by Arthur Curtis of Pan American Airways at Miami and Miss Isabel Stone of the Philadelphia Inquirer. He meets Tom Stix and cousin William Stix Weiss, a paralyzed lawyer serving modest clients, and muses on thunderstorm safety around Manhattan and the Empire State Building.
Vivid prose describes a heavy thunderstorm with high winds in the city midtown. The narrator recalls western plains storms with bending cottonwoods, cattle seeking shelter, lightning, torrential rain, seething rivulets, and a sudden hail crash.
A heavy wind driven shower in Times Square flings rain upward and across streets. An elderly lady loses her umbrella, is swept off her feet, and is rescued by a passing policeman who rushes her to a Times building drugstore. The writer plans a California trip with Mary and mentions Florida travel.
Grover Whalen of the New York World Fair pursues an arduous schedule and long hours, often eighteen a day, with sparse meals yet steady weight gain. He was born on Grover Cleveland’s wedding day and christened Grover, tying his name to a presidential era.
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