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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
4
A short quotation from Genesis 25 8 notes Abraham died in a long life and was gathered to his people while H Hooker says death foreshadows life and that through death we may not die again.
High Point hosts the North Carolina Traffic League as it tackles interstate freight class rates inflated by distance from markets. The group backs the ICC class rate investigation urged by Southern governors, aiming to cut a 38 percent higher South versus North rate gap and lessen consumer costs.
Noble J. Praigg, advertising counsellor, told the annual High Point merchants association gathering that local merchants fail to fully exploit merchandising opportunities. He noted High Point has the lowest per capita trade among state cities while money circulates heavily in weekly patterns.
The piece argues Hitler seeks economic control of Spain through ore imports, prompting Britain to defend its commerce. It discusses unions’ incorporation fights, anti trust implications, and public opinion impact on labor disputes, citing Brandeis and 1920s cases plus 1932 Norris LaGuardia limits.
The text notes payrolls pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into trade channels and income above the state average. It highlights alert merchants in the city who prosper as a moneyed community drives strong spending, predicting good dividends for imaginative progressive merchandising.
A review of the Hill Directory Company’s High Point city directory reveals oddball notes from its intro pages. It cites the city debt at 8.31 million dollars, cites hosiery industry growth, four wards each with a councilman, and plans for a junior high school a new post office funded at 400 thousand dollars, plus a highway image within 100 miles.
A collection of remarks from scholars and leaders on compromise democracy and gender roles. Notable voices include Prof T V Smith University of Chicago W H Groshong of Law son Mo and sprinter Frank Wykoff amid observations on Fascism communism and war. The piece notes a predicted transit of Venus with dates.
The article states that true wild camels are extinct and that present camel populations in Central Asia descend from domesticated animals that escaped captivity. It notes a shift from wild to feral populations and clarifies camel origins.
Carolina track star Galen Elliott arrives to lead a six week YMCA physical education course in Washington North Carolina. The Pointers beat the Salisbury Colonials 11 to 3 with Reuben Eldridge allowing few hits. City officials cite losses from nonpayment for electric current used with water. Married news lists Miss Mary Coltrane wed Walter White in Danville Mississippi.
The East 93rd Street stretch between Park and Madison avenues houses grand residences of social elites with brick walled gardens and French style facades. Notables like George F. Baker and Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt have died recently, while the author recalls the zone’s cold, forbidding air and sparse foot traffic.
London Daily Express questions if the duke is being treated with excessive rough edge amid coverage of the Duke of Windeor wedding. The remark highlights public sensitivity to royal affairs and media treatment.
High Point officially warned furniture dealers that freight rates may rise sharply, with potential increases from 86 to 104 percent. The convention discussed the impact on shipping costs and industry profits, signaling possible rapid changes ahead.
About People Turner Cummings of Brooklyn visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. George A. Matton has returned from a visit to Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy have moved here from Greensboro.
David Lford George of England calls stopping the war now a crime while predicting a Russian republic emerge. Greece severs relations with the Teutonic alliance amid shifting alliances.
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