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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
4
A Bible excerpt notes Jeroboam’s lineage facing divine judgment from I Kings 15 34 and states the wages of sin are death and destruction. The fragment reflects moral preaching on divine consequence and eternal removal from earth.
Washington year end budget notes project the national debt rising to a new high next year due to lending and spending. The piece argues for balanced budgets and using taxation to fund programs while maintaining private enterprise and employment, and links sun spot activity to improved economic conditions with a cautious optimism.
The year closes with U S markets showing strength as stocks rise. A new regulation improves protection for average speculators by restricting short sales to at least one eighth.
The article explains a stock market rule restricting short sales to rising markets to slow bear raids and reduce market hazards. It argues the rule will promote orderly retreats and address liquidity concerns while criticizing liquor control as a parallel in North Carolina.
County ABC commissions urge the state liquor board to raise the cheapest whisky from 50 to 65 cents a pint, hoping for more revenue while critics warn bootleggers may profit. The piece notes dangers of contraband drinks like white mule and cautions against boosting crime with higher prices.
The piece recalls Clark Gable as a young man who balanced a rubber factory job with night study and theatre auditions. He slept little, pursued acting after seeing a play, and learned not to quit a bread‑and‑butter job until another job paid him enough to cover his needs.
A collection of remarks from Joseph Kennedy Ray Wilbur and others spans topics from democracy and home life to economics and forestry. Notable lines include warnings about moral decline, praise for the WPA, and reflections on travel and global affairs.
Walter Winchell on Broadway fright and Hollywood quirks reveal eccentricities from 1906 to modern showbiz. The column lists actors, studios, and oddities such as dogs in restaurants, feathered fashion, and unusual studio practices, painting a surreal showbiz landscape with named figures like Sophie Tucker, Walter Winchell, and Robert Taylor.
City council voted three to two to legalize prize fighting and formed a fight commission. Commission members listed include J. Ed Millis K. C. Denny and Dr. W. L. Jackson with a $10 tax per show on promoters. St Stephens church cornerstone ceremony slated Price street tomorrow. Wheeless elected police chief. Postcard postage drops to one cent after midnight. Pointers beat Durham Bulls 7 to 5. Tornadoes and rain swept middle Tennessee. Robison visits Arkansas as Democratic nominee. John Smith anniversary noted with bronze tablet in London marking 322 years since founding English settlement.
Excerpts from a Washington Post editorial describe Emperor William II losing grip in the war. It traces German setbacks in France and Flanders and the looming specter of famine driving Austria and itself toward ruin, with Maneburg and the ruling house doomed.
Hendrik Willem van Loon trades bus fare for sketches as he helps a friend, with the conductor proposing three sketches for the two fares. Katharine Hepburn understudied on Broadway, and United States Steel stockholders meet in Hoboken, where pumpkin pie is served during reports. Myron Taylor, Winthrop Aldrich, Edward R Stettinius and Benjamin Fairless are noted attendees.
A reader recalls O. M. and his close friend Harry Silvey, described as a Broadway non drinker bachelor in the Lambs and Wall Street veteran. The writer ponders where young birds spend their first night after leaving the nest, noting robins and other ground-nesting birds face cat predation in that first 24 hours.
Actor Sam Jaffe recalls his lunch with Tunney as a thrill and describes how his early ambition to be a prizefighter faded after his success as the consumptive in Grand Hotel. Now, nearing middle life, he pursues composing and is praised as a skilled musician who improvises readily.
John Dun of Toledid visits New York to study Broadway tastes as he writes a new play. His book No New Frontiers is a hit and Earle Larimore, famed for Abie's Irish Rose, is highlighted as part of the Irish and Jewish acting circles. The writer outlines plans to boost army service appeal by placing stewardesses on bombers.
Col Theodore Roosevelt puffs a pipe while surveying a manuscript and railing at a publishing house on Long Island. Cartoonist Ham Fisher and film magnate Harry Goetz also smoke pipes, sharing a quiet comrade vibe among pipe smokers. The narrator recalls a father’s cob pipe and its simple summer evenings.
Two baseball players in Cleveland were arrested the other day for assault and battery. The incident led to police involvement and potential legal proceedings.
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