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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1939
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows dates and numbers but lacks a coherent event. It references The John Budd Co at 420 Cemanen Ave New York City and monetary figures including 10 40 5 20 2 60. No clear story or outcome is discernible.
A literary meditation cites Acts 28 on joy from God and Pascal on happiness as union of life with the divine. The fragment expresses spiritual insight and emphasizes divine presence as source of fulfillment.
The House and Senate at Raleigh move toward a permanent revenue act amid calls to overhaul the tax system. Supporters argue stability and predictability benefit business and taxpayers, while critics urge broader reform and cautious spending. General Wood and Cardinal Pacelli note shifting geopolitical ties. The Observer cites North Carolina as promising as visitors like General Wood praise the state.
The text notes Pat Harrison's heresy to New Deal spending and his stance to curtailment, indicating a shift in faith toward limiting federal expenditure and questioning the New Deal approach. The snippet suggests political debate over fiscal policy and government spending.
Georgia debates a three percent general sales tax as North Carolina fights similar measures. An effort to table the bill failed and a push to exempt certain necessities was defeated. Logic and exemptions in Georgia’s plan mirror regional trends as lawmakers press for broader taxation.
Secretary Harry L. Hopkins selects General R. E. Wood head of Sears Roebuck as business adviser to assist in developing cooperation for the Department of Commerce program. Wood is praised as a liberal and capable American with a strong merchant background.
A neighbor in Forest Hills Long Island Bernard Zufall is described as a memory expert who memorizes population figures from towns and can recall order and details after short training. He credits memory gain to three rules attention repetition association and suggests an acronym Ara. The column teases upcoming reader mottoes.
A collection of remarks from Bertrand Russell Edwin Grant Conklin Wilbur Forester Helen Jepson and Cornelia Otis Skinner. The excerpts cover leadership rhetoric newspaper editorship public appeal and audience reactions.
A collage of nightlife notes and celebrity cameos from Broadway and Midtown New York. Vera Zorina warns George Balanchine about calls at Sardi's before touring, with Sally Rand in the 49th Street hideout scene and Mary Martin at Leo Lindy’s Restaurant. Mil tons Berle, George Jean Nathan, Kitty Carlisle, Max Schmeling, Peggy Conklin, and others populate a brisk column of gossip, nightlife quips, and society notes. The piece also nods to Ethel Shutta’s Versailles divorce suit, Mikhail Mordkin Jr’s engagement, and a cameo on a stalled afternoon tabloid plan, ending with lingering Wrigley sign chatter and Wall Street whispers.
They were dancing headliners for eight years as the piece continues on page 11.
A compact feature notes one minute of real time as events unfold globally. It captures rapid motion and changing scenes illustrating how quickly destiny unfolds within sixty seconds on Earth.
The piece lists rapid production and economic rates by groups from factory workers to farmers and traders, plus a startling claim that one minute can change history with references to Huey Long, the Hindenburg, and Lusitania. It juxtaposes daily toil with dramatic tragedies and national defense progress.
The 39th annual Baptist Missionary Union convention gathers 900 women March 5 to 8 at Green Street Baptist church. Editors from McGraw-Hill will visit the city on Thursday. Local police report liquor activity at a filling station with bottle recovered tied to a proprietor’s leg.
In Washington Col. Francis P. Harrington leads the WPA with steady hours and a focus on getting work done. A West Point graduate and ex Army engineer, he values delegation and decisive rulings, while aiming to cut WPA jobs to about a million when the economy improves. He lives in Georgetown with his mother and daughter, is a widower, and has a son at Yale.
Rain soaked Washington on the eve of the inauguration. Charles Curtis to be inaugurated vice president tomorrow. The Cumnock coal mine in the state is flooded with water.
Southern Furniture Manufacturers association members to ride a special Pullman car to Atlanta for a called meeting on reconstruction issues. Notable reservations include S. H. Tomlinson Fred N. Tate A. E. Tate James T. Ryan P. A. Thomas W. B. Thomas B. F. Huntley of Winston Salem George Hackney of Lexington and others.
A remark berates a performance by Mr. Gigli calling his work anti American and out of tune. The line signals public reaction to a controversial cultural critique.
A vivid simile links regularity to the portrait of Chicago mayoral candidate "Big Bill" Thompson on a campaign poster. The line captures the anticipation surrounding the campaign and the prominence of Thompson's image in street and public spaces.
Fashion authorities mandate wider brim hats for men with a March rollout. The rule signals a bold shift in style and headwear norms as manufacturers prepare new lines and retailers adjust inventories.
A film maker notes Napoleon avoided striking a pose and instead scratched his chest under his coat. He does not explain how the general maintained a straight face during the act.
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