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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1939
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes mention fractions of a month and week across eleven lines. The text records counts like twelve weeks and changes in month names, signaling a calendar or timing reference without full narrative context.
A passage reflects on asking in faith and the nature of nobler asking. It cites John 6:24 about joy fulfilled and Lavater on asking with grandness and nobility.
Owners of the Southern Furniture Exposition building met to enlarge exhibition space to meet demand from producers. The plan aims to expand facilities within the existing building or pursue unified management rather than a new separate structure. The move reflects confidence in the market and seeks to benefit the Southern exposition city’s furniture industry amid ongoing development.
The article praises learned leadership in the Catholic Church and cites Cardinal Pacelli later Pope Pius XII who impressed crowds in 1934 with a multilingual address at the International Congress of Catholic Journalists. It compares Pacelli to Napoleon admiring Goethe and notes the pope’s anticipated future impact on learning.
The first address from the new pope stresses that true peace comes from inner peace and just relations among people and nations. He calls for peace of conscience, family harmony, and unity under holy love, urging mutual aid and friendship among nations.
The article reflects on global peace efforts and divine providence while reporting a Raleigh court decision. A Superior Court judge refused to back a promoter's claim to an auditorium show, ruling city fathers valid in closing doors. The promoter has hired a tobacco warehouse as a fallback, hinting at cultural clashes with Tobacco Road.
Dr. Walter Judd told Chapel Hill listeners that the United States finances and equips Japan to a large extent. He alleged the U.S. takes half of Japan's exports and provides 24 percent of Japan's war supplies, including many automobiles. Judd asserted Japan has two of 24 essential war supplies, while China prefers no American arms but wants an end to U.S. aid to Japan.
The Raleigh mayor and councilmen ban Tobacco Road from the municipal auditorium while the show's promoter sues for rent and stage access in the capital. The city divides between supporters who see the play as artistic life commentary and opponents who call it libel.
A column contrasts Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne with a self centered actor, exploring whether success rests on forgetting oneself. It cites James J. Hill on saving money and includes quips from Dewey, Shakespeare, and other public figures about career, politics, and culture.
Walter Winchell On Broadway discusses casino dice lore and street slang. The piece covers stickmen ladder-men and come-ons that bait players, explains bets and outcomes like come-out seven and point numbers, and notes how gamblers are drawn in by shifting odds and temptations.
The piece exposes gambling house scams and hazards. It quotes players and a shill urging risk, describes the timing rule of banishing long-stay bettors, and notes insider tips, money moves, and police-style cautions. It mentions the Royal Palm and inside access, with references to hard ways and pairs.
The passage notes tourists from the United Kingdom spending sixty pounds per minute as they travel abroad. It cites France as the world’s largest wine producer and claims twenty five hundred gallons per minute. It mentions US undelivered mail returning at thirteen letters per minute and British Railways printing fourteen hundred tickets per sixty seconds. It adds Presbyterian Church contributions totaling eighty dollars per minute.
Dr Francis Burgette Short of J C Penny Company spoke to the high school at 2 30 this afternoon on Personality. The high school glee club offered a sprightly program at First Presbyterian church last night. Citizens signed petitions urging the state legislature to pass a bill changing the city charter to restore party elections.
J. A. Green spent yesterday in Thomasville with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs R E Holland and Mr and Mrs Joe Snyder left for Washington to attend the inauguration. Mrs Dora Elliott of Chapel Hill spent the weekend here with her brother D C McRae. F D Conally and C R Lanier left Saturday evening for Washington to be present at the inauguration.
Herbert Hoover was sworn in as President today with Chief Justice Taft administering the oath. Hoover pledged to pursue honest law enforcement and warned against disregard of law. Charles Curtis also took the oath as Senate presiding officer for the next Congress.
Secretary Massey authorized to fit offices hire assistants and handle preliminaries as the local chamber of commerce moves toward activation. City groups including the band park YMC A YWCA and public library receive consideration. Prof Dugan C Johnson longtime Trinity principal dies after short illness. Reverend J M Hamrick new Green Street Baptist pastor confirms arrival. Mrs Bruce Carraway hosts five tables of bridge for Mrs E K Willis of Washington NC.
Congress adjourned today as 16 000 harbor workers in New York strike. President Wilson departs for Paris. Congress failed to appropriate funds to continue the railroad administration and it is believed the railways will be returned to owners in April.
News item notes a plane faltered after approaching a record speed, with observers noting the incident parallels routine automotive speed runs. Authors emphasize the risky moment and ongoing chase for higher performance.
A lighthearted note that science supports mothers' views on spinach for children yet acknowledges the vegetable's taste as a hurdle. The remark hints that scientific progress should focus also on flavor to boost acceptance.
Washington March 4 Bruce Catton notes a revival of the American merchant fleet. Fifty-two new ships were laid down last year with the U S Maritime Commission aiming for at least 50 ships annually for ten years. Subsidies funded by the commission include construction and operating differential supports to bolster private ownership while expanding overseas trade and wartime naval support.
Excerpts feature quips from W C Fields on flukes in his 40 year acting career and Walt Bumgarner praising mind workers amid drill noise. Also a nod to Dr Joseph R Sizoo praising the fidelity and simple goodness of the average man from New York’s Collegiate Church.
Mayor Henry H. Curran of New York replies to a boy saxophonist asking if neighbors may protest long afternoon practice sessions. He notes it is dangerous in short bursts but warns neighbors to exercise restraint after hours.
A group of political science students plans to borrow the Senate chamber to view its full seating arrangement during their annual conference, aiming to study crowd dynamics and seating layouts.
Dr Gordon K Chalmers president of Kenyon College addresses the Pede die School founders' exercises as part of ongoing wartime slogans discussion.
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