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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1939
Page
4
Public notice from The John Budd Co at 420 Lexington Ave New York City appears in the March 6 1939 High Point Interprise issue. The fragment references advance checks and national advertising representative duties for multiple carriers in nearby towns.
The piece discusses state governance ahead of the 1939 session, noting fiscal strains, highway funding, and potential Assembly revolt. It highlights High Point’s hydroelectric project worries, urging full public disclosure of contracts, financing, and safeguards to prevent taxpayer impact and ensure revenue bonds cover costs.
Pacific labor leaders protest shipping scrap to Japan over use in the Chinese war. They oppose aiding Japan and oppose furnishing material that could fuel conflict and aggression.
The piece contrasts scrap iron shipments bound for Japan with Interior Department resistance to selling helium for dirigibles. It argues iron is essential for Japan’s modern warfare, while helium aids air navigation but is deemed less critical for war. It warns which nation, Japan or Germany, poses a greater future threat to the United States.
Sidney Hillman stressed that the labor movement must oppose all isms including communism fascism and nazism to safeguard democratic institutions and prevent infiltration of the union movement in the United States. His remarks underscore a principled stand by labor leaders.
Hillman asserts that a labor movement cannot exist in a totalitarian state and that labor must promote efficiency and democracy in government and in its own organization. He emphasizes the high responsibility of labor to advance democratic governance.
The Atlantic and North Carolina railroad shows a loss for 1938 yet notes it employed several political appointees whose role was to make the line profitable. The item contrasts wartime pressures and labor conditions with those abroad, citing arrests of writers in Japan and reflecting on labor market fears.
Dale Carnegie known for live courses and books on self improvement and professional communication. His methods emphasize practical steps for influencing others and personal effectiveness.
A teller suggests two ways a uniformed doorman could handle a waiting customer. The piece argues the better approach is diplomacy and courtesy, urging managers to train staff to be gracious to customers and emphasize the impact on friendships happiness and prestige.
Quote from historian Harry Elmer Barnes arguing for weighted voting favoring educated citizens. In a separate snippet a Cleveland master of ceremonies wed in a nightclub with guests seated at the reception rather than balancing dessert while standing on one foot.
Walter Winchell on Broadway pieces gossip about celebrities clashing romances and alleged scandals. The column notes Claire with William Wallace, divorce rumors for Dick Merrill, a Le Derers reconciliation, and various social intrigues including Freud the elder and younger, and Princess Laura Murat.
A collage of salacious items from New York society politics and arts. Brendas Frazier set members under investigation for robberies of travelers in Nassau. Eleanor Roosevelt begins as a designer at Arnold Constable while Jack Kennedy shows interest in Cannon tower heiress. Foreign coins enter U S markets with March and April expected to be busy.
The city secures a new baseball park and grandstand for the coming season. High Point plans a community fair next fall. Past Grands of the Reption Lodge No. 63 IOOF honored in a lodge ceremony on East Commerce Street with Rev Roy I Farmer speaking. W L Edwards ill at home. Mr and Mrs Brice Bennett returned from Washington DC after the inauguration. Calvin Coolidge defers reins to Hoover with a portion of a joking exchange. The 39th annual Baptist Missionary Union opens today at 10 AM. Heavy fighting anticipated in Mexico.
Bruce Catton reports on 3500 Post Office special delivery messengers who are contractors earning 9 to 20 cents per item and paying all vehicle costs. They seek civil service status, retirement benefits, and restitution for prior pay cuts after rulings kept them outside the federal pension system. Congressman Dingell plans bills to reclassify and refund wages.
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Local news item notes James N Thompson head clerk at the Elwood hotel resigning after two years to pursue another line of work. Also mentions a Friday banquet for city ministers and wives at the Elwood hotel and local veterans to receive a 360 bonus.
In Hamburg dealers collect rags from Europe for US paper mills at about four hundred pounds per minute. A Census Bureau bell in Washington rings five births per minute. A note ends with two children in a needy family contracting a serious disease.
Hollywood turmoil echoes in New York as Nancy Carroll appears on the stage presenting amid a scene of chaos and audience intrigue.
Count Salm asserts his 14 year old son should provide financial support to the parent lacking income, framing it as a duty of wealth. The remark highlights a sensational family dispute over fiscal responsibility and heir obligations.
Senator O Mahoney states during hearings that insurance companies assets grow faster than the insurance they sell. He notes rising profits amid the sector's activity.
Senator Bob La Follette argued during debate on the Ludlow Amendment that those who endure combat bear the costs of war and deserve the ultimate say on peace or war. He framed the issue as a moral test of military sacrifice versus political decision making.
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