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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1939
Page
4
A compact list presents multiple time intervals from twelve months down to one week. It reads as a sequence of successive durations without additional context or actions tied to each period. No further details accompany the items.
A compact religious reflection contrasts I Chronicles verse praising God with Saadi’s line on fearing God and those who fear not. The quotes highlight reverence for the divine and the caution toward disbelief across traditions.
The Treasury says the dollar is sound and that devaluation was prudent. It notes the shift off gold standards, pressures on canal payments, and a vast gold reserve in underground vaults valued at fifteen billion dollars.
A historical note contrasts Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance with Britain’s brute force in India. The Mahatma relies on moral strength and mass peasant support while critics question pacifism’s suitability to Western temperament.
The text recalls Bryan opposing armament but notes he did not push non-resistance to the end. It says a million men would rise to arms if danger reached U S shores, while Gandhi does not call for armed revolt but stresses moral force against large scale schemes.
Rep R Gregg Cherry argued in Raleigh that licensing the outlawed one armed bandit could raise 200 000 to 400 000 dollars but risks sanctioning gambling. The piece weighs taxation of slot machines against broader targets like racetracks and lotteries and questions state revenue logic.
The Greensboro News editorial notes Roosevelt’s Saturday address as well crafted and accessible. It lauds its simple, dignified, and logical flow while suggesting Cleveland and Hoover speeches were more ponderous and less effective in reaching the public.
The Record argues Americans favor peace but support a free hand for leaders guarding peace with honor. It cites urges against war referendums and delays in crisis. Col Robert E Woods, new adviser to Harry Hopkins and Sears Roebuck director, praises North Carolina as the nation’s most promising state based on sales records.
The Fayetteville Observer notes a Dutch animal psychologist De Haan studied raccoons washing their food with sand or sawdust. Experiments showed they wash slippery objects for fun not sanitation or saliva deficiency. The piece concludes affairs of state may now rest awhile.
Dean E Dryer at Commercial High School in Atlanta started a class labeled Everyday Living to teach table and party manners, dressing, and social skills. He used imaginary meals and rehearsals to boost shy boys and girls, sparking broader adoption in other high schools.
The piece notes growing numbers of feminine figure skaters and that many spectators focus more on the figures than the skaters. It also recalls a volunteer fireman in Painesville Ohio who started five fires to extinguish them. The quote from Senator O Mahoney criticizes revival efforts without diagnosing the recent collapse.
A speaker advocates sending a book exposing Communists to Congress and asks for recommendations with names and alleged facts. She notes Mrs. Dilling’s Red Network has been exploited nationally and calls for others to be named to avoid wasting Congress's time.
A public statement declares support for Hamilton Fish's bill. The brief note references continuation on page 11 for further details.
A concise captioned note describes how events unfold in a minute on Earth. It frames daily motion as a continuous news moment, inviting readers to consider rapid, real time change across places and people.
A series of rapid facts tracks minute by minute production and exchange in the United States and abroad. It notes fuses and parcels made or received per minute, books borrowed, car theft value, air safety costs, quarantine inspections, art supplies sales, whale oil extraction and values per minute across diverse activities.
The Broadhurst Theater shows The Shopworn Angel a clever film about a bad woman and a good man drawing many patrons. McGraw-Hill editors from New York attended a Rotary club event at the Sheraton hotel. A man evading a three year sentence to Atlanta prison was captured by federal authorities here today.
In Washington on March 7 Assistant Attorney General Arnold, the administration trust buster, outlines a plan to create a commission to manage post-prosecution remedies under anti trust laws. He wants a full law office with regional offices to prosecute and oversee cases rather than a passive business methods laboratory.
The article argues a proposed commission should handle business methods and price fixing reforms, not prosecutors. It envisions an advisory body guiding firms on lawful actions to restore competition. Using the milk industry as a example, it notes cooperatives and distributors must coordinate to deliver milk.
Mrs D S Gurley visits her son Dr H T Gurley in Baltimore and attended the inauguration in Washington on Monday. Mrs G B Polk travels to Orlando Florida where her mother lies ill. Miss Bernice Black and Russell House wed in Danville Virginia on March 2.
President Hoover convenes an extra session on April 15. Col. Robert W. Stewart is ousted as chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, with John D. Rockefeller Jr. leading the opposition over Stewart’s moral fitness. Thomas J. Gold of High Point is elected a UNC trustee.
Twenty years ago Captain Charles M. Kephart of the American Expeditionary Forces in France was reported to be returning to the United States within two weeks. He is the son of Mrs Grace Kephart of this city and was a former lieutenant in Co M High Point before disbandment. Al Moffitt returned from Baltimore and New York with spring and summer merchandise, praised as a live wire merchant and good judge of goods.
Miss Marguerite Kirkman, visiting in Richmond, is expected home tomorrow. C. B. Hayworth Jr. is the guest of George S. Morgan in Norwood, a former High Pointer. Mrs. Everett Hedrick hosted the K. K. Club last night.
German delegates inform Paris Peace Conference they want to retain merchant craft. W.O.W. organizers set statewide convention in Salisbury next week. Irish problem used as leverage over League of Nations. Medals cast from captured German guns to be awarded to Liberty Loan workers in the upcoming drive.
March breezes lift kites as youngsters craft frames with sticks and rags for tails. The paper crafts are sent skyward and often snap the string, sending the kite tumbling down.
The text outlines a system where the Justice Department prosecutes cartels after a voluntary plan from a milk industry commission. Experts assess plans, and if within the rule of reason a three year consent decree may be issued. If not, Congress may be asked for special legislation. The rule of reason requires consumer benefits from savings and non disruption of competition.
Kojiro Hiyoshi, a Japanese proponent of Antarctic expansion, urges unfurling the Rising Sun banner over the South Pole as a symbolic claim and expression of national ambition.
A narrator warns of a tree branch entangled in electric wires and the deadly danger of old electric chair material. The piece cautions boys to avoid touching the wires, noting the peril of electric current and the irreversible consequences of contact.
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