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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1938
Page
4
A devotional note cites Hebrews 4 16 urging bold prayer to obtain mercy and grace in need. It recalls Beaumont and Fletcher praising mercy as heaven s greatest attribute.
Raleigh reports Guilford may seek two state senators as retaliation against Rockingham for joining reapportionment obstruction. Analysts doubt any such move will occur, noting Rockingham would keep one senator and three house members, while Guilford and Rockingham share similar interests. The piece stresses constitutional mandate for statewide reapportionment over county-based retaliation.
1937 budget estimates projected nine to twelve million dollars from the income tax but officials now fear revenues may fall short. Raleigh reports show intangibles yielding only about 350 thousand with total likely under nine point six million, well below the prior year’s eleven million.
Counties and the State eye tax reforms as intangibles like stocks and deposits move onto real estate rates. Guilford County alone lists over ten million dollars in intangible property. The constitutional amendment lets the legislature lower levies on such property to real estate levels, aiming to widen the tax base and offset rate cuts. Revenue shifts threaten local incomes and federal tax dynamics as higher earners already pay more.
McNutt urges retaining the Philippines under American control amid a broader push by the United States to hold island territories as strategic assets. The piece discusses imperial reach, new Pacific island possession, and the value of landing fields for air routes, alongside anecdotes on face saving and leadership.
The race for congress grows to four Guilford candidates with two from Greensboro and two from High Point. Judge Lewis E Teague of Guilford enters as a high profile candidate from High Point, already active in politics since reaching voting age and now presiding as municipal court president. His bid follows strong local backing and esteem built from his public service.
Senator Bailey predicts a broader federal income tax base as government rhetoric targets special privilege and wealth pools. He argues that without such privilege there can be no sustained financing of a seven billion dollar government through concentrated taxation and that the average man will bear more of the burden.
Public remarks mix humorous misquotes and bold claims. Grace Donahue coins a blush club concept while Ely Culbertson jokes about marriage, bridge norms, and a remark on five-suit play. Dr Whitmore warns of a gas quarantine risk along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Fragmentary passage notes that Japanese militarists envisage a Pacific empire spanning vast lands. It mentions China and references figures or terms like Chenging T and Wang as part of the broader imperial plan.
Washington reports the National Bituminous Coal Commission known as the Goofy Board aims to restart its efforts after a prior failure. It set tentative prices with little public hearing prompting injunctions. courts halted actions and a four to six month legal process is planned to resume with public involvement.
New York Day by Day notes Dave Brown and Grace Zaring Brown living at the Shelton on Lexington Avenue. Dave, an ad agency copywriter, writes two hours straight with a stop watch and gloves for germ safety. Grace pursues a Broadway play, and the couple, Akron natives, have traveled Europe and Asia.
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania and ally John L. Lewis secure coal stabilization after a prior law was struck down by the Supreme Court. Industry capacity runs 500 million tons annually, with potential to rise to 900 million and demand near 400 million tons. House passage followed assurances of public gouging protection. bituminous consumers include railroads using 19 percent.
Hosford and Smith push to control personnel with Guffey approval while Haymond Maloney support their bloc. Tetlow Greenlee and Lewis form a vocal minority protesting payroll secrecy as a congressional inquiry looms. Six months of infighting blend with limited investigations before coal operators flood with telegrams.
Amid a crowd at the S. M. Brower closing-out sale a woman was injured as shoppers surged to claim free packages. Frank Sizemore notes over 500 contestants expected in the City Beautiful Contest. City collections remain poor despite threats. Tri-City laundrymen meet at the Sheraton hotel this evening. Other brief items mention travel plans and society guests in Raleigh and Durham. News briefs note Sandino calling for U S Marines withdrawal and a Tea Pot Dome testimony among Chicagoans. The Lincoln Motor Company sues Henry and Edsel Ford for 6 million over contract issues.
Twenty years ago local news notes a春 sign to flash tomorrow afternoon at Negro N. and I school grounds at 3 p m. The S A team meets the High Point All Stars in a prepared matchup. Stray dogs annoy the city prompting many owner warrants.
The piece notes Mary Margaret McBride’s ascent in New York as a popular broadcaster and writer with a pleasing personality able to guide assistants. It mentions a missed cocktail party and mocks a face lifting establishment on Seventh Avenue across from a Times Square workshop with night work, discreet patients, and concealed exits.
The narrator notes similarity between Arthur Richman, author of The Awful Truth, and a small-town pharmacist. The description highlights Richman’s short bald stout appearance and artistic smile as he wraps a prescription, implying a sense of pride in his work.
Police report notes comedic quote about a goat in a car as a reason to doubt sobriety. Fraser says Florida holds promise while social notes list Miss Mary English as a Monroe guest, and Asheboro visitors Bertha and Blanche Cox staying with Miss Aliai Pickett. Local officials place a boy in the Jackson Training School, Greensboro.
German cruelty in France drives food shortages while Dutch ships help haul supplies. Allies hope shortages ease. American troops hold ground gained in France with steady progress in battle lines.
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