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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1938
Page
4
Biblical and literary lines ponder youthful reign and royal responsibility. The verse cites Jehoash’s age when he began to reign, paired with a meditation on the weight and fear of the crown as a king faces duties.
The piece discusses fears that a Mussolini driven seizure of Spain could topple European balance and threaten Britain’s sea links. It argues Britain will act to restrain power but warns popular faith in peace may erode as Italy asserts dominance. It notes no European nation desires war, yet urges exhausting peaceful options before conflict.
President Roosevelt pressed Chairman Morgan of the TVA to back broad charges against associate directors of regional development. Morgan refused bluntly, deferring to a congressional inquiry and informal talks. The dispute centers on whether there is any concrete evidence to support charges without a formal inquiry.
The passage questions whether a Valley figure will voice charges his associates cannot support with evidence, signaling rising frustration as three men attempt to act as a single entity in a large, uncertain endeavor.
The piece notes growing Soviet sentiment toward cooperation with democracies to curb aggression. It discusses Russia's internal leadership defections, fear of Germany, and the potential for a future clash with Hitler over Ukraine, urging cautious but open understanding rather than rejection.
The piece denounces using public payrolls for relatives including James Roosevelt in the president's circle at ten thousand dollars annually. It cites Senator Wheeler's speech in Boston and notes seven relatives of the senator receiving national funds while urging disclosure and discouragement of such practices. It also mentions congressmen hiring family members and references the vice president's wife.
Both capitals report higher than expected income tax returns with publicans upbeat about revenue. The piece notes no crash in earnings like 1937 and questions how many taxpayers borrowed to cover payments.
The writer notes many could not use 1937 losses to gauge business health and warns that income tax returns may mislead. They doubt next year’s returns will be favorable unless national leaders adopt sound policy and favorable luck.
On a New York City bench Irvin Cobb turns from tired job seeker to editor with a chuckle sending him first to a try-out. He becomes a war correspondent and celebrated writer and performer known for his humor and resilience in a career spanning stage film radio and magazines. A later note mentions a congressional battle over radio wavelengths and Senator George highlighting GOP corruption as a campaign issue.
Over 400 delegates are expected at the Salvation Army young people's conference to be held April 6 through 8. City Beautiful contest entrants total 281 so far. R R Bland and Mrs Bland depart for New York and Camden to seek a recording deal for poems by Rev M R Harvey.
Twenty years ago the community announced spring cleanup week beginning April 1. Teachers were nearly finished with draft registrant occupational cards. Other items note Leona Muse visiting Greensboro, Carson Burns heading to Waco for Army clerical training, Earl Steed at a Watkins reception, plus global and national briefs on Meuse fighting, Dutch pirate branding, Chinese bandit ransoms, a Georgia dealer’s sales spike, and the vast number of radio sets worldwide.
A reader letter from March 17 1938 argues against the immortality of the soul, using the cuckoo’s parasitic nesting as a parable. The writer cites Genesis and Romans to claim death is the wages of sin, questions eternal torment, and invites discussion on biblical creation and resurrection beliefs.
March 18 column notes social figures and entertainers in New York. Mentions J P McEvoy Lily Pons Calvin and Calvin Brown William Lyon Phelps Jack Major Charles Hanson Towne Barney Baruch Harry Silvey and others. References to new express streets, security guards, and Annette Kellermann round out the vignette.
A Pittsburgh judge refused to seat a man and his wife together on the same jury citing concern they would not reach a decision. The piece notes the unusual family conflict within jury service and comments on legal proceedings.
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