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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1938
Page
4
A devotional note cites Deuteronomy 25 16 and a Pope quote praising an honest man as the noblest work of God. The snippets reflect moral emphasis on truth and virtue without contemporary context.
A North Carolina editorial urges careful war readiness amid national divides over defense, warning against pacifism. It notes teachers and CCC trainers, compares reservists, and supports modest preparations while criticizing a proposed 1939 banner state license tag as boosterism.
Dale Carnegie visits Auburn Prison New York and meets Warden Brophy who argues crime stems from lack of character building at home church and school. Prisoners mingle contentedly study and play dominos while longing for freedom and a return to ordinary life.
Developments in the Mexican oil seizure case influence availability of petroleum products for the South Atlantic States. North Carolina and other seaboard states rely partly on the Mexican field for asphalt used in roads, with Charleston and Savannah refineries supplying crude material and impacting prices.
The text warns that Mexico and Venezuela supply asphalt rich petroleum and that Cardenas expropriation could cost American road programs up to 200 million dollars. It notes broader regional costs for North Carolina and potential shifts of control to foreign interests.
The report notes a tree planted Friday at Springfield Friends church in memory of John J. Blair, a noted artist and educator. In High Point Blair valued trees as nature’s alchemy and beauty, linking ecology with a hopeful city future.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Hull moving away from strict neutrality toward possible intervention in world affairs. He calls for parallel action by peaceful nations, critiques Germany’s Austria seizure, and notes a forthcoming push to repeal or amend the Neutrality Act with hearings set for March 29. He cautions U.S. moves await Britain and France.
The state department of education recently awarded High Point College an A grade. Lights to illuminate the local high school building Monday night will accompany Senator Reed of Missouri as speaker. The Young Men's store on Montheu avenue saw a $25,000 fire loss, with partial insurance coverage. P. E. Ten Hoopen of Charlotte visited here Monday. Mrs Collier Ellis visited Greensboro yesterday. Mr and Mrs R B Jennings of Roanoke, Va., visit Mrs J Fred Tesh on Montheu avenue. Presidents Coolidge pinned Charles A Lindbergh with the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House. the big naval increase will cost $359,190,000. A Penn University student riot drew 75 police after a basketball win over Princeton 24 to 22.
The city holds a patriotic rally at the school auditorium Sunday at 3 30 with Rev James A Clarke speaking on Patriotism. George T Penny sold a 100 acre tract north of Main Street. Various short notes mention visits, bombardment reports, vegetable drives, and political maps tied to Germany and France.
Charles B Driscoll writes from New York about a visit to Pembroke College at Brown University in Providence with his sister. He recalls a fast drive that became six hours after a Guilford Ct police stop and recounts meals with Mary and Nancy Herr, notes Hart ford memories, and laments Odd McIntyre’s career move while paying tribute to Fred Knowles and his wife Kate who recently died.
Adelbert Smith, Boston financier, reconnects in Times Square while two Park Avenue parades run each forenoon. Editors from Friends University, Brown Herald and Pem broke Record connections noted. By nine the dogs are walked by dog taker-outers and by eleven maids air the babies.
George W. Loft, known for his cheerful Trishman persona, built a fortune from candy stores in Manhattan. He now opens open-air style markets around town and expects another million in profits before retiring.
The interview portrays Ferdinand Lundberg a modest serious young author of Scandinavian descent. He responds to critics who call him a prophet or liar and defends his work America's City Families noting he never claimed sixty families own or operate America.
A narrator recalls childhood memories of ten cent bananas and festive gala days with a dozen living in memory. He recalls a banker’s tawny family and a surrey bag bursting with fruit, imagining paradise in endless bananas. Years later a Haiti plantation visit ends in illness, but memories linger with every bite and odor.
A senator who “bet his head” on the President’s stance toward a congressional measure is warned that politics has driven many men to lose their heads.
A Toronto man bestowed twelve thousand dollars to a girl he had only seen in a theater, a generous gesture described as stage money for her.
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