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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1940
Page
4
Governor Earl Long moves to erect a 14 foot statue of Huey Long at Baton Rouge in front of the capitol, amid Louisiana wishes to move beyond the Long era. The piece notes wartime tensions, public sentiment, and the contrast between memorial effort and national crisis.
The pope urges nations to pursue peace and justice while critics condemn coercive power. Editorials face a court battle over defamation amid a North Carolina housing slum clearance case. The Kinston Housing Authority lawsuit challenges the act as unconstitutional, arguing delegation of powers and due process concerns.
The piece argues that pressing criticism should not be tempered to the point of silence. if judges ignore it, press liberty loses value. It contends such restrictions could undermine the press as a guardian of liberty.
Maurice F Jones of Cedar Rapids ran a downtown service station where a Hawkeyes victory led to a parking clash. A guest’s car fender was bent. Jones listened, showed empathy, and offered to fix or pay cash, diffusing anger and securing an immediate settlement.
Miss Harriet M Berry who planned a history of the states good roads movement died yesterday at Chapel Hill after an active career. She helped shape North Carolinas highway policy and public service focusing on lifting the state from mud roads.
Durham Morning Herald reports yesterday Duke University students and visitors participated in a campus event honoring a local achievement. Attendees gathered on campus with faculty and guests, reflecting on shared community and university heritage.
Readers are invited to cut out columns and paste them into scrap books to study as a personal Success Scrap Book. The appeal is to begin collecting today for ongoing self improvement.
A composite quote about presenting a name to the Democratic national convention and a note from Postmaster General James A Farley. Included are remarks by Senator Robert A Taft and a U S minister to Canada H R Cromwell on neutrality and war.
Secretary P. P. Woodbridge was greeted by 100 Monarchs at a dinner meet at the Elwood hotel. It is announced that Harry J. Schwartz of Lebanon Pa., son of I. W. and Mrs. Schwartz, will marry Miss Sylvia Katz of Miami Fla.
A collage of social scandals and political maneuvers appears in a late 1930s newspaper slice. Topics include Astors relocating after a kidnapping threat, Capt. J Patterson considered as ambassador, Reno divorce buzz for a magnate, and rumored amorous escapades of public figures.
The Major Bowes is described as the sole viable buyer for the New York Yankees in a seven million dollar deal, with many wondering about Jim Mills the famed foreign scribe who has been unwell at Saratoga and may be referenced in the Eagle's Brooklyn plant.
The text names Peggy McGuire as Rockefeller's heartthrob and notes a Minneapolis woman linked with him for a Mary Rogers item. It hints at a forthcoming big banking bill affecting private firms merging with giants like J P Morgan. Also mentions Miami weather prosperity and Sir Victor Vascon’s client Eleanor Prentis of Liliom opening tonight.
The fragment mentions Kathleen Kennedy and H L Billings sailing or performing together with others. It says Thetis submarine now Thunderbolt and seeking trouble. British planes over Germany drop flares to deter crowds as bombs could fall. Broadway mentions George Fey i My Dear Children and J Barrymore understudy. Gene King predicts Hitler's fall as inevitable as Mrs Manville.
In spring Eddie Cantor will produce For the Rich They Sing to laugh communists out of town. Ginger Rogers and Alan Dale Jr are linked to press gossip as Marjorie Dale Knilling denies him as her father. A decorator’s wife threatens suit over alleged alienation of her groom, while a dancer is named in a show dispute. A magazine editor calls Til We Meet Again Edmund Goulding’s best cry since Munich.
A patchwork of gossip notes mentions Hemingway timing a book release before a new matter, Gulfstream leadership shakeups, du Pont rumors, Tropical Park dates in doubt, wheat price speculation, casting in a Holt writer scene, Australia arming for a Japan raid, a strip tease marriage rumor, F B I smear theories, a clown debut, tv acts, and editor intrigue with front page thrill.
About People Little Sarah Scrubbs at 500 English Street recovers from flu. Mrs E T Harrison returns from a visit to Aberdeen. Miss Rose File is visiting in Statesville.
The North German Lloyd liner Europa arrived in New York after a record voyage cutting 18 minutes from her sister Bremen’s time despite heavy seas. Over 100 New York stocks hit new highs as trading surged.
Twenty years ago Mr. Albig of the U S Chamber of Commerce will arrive tomorrow to talk with local directors and offer campaign advice. Dr T M Stanton clinic officer notes venereal diseases in High Point are more prevalent than people realize. Local highs plan to open baseball season with George Wood pitching.
Dr H C Pitts spent yesterday in Greensboro Rev T L Trott returned from Reidsville where he visited Henry Harris attends clothing markets in Baltimore Prohibition party may nominate candidates soon Paul Little son of a Lexington capitalist has been kidnapped and held for 25000 ransom Britain will demand pay for German ships held in the United States over losses from transporting American troops
The clipping threads rumors on Mauretania and Queen Mary routes, a predicted Mexican revolt led by Camacho, oil interests, and gossip about Lepke’s alleged cooperation. It also notes wartime Easter appeals and flatly comments on shifting fortunes in Florida and European hypocrisy, all in a disjointed, opinionated tone.
Undersecretary Welles has launched his European tour amid high expectations. If developments stall, he could pivot to authoring a book.
A fragmented broadcast shows Senator Taft from Ohio pushing budget balancing while the radio channels fail to deliver religion art or literature, with Senator Connally of Texas mentioned as part of the discussion.
Bruce Catton in Washington reports a wage cut offer from both the A F L and C I O building trades to reduce skilled labor for small house work from 11 to 15 dollars daily to about 9. The struggle centers on organizing workers for small housing, with the C I O entering a field long led by the A F L.
Jim Farley reiterates a steadfast bid for the presidency, noting he remains a front runner if Franklin D. Roosevelt declines the nomination. He privately told confidants he believes Roosevelt does not want the nomination for himself.
A New York Holstein cow is named in a will as the recipient of an old-age pension for livestock. The bequest ends the owner’s worry over funding alfalfa and feed.
Many residents in Doncaster England paid income taxes this year and several left cash gifts including a 250 dollar contribution to the Government.
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