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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1938
Page
4
A Bible verse from II Samuel 22 48 proclaims that God avenges and brings down the proud while a warning against wrath cites Vengeance is mine saith the Lord attributed to C Simmons. The passage emphasizes divine justice over human vengeance.
The Partnership declares the Austrian absorption closed and the Nazi flag fixed while preparations for April 10 polls unfold. Neutral Austrian observers see two to one opposition to German dominance. many fear the election will be a staged democratic gesture with Nazi control over machinery and results. The piece brands Hitler’s ascent as heady and notes his hollow worship of power under a “duck legged colossus” of Europe.
Senator Josiah Bailey, in a March 3 1938 Senate speech, condemns a bill to reorganize and transfer vast executive powers including control of 133 offices and a single civil service head. He argues it would concentrate welfare spending, bypass Congress oversight, and grant permanent partisan influence. He concedes the President’s stature but remains critical of the proposal.
The quote defends President Roosevelt’s workload while opposing overburdening him with tasks. Mr Bailey argues the President has vast duties across many departments and bureaus amid grave domestic and foreign situations. The exchange probes fear of concentrating power and potential dictatorship.
The author questions official action to extract politically distressed people from Europe and asks how far the nation should extend hospitality to oppressed Chinese. Citing Hull and postwar emigration trends, the piece weighs consistency in aiding refugees against organizing a westward migration to the United States.
The state owned railroad with Beaufort terminus has operated at a loss of about 5000 dollars monthly due to declining scrap iron shipments. Shipments for Japan and wartime demand boosted earlier gains but overall traffic remains weak. Management remains hopeful despite weak economics and no state funding remedy.
A former Charlotte city council member argues against city seizure of real estate for unpaid taxes when the sale value falls short of the assessed levy. The critique questions fairness and fiscal prudence in property takings.
The piece discusses the impracticability of requiring listed property values to shield owners from confiscation under foreclosure for street assessments or delinquent taxes. It notes potential overload on city and county real estate records and the risk of inflated values, citing High Point where owners seek transfers at tax-book values.
On her thirtieth birthday Binnie Barnes rose from a milk-cart girl in a London suburb to film fame in The Private Life of Henry VIII and Diamond Jim. After her father's death she and her mother sold milk, she worked in a factory and as a taxi dancer before catching the eye of Tex McLeod and Charles Laughton. Her rise fulfilled a long held dream inspired by Lillian Russell, proving Chesterton's point that a person’s life philosophy matters more than name.
A collection of remarks from public figures including Louis J. Taber on trade, Dr William J Stickel on dance modification, Derek Dickinson on Mussolini, and Thomas J Courtney on juvenile crime probation, reflecting era debates.
Editorial warns that the re organization bill would concentrate power in the executive, abrogate separation of powers, and vest control over commissions like the TVA in one man. It cites the Morgan firing as a prime example and argues the plan mirrors a creeping one man rule.
Local notes show a dress rehearsal for Eugene O'Neill one act Where the Cross Is Made to be staged by High Point College in the Battle of Me Thursday night. Dr James F Cooper spoke at Central Friends church on Value of Christianity in the World. Also: Dr J J Hamlin returned from Atlanta on business. Miss Margaret Brown resumes studies in Misenheimer. Mr and Mrs J A Ridge Carman Ridge and Mr and Mrs J M Harris returned from Augusta Georgia visiting Wayman Ridge at the U S Veterans hospital.
Senator James A. Reed arrives in High Point to a crowd of about fifteen hundred. Will Rogers stayed in Durham overnight with no Raleigh hotel room due to a state teachers meeting. Grove Park Inn in Asheville sold to a northern firm for more than 1 million dollars.
Mayor W P Ragan and City Manager Thomas J Murphy will leave tomorrow morning for Fayetteville to attend the Greater North Carolina meeting in that city. More than 50 new members will be obligated into the Loyal Order of Moose on the second floor of The Enterprise building at 7 30 p m Tuesday.
Col Wescott Roberson, Robert Amos and Willis Slane spent a few hours in Greensboro last evening. Lawrence Ingram a Carolina student spent the weekend with relatives. Shubal C Kirkman in the U S navy sent cards announcing his safe arrival Over There. Miss Virginia Clinard and Mrs F M Pickett are in Asheville attending a state missionary meeting of the First Baptist church.
Charles B. Driscoll recounts browsing a vest pocket memory reminder product in a New York stationery shop. He jokes about needing names and dates stored, lists friends and public figures remembered via the system, and notes his skepticism about relying on such devices. The piece blends humor with memory anecdotes.
Report says seventy divisions have been brought into use by Germany as British resistance in France astonishes the German army. Terrific explosions in a four story New Jersey building shook New York and Jersey City.
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