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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1939
Page
4
A reflection by J. Foster on how the Lord rewards the doer of deeds based on wickedness and the role of retribution as a grand principle within divine administration guiding human affairs.
In a morning speech at a Fascist celebration, Mussolini linked peace to Italy’s power and the Rome Berlin axis. He pressed for Tunisia Djibouti and Suez access, claiming Italy’s colonial claims and railway interests justify expanded canal control as France and Britain resist.
A historic note recalls a 1940 prediction by Ames A. Farley that “Big Jim” would be a candidate for a future post office. The piece contrasts Farley’s politics with President Roosevelt, suggesting tensions over court reform and party purges amid evolving national policy.
The piece notes internal debate within the New Deal era and potential paths for James Farley and Garner. It mentions Walter Winchell citing a $150000 offer to Farley from Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. and reflects on the late Will Hays and the Merriman family’s influence in Greensboro through insurance work and civic leadership.
The 1938 Rockefeller Foundation report shows over 15 million dollars awarded across medical social natural and public health fields. Grants funded work in 42 countries including 18 in Europe and 10 in the Americas with 25 percent for foreign programs and 75 percent for U S projects.
Scribners Magazine will devote its photographic section to images of the North Carolina scene the state being the seventh represented. Photographers both amateur and professional are invited to submit prints for editors consideration. The Winston-Salem Journal notes the contest offers a chance to aid the state’s publicity program and The Enterprise will soon announce a local photography contest for readers.
High Point mourns the loss of William Baird Merrimon as Greensborough shares a sense of grief and remembrance for the longtime figure referenced in local passing notices.
An American Youth Hostels program offers a summer vacation at one dollar a day for ages four to ninety four. Travelers hike or bike between 200 hostels across the United States, sleep in sleeping bags, work at hostels, and share meals for about twenty five cents nightly plus small dues, with house mothers and fathers supervising.
A compilation of remarks from Mahatma Gandhi Burns Weston and Dr Francis Townsend critiquing youth radicalism and political action. The excerpts touch on language policing, social disinheritance, and fundraising for organizational access.
The Maine legislature votes to permit liquor sales to Indigenous communities. The move aims to renegotiate state relations and address financial or social tensions connected with Prohibition era policies.
Walter Winchell on Broadway reports a flood of society rumors and showbiz notices. Names include Ruth St Denis Ted Shawn Bette Davis George Brent Angela Ashley Cooper and Tommy Manville with incidents at Diamond Horseshoe and Stork Club. Other items note marriages, theater reinventions and a Las Vegas wedding.
City officials decide municipal cars may not be used for pleasure driving. Holy Week services begin with St Marys Episcopal Church to hold events. The First Methodist Protestant Church choir will perform Stainers The Crucifixion as a Good Friday cantata. Mrs M C Culler and daughter Ruth Marie along with Mrs W W Seckler and daughter Edith depart for Raleigh this morning. they will be joined by Miss Katherine Seckler Miss Edith Culler and Miss Elizabeth Stevens returning tomorrow from Meredith College to spend spring holidays at home.
The text lists names Frankfurter Douglas Reed as Supreme Court picks and references staff moves, indirection about a Broadway embezzlement probe, a Stockholm concert by Stokowski, and hints about 1940 campaign platforms with farm aid and unemployment solutions. It notes political contention in the Dies Committee and hints at Roosevelt administration policies and appointments.
The text suggests if Roosevelt chooses no third term by next fall Justice Sam Rosen man will resign and establish a law office which Roosevelt will join after 1940. Raymond Wilbert shines in a Music Hall stage show as a high spot.
The Louisiana legislature advances an impeachment bid against Huey Long for the governor’s office as political tensions rise. In Paris thousands gathered beside Marshal Foch’s casket to pay respects amid public mourning. General Calles in Mexico continues aggressive action against rebel forces as the conflict unfolds.
Lefty Gomez and June O'Dea lost their first born last week. Julian Street Jr quits NBC to become secretary of the Museum of Modern Art after 11 years. 21 million fewer visitors to New York in 1938 vs 1937. Carl Byoir hired by Mexico to promote it. Packard readies a popular priced model for fall. Germany mass produces army uniforms for tropical warfare. A Long Island project starts with annual output of 600000 dollars and now employs 200 Americans. Bergens Girl Friday and distracting publicity gags noted. Society girls and translations of song lyrics provoke blushes.
A. E. Tate is expected to become a member and chair North Carolina's delegation to a 16-state European tour promoting reciprocal trade. The plan envisions Tate guiding the NC group during the summer mission.
Reports state the Phila. Story play did not heckle Clare Boothe. Her groom Henry Luce is gently teased as he holds up a Time cover. The caricature proves not malicious but playful. Douglas Wood, once leading man for...
Dempsey Starns and Healy blocked Metcalfe’s selection as chief investigator amid a Brooklyn Navy Yard spy case claim. United Press cancelled its contract with Eye magazine, not the reverse, and editorials praise Attorney General Murphy’s push for special espionage legislation. Rollin Kirby drew offers after news of his divorce from the Telly, and plans a three month holiday.
A dental professor warns that a broad distrust in medicine is growing, with familiar assurances such as this won’t hurt a bit increasingly viewed as insincere or unhelpful.
Harry Borchers of St. Louis remarks he would rather be a live pessimist than a dead optimist. W M Hughes, Australia’s External Affairs minister, notes efforts to appease those who proved unappeasable.
Mrs Beekman advised that Radio Mirror magazine will publish several editorials on Americanism in its May issue. The Rev Joe Jeffers, who attacked Catholics and Jews in Hollywood, was arrested by the law last week, stirring Hollywood with the ensuing controversy.
Bruce Catton explains what the United States aims to avoid and what it seeks with Latin America. The policy favors sovereign equality, continental solidarity, and nonexclusive trade while promoting peace and shared defense.
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