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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1938
Page
5
Elder J. W. Wyatt will preach at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church Monday evening at 7 30 o clock.
Japanese forces press along Nanlakow and Pih sien areas near Lunghai while Chinese defenses along the Grand Canal from Tientsin Pukow to Taierhchwang hold. Prominent Chinese leaders Chang Heueh-Liang and Chen Chi-Teng, retired since 1936 amid revolts, are named to the national defense council.
A reader in High Point questions modern Christian practice, urges Sabbath observance, and cites biblical verses to argue divine guidance. Another letter by D A Covington addresses Marvin Ward’s questions on hell and eternal punishment with cited scriptures.
The piece describes Child Health Day and a new Better Parenthood Week linking it to Mother's Day on the eighth. It urges parents to promote child health through radio talks articles and speeches, stressing the need for wisdom and sympathy to address mental, economic, and wartime pressures.
A 1938 letter argues dictatorships muzzle media and urges citizen travel exchanges. It proposes direct contact between cities like the tenth largest US, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy to foster understanding. The author asks Vineland to lead a Get Acquainted program.
Congressional action on antitrust reform appears unlikely this session as adjournment looms. Debate centers on funds for public works and relief, with hearings ending soon and proposals to cut blank check appropriations. Key witnesses include Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and labor leaders John L. Lewis and William Green.
Garland Mangum died in a water related incident near Freeman's mill road. DeJournette and Bat were linked to the case with alleged offers to influence Mangum to leave town. Mangum was the sole eye witness. his brother Kyle says DeJournette pressed him to flee the state. The body was found face down in water with bloodstains near rocks. Mangum survived by his father William A. Mangum and six brothers and one sister. Funeral arrangements announced for Bethel M B church, Battleground Ave, Greensboro, burial at Green Hill cemetery.
Aircraft operators reported 623 266 per fatality and 664 145 passenger miles per foot during the six months July to December, highlighting statistical ratios in air travel metrics.
The Aetna Safety Special touring demonstration comes to High Point on Thursday May 5 to test reaction time steering ability glare susceptibility and color vision. Sponsored by Lloyd Flythe and Flythe Insurance Agency the mobile unit offers driving tests at multiple city sites with times to be announced.
A two week revival series starts today at Calvary Methodist Church 1201 East Green Street. The pastor preaches at 11 a.m. and Rev G W Fink of the Jamestown Oakdale charge preaches Sunday evening and each evening of the meeting. Music features include the Hedgecock sisters Sunday evening. Evening services start at 7 30.
More than five hundred trained Negro voices will perform spirituals such as My Lord What a Morning and Swing Low Sweet Chariot at Finch Ball Park between High Point and Thomasville on Sunday May 8. The Winston Salem Teachers College chorus will present the homecoming celebration inviting public attendance. The college is chartered to train Negro teachers for primary and grammar grades and to train home economics teachers in North Carolina Negro public schools.
Opponents forecast large defections as the Southern Methodist Church nears a decision on union with the Northern and Protestant branches. A council hearing, led by M. E. Lawson of Liberty Missouri, could trigger civil litigation if the merger is rejected. The outcome awaited Tuesday or Wednesday with unification still seen as likely in time.
The report for the Yadkin River at Clemmons near Styers Ferry by Murray and Flood for High Point covers the week ending April 29 at 7 30 p m. It records mean temperature 63 5 degrees with a high of 86 6, low 33 9, mean humidity 60 5 percent with highs 80 and lows 32 percent, no precipitation, river stages from 2 20 to 2 466 feet.
Evangelist Flora Bell New of Greensboro conducts a tent meeting at the corner of Thirton and Ward streets, with services beginning last night per Rev. C. statement.
Reverend Cecil E. Haworth leads a five Sunday May series at Central Friends Church on friendship and marriage. Talks titled The New Approach to the Problems of Marriage through May 29 cover choosing a partner and making happy adjustments. All ages invited to attend at 7 30 p m.
B. Sullivan pastor of the Church of God announces special music and singing for each nightly service at the corner of Clinton and Redding streets.
Troy R. Short, tax collector, listed a 1911 Ford owned by W. A. Hayworth of route 3 High Point. The antique vehicle was valued at 25 dollars, though Short believes it is worth more.
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