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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1937
Page
4
A Sunday 1087 reflection extols mothers for bearing life’s labor with steadfast faith. The piece praises their sympathy for childhood, resilience amid era shifts, and quest for truth. It closes with a prayer for justice, peace, and guidance for mothers and families.
Key West with federal aid aims to build a highway over the old Florida East Coast Railway trestle to reach the mainland. The project follows other regional evacuation petitions as storms repeatedly threaten isolation. The Roan island case in Scotland parallels the debate on federal funds versus feasibility.
Rome cuts ties with Britain as Mussolini bans three English papers and orders correspondents home. The Italian press vows to boycott the coronation while the government warns of reversals by Italian troops in Spain. No war is declared.
South Africa appeals to Great Britain to insure gold's safety and urges steps toward stabilization. Smuts says a review is needed as uncertainty in gold affects world markets and major powers. The piece notes U S denial of gold sale fears and calls for prompt stabilization benefiting all nations. It also includes a poem about battles won by mothers and a critique of academic fear of freedom.
J D Mooney of General Motors Export Company argues in Philadelphia that no policy can avert war’s economic devastation. He warns isolationism fails and urges stockpiling critical materials, a substitutes program, maritime strength, and protection of Americans from hunger as the nation prepares for a future global conflict.
The column laments urban noise from traffic horns and radios and calls for self restraint and better manners. It notes that most noise lacks justification, cites incidents from city life, and mentions an anti noise ordinance with few enforcement cases, urging personal consideration.
A reader recalls John Traveler a Piedmont North Carolina native who chased fortune westward through many states to California. He returned with little wealth, teaching that happiness and success lie in home soil and steady work rather than airier dreams. The piece links to Sidney Lanier’s idea that there is more in men than in land and ends with a reflection on mothers on Mother’s Day.
A literary roundup surveys glowing and troubled depictions of marriage and social change. Alec and Betsy Canning confront divorce and family strain under pressure from relatives, with a hopeful note on second marriages and modern American society.
The passage notes Italy risking a harsh societal turn as Rome endures a ban on papers while still craving news of the coronation and royal figures like Wally and the Duke, highlighting patriotic strain and public interest.
Dr Eckener prepares to travel to the United States to personally investigate the Hindenburg tragedy. He cautions against overlooking sabotage as a potential cause while noting a wayward spark might have triggered the explosion. He hopes sabotage will not be found as the underlying cause.
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