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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1937
Page
4
The excerpt cites Deuteronomy 27 25 condemning murder and a line by Porteus on how one murder creates multiple villains and a hero, implying moral judgment and societal impact through biblical and sermonic phrasing.
The Parent Teacher Council urges city residents to support restoring music in public schools after recent curtailments. It argues music and drama enrich the soul and leisure, not just livelihood, and invites wide citizen participation in a mass meeting Wednesday night.
The article reports Norman Davis, U S ambassador at large, promoting an international economic peace project with pledges of cooperation from up to twenty two nations. It links the effort to sugar conferences and notes the challenge of binding disarmament and sustaining peaceful trade policies amid political pressures.
The piece argues that freedom of the press exists in America and Britain but not in Italy under Mussolini. It notes Italy bans most British newspapers, with no coronation photos and limited coverage. The column suggests Italy’s ire stems from Britain not recognizing Ethiopia and Haile Selassie’s invitation to the coronation. It salutes the Improved Order of Red Men gathering in High Point for three days, welcoming all delegates and wishing fruitful meetings.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull gains backing as the leading U.S. contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. Supporters credit him with shaping reciprocal foreign policies and advancing the Golden Rule as a guiding standard while President Roosevelt remains a central figure in policy endorsement.
The article argues the untrammeled press exposes weaknesses in the British leader’s position at home. It contends truth asserts itself and press freedom weakens his domestic standing as he seeks to bolster power abroad.
Bruce Catton argues that romance and belief in effortless happiness lead to repeated marriages and divorces. He says marriage requires effort, unselfishness, tact, and courage, and that the so called divorce evil persists while people treat weddings as automatic happiness. The remedy is mature commitment.
Nazi Germany denounces British and American universities for refusing to join Goettingen University’s bicentenary celebration this June. The protests accuse the Nazi regime of corrupting scholarship and persecuting scholars by race or religion, prompting the free universities abroad to abstain from participation.
London officials grant 10 American women permission to present their courtsies to Dr. George and Queen Elizabeth at spring courts, a concession achieved after lengthy negotiations. The piece notes the long debate over numbers and questions the value of focusing on social climbers rather than broader diplomatic aims.
Washington dispatch outlines possible settling proposals to alter the presidents court plan. Analysts note a sliding scale or limited appointments could win passage while preserving leverage for future changes.
The diary notes a New York writer staying at a country inn with heated towel racks and a rubber phone chair, praising a floating island dessert. The entry recalls a world weary mood, a talk of the world’s troubles, and a cowboy’s saying about life. Charlie Driscoll plans a stop in Gallipolis for a mid western lecture, predicting an eye opening town visit.
Report notes members of a Detroit group who mutilate facial features with knives may ease their plight by directing harsh critique at Mussolini while being shaved. The item frames the paradox of ritual self-harm and political rebuke in a fringe movement.
In 1880 a U S patent was granted for a chalk mark applied to furniture to deter insects. The invention used a chalk marking that warned or protected wood surfaces from pest damage.
A narrator describes using flattery to influence a request about adding dogs to the household. Marehly asks why there are red apples for the teacher, as a cart topples over in the scene.
On New York's lower East Side a pianist and four spigots served endless wine at a dollar table d hote. A torn menu caricature of the narrator by Signor Caruso was presented, later recalled by the singer. Sherman Billingsley, club owner, discusses generous credit for patrons, noting small losses are outweighed by goodwill.
Newly elected High Point mayor W. A. Davis and council members H. A. Millis Charlies F. Blake John W. Clinard and F. P. Conrad will be sworn in at 8 o'clock tonight. The day also saw the 79th annual meeting of York Masons held at the Masonic temple on North Main Street with many dignitaries in attendance.
C. D. Smith returned from New York this morning. Captain A. M. Rankin spent yesterday in Greensboro. Gilbert W. Clark will attend the T. P. A. convention in Charlotte tomorrow.
Registration for the draft will be easy but each man must disclose all about himself. British and French forces are making gains on the Western front. Liberia in Africa has broken relations with the German Kaiser.
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