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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
4
A verse from I Samuel 2 3 warns that the Lord weighs actions and knowledge matters, while Socrates notes a fool reveals his poor counsel but a wise man keeps wisdom. The quotes contrast divine judgment with philosophical prudence on speech and judgment.
A Raleigh safety seminar speaker, Dr. Miller McClintock of Yale, denounces diversion of highway funds as a breach of official trust. He argues taxation should reflect road needs, taxing automobile operators for road purposes only, warning that deviating from the plan harms public goodwill and the fairness of the tax system.
High Point welcomes Rotary delegates in a district convention highlighting Rotary’s global reach and its history. The piece also discusses university open doors in North Carolina, student honors and an anecdote about Theodore Dreiser getting his first big break in journalism. It ends with a call for job story submissions.
The article highlights Rotary's enunciated purpose to foster world peace by removing individual prejudices. It notes the diverse contacts among people from various walks of life as the means to spread related emotions and ideals, and emphasizes the movement's tenacity as proof of its value. The Enterprise adds a welcoming word for the presence of representative men and women from a large portion of the State.
The article attributes the student's condition to differences in high school preparation. It recommends improving outcomes by extending the school year to ten months.
Robert Quillen argues relief must continue until business revives and taxes fall, a cycle critics call endless. Gastonia Gazette notes WPA era contrasts and questions returning to the 1933 conditions. Dr. E Stanley Jones warns of a jungle ethic in economics and international relations, urging a moral shift before any policy change.
A humorous remark from the U S S Chicago Big Shot notes a woman who can hurry through a drugstore aisle eighteen inches wide without brushing tinware and still knock off a door of a twelve foot garage.
A speaker recalls burning portraits to end an intense relationship yet finds the love linger in memory. They declare freedom from captivity and daily thoughts return to the former beloved, as words they should have spoken haunt the heart.
New city officials will take the oath Tuesday night with A. H. Holton W. A. Davis S. W. Horne Alvin S. Parker and C. A. York set to serve. York becomes mayor for two years while Davis moves from mayor to ward two council seat. contest by T C Johnson of High Point College may affect Davis seat. Mrs C E Sheloff re elected president of the Philatheas at Winston Salem meeting. Mrs Sam Bryan visits Fayetteville and Earl Phillips Welch Harriss attend Kentucky Derby. Mrs George T Wood visits Mount Ulla. Miss Mary Muse attends Virginia Carolina game in Greensboro.
A cache of anecdotes portrays Charles Lindbergh avoiding reporters after the Shenandoah film mix up and his general distrust of the press. The account recounts a 1920s Chicago to New York mail flight incident with six ham sandwiches instead of film, plus other era quips about Schacht and Charles MacArthur.
A modernist funda mentalist dispute ends with the closing of Des Moines University a Baptist institution as students disrupt the trustees meeting. An incendiary fire strikes Elizabethhton Tenn with ongoing strike activity. President Hoover is fishing at his Maryland preserve.
Milestones and mischief fill a light column with humor and asides. Milton Berle chats on 46th Street about Max Mesoofsky and Abie Slobodkin who died and went to heaven while a department store sweater gambit and a sales joke amuse readers. A Pepperell executive writes a sales book. The column riffs on Fritz Kuhn and critics with a quirk about a Detroit reporter and domestic woes.
J. E. Millis and J. M. S. Salsbury regained possession of their automobile tires Friday night May 9, after police arrested a negro who claimed he found the shoes in the woods while returning from a fishing trip. Judge Austin bound the suspect over to the June term of the superior court. Speakers at the Junior Order memorial service in Trophy Council hall were C. A. York Rev. J. W. Rose and Rev. J. M. Hilliard.
S C Clark spent the weekend in Winston Salem. Miss Odelle Peacock Greensboro College student visited home people here over Sunday. Philip Silver is undergoing treatment in a Baltimore sanatorium.
News briefs report the Austrians traveling to Paris on Wednesday to sign the peace treaty. American troops are to be withdrawn from the northern Russian front. Secretary Josephus Daniels is returning to America from Europe.
A Time critic suggests naming the water divers at Billy Rose's Aquacade Aquabats. The dialogue snippet includes a drunken husband arguing with a cashier over money and his wife.
Bruce Catton outlines proposed changes to the Social Security act. He notes funded old-age benefits will rise, payroll taxes may hold or rise, and the reserve fund projections show large future deficits or gains depending on amendments. He highlights the average current claims of $75 and the shift to regular monthly annuities for about 30 million Americans.
The text designates June 11-18 as Keep America Out of Foreign Wars week. It jokes that Hitler and Mussolini will be quiet then and comments on new stars forming from primeval matter, notably in Hollywood. It mentions mice spreading a brain disease and adds a line about Paul Whiteman not traveling to Europe citing jitters both abroad and at home.
A satirical note claims women’s stockings are longer and costlier while wives lament that men’s sex should improve in tandem, reflecting social humor rather than a factual report.
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