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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1938
Page
4
The excerpt cites John 4 24 on God as a Spirit and asks what greater disaster can befall a nation than losing worship, attributing the reflection to Carlyle. The brief reflects religious contemplation on national fate.
Southern Baptists convene to reject a proposed general church union. They warn that centralized authority risks abuse and threaten religious freedom. They contrast with Methodist consolidation, urging independence of thought and action while watching how the eight million strong united Methodists fare.
A survey of editorials notes Mussolini and Hitler expanding power in Europe and warns democracies to cooperate against aggression. It cites fears over war, helium-dirigible rhetoric, and calls for unity between Protestant denominations while commenting on American political stances and overseas letters.
The late Theodore Roosevelt valued a single well timed decisive blow, believing it to achieve more than many smaller efforts, especially when action was limited. This view underscored his approach to leadership and crisis response.
The Charlotte YMCA plans a fundraising drive to modernize its building, with $50 000 already pledged and a goal of $100 000. The article notes High Point and Winston Salem associations lack adequate facilities and praises current services despite those constraints. It argues for endowment and better equipment for local Y M C A and Y W C A programs.
The fragment suggests a debate around helium usage tied to Mr. Ickes. It hints at strategic changes or concerns about resource control as political figures influence energy or gas policy during the era.
A column on salesmanship contrasts Wheeler’s rule of using When instead of If with examples from Winter Park Florida and Barbour home life. It notes Robert Bruce Barbour’s simple breakfast and Andrew Carnegie’s oatmeal favorite, illustrating that wealth does not guarantee lavish meals.
The Enterprise reports that under the Committee for Industrial Organization labor gains continue despite a low mood, with progress in the South and other regions. Unemployed and underemployed workers see the need for united action and wider organizing.
Denver’s P Solomon recalls Stalin as a schoolmate while Detroit’s Robert Lacksley discusses a reckless driving trial. Homerville’s Mayor Hughes proposes a town fence as beautification. Fall Church teen designer Philip Henover recounts starting at age nine.
A brief note highlights Albert Jong a 14 year old inventor from Buffalo New York credited with notable ideas and early electrical experiments.
Walter Winchell On Broadway surveys Washington as a town of cab tariffs, hotel zones, and social chatter. He notes high cab fares, a taxi culture, bustling hotels, eager politicos, and talkative salons, with a mix of New York and D C vanity, gossip, and spectacle.
Evangelist George T. Stevens preaches at First Baptist Church tonight. Scout executive B W Hackney urges Scouts bound for summer camp to register by June 15. A store theft ends with a clean bill of virtue for a suspect who later yielded stolen goods to the manager. Elliott Wood, a Carolina student, spends Mother's Day with his parents on Boulevard. Mr and Mrs George Ellis and Mrs W F Ellis visit relatives here. P P Pilcher visits Kittrell. Thomas Gold Jr a state university student spends the weekend with his parents. The Bremen crew is feted in Chicago. National Republicans press a 200 million tax cut in the revenue bill. James W Hoff Jr, 27, confesses to murdering his sister-in-law and brother-in-law in Indiana nine years ago.
Burton Rascoe mourns his son and reflects on parental loss while New York’s Hippodrome transformation continues. Hugh S. Fullerton returns to New York writing as Welfare Island gleams with modern new care facilities replacing older eyesores.
Two High Point residents appear on the ticket Walter Royal for state senate and R Ragan for board of county commissioners. The revival at First Baptist Church has 84 new members as Dr Wicker extends his preaching engagement for a few more days.
Mr and Mrs D H Blair of Winston-Salem were in the city for several hours yesterday. Percy V Kirkman and his daughter Nannie returned to the city yesterday afternoon after an extended trip to points in the middle west and south. Miss Violet Teague and Miss Maude Foushee of Greensboro visited relatives here yesterday.
German prisoners report Field Marshal von Hindenburg is dead while the submarine menace declines. Congress votes to abolish eight sub-treasuries as World War II tensions continue to shape policy and strategy.
The barber who introduced the full Kaiser mustache and shaped royal style died recently. The note contrasts his influence with the exile of Wilhelm and the later public reaction to Hitler’s mustache.
A blind elderly woman walks with her small shaggy guide dog as pedestrians clear the way. An unobtrusive man from the guiding association accompanies them, guiding the pup who learns to navigate traffic with care and assurance.
A blind musician relying on cane was killed last winter when struck by an oncoming train after stepping from a subway platform. The incident prompts calls for better guarding of open platform edges and improved safety measures in city transit systems.
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