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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1939
Page
4
A compact religious excerpt contrasts the fear of the Lord with fear of man citing Psalms 19:9 and 9:16. Quotes from Witherspoon and L Estrange discuss God’s judgments exposing wickedness and the eventual downfall of knaves.
Two leaders Mussolini and Hitler tour frontier armament observing Italian and German lines. The piece argues their military records are weak and their shows are political pressure games that risk misreading technical realities. It warns their rhetoric could endanger diplomacy by tempting neighbor nations with harsh facts.
A government report cites North Carolina as one of seven states with higher aggregate income in 1937 than in 1929. The estimate shows the state with nearly 3.5 million people had total 1937 income of 997 million dollars, versus 919 million in 1929, highlighting income gaps relative to the national average.
Dr Edward L Thorndike of Columbia University rates 310 U S cities by general goodness of life for good people His ratings place High Point near the bottom with 30 000 population plus Charleston at the top Pasadena 62 Montclair and Cleveland Heights 58 Berkeley and Brookline 57 Savannah and Durham 19 and Augusta also near the bottom Charleston Duke Durham Savannah listed in the study across the nation
The piece notes Dr. Thorndike’s view that church size does not predict civic goodness and cites factors like home ownership and professional presence. It contrasts bad signs such as child labor and high birth rates with indicators of good cities including dentists and engineers. It discusses potential market and trade implications amid dictatorship tensions.
A 1930s editorial argues that wartime strain is shifting public focus from military to economic retaliation. It notes Europe’s energy waste and pressures on households, citing Mussolini’s talks of trade restrictions as Italy’s response to sanctions and enemy actions.
The Georgia State Senator Ben Fortson, paralyzed for ten years after a 1919 accident, finds happiness beyond walking. He reads two thousand books and enjoys Wagner, Beethoven, and Shakespeare, learning kindness and courtesy from his wheelchair, saying he has more to live for now.
The Duke of Windsor speech draws praise as a peaceful appeal amid crisis cited by Senator Lewis Schwellenbach. L A Jones counters that no state-level political activity has been authorized by Dewey. Phillip A Benson notes under pressure earnings for banking. Milwaukee mayor Daniel W Hoan cautions on job promises.
Keyboard great Ignace Jan Paderewski expresses pride in the younger generation and calls for continued high standards of morality and idealism against depraved propaganda.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor declares the door to labor is open and vows to welcome all unions back. The statement frames a revival effort within the national labor movement and signals renewed organizing momentum.
From the motorcycle and sidecar crash in London a grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, and baby survived. The family showed remarkable cohesion despite the disaster, underscoring their unity in adversity.
Walter Winchell notes on Broadway items include F D R potential third term talk and Rosa Ponselle undergoing a hospital procedure under a false name. Other tidbits involve Miriam Hopkins with Anatole Litvak, Ursula Parrott and A Coster Schermerhorn, and a Jersey mob searching for a defector with 300 Gs.
George Palmer Putnam accuses Ratzis of pressuring him to reveal the anonymous writer of The Man Who Killed Hitler. The identified figure is Dean Jennings, formerly on Real Detective magazine staff.
Woolworth Donahue caresses the Wishing Tree at the World’s Fair as chatter swirls about a Jersey Senatorship deal involving Doris Duke’s groom James well and Mayor Hague. Rumors of Ambass Kennedy stepping down by July 1 and June stitches on Arthur Krock and Martha Blair surface in The Senator. Claire Boothe is at Drs Hosp.
Jimmy Stout and Wilma Bard are said to be close as a Sun newspaper exposes a claim that Stout is married. The estranged wife has directed her attorney to sue AP papers over the report, challenging the misstatement and urging denial.
The piece lists social forecasts and hints including Diana Robertson’s daughter turning four in the fall and Anita Colby delaying marriage plans from June to September. It also mentions a trotter Nibble Han in a Hambletonian race and Charlie Barnet leading his band with a baton from Dorothy Lamour. A Brooklyn situation from a special prosecutor is teased and a Capitol columnist is praised for potential readership gains.
The May 13 editorials condemn excessive war coverage in American outlets. A Page 20 headline features Webb Miller, United Press European manager, declaring that war is possible only if a miracle occurs.
Governor Lehman’s allies expect Ed ward J. Flynn’s law partner Monroe Goldwater to fill Justice Lauer’s seat. Patsy Kelly plans late June operation. Tammany Hall weakens as Democrats resemble White Russians. Mae West show titled Clean Beds after 1600 title review. Isaac Don Levine translates Krivitsky pieces. rebuttal cites Parisian origins. Museum of Modern Art opening shows Doug Fairbanks Sr and Lady Ashley viewing Mary Pickford silent films.
Financial observers expect no conflict imminent as the royal party is set to visit. The column notes a lyric from Sounds in the Night and mentions various entertainment and personal news including Alice White rejoining Jack Roberts, Ted Hecht's remarriage, Clara Wilkins skating, Hertha Thiele’s stage work, and a London premiere review misnaming John Steinbeck.
The King and Queen share spare moments on board the liner practicing French. Elizabeth Russell and William de Rham are seen with the Moth and Flame couple. The Brass Rail pickets wear oversized On Strike badges amid the World's Fair disruption. Scribner's ends with a magazine success analysis and a skeleton found near Smithown, L, of a 10 year old girl. Mrs
The twelfth annual session of the North Carolina Hospital Association met in the Sheraton Hotel ballroom with nearly 300 delegates in attendance. A three pound head of lettuce grown by Farmer John W. Johnson of High Point Route 5 was shown in the city. George A. Bryant of Greensboro visited, Mrs. Hoyt Harris and daughter Betty Joe plan to attend Guilford College commencement, and Hubert M. Bryant is recovering from a tonsillectomy at the Burrus Clinic.
Eighty nine people perished in Cleveland Ohio when the Cleveland Clinic Hospital burned. The Graf Zeppelin will leave Germany tonight for America with Dr Hugo Eckner in charge of the giant dirigible.
Twenty years ago a Salavation Army fund drive of 1500 dollars was planned to begin May 18. Local seniors prep for graduation as exams begin next week. Captain Charles M. Kephart joins High Point Real Estate and Insurance. Finance chairman W C Idol calls a meeting of all interested in forming a first rate High Point baseball team at 8 pm at the Commercial Club.
Mrs. John W. Shields of Greensboro is the guest of her son Elmer C. Shields. Carter Dalton returned from Raleigh after appearing before the Supreme Court in the Public Service Company versus Southern Power Company case. Deputy Sheriff Joe S. Phipps of Greensboro was a business visitor in the city for a few hours today.
England pays homage to Nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in World War I. Eleven German boats seized by America in 1917 have been distributed among Southern ports.
Illinois Governor Horner remains gravely ill prompting renewed coverage as NBC purges continue last week. The article notes the two lions at the Fair's British Pavilion with raised fore paws.
The note mix mentions Western Union and Postal union nearing, Tom Mooney slated to speak at the Garden on June 5 after arriving June 1. Barbara Evans tied to Fernand Baehler as a Stork Clubelle, Burns and Allen drop sponsor plan then resume. Jack Benny signs a new three year high wage deal, Parke Levy and wife welcome a girl weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. Concludes with a quip on countries and peace as a distractor.
Bruce Catton introduces Fred Brenckman of the National Grange in Washington, arguing that farm prices depend on a recovering national economy. Brenckman cites unemployment, income shifts from 1929 to last year, and tax burdens as reasons private enterprise must be revived to restore farm prosperity. He notes the need for measured farm legislation, not quick fixes.
Dr. Richard M. Hutchings, president of the American Psychiatric Association, remarks that the schizoid mystic who retreats to mountain isolation sometimes comes back with renewed sadistic impulses aimed at provoking reactions that affect entire nationalities.
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