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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
4
A religious verse and a moral maxim contrast belief with spiritual kinship. The first cites John 8 47 about hearing God’s words and not belonging to God, followed by Noah Porter’s remark that belief depends on what you are.
A North Carolina editorial warns that 94 percent of legislators favor a statewide prohibition vote. It argues a dry majority will emerge if a plebiscite is held, threatens whiskey interests in eastern counties, and notes wet counties may bargain for political moves to preserve alcohol access.
For nearly 900 years no foreign invader has secured a foothold on the British Isles. The crisis during the present war grows as England faces invasion risk and the Allies show limited offensive power. The piece warns that Germany’s tactics may force a swift decision and tests Allied stamina, with American preparedness weighed against a potential Hitlerian victory.
The Greensboro Record notes strong interest as 30 978 voters registered in 56 of 66 precincts in Guilford County. Hudgins predicts total registration between 33 000 and 34 000, crediting Democratic factional activity and urging turnout at the polls to exercise the franchise.
In Pinehurst a doctor suggested placing North Carolina’s insane hospitals under the State Board of Health. The move would unify management across facilities now run by separate boards, aligning mental health care with the state health service renowned for competency. The proposal appears meritorious but lacks official backing or board consensus.
Autographed wall inscription in Paris cites Victor Hugo promising a revolutionary civilizational party will shape the 20th century. Premier Picrrot cites German brutality, pledging punishment by the world. The fragment ends with an unfinished forecast on future events.
A high school sophomore, facing hardship after his mother’s death, leaves home to ride freight and seek work. A sympathetic tramp offers blunt counsel, pushing him to change. He returns to school, earns a Wabash scholarship, graduates Phi Beta Kappa, wins debates prizes, and now attends law school on fellowship.
In a brief dispatch the Egyptian mummy Harwa arrives in New York following a mistaken voyage to a World’s Fair. The artifact offers no comment, seemingly absorbed in its own wrappings and not noticing the Frisco exposition.
An experimental highway is painted orange to reduce glare, paired with a small blue automobile. News notes the unusual color choice as a safety experiment in road design.
Announced now is the nine ounce vest pocket radio enabling silent listening without turning a dial. The compact set fits in a coat pocket and offers convenience for the fastidious listener.
The text explains that Arab etiquette uses lip smacking to signal pleasure with food. It notes a rule that if a guest does not enjoy the meal, he will smack the host instead.
In Massachusetts a resident insists the curb in front of her home be painted to resemble her drapes. A well-dressed inebriate then plans to adorn himself with lace cuffs and a boutonniere before lying in the gutter outside.
The home front frets over government cost and a fifty year horizon with few claimants for old age pensions, fearing unsustainable support as generations pass.
Dr. T. J. Kreps, economic advisor to the TNEC, warns that no industry should pretend it has made technical progress unless it can show reductions in prices. He emphasizes concrete cost declines as the true metric of advancement.
Senor Ruiz Bravo condemns foreign intervention as humiliating and intolerable after local Nazis pressured suppression of a British war propaganda film. The incident highlights rising tensions and calls for stronger stance against interference.
A rapid reel of New York social buzz shows figures like Gertrude Niesen at Reuben’s and Grace Hartman on a $2 hat at Cafe Louis XIV. The column riffs on Noel Coward, Miriam Hopkins, Dinah Shore, Sam Goldwyn, and others at famed venues, ending with a quirky note on Tallulah Bankhead.
F D Roosevelt Jr moves among tables prompting comic reactions as F Hyers asks if he is running for a third term. The scene on 52nd Street causes laughter while at Polyclinic Hospital a baby Lyons gleefully lifts his crib to show his blue booties to a nearby girl.
A fragmentary column notes marital strife as the wife of a Music Box treasurer files in court and Horace Heidt’s health recovery a week ago. Other items touch on industry hints from Republic Aviation dividends, Warner Brock financing Romeos Juliet, and a Belgian plant bombing tied to a war figure.
A Journal and American cameraman photographed a pretty unidentified girl at the National Safety Council meeting held April 25 at the Pennsylvania Hotel. The paper seeks her name for future assignment. Freres Shubert reportedly wants her for a new production as pages her casting query.
Vivien Leigh at the Ambassador remains reachable only by asking for an L A name initials and Alexander as last name. Col Gomez tips La Martinique palying $1,000 Friday. Betty Lynn of Walk With Music may join Prince de Bourbon’s Princess. Burgess Meredith buys Allied Relief Ball hat for $100 then protests model Elaine Bassett’s pairing. Exchamp James Braddock jokes about Joe DiMaggio salary link at $400 yearly. Mrs Jack Dempsey hires Moe Polakoff. FDR Jr and Kendrick Sparrow sell a torch song to BMI titled I'll Spend the Rest of My Life With You.
At the fair a fluid named Bottled Will Power is featured with a drug store display at 79th and Columbus. A long black bearded newsstand dealer at 50th and 7th is likened to a murder mystery figure. Billys Steak House at 56th and 1st uses gas lights. A Park and 49th fundraiser for Baby Milk Fund asks passersby if they keep their wallet near their heart.
Cabbie Arthur Trongone saved a girl on a hotel 6th floor ledge by calming her, last Thursday night near the Hotel Belvedere. Fausto Curbelo debuts Americanga at La Martinique. Val Olman crew performs with Louis Armstrong. Fifth Avenue song by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren features in Zanuck musical Lillian Russell. A famed screen star fades from front pages amid financial and marriage woes while her once-glamorous sister ascends to a top city post.
Attorney General Brummitt says a vote may change his party affiliation on primary day. The Superior Court term opens in Greensboro May 26 with many cases and a full day set for trials of High Point defendants. Yard and garden contest registration is closed.
Bruce Catton reports a New York lawyer’s delegate tally for the Taft and Dewey camps. First ballot: Taft 227, Dewey 266. probable first-ballot strength Taft 364, Dewey 255. post-convention split taft 43 and dewey 283. The analyst sees about 200 delegates possibly backing a dark horse.
Six years after prohibition the Internal Revenue Bureau targets bootleggers distillers and rum runners. In Oklahoma 169 men faced federal conspiring to take liquor across dry states. New York indictments cover 122 men for distributing liquor dodging 1.6 million in taxes across NY NJ PA. Revenuer figures show 11 425 stills 7 559 gallons seized and 224 032 in fines. Southern mountains lead in cases as mountaineers resist revenue agents with fire.
Business visitor From North Carolina O. Kirkman Jr. travels to New York. Morganton resident Mrs. H L Shuey visits relatives in the area. Sherwood Sorrell, honorably discharged from the U S Navy, has returned home to the community.
U S Marines killed sixteen Nicaraguan bandits in a yesterday operation. The Southern Baptist Convention meeting in New Orleans approved a budget of 3 million dollars. Forest fires across Wayne and Craven counties in April caused estimated losses of 8196 dollars.
Twenty years ago more than 15 states will be represented at the Young People's Convention of the M. P. Church to meet here next week. High Point B. P. O. E. will be represented at the Elks' convention in Salisbury on May 25. Shipments from this city to points north of Washington are being held up due to congestion in Potomac yards.
E D Steele was a business visitor to Greensboro yesterday. Mrs J A Barker attended the Guilford College commencement yesterday. Miss Mary Mendenhall has returned to the city after completing a year as teacher at Summerfield.
News briefs report French forces retreating from occupied areas in Germany as Allied control shifts. Chattanooga is slated to host the next Southern Baptist convention while the American Legion plans to avoid engagement in labor disputes.
The Maryland Public Company A aims to block an inventor from selling high explosives to Congress by staging a campaign involving goats scattered across locations.
A sequence of snappy quips at various New York spots mocks celebrities and fashion. Commenters joke about diamond jewelry, silent film comebacks, and outrageous outfits while critics poke fun at originality and behavior. The roundup captures a lively nightlife chatter.
The State Department law forces agents for foreign powers to register while limiting publicity. A top New York firm, urged by many nations, declined work due to stigma of being an admitted agent. Even Norway considered mediation but faced German pressure.
The fragment shows Cha Hitler addressing troops as the invasion of H unfolds. It forecasts fate of the German nation over a thousand years, signaling a pivotal moment in a wartime context.
Kachiro Suma, spokesman for the Panese foreign office, said the conflagrate is unlikely to spread to this hemisphere. The remarks came amid questions about regional impact and containment measures.
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