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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1938
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Genesis 24 46 and a comment on kindness as a business value attributed to Johnson. The readable text is sparse and lacks a coherent news angle or identifiable event.
The piece suggests suspicion toward the dispossessed in Mexican companies amid the uprising. It cautions that American influence may have spurred disruption and notes the sensitivity of oil property control to U.S. interests while avoiding the appearance of complicity in Mexico's internal troubles.
The editorial argues a revival of the government reorganization bill could occur as Congress faces loyalty tests after Senator Pepper’s Florida primary defeat. It notes the close vote, the potential to shift three negatives to affirmative, and that real strength lies in centralizing authority with the president for simplified government.
A fragment notes that the section of the country outside public payroll influence will back the first proposition regardless of its view on the second proposition, shaping political alignment amid competing proposals.
British reports say Mexico breaks diplomatic ties without recent precedent, following indemnity demands tied to the 1910s disorder. The piece contrasts US France debt cases with Jackson era friction, cites Chamberlain and Mussolini, and warns the realists risk a return to war as Europe reopens armed camps.
The piece discusses Pennsylvania’s upcoming premary as a pivotal political test with labor and party splits shaping outcomes. It recounts Helen Lambert Cadley’s rise from poverty to head of Cadley Construction, illustrating perseverance and the adage about success through persistence. An inventor’s claim about friction as a domestic fuel substitute is noted.
The piece argues that practical realism is eroding idealism in Europe as Britain and France move toward recognizing Ethiopia's conquest and press the League to abandon the Stimson policy. It frames the League as an effort to replace the jungle law with organized international law and warns of its decline.
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota of Japan advocates nonaggression as a desirable condition between two nations in diplomatic discussions.
Washington May 16 A proposed federal amendment would ban alcohol, empowering Congress and states to enforce prohibition with penalties. Gomer Smith, linked to the Townsend movement, introduces the measure after advice from Baptist ministers. Repeal Associates show little concern, focusing on local option laws while the federal push faces state control conflicts. Senator Ellender probes civil service favoritism, planning hearings on anonymous complaints.
Local news notes that the hospital bond election, delayed twice, is now scheduled for Tuesday July 3. Redpath Week opens tomorrow afternoon in High Point at Richardson and Hamilton streets with the big tent rising. Many season tickets have been sold by the Eastern Star ladies. City public schools will close Friday June 1. High school commencement exercises begin Sunday night June 3 with Dr John R Jester of Winston Salem delivering the sermon. The annual commencement address on Wednesday June 6 will be by Dr William Louis Poteat, president emeritus of Wake Forest College.
Diary style column records Pat Driscoll and sister Mary celebrating birthdays with banana cake and a performance of What A Life! Pearl Buck teases about The Good Earth while admitting the writing speed and a surprising note about a Marxist handbook seen near a fashionable apartment building. World’s Fair crowd logistics loom for next year’s huge turnout. Monk the bandit remains at large in the neighborhood.
Herman Bray, mayor of Mount Vernon Indiana who runs a sandwich shop, says serving hamburgers reveals more about the town than City Hall. Mrs. Della T. Blake, president of the American Gold Star Mothers, notes the evolving role of tomorrow's statesmen.
A collection of remarks from Rep. William B. Bankhead and Cornell President Ed ward E. Day condemning destruction of property and threats to safety at a great university. Edgar Friedenberg criticizes scientists who write long-winded papers without readable style.
Judge Samuel Harrison of Evanston Illinois files for divorce from his wife on grounds of desertion. The case follows a long history including remarks about poker disputes and a court battle that saw a $150,000 loss and recovery involving Lew Brice. The narrative mentions a red then black hair change and a teenage boy greeting his mother after returning from Europe before a second departure.
A collection of remarks from Rev Jacob A Long of Newton PA and F Scott McBride of the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League on education level, alcohol influence, and the New Deal. Senator Gerald P Nye is also cited in a brief fragment.
Mr and Mrs J T Ryan are to stay several days at Kenilworth Inn Asheville. Mrs Roy Lee and Miss Dosia Motsinger attended Wallburg high school senior play Monday night May 14. Mrs Conrad Jamison and children returned from visits in Tennessee and West Virginia. Alfred E Smith and Herbert Hoover nomination seen as practically assured. President Coolidge in Washington urged more art and beauty in daily American life to raise moral standards.
The revival at First Baptist Church closed last night with 105 persons joining. Dr John W Wicker praised The Enterprise for its ring and joked about staff going to heaven, noting the paper cannot be blamed if others don t. Archie B Joyner of the G News ad dept and Miss Lucy Neal Carr visited Greensboro. Miss Clara Cox spent a few hours in Greensboro. Children of the Confederacy meet at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon.
A Paris paper estimates Germany has six soldiers per yard from the North Sea to the Oise after poor showings on the western front. Italians torpedo an Austrian warship in a naval attack on Tuesday May 14. The U S government seized about $100,000 in Panama Canal and Porto Rico bonds deposited with Porto Rico treasurer by six German insurance companies.
A Kansas City hospital superintendent says patients want competent medical care rather than aesthetics from nurses, dismissing a claim that beauty affects patient perception. She emphasizes skill, professionalism, and compassionate service as the primary expectations in nursing.
Report notes that Hitler agrees to include Liberty Bell tones in a forthcoming symphony. The article suggests the public may not recognize the notes by now due to time.
Fred Knowles recalls a gold watch that belonged to his father from sixty years ago. Hand-made by an American inventor, it once attached to a locomotive’s driving rod between New York and Albany, famed for timekeeping. A shop quoted twenty dollars for cleaning, prompting Knowles to buy a cheaper watch for three dollars while he decides.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Burns Mantle, a dramatic critic, and Sport Ware, an architect, with scattered phrases about theater, meals, smoking, and a few names. The text is incomplete and contains many nonsensical fragments and errors.
In a busy Square crowd, boys from a trade training school mingle with locals near West Forties. They move along the dirt streets of Kansas, rough-house each other, and discuss future plans, sharing common dreams.
A voice recalls dodging social invites and a brief experience with a shotgun as a boy. The speaker admits aiming poorly during a single bird shot at a robin hovering over its nest and says they have never fired a gun since, only at an inanimate target.
James Saxon of Birmingham Alabama is described as a kind generous sensitive writer who also revels in bloody hunting of wild turkeys and deer, reflecting his strong tastes in wildlife pursuit.
A jokey quip contrasts Hollywood fashion with history, noting that elaborate neckties and long necks echo a bygone era. The speaker questions dressing to imitate a film idol rather than honoring historic battles like Bunker Hill.
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