Congress Delay Favored by Business Leaders in 1939 Outlook
The High Point Enterprise notes business leaders prefer a quicker adjournment of Congress to undo costly New Deal policies. It cites Senators Harrison and Nebraska voices on tax cuts, and warns of mounting resistance to administration policy among big business. It also surveys German and Polish tensions over Danzig and the Western defenses, with Hitler’s cautious stance amid rising international tension.
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Congress
Washington
Florida
Nebraska
Harrison
Senate
Ways and Means
House
White House
Hitler
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Beck
Europe
Methodist unity and regional heritage highlight High Point issue
The Enterprise presents a wide view of united Methodism in High Point with notes on Duke University origin near town, High Point College, and local ministers. It cites social action by Quakers, Roosevelt era trade debates on canned beef, and regional concerns about cigarette taxes as part of a broader community history.
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United Methodism
High Point
Duke University
Trinity College
High Point College
United Forces
Union Brings Confidence to Methodist Fellowship
Christians celebrate the union after years of effort and see it as meaningful only if it advances shared goals. Methodists express confidence that minor differences are settled and that unity will promote the larger issues they agree upon.
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Emerson
Robert Burns
Cotter
Why do smokers pay more and how it affects locals
The piece questions cigarette taxes funding federal revenue and ponders local and state relief for smokers. It notes High Point does not produce cigarettes but locals might oppose higher prices. It also reports on North Carolina’s program to destroy currant and gooseberry plants to protect the white pine industry, and mentions arsenate of lead used in the city harming a cat and birds while killing garden pests.
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Roosevelt
United States
Argentina
Congress
O.k
The
Christian Science Monitor
Guilford
Uncle Sam
High Point
Agricultural Review
Raleigh
North Carolina
C. H. Brannon
High Point Progress Praised By Local Pastor
Pleased with progress in High Point North Carolina the pastor Fisher R Mason of First Baptist Church writes of improving housing and employment for Black residents. He notes industry thrift and white employers aiding in mobility and promises better city transformation through hydroelectric plans. NYSE notice on admissions referenced.
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Salisbury
N. C
First Baptist Church
Colored
High Point
South
Fisher R. Mason
E. Washington St
Broadway Folio Review Collage Reflects a Dying Season
Walter Winchell surveys a crowded week of Broadway openings and revues led by The First Nights, noting Day in the Sun and The Brown Danube among mixed reviews. He sketches acts from The Devil and Daniel Webster to Life and Death of an American, plus gossip on Nancy Carroll and the Flora dorables, with humor about Jack Benny and other showbiz figures.
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the Post
John Mason Brown
Atkinson
Times
Devil
Daniel Webster
Stephen Vincent Benet
Uncle Sam
George Sklar
Vanderbilt
Nancy Carroll
Jack Kirkland
The
Sun
Albany
Elmer F. Quinn
John I. Day
John One
E. Phocian Howard
Post
G. P. Putnam
Earhart
N. Y
Frank Erickson
Rollin Kirby
World-Telly
Homer Cray
Hitler
London
The World of Tomorrow and the Call to Change
A reader reflects on the New York World's Fair as a gauge for future life. He notes tension between nostalgia and progress, urges discipline to adapt, and compares past delights with new jazz, radio, and technology while affirming that time and change are inevitable.
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Egypt
Oliver Goldsmith
Lyrics of Youth and Nature From a Duke Power Magazine
A reader recalls puppy love and poetry mixing with nature as an antidote to urban life. The essayist cites Robert Burns and Southey and muses on love, poetry, and the countryside as a comforting escape from city strains.
The Sweet Green Fields
A man expresses weariness of city life and fondness for High Point, saying he prefers the rural setting as his ideal backdrop. He notes the appeal of green fields and a slower pace as a contrast to urban living.
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High Point
Resignation of Yale Scholar Over Bavarian Academy Policy
Dr. Franklin Edgerton of Yale resigns from the Bavarian Academy of Arts and Sciences after learning it bars non Aryan members. He condemns the regime as brutal and ignorant, warning that the war aims shift from battles to a prolonged, anxious campaign. Premier Daladier, meanwhile, voices concern over France.
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Franklin Edgerton
Yale
Bavarian Academy of Arts and Sciences
France
Premier Daladier
Farley Calls Tour Nonpolitical in Stamp Business Spin
Jim Farley denies his current tour is political and says he is in the stamp business. He would provide rubber stamps to delegates. Robert Taylor is married. Public reaction tests whether fans think he can act or vote wisely.
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Jim Farley
Robert Taylor
Green's Out of the South reviewed for dramatic breadth
The week features Paul Green's Out of the South a Harper edition collecting his best plays. The reviewer praises Green as a Carolina-born dramatist who writes authentic southern lives with simplicity and skill. Also noted is James Boyd's Bitter Creek a West saga about Spur in pursuit and growth amid frontier life.
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Green
N York
Harper & Brothers
Paul Green
University of No Carolina
Mr. G
Erskine Caldwell
Abraham
Pier’s Field
Johnny Johnson
Lost Colony
Mr. Green
South
North Carolina
James Boyd
Charles Seriiner
New York
Ray Talcott
Uncle Coon
Tom Haven
Doctor Antelope
Ray
Nels Ray
Illinois
Spur
Mr. Nelson
L Dian
S& Sect
Nelly
Nancy
Boyd
West
Bitter Creek
Names Stir Namesake Tie Across Towns
Oddly paired town names in various states create humorous combinations when the state is added, such as Ash Kan Carpet Tex Ogoo Ga Odear Me Skeleton Ky Shoo Fla Kay O Houdy Miss Fiven Tenn.
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Ash
Kan
Carpet
Tex
Ogoo
Odear
Skeleton
Shoo
Fla
Kay
Houdy
Miss
Fiven
Tenn
Wall St. Journal
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Kokomo
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Oliver Hardy
Harry Langdon
Jean Benoit-Levy
Monsieur
Bob Hope
Fadiman
Cantor
Federal Communications Commission
Jack Benny
Cubs
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Helen Menken
Harper's
David Cushman Coyle
Bruce Oliver
D. B. Carrick
W. A. Bivins
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