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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
4
A bulletin pairing two quotes on vigilance and deliverance. The first expresses reliance on divine protection to be kept from evil and unto a heavenly kingdom. The second warns it is too late to guard oneself once in the midst of evils.
A High Point Municipal Court case sees a man plead guilty to four charges including prohibition violations and receive a suspended prison sentence. He admitted storing contraband behind heavy home doors and obstructing an officer during an alleged whiskey seizure, with a record of prior charges and convictions noted in court.
A syndicated column by Robert Quillen recounts a Greenwood South Carolina Index story about a bomber incident at Augusta airport. A stranger's hand on a plane edge hid a razor blade damaging deicing gear, risking lives. the piece warns Americans to question suspicious acts and defend defense machines amid postwar threats.
An extracted speech fragment discusses dangerous times, denouncing needless manhunting yet urging caution against appeasers. It asserts that in danger, following right is wiser than fearing consequences and emphasizes steadfastness in moral resolve.
Raleigh's News and Observer criticizes national housing programs for ugliness in white U S H A projects on Blount Street. It contrasts with High Point slum clearance efforts that show improvements in site planning and color, urging ongoing attention to aesthetics and utility in federal housing schemes.
The article recalls Byron’s 1824 push for Greek freedom, his poems in Don Juan praising Greece while doubting its fate, and Greece’s later resilience against Nazi pressure in Crete. It argues Greece will regain freedom, citing a prophecy of the Greeks as thorn in the Nazis’ side, and quotes Byron on the Isles of Greece.
The regional press echoing Hitler views says neither Germany nor Britain can deliver a decisive blow now and that Roosevelt must choose peace terms or drag the U S into war. The Greensboro Record rebukes appeasement and isolationist claims amid the current crisis.
Fred Allen kept lowercase letters after a faulty typewriter change his business correspondence forever. The piece highlights Homer Croy Lowell Thomas Hendrik Willem van Loon Cecil Rhodes and suggests readers inject personality into every letter rather than imitate others.
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An explanation of St Elmo's Fire as a reverse lightning discharge from earth to sky, observable as a pale glow on mast tops during storms. It notes positive and negative forms, colors, accompanying hiss, and its historical mentions by Greeks, Caesar, Columbus, and Dana.
Walter Winchell crafts a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City weaving through spring breezes and hustling streets. The piece catalogues hoboes, debutantes, strivers, performers, and shoppers amid noise, hunger, love, and fatigue, ending with a moonlit plane cutting the night.
A vivid panorama of New York life on Broadway and surrounding streets. Descriptions span eatery window pancakes, Main Stem crowds, subways with cartoons, hot dog stands, Times Square donations, two film dimes at theaters, Madison Street Garden pug talk, Bronx Zoo exhibits, coffee aromas near the Manhattan Bridge, Fifth Avenue art displays, Sixth Avenue auctioneers, and pedestrians with frozen expressions observing the city’s daily parade of humanity.
Vivid fragments describe a pretzel vendor at City Hall who claims to be an actress and recites obscure poetry in a sandpaper voice. Headwaiters usher guests with smiles while patting backs and sharing laughter. A Midtown mosque signs that temper is costly to lose. Short showers sweep the city’s face, and Times Square film house marquees promise short synopses. Winds tug at park trees as leaves shiver with every breeze.
The piece describes I Am an American Day ceremonies in Central Park praising America as thousands of new citizens embrace the country. It notes carloads of families leaving the city for peaceful retreats, sidewalk chalk messages at 45th Street and Fifth Avenue, and Midtown clubgoers parting with friends amid lively chatter, while lapboxers in Union Square face heckling.
The piece reflects on Chinatown and Broadway scenes once vibrant with mystery now crowded by Chinese residents and a chorus of disparate communities. It notes night clubs, pigeon feeding at Lincoln Square, and the sensory spectacle of Broadway, comparing urban diversity to a poetic, casi hellish glow of lights and voices.
A city resolution backing an all-time city physician is endorsed by the High Point Parent-Teacher Association. The American Legion Auxiliary readies for the poppy sale tomorrow. Irene McAnally, daughter of Dr. W. J. McAnally, elected president of Salem College rising Junior class. J. C. Fink of Concord visits niece Mrs. T. B. Bennett in West Green Street. Irene Davis visits Wershaw South Carolina. Mary Elizabeth Harllee to visit from Converse College with her parents. News briefs note about 500 killed in Burma insurrection and narcotic ring arrests in Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Schwab says liquidation likely over. Quoted war era prophecies and peace sentiments appear, including Franz von Papen and Geoffrey Faber. Alfred J. London publisher urges continued book production. Alf M. Landon and Herbert Hoover quotes on U.S. security and England’s role.
In the Continental Hotel Cairo a tourist, eager to be seen with the uncrowned King of Arabia, interrupted T. E. Lawrence as she fanned herself with a newspaper and proclaimed “92.” He offered a polite birthday reply, noting many happy returns. The column closes with a quip about stairs.
Washington reports on the National Youth Administration facing sharp scrutiny in Congress. Peter Edson notes advocates cite NYA as defense support and training, while critics question work experience value. NYA staffing, wages, and costs are outlined, with figures for eligibility, jobs, and funding.
A defense sub contract trend shows six subs per prime contractor. Army Navy munitions board reports 4,750 primes to 28,000 subs. Alison Engine holds a $69 million contract and has sublet $30 million to 100 sub contractors.
A fragment hints at a playful riddle about a cantaloupe and a moral note on prohibition’s lingering impact on a mother and home life. The text remains unclear but suggests domestic tension and quirky culinary puzzling.
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