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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
4
A short devotional note cites Matthew 1 21 declaring Jesus saves His people from their sins. It quotes Phillips Brooks praising Jesus as condescension of divinity and exaltation of humanity.
An editorial analyzes President Roosevelt's push for national labor standards including minimum wages and maximum hours. It warns such rules could force weak workers from jobs and burden businesses, urging careful design to avoid reducing opportunities while preventing overproduction and wage abuse.
The text argues that industry will accept stabilizing regulation that does not raise production costs, while noting that price deviations from wage levels reduce purchasing power and slow the economy. It frames a major forthcoming industrial experiment whose effects will touch every wallet.
Beaverbook press in England voices sharp criticism of the Church of England for harsh treatment of the Duke of Windsor and his bride to be. The Daily Express questions if the duke is being treated too harshly while noting Edward broke no law or constitutional breach.
The article urges wearing Buddy Poppies on Poppy Day to honor war casualties and support hospital patients and dependents. It frames the poppy as mercy and a barrier against further tragedy amid postwar medical strains.
Proponents in High Point push to restore music to public schools. Miss N A Thomas of Allied Youth cites music as essential for child development and social responsibility, arguing it should no longer be neglected.
The article notes John Wesleys conviction in divine healing and cites a journal account of his horse curing fatigue and pain through faith. It also highlights his role in abolitionism and temperance, and that he did not name the church he founded though he called himself a Methodist.
The Rome report says Italy will adopt an ocean going navy with long cruising range to operate in the Atlantic, shifting from range neglect to offensive capability. The change reflects a strategic fact that even defensive war requires occasional offensive action. The note also comments on broader political opinions and a quip about Britain in Spain.
Washington discussion centered on the veto of a $5,000,000 federal World Fair appropriation for New York. The bill would have required two Republican assistant commissioners and appointed a three-cabinet, seven-Congress member commission, implying White House influence. Sol Bloom is favored for commissioner general. A gold price cut was once debated but dropped due to risks to farm exports and foreign gold influx.
Congressman Rich of Pennsylvania accuses the Secretary of the Interior of chairing a government owned rum company board with Congress and citizens as stockholders. He says he would reveal a Virgin Islands rum bottle but fears leaving it in the room.
The column surveys looming gold price shifts and rising imports while detailing U S policy effects on national debt. It shifts to entertainment, recalling a politician's drinking brother and Hollywood style debates about vaudeville, radio acts, and delayed Broadway flops.
Roosevelt confronts fallout from his Gulf fishing excursion as critics in Washington react to his trip and its political implications.
New York May 28 thoughts on the Times editor Dr John Finley and the town's famed walkers. It names Coles Brummels reporters actors and social figures including Babe Ruth Ethel Merman Doris Duke and George Gershwin with playful foils about Will Hays Major Bowes and Ilka Chase.
Real estate brokers and firms were granted permits to engage in business under North Carolina law. Speeches and travel notes include Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, lecturing on Modern Arabian Knights at the chautauqua. Also mentions the Deep River bridge crossing, Pitcairn Aviation, and Li ndbergh greeted by King Albert with plans for a US to Europe air route.
Thomas J. Gold and C. L. Gray visited Lexington on business. Mr and Mrs Carter Dalton and children spent the weekend in Greensboro with relatives. Doctors Burrus and McAnally must report to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia by June 1 for active duty in the U S Army medical corps.
Death toll from three days of tornadoes climbs to 250 across the Middle West and South as property damage worsens. Italian forces gain momentum in northern Italy while wartime prohibition gains traction among U S church leaders urging stricter rules.
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