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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1939
Page
5
Special to The Enterprise Dudley T. Beacham age 64 died suddenly at home in Star Saturday morning. Surviving are his widow Stel... Funeral services scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Asheboro with details to follow.
Funeral services for Mrs Beacham and her six daughters are set for 4 o clock Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Star. The service will be led by Rev Asheboro with proceeds likely to follow in Star and surrounding communities.
Two Italian soldiers crossed into France and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, signaling a notable cross border shift as Paris absorbs foreign volunteers. The move reflects broader wartime recruitment dynamics influencing unit composition and morale.
Walter Winchell taunts a bar crowd and kills time by gloating over Hardy in a surreal line between author and listener. Martin Proctor examines Horst Wessel myth making in Kew, arguing Wessel was a deadbeat procurer whose legend grew with Goebbels. Read Mag prints film society photos. Carlton Smith links Herbert to music protection law. Win and Seabrook feature in Reader's Digest. Stanley High’s critique targets fascist fringe groups in the Star-Spangled Fascists.
A collage quotes Rosalind Russell on vegetarianism and ham hazards while George Van Horn Moseley and Alvin Hansen offer biting takes. Berlin and Goebbels are cited amid satirical jabs about complacency and fame in wartime satire.
Winston-Salem May 27 Samuel Eugene Myers an 18 year old drowned while swimming in the Yadkin River near the Idols power plant Searchers spent the afternoon and early evening looking for the body and plan to resume the search tomorrow.
The text links a pyramid prophecy to divine protection for Israel Britain and the United States, warning of chaos if rejected. It cites a 6,000 year timeline from 4000 B C to 2001 A D, a November 1939 to June 1941 judgment phase, and mentions Rome’s alleged revival, anti Jewish persecution, and global strife driven by Communism Nazism and Fascism. It notes property versus life outcomes and comments on lace exports and Japanese living costs.
Eighteen seniors and eleven juniors were inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society at UNC ceremonies. The new system requires five juniors chosen by a faculty committee and six by active members. Initiates include juniors Thomas Lynch Murphy and Philip Alfred Walker and senior Victor Albert Means Jr.
Representatives from major Southern state hospitals were invited to the first Southern Institute for Hospital Administrators to be held at Duke University in Durham from July 21 to August 11.
Commander Grover Bodenhamer announces that Kernersville ex-soldiers will gather at the Bodenhamer store on North Main Street at 4 p.m. Sunday and march to the St Paul Episcopal Church service in Winston-Salem at 5 p.m. The Kernersville American Legion plans a new Auxiliary unit for wives and relatives, with Rural Hall post ready to help.
Duke University braces for a three day commencement with a lively alumni reunion scene featuring classes spanning 1889 to 1939. Notables include class officers for 1914 and 1889 as well as speakers Dr James Rowland Angell and Bishop G Bromle Oxnam. The ceremony culminates with a stadium graduation and luncheon events for old timers.
Contradicting common belief, the ostrich conceals its body while leaving its hen exposed to monitor an approaching foe and track movements.
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