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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1939
Page
4
The text discusses the risk that the state remains in default indefinitely unless it intervenes in the current case. It highlights the need for timely steps to avoid lasting financial or legal consequences.
A compact quotation featuring a biblical warning about endurance and a classical maxim stating victory lies in endurance. The lines invoke steadfastness as a path to salvation and triumph.
The governor orders the attorney-general to intervene in the Yadkin county hydro dispute over river control and land condemnation. Critics question why intervention is now pursued while prior stance warned against federal control as a determining issue.
June is National Dairy Month with vigorous efforts to turn every month into a better dairy month. Large chain stores will feature milk selling counters nationwide. The aim is to boost dairy product consumption, especially in the Southern States where averages lag. The push ties milk intake to health and longevity.
The queen was helped from a wrecked car after a truck collision as she expressed concern that promises must not be treated lightly. The Archbishop of Canterbury referenced the Palestine situation while Bishop Stires criticized the shrinking scope of international obligations.
Archibishop Spellman of New York declares memory of charity in both phases, praising charitable acts and the duty to be grateful in his installation address. He emphasizes the enduring need for benevolence and acknowledgment within the church community.
An eight year old named Peter Too Good achieves a hole in one in a local golf event. Observers praise his precision and calm at the tee.
John Roosevelt offers a pithy view calling business a hope and a prayer to sell for more than cost. He omits the related idea that work should yield more than effort.
Walter Winchell notes Coney Island crowds swell as World’s Fair visitors seek the Atlantic Ocean. Orson Welles debuts vaudeville at the Palace Chicago June 9 billed as The Man Who Scared the World and Then Charmed It. The Strand Theatre protests broadside ads for the Fair with Welcome to Broadway signs. Hotels dispute reports of rate raises as the New York Hotel Men's Association denounces billing.
A capsule column surveys media pay trends with a jab at syndicates paying columnists late. It notes Paul Patterson’s remark that moneyed papers prosper while others struggle and recounts John Garfield’s wish to return to the Group Theatre. The broader piece contrasts democratic needs with dictatorship, urging employment and housing as solutions, plus mentions Walter Winchell, Stanley High, and Townsend’s Pension.
Rev. Roy I. Farmer was the speaker at memorial exercises hosted by the local American Legion Auxiliary at the Montlieu entrance of Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery. A quartet—J. Gurney Briggs, J. W. Garrett, J. Lawrence White, Blake Harrison—sang Going Down the Valley, with opening prayer by Rev. E. J. Harbison.
Miss Alice Barbee left this morning for Memphis Tennessee to visit her friend Mrs Edmond Shoup formerly Miss Marjorie Tate Miss Nancy Kirkman of New York visits her parents Mr and Mrs P V Kirkman Miss Kirkman is assistant librarian at the New York Public Library Miss Louise Salsbury arrived today from Salem College and will spend the summer here
President Hoover called for arm defense only during Memorial Day events at Arlington Cemetery. Congress plans an early recess. Major General Charles P. Summerall spoke at Memorial Day exercises in Winston-Salem.
Twenty years ago notices include Rev W A Lambeth delivering the baccalaureate sermon at East Carolina Training School on June 1. Welch Memorial Church Philathea Class hosted an ice cream supper on church grounds. The Great Lakes String Quartet performed at Chautauqua, having recently entertained President and Mrs Wilson on their France voyage. The J W Pike homeplace and 18 adjoining lots were auctioned by Penny Brothers at Chautauqua era event.
The reel shows Italian troops imitating a goose step as they advance. Critics note the pace is unsuitable for retreats and reference a Kentucky hole where conspirators once hid. Fritz Kuhn, jailed Bund leader, reportedly dislikes fish used as meat substitute in Germany.
In Washington C E Ruebsam of the Interior Department tirelessly updates the official U S map by hand. He engraves copper plates, repainting sections as borders and park boundaries change, recently redoing Utah from scratch for the 1940 edition.
Quote from Sir Alfred Duff-Cooper of England argues that only binding peace alliances and large armament preparation can deter aggression and prevent war.
Detroit flounders as team slips toward the cellar, with the Browns deal viewed as a blunt miscalculation and not a turnaround move.
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