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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1939
Page
4
Partial OCR shows the Tiane newspaper masthead with names and roles. J. P. Rawley is publisher from 1915 to 1937, A Rawley secretary treasurer, Amett Cecil general manager editor, and John Budd Co. national ad representative listed. Date Friday November 3, 1939.
The piece argues for restraint in embargo debates amid wartime sentiment and notes the public mood favoring peace. It highlights a Texas governor’s decision to honor North Carolina’s extradition requisition for Nile William Wright, praising cross state cooperation and criticizing denials as rare and troubling.
The Rev. Dr. Robert Brent Drane, longtime rector of St. Pauls in Edenton, aged 88, died after serving the church for 56 years. Native of Hillsboro, he lived in Edenton decades, shaping local spiritual life and North Carolina church history.
All night fall wagons loaded with tobacco pass to Browne's warehouse in the Twin City. I recall the Big Red Mule sign, auctioneers shouting, and crowds in bright calico dresses as I saved spankings for hearing the sales.
The note suggests Admiral Byrd should postpone his Antarctic voyage for a year as plans falter and the expected arrival in Boston by Luster seems unlikely. The fragment hints at weather or travel hurdles affecting the expedition timeline.
Walter Winchell shares chatter on Schmeling Yankee plans Edith Rogers Dahl Wynns Paris broadcasts Beth Leary Dorothy Simmons and Milton Berle quip amid wartime rumors and political notes. Collected items include Ann Sheridan Litvak betrothal hints and U. S. arms sales questions.
A movie schedule notes Gone With The Wind screening in Atlanta on Dec 15 in place of a double feature. The column mentions potential Hollywood political impact if the Neutrality Bill passes, film humor by Gabby in Gulliver's Travels, and local notes on Joan Blondell and other cultural tidbits.
A draft note says Baron Woyditsch will nominate Nazi-sympathizer R Collins as president of a new group called The Patriots Protective League. Collins refused to discuss contacts in Germany, while Dwight Fiske at the Savoy Plaza is criticized for his lyrics Lita and the Swan. Charlie King begins at the Gay 90s with Roaring Twenties reminiscences.
A lively montage of media notes finds critics debating Time of Your Life trials and Algonquin meetings. It mentions Lait assigning the Kuhn trial, Bob Considine as running writer, and requests coverage of shows. It also notes pieces on Enrico Caruso Jr selling femme hosiery, Katharine Hepburn buying under a secret name, Bund gossip, and Hollywood gossip about Har vey Gibson, Don Stillman, Barry Wood, Deanna Durbin, and MacDonald De Witt.
The Wesley Memorial church hosts its annual fall flower show on Thursday and Friday November 7 and 8. A planning committee led by Mrs. J W Clinard organized a second Parents Go To School Night. High Point firemen will again bring Santa Claus to hundreds of needy local children this Christmas. People notes mention Mr and Mrs George Lowe visiting friends in Statesville and Roaring Gap, Mrs W J Bennett at the Boyles Harville wedding in Thomasville, and Mrs Charles L Amos and son Kenner returning from Philadelphia where Kenner underwent examination with Dr Kern.
The two day regional meeting ends with discussions on recent strikes in North Carolina and moves toward forming a cabinet amid France crisis as the third republic faced one of its most confused ministerial periods.
William C. Massey resigned this week from the chamber of commerce secretary post and left for Tennessee to pursue publicity work. Dr. Weist, a Pennsylvania minister, will not arrive until tomorrow as meetings at the First Reformed church get underway tonight. Miss Dorothy Stewart of Winston-Salem was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Hedgecock of Parkway and Miss Lois Welborn was in Greensboro yesterday. A final vote on peace treaty ratification is proposed this week in a unanimous Senate-ward agreement, while United Mine Workers officials at the Indiana headquarters continued their stance today.
Bruce Catton discusses a neutrality debate option to seize British and French Caribbean islands in exchange for unpaid war debts. He notes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands costs, strategic value, and trade benefits, warning of a heavy federal burden if acquisitions rise.
Former Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas addresses students and guests at Cornell College Mount Vernon Iowa noting that wartime conditions have driven hand to mouth business to near disappearance under European conflict stimulus.
The Belgian king declares Belgium’s lack of territorial ambitions and disclaims involvement in the conflicts dividing Europe in a broadcast to the United States. He emphasizes Belgium’s stance and seeks to temper wartime tensions.
Detroit doubts hosting the 1940 Olympics while Finland risks passing, as Britain France and Germany are absorbed elsewhere. The situation casts the games as a prelude to a future Joe Louis bout.
Britain’s troops at the front press for familiar comforts as they fight for victory over Hitler, noting the cost in tea and crumpets to sustain morale and sustain the war effort.
Raleigh reports say Governor Bickett and Lt. B W Maynard, the "flying parson," may fly to Wake Forest this afternoon. In Washington, Senator Jones predicted ships flying the American flag will approach Britain's tonnage by the end of 1920.
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