High Point Enterprise November 8 1939 edition
Daily and Sunday edition details for High Point North Carolina. Subscription rates listed for carriers in city and nearby towns with advance payment rules. Publisher Rawley Terry Cecil Waynick editor and staff names noted. Official notices about republication and Associated Press use included.
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J. P. Rawley
B. Terry
A. Rawley
Treas
Mmett A. Cecil
Mer
M. Waynick
High Point
Associated Press
All & Dispatches
Buireau
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Congress
National Adv
THE
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New York City
Ednesday
Guilford County Prepares for Tax Revaluation Plan
The Enterprise outlines Guilford County plans for a true property revaluation the first since 1927 with horizontal reductions and full inspections of homes factories and machinery. Canvassers will inventory details and assess true values using updated maps for equitable taxation and rural planning needs.
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Guilford County
Guilod
Cansser
Maines
Dairying Growth and Market Development Across North Carolina
Observation urges locating a Carnation milk plant in the state to spur dairy farming. Milk can be moved from surrounding counties to Statesville, boosting cattle ownership and soil conservation. Revival in Farrell and broader economic optimism mirror psychology beyond hard data, as Armistice Day nears.
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North Carolina
Statesville
Iredell
Carnation Company
Community chest idea praised over multiple drives
The Wilmington Star notes a mathematical idea about pooling fundraising energy into one large movement. In High Point five years of community chest experience shows it to be superior to separate drives, despite early challenges. The idea appeals to business leaders as an efficient approach to local philanthropy.
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Wilmington Star
Wilmington
North Carolina
High Point
Joe Frisco
Joe
Filmogul
Hte
Time is money says Parliaments questions and life
The Manchester Guardian notes that each Parliament question costs about seven dollars to England's taxpayers and cites Colonel Harry Day's 879 questions. It links time spent in offices to lost earnings, praising Sir Ross Smith and Franklin Bettger for efficient work and stressing self-respect and appreciation of others in business and international relations.
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The
Manchester Guardian
House of Commons
Harry Day
England
Franklin Bettger
Bettger
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Paris
Sir Ross Smith
Australia
Lindberg
Sir Ross
Whosoever Will Save Life Loses It Said Jesus
The verse from Matthew 16 25 urges readers to sacrifice personal safety for faith. It highlights the paradox of gaining life by losing it for Christ and serves as a spiritual exhortation.
Americans Face ReadRestart as Fairs Close and Congress Talks
As fairs close and Congress debates quitting again, Americans may have to return to reading books for entertainment. The shift signals potential cultural slowdown and a turn toward traditional leisure amid political motion.
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Congress
Walter Winchell On Broadway tribute and club gossip montage
Walter Winchell On Broadway features tributes to past legends and scenes from entertainment life. The column recalls Joe Frisco’s salary bid, Hollywood chatter at the Penthouse Club, and CBS censorship over the song Chico’s Love Song as newsy theater and radio industry notes.
Malice in Bunderland nickname joke sparks board query
A letter from Mr. Traube to Walter asks if all Communists are Browders beneath the surface while noting Fritz Kuhn’s nickname Malice in Bunderland. The Bill board comment adds a satirical angle on political labels.
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Walter
Mr. Traube
Fritz Kuhn
Bunderland
Form of Criticism at Tony's Pages Motifs and Movie Lions
A Tribune note on Spivy's friends turning Tony's into a Sabbath midnight spot. Patsy Kelly muses why the MGM lion roars before a Metro film, with a critic quipping that the lion might have already seen it.
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Tony
Spivy
Patsy Kelly
Metro
Moss Hart Joins Woollcott in Newark Stork Club Evening
Alex Woollcott lectured in Newark inviting Moss Hart to attend. Hart said Newark was his home town and requested his name be mentioned to acknowledge important people. Woollcott obliged and Hart sat on stage beside him.
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Moss Hart
Stork Club
Alex Woollcott
Newark
Moss
Hart
Woollcott
Alex
Mr. W
Nightclub scramble at Club 18 shocks patrons
At Club 18 last night Jack White blitzkriegers convulsed Joan Blondell and Dick Powell amid a wobbly patron scene. Frankie Hyers called the scene a tight rope walker as a dancer weaved toward the powder room.
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Jack White
Imogene Stanley and the Prince of Wales Dance Scoop
Imogene Stanley, a reporter for the New York News, danced with the Prince of Wales during his North American visit while her editor Phil Payne tracked the story. Payne pressed for details, but Imogene refused to reveal what the Prince reportedly said, calling it a sacred moment.
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Imogene Stanley
N. Y. News
Prince of Wales
Phil Payne
New York
Rome
Imogene
Montreal
Payne
Benchley and Arlen Clash After Premiere
At a premiere Michael Arlen shouts that Benchley and he know he is no good. The exchange follows Benchley’s satirical parody of Arlen’s stories amid widespread critical praise for Arlen.
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MR. Saroyan
Bob Benchley
Michael Arlen
Arlen
Benchley
Picturesque Reporting and Notable Quips Parade
A collage of wry lines from 1930s culture features Bugs Bear on actresses, Gunther on Nazi order, Marriage and Mothballs humor about Cupid, Jack Miley’s cafe hostess quip, Hilton and Bryan in film dialogue, and Paul Muni’s response to Jane Bryan’s attempted suicide with the exchange about being tired of life.
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Bugs Bear
John Gunther
Austria
Cupid
Jack Miley
Brenda Frazier
Cafe Sousiety
Bugs
James Hilton
Jane Bryan
Paul Muni
Jane
Muni
Defense seeks all Jewish jury for Kuhn case
Fritz Kuhn’s lawyer told reporters that if tenure cannot be changed for his client charged as a common thief, he would push for an all Jewish jury. He added that an all Jewish electric chair would be better.
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Fritz Kuhn
Flower show prizes at Wesley Memorial Church
Local news notes prize winners and $75 in cash at the Wesley Memorial Church flower show which closes tonight. Garland Motor Company opens with A Kirkman Jr and J J Garland as directors. People updates include Adelaide McAnally in Greensboro and Alma Virginia McCain returning home after surgery.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Garland Motor Company
Adelaide McAnally
Greensboro
Margaret Johnson
Guilford General Hospital
Alma Virginia McCain
Johnson Street
High Point Hospital
Tom McKenzie
Esbera Club
Country Club
College to Receive 20000 From North Conference
News briefs note High Point College will get 20000 annually from the North Conference.M. P. Church. Trading in stocks is returning to normal. The Episcopal Synod at Columbia South Carolina requests President Hoover to order a full investigation of the textile industry and its impact on southern living conditions.
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High Point College
North Conference
M. P. Church
Episcopal Synod
Columbia
S. C
Hoover
South
Williams Takes Pastoral Charge at South Main Street Church
Twenty years ago Rev. J. W. Williams recently from Statesville arrives to lead South Main Street Methodist Church in relief of Rev. H. H. Robbins who is moved to a new field. Red Cross roll call shows good progress. Christian Endeavor classes of the northwestern district meet here today. A movement to consolidate High Point township high schools is underway.
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J. W. Williams
Statesville
South Main Street Methodist Church
H. H. Robbins
Red Cross
Christian Endeavor
High Point Township
Local Social Notes From The City
Miss Jessie McGhee spent yesterday in Lexington. C. J. Cummings returned from a business trip in the North. Miss Grace Moffitt has returned to Birmingham after visiting Mrs. Fred Thomas in this city. T. R. Foust of the area was mentioned in the column.
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Jessie McGhee
Lexington
C. J. Cummings
North
Grace Moffitt
Birmingham
Fred Thomas
T. R. Foust
Hunger march survivors form long lived colony in Missouri tents
In Butler county Missouri a few hundred dispossessed sharecroppers and tenants live on a 93 acre tract after a hunger march. They rely on corn grits beans and meat from surplus commodities and face uncertain futures as officials struggle over land housing and relief. Community leaders warn that shift to day labor threatens stability and call for guaranteed shares and fair wages.
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Washington
Little Black River
Butler County
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Owen H. Whitfield
United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers
C .I. O. Whitfield
St. Louis
Cannery Union
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
Donald Henderson
Cotton
No Room for Industrial Despotism Senate Panel Says
Greensboro reports a business visitor, while a U S Senate committee declares there is no room for industrial despotism. The strike continues as miners’ union has until Tuesday to cancel. Japan readies to launch a 40 000 ton battleship.
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United States
Miners’ Union
Senate
Washington
Japan
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