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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
4
A quotation contrasts the gospel with others by insisting believers go into the world to preach to every creature. It notes the gospel offers a higher heaven yet a deeper, darker hell than other faiths.
A wartime reflection twenty years after the 1918 armistice notes that peace remains elusive. The piece contrasts the Kaiser’s fate with modern threats, condemns Germany’s current path, and warns that armistice day has become preparation for renewed conflict. It argues loyalty to democratic principles is essential to lasting peace.
Charles Jonas, traveling, defeated the Republican nominee for the Senate and sent a telegram of congratulations to Raleigh on hearing Reynolds' return. He stated he did not know when Reynolds would receive the message.
The excerpt notes Senator Reynolds claiming strong voter endorsement and departing for New York then Europe, with a planned return three days before Christmas. It recalls his Moose speech denouncing Americans preferring Europe and jokes about his early travels, ending with a quip about a folkloric Lula Belle ballad and Tar Heel wit.
Conservatives hailed Tuesday's results as a income turning point. Republicans plan to open Charlotte headquarters in 1939 to organize every precinct and push toward a national victory. They argue gains hint at a Republican president, with strong backing in New York and other states.
In Yadkin and nearby Graham and Clay counties voters swung away from Republicans in a surprising development. The piece notes ongoing irregularities in party allegiance and references the region's traditional voting habits.
The piece notes persistent farm problems and old age pension questions as key issues for the new Congress. It cites a local reaction to Kentucky killings on election day and reflects on voting violence and lingering feudal imagery, warning of serious, uncivilized acts surrounding elections.
John Joseph Fowler builds a business on smiles in Times Square New York six days a week at 43rd Street near the Times Building. Born in a New York tenement with a wooden leg, he lost his leg young, worked early, and used a warm greeting to sell newspapers attracting lonely strangers and helping them reconnect with hometowns. His cheerful service earned him steady success and community admiration.
A collage of remarks from Herbert Hoover Soviet War Commissar Voroshilov Federal Judge Tillman D Johnson Douglas Fairbanks Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini. The quotes touch on politics punishment cinema optimism and military outlooks attributed to the era's prominent leaders and figures.
The News and Observer notes that early returns from Tuesday’s election indicate sustained faith in the New Deal by the American people. The article hints at ongoing public support for Democratic policies and leadership.
A politician stirs public interest by conducting straw polls during late summer, shaping campaign momentum and testing voter reactions. The move draws attention from supporters and critics alike as the season heats up.
The column discusses Lizzie Borden and Leopold and Loeb cases with sensational defense ideas. It notes a alleged bloodless crime defense for Borden and a neighbor involvement theory for the Franks slaying, reflecting crowding speculation and police reactions.
A chaotic scene sees two gunmen charged with killing officers amid a spree. Their lawyer contends the act was manslaughter not murder, while the defendants reportedly dodged conviction in the face of the police killings.
The piece details a gangsman method of killing during the wars. It explains a three shot sequence aimed at quick death or incapacitation, noting a finisher to prevent talking to police. The text implies a methodical, disposed approach to carry out executions on the ride.
The passage mocks defense lawyers who rely on circumstantial proof in homicide cases, noting skeptical comment from England's Justice Dunham about whether any other type of proof exists, and observes that murder typically occurs with no others present.
Comrie Thomson, famed Scottish counsel, secured an acquittal for a man accused of drowning a boy for insurance. He avoided speaking to the freed prisoner thereafter. Alexander Woollcott notes another case where Madeleine Smith’s counsel won her acquittal for poisoning her lover with cocoa, and his quip about tea followed.
A melodramatic courtroom scene recounts a French lawyer advocating for a remorseful femme fatale. The defense leans on boredom as motive, aiming to move the court with sympathetic emotion and secure the murderess’s release.
A woman named Toffana in Italy is reputed to have helped commit about 600 murders. She marketed poisons used by judges to dispose of husbands and lovers who caused them trouble.
Dr. C. Mercier, famed criminologist, explains that the slayer, while avoiding one detection method, often exposes himself to another. The unsolved deed remains a near impossibility for the criminal mastermind in this analysis.
Theorists argue Leopold and Loch might have escaped punishment for the killing if new evidence or defenses had altered the case. They contend the strength of prosecution and juror perception would determine culpability and outcomes.
The text lists six main motives for violent death: gain vengeance elimination jealousy love of killing and conviction that the world would be happier without the victim. It notes a seventh motive from Prohibition: murder of the squealer, not fitting the earlier categories but combining features of both.
A petty officer named John Coleman aboard Henry Hudson's Half Moon was killed when Native Americans attacked the vessel with arrows. The incident is described as New York's first murder of record in early colonial encounters.
Happy Jack Mulraney pistol whipped a seaside keeper named Paddy the Priest for laughing at a facial deformity. He then returned to rob Paddy’s till, pursuing a second crime in a single episode.
Dopey Benny Fine, longtime gang leader of the East Side, is identified as the chief figure in a string of killings. Once a lieutenant to Monk Eastman, he allegedly dispatched hired thugs to chase down Big Jack Selig in the ghetto.
A movie trope notes the newspaper reporter in fiction always solves the murder, while real cases stall. The first officer on the scene must finish eleven required notifications from the chief to the stenographers before questioning the first witness and asking Whodunit.
The piece notes boosters in other cities claim such crimes could not occur locally. It cites Nan Patterson and the Floradora figure blamed for the Caesar Young case in a hansom cab, and suggests outsiders praised their own cities for lacking Floradora girls or hansom cabs.
The piece notes a period when hoodlums paid hired killers, highlighting Killer Burke of Detroit’s Purple Gang as a notorious figure. It frames the era as unique outside war where murder for profit became a business, reflecting sensational crime tones.
A duck with blood tinged feathers led a reporter to a bloody pool where the body of Wm. GuldenSupppe was found. Martin Thorn and Mrs. Augusta Nack were convicted for killing him.
A sensational local page line reports the killing figure described as London’s dumbest killer. The incident is summarized in the continuation note indicating more details on Page 11.
The Baptist State convention in its 98th session will begin at Green Street Baptist church tomorrow. The Eastern District Luther league meets today at Emmanuel Lutheran church. More than 300 new members joined the local YMCA as the drive closed. The Forget-Me-Not sale raised 270 dollars for disabled veterans.
Mrs J E Kirkman and Mrs J W Harriss will attend the U D C convention in Houston Texas next week. Mr and Mrs J E Mills and Mr and Mrs K C Denny depart tonight for a several day visit to New York. Mrs W E Tomlinson of Thomasville spent Friday afternoon in the city.
Congress leaders clash over farm relief needs as President Coolidge addresses a Arlington cemetery. Mount Etna in Sicily continues to erupt with lava. Knox Upholstery buys Pyreto Furniture plant in Thomasville from High Point firm.
Twenty years ago Mayor D A Stanton lifts city lid for armistice joy. A 7 30 parade led by leather lung musicians, Home Guard in uniform. Schools reopen then shut under flu ban. Speeches at Commercial National Bank after the parade. Jubilation fills the day amid embryo parades across the city.
On November 11 1938 the editor reflects on the war's end at 6 o'clock this morning and the claim that democracy is established in the world. The piece recalls optimism on the twenty year anniversary and notes current doubts about democracy’s health.
Governor Lehman tells voters he has raised milk prices while Thomas E. Dewey has raised rewards for yeggmen, signaling tougher stance on crime and rising costs.
President Roosevelt shows little regard for the Committee Investigating un American Activities and remarks attributed to him suggest disdain for the Dies phrase. The exchange hints at political tension over investigations into subversive activities.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Eddie Rickenbacker Pershing and Roy Howard amid wartime pride. A Brooklyn river scene shows a boy and dog near the water, capturing a listless, reflective postwar mood and local color.
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