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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1937
Page
4
A 1937 notice explains carrier delivery rules for Sunday editions in High Point North Carolina. It details that carriers may not collect for more than two months and instructs readers to pay longer subscriptions directly at the office. It credits the Associated Press and notes republication rights.
A compact reflection contrasts Joshua’s warning on forsaking the Lord with Emerson’s view of a generous heart that forgives. The quotation links endurance, faith, and moral strength, suggesting mercy outlasts injury in memory and action.
City officials urged support for an overhead bridge linking Willowbrook and Elm streets to ease chronic congestion. Officials noted heavy population growth and a grade crossing project with a likely $450000 state allocation, of which $50000 was saved, potentially funding the bridge. Divers continue salvaging turbines from the Catawba river near the old Tuckaseege mill amid muddy depths.
A Japanese spokesman called the Brussels peace conference efforts to mediate in the Far Eastern conflict laughable as other nations viewed them with alarm for months. The comment invoked a grim view of humor tied to cruelty and referenced the North American Indian stereotype.
The piece contrasts macabre humor with real carnage in China where brutal fighting continues. It notes irony in public figures smiling at misfortune while the world overlooks the violent clashes and humanitarian cost. It also mentions Basil Ryan’s amnesiac claim about his marriage and disinterest in Martha Barkley.
A Dare County Times editor praises large collard patches seen on a 250 mile drive from Burgaw to Belcross. He notes the winter bounty of greens hogs corn potatoes and a hopeful rural life, urging more collards and less complaining. A citizen in High Point plans to sell 40 dollars worth from his backyard patch.
The self styled law and order group the Ku Klux Klan faced public backlash after about 150 hooded members raided a Miami Florida night club. They allegedly seized money and assaulted entertainers after gathering for an initiation in a park. Authorities ponder whether the act was Klan related while condemning the brazen intrusion.
A collage of quotes and references celebrates education beyond formal schooling and lines of literary characters. The piece contrasts Mark Twain and Don Marquis with Goethe and other figures, urging young readers to value experience and self study alongside diplomas.
The remark calls for a full investigation of the raid and punishment of the guilty, noting that whether the Klan is involved or not the matter demands action. The special session of Congress is under way, with members largely seated.
A chaotic anecdote questions who paid for a house that was not built and who employed the labor and purchased the materials. The speaker notes wages not paid and hints at inflated costs.
New York reports popular belief that newsmen are inarticulate at dinners though figures like Bugs Baer Bill Corum and Lowell Thomas speak well. Luncheons now host the best speeches limited to three minutes. Dog lovers counter city nuisances with campaigns while noting drivers cause far more harm than dogs.
Dr A E Winship editor of the Journal of Education Boston writes of High Point praising its splendid high school building and setting. Thanksgiving turkey dinner to be served tonight at Central Friends church 6 to 8. Mr and Mrs Fidler hosting visitors in Cheshire England. radio voices Marshall and Rosalind cited for appeal. Local notes mention visitors to Greensboro and attendees at Baptist State convention in Durham with short homecomings and returns.
A narrator in Charlottenburg, Berlin, recalls a feminine laugh from a park bench that brightened the night with exquisite tone and joy. A gentleman nearby mused in verse that the laugher, though fearing hell, arrived as if in heaven.
A snake can swallow an egg that is four times the size of its head in a single gulp, illustrating remarkable jaw flexibility and constriction ability.
The American gunboat Asheville moved from Hongkong to Yeungkong, China amid threats to Americans in the former city. A bitter cold wave began gripping the South with Nashville reporting snow last night.
Twenty years ago a local Navy recruiting office will be open Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week offering rapid promotion. Southern Furniture men will meet in Winston Salem on November 22 and 23.
About People Mesdames EB D Steele W CC Beavans and Hatcher motored to Greensboro yesterday. Miss Jennie Bones left yesterday for Columbia to visit her brother now in camp at Camp Jackson.
Brief notes that Moscow has been captured by forces opposed to Karensky. Another item states men with dependents will be barred from army service except where dependents would not suffer, reflecting wartime exemptions for households.
Tommy Riggs, 29, OSU graduate from Pittsburgh, is hailed as the radio find of the year. Clem McCarthy and Floyd Gibbons pace a rapid talker field, while a Parisian female announcer reportedly doubles their word rate in chatter-box days.
The passage notes radio personalities face tough voices with H V Kelten horn and Fred Alien as examples while criticizing Martha Raye for loud yowls. It presents a era tone about broadcast star vocal qualities and public reception.
In a developing Capitol idea President Roosevelt considers using about 500 million dollars to condemn and buy control of major public utility holding companies. The plan would let the government operate the electric power system, but Congress and legal hurdles loom.
Observers say As Lin faces a high risk gambit in Russia, interpreting his move as an effort to commit aggressively or "shoot the works," signaling a bold but precarious gamble.
The article recalls old ambitions to construct a vast ocean carrier surpassing the Queen Mary, a plan once urged by optimistic thinkers who imagined a colossal vessel crossing the Atlantic.
A sharp sports fan suggests dispatching a few top blog contributors from our prize fight to support the Chinese retreat victory. The plan aims to leverage online voices to bolster morale and public support amid tensions.
Opposition resurfaces as scholars argue the campus puts too much focus on football and not enough on classroom credits. Administration warns changes could affect programs and student workload.
Law revisions give New Yorkers the right to operate within the city while Guardia keeps a monopoly on tiger hunting.
A lighthearted column notes a modern co ordinator’s mishap when a talkative barber’s quip falls flat. The piece riffs on outdated jokes and witty phrases that feel as old as waxed mustaches.
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