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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1941
Page
4
A biblical verse from Exodus 34 21 emphasizes rest on the seventh day after six days of labor and during times of care and harvest. The message guides workers toward periodic rest within labor cycles.
High Point sold refunding bonds replacing outstanding issues to save about 240000, marking a turnaround from eight years of distress. The city, once urged to readjust its 12 million debt on top credit terms, now benefits from callable refunding bonds and strong demand for municipals, accelerating debt retirement over ten years.
A critical editorial notes English complacency after World War I and warns that European democracies ignored signs of rising Nazi threat. It cites France and the Maginot Line, urges preparedness in air power, tanks and guns, and says Hitler’s expansion will affect all nations and future generations.
The piece argues that arming the democracies is essential to stop Hitler, asserting a possible expeditionary war across the seas. It places John L. Lewis and Kurusu in the spotlight amid talks with the Administration and Hull, stressing that safety alone is insufficient.
Davidson College students undertake a Christmas project giving Bibles to Chinese refugees. The act spurs reflection on the Bible’s influence on China’s flight from home and its role in individual and national life, highlighting ties to Madame Kai-Shek’s family and broader Chinese regeneration efforts.
High Point merchants say the electric blackout harms Christmas trade and lighting is key to sales. Willard Dowell of Raleigh returns from Washington asserting possible relief as power shortages seem less likely and state lines divert power elsewhere. He notes a usage ban burdening retailers and tied crime and accidents, while a national merchants conference discusses unemployment compensation, taxes, pricing, and federal control versus state rights.
Dowell criticizes taxation tied programs depriving citizens of voice while the Gastonia Daily Gazette argues intolerance harms civilization. The piece recalls Rosenberg’s extremist quote and warns of the long road to eradicating intolerance stemming from Nazi occupied Germany.
The column surveys age 40 plus job prospects in aviation. North American Aviation in Inglewood reports age not a barrier. most plant workers under 40, yet older men fill skilled and nontechnical roles. Foremen praise experience, stability, and adaptability of employees past 40, with examples from stockroom to night shift and Sam Avey in his sixties.
Walter Winchell recalls Louis Reles nearly leaping from a hotel window during a murder case as psychiatrists weigh motives and a hospital bughouse tale about Buggy Goldstein unfolds. He notes Cole Porter and Lawrason Riggs failed See America First, Porter’s Legion era decline, and other showbiz anecdotes.
A busy Broadway column tallies publicity moves and nightlife chatter. Mentions Selwyn James urging British asylum for 95 Naziland refugees, Sol Bloom protests, and Campbell’s offer to aid Trinidad as temporary haven. Also notes stock scandal talk, caricaturist plans, and Hollywood romance headlines alongside show business quips.
Local Lions meeting notes civic clubs talk led by attorney R D Douglas in Greensboro. A golden spike marks the Great Northern Western Pacific link at Bieber California. Pine shipments from Northwest move to McEwen Lumber for Snow and Continental Furniture. High Point pursues 1932 GOP convention. Plus various brief items on visitors, state politics, and international news.
Twenty years ago a fire shortly after 1 o clock damaged Hill Veneer Company boiler room. Chief Blackwelder and Patrolman Friddle urged downtown merchants to burn a light in stores after dark to deter robbers, a suggestion the chief believes will work. The note adds questions about the urging and mentions Rev Ralph Finch’s revival, new chamber secretary F J Sizemore’s inquiries about High Point, and Mrs A E Tate leading a Colonial North Carolina study.
The Duncans and Edwardses, Texas and California migrant families linked to a Supreme Court case over migration laws, have been found by the Farm Security Administration. Fred Edwards works as a fruit and vegetable inspector in San Jose and plans to buy near Marysville. Frank Duncan laboring on fruit ranches, later taking a job at a Pittsburg chemical plant with defense contracts likely to persist.
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