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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1939
Page
4
Publisher and officers listed J P Rawley A Rawley B Terry A Cecil Gen M Waynick months rates policy on carrier collections and subscription length guidance. Associated Press licensed for republication. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation.
The text discusses private operation potential gains for a freight line while noting public option failures, then shifts to Fritz Kuhn embezzlement prospects, local political bids, and views on practical education. It quotes leaders on schooling, ethics, and democracy, and ends with reflections on work ethic, sales success, and wartime economy.
Longtime North Carolina press figure Mr Farabee known from Raleigh Times and Hickory Record died after a day’s fishing. He was friendly and whimsical, a good citizen and host in Florida. He enjoyed recalling Carolina days while living in his adopted state.
Dale Carnegie, author of How To Win Friends And Influence People, is highlighted for his impact on self improvement and communication. The article traces his career from early sales work to public speaking and publishing success.
New York gossip recounts press agent stunts that blocked traffic and stirred crowds, naming Faith Bacon, Dick Powell, George Kaufman, Tallulah Bankhead and others. Notes include Lipstick fashion, Berlin satire, a nose pull at a 52nd Street venue, and playful election ballots.
A collage of quotes from public figures and observers on defense, democracy, and daily life during wartime. Notable lines reference Al Capone, Smedley Butler, Gov Winant, and remarks on policing, courts, traffic, and economic shifts, including gold discovery in Georgia.
The city schools will have two days off for Thanksgiving. The Salvation Army seeks clothing for needy children. Merchants must keep sidewalks clean. Dr. Joseph P. Kane promotes a health conservation contest. In person news notes include J. A. Dalton's Atlanta trip and Miss Gertrude Ferree’s planned Chicago performance. J. W. Sellers is ill in Emerywood. Brief items report fourteen deaths from a temperature drop Clemenceau’s illness and Hoover’s ongoing business conferences.
Bruce Catton reports a major 1940 shift in the federal social security program. More than 900,000 people will receive about 114 million dollars in old age insurance this year, with liberalized benefits and new survivor and family provisions. The reform includes earlier benefit payments, expanded eligible groups, and a simplified trust fund replacing the earlier reserve plan.
Local administration and the chamber of commerce join to secure better railroad facilities for the city, focusing on passenger station convenience. State Senator Alfred M. Scales of Greensboro will speak at Central Friends Church on Sunday. Reports note travels of Rev. Thomas L. Trott and others, with brief items on coal shortages, a jewelers theft at Yarborough Hotel, and gratitude to the fire department for extinguishing a house blaze.
An example from Hardware Age recounts two farmers claiming to rise earlier. The first tests the claim by visiting his neighbor at 2 AM, only to learn the farmer’s wife cannot confirm his whereabouts, revealing how bravado meets reality in rural routines.
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