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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1937
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise lists staff and offices with D A Rawley as secretary and treasurer and Hammett A Cecil as general manager. J P Rawley is noted as publisher for the period ending 1913.
One month and one week subscription periods are listed with a note that longer terms require direct payment at the office. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of its dispatches and local news. The notice is filed as second class matter in High Point, North Carolina, under federal law. The date listed is Wednesday, November 24, 1938.
A religious reflection highlighting Deuteronomy 6:6 on loving and obeying commandments. It quotes scripture and H. Giles praising true obedience as noble and holy, urging faithful adherence to divine law.
The piece weighs Professor Janet Rankin Aiken’s attack on President Roosevelt’s grammar in Better English against the president’s clear communication. It argues that even if ungrammatical, Roosevelt’s speech reaches audiences, unlike some overly rigid grammarians who miss the point.
In Belgium a peace conference under Pau Spaak aims to end the war in China. Meanwhile the exiled Duc de Guise resurfaces with a 5000 word manifesto to reclaim the French throne. Secret societies like the Cagoulards draw scrutiny as arrests surface. Irony noted as parleys and plots unfold.
The Progressive Farmer quotes an editor and farmers debating price signals. A veteran laments selling cotton for 8 to 9 cents while buying Western bacon at 20 cents, contrasted with younger farmers who boost hog production when cotton wavers, using hog prices to offset cotton slumps.
The piece questions William Green and the AFL stance on a proposed wage hour bill. It argues that government dictation of hours and pay could erode union authority and affect dues and membership, noting Green’s strong opposition and the split with CI O on the issue.
Bruce Catton notes two concurrent industrial promotions in different systems. John Holmes becomes Swift and Co president, the first non-Swift in the role after starting as a messenger in 1906. Tatiana Morosova rises to head the Soviet Cosmetic Trust from a Moscow laborer background, replacing Mme Molotoff.
A compact note extols humor in business and politics through Lady Astor the first woman in Parliament. It recounts how she faced hostility in the House of Lords with wit and poise, and advises speakers to be themselves not memorize introductions. It also cites Napoleon’s disdain for can't and his search for better words.
The piece argues that capable leaders emerge from research and merit across lands from Russia to America. It contrasts hereditary rule with merit-based advancement, citing Germany, Italy, England, and France as examples of failed aristocracies. It concludes that ability finds a path while society bears the cost of blocked talent.
Real Love and Ego notes Smith College president William Allan Neilson says mother love is often self love as he cites mothers pushing daughters to excel for self credit. He recalls how college goals are weighed against daughters returning home and opportunities lost. Urban leaders weigh in on gender and power remarks.
A New York Day by Day piece profiles Margaret Fishback a copy writer and department store executive who writes poetry between selling and tending her garden. It notes Ogden Nash Gelett Burgess and Meredith Nicholson as other writers who blend verse with daily work and mentions Frank Sullivan in playful fashion.
High Point college PANTHERS close the football season Saturday hosting the Marines from Parris Island in a season finale. Elks Lodge of Sorrow set for December 4 with principal address by J M Broughton of Raleigh. Dr George T Wood earns Alpha Omega Alpha scholarship at Jefferson Medical College and will graduate next June before a two year internship.
The article profiles an explorer who, after marrying, embarked on a global honeymoon voyage. The couple now spends much of their time studying maps and planning further journeys to distant parts of the world beyond familiar shores.
The narrator, a self described train nut, recalls the excitement of watching trains depart Grand Central. He notes gatemen recognizing him, the conductor’s call to board, and the motion into darkness with the red tail light gleaming. Air travel excites him mainly at takeoff and landing, while a miner voyage becomes monotonous after hours at sea.
A fragment hints at high level talks between Hitler and British envoy amidst looming crisis in Europe. The tone suggests the continent teeters toward a pivotal development and possible upheaval in Halifax.
Nearly 600 to 1,000 pounds of turkey will be consumed at Thanksgiving dinners in the state. President and Mrs. Coolidge will observe the day quietly. Church services and a dinner with Mr and Mrs Frank Stearns of Boston will feature the Thanksgiving program.
Twenty years ago Mrs J Blwood Cox and Miss Clara Cox depart for St. Petersburg Florida. Dallas Zollicoffer returns from a business trip to Alabama. Mrs J Allen Austin hosts Gamma Zeta club gathering. Mrs Will Snow remains home ill with flu.
Marconi reports Italians seek American help against the enemy in northern Italy. A High Point concern receives an order for 2,000,000 hammer handles from a northern factory.
The narrator recalls a late blooming love for poetry, noting little interest before age forty and few poetry books owned. Over the last decade they have read many poets both old and new and buy mostly poetry volumes.
The Watterson Rothackers, among the most traveled married pairs in the U.S., split time between New York and Hollywood. Rothacker, an early motion picture innovator who retired before 40, began by voyaging to see the world, a habit he and his wife have sustained, venturing to out-of-the-way locales often ignored by standard travelogues.
The article describes the young George Vanderbilt living in a $300,000 yearly home and becoming an ardent traveler among American youngsters. It notes his several journeys into Africa and Borneo with science interests guiding his explorations.
Washington debates the Old Age Reserve Account for Social Security. Officials defend the plan as honest and sound, citing 36 million insured workers and gradual tax changes. Critics claim deficits and hidden debt, while Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer argues the reserve is not cash misuse but future funding.
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