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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1938
Page
3
A narrator recalls a long smoking car conversation with strangers in which a Kentucky native, a boilermaker, a mule trader, and a veteran discuss politics, Prohibition, and Roosevelt while anecdotes reveal local humor and observed characters. The piece notes mixed views on Hoover and Roosevelt amid late night hotel noises and a tire-marking policeman.
Dr. Leon Wiley of the UNC Romance Languages department recalls his recent travels from Vienna to Prague via Czechoslovakia. He notes Prague’s gaiety and self reliance, contrasts Vienna’s sadness, and cites friendly locals and a welcoming Jewish quarter as signs of a livelier Czech mood.
Prices for common to fair quality lugs and primings on the old bright belt were substantially higher than last season. New Bright Belt markets averaged 24.48 per hundred pounds for the week with season total 21.73, while Middle Belt demand stayed steady and offerings shifted toward leaf and primings.
Fort Smith Arkansas reports a gasoline pump for every 14 cars and a service station for every 42 vehicles, highlighting dense fuel access in the city.
The buildings inspector's office in High Point issued last week 17 permits totaling 11767 dollars for new and rehab work. George T. Wood and Sons plans an ironclad upholstery factory on English Street for about 5000 dollars. other permits cover homes on Barbee Street, repairs on Branch, Burton, Willowbrook, Grace and West Farms avenues, plus a chicken house and minor additions.
Nearly a half hundred Republican party leaders will hold a conference here Monday to discuss campaign plans. Similar meetings are planned in Winston-Salem Asheville Statesville Raleigh and Elizabethtown, said Jake Newell state chairman.
The Rev. Shuford Peeler pastor of the Charlotte Evangelical and Reformed church announced the North Carolina classis semi annual meeting will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday at Daniel's church near Lincolnton.
J Barnett Napier national organizer of the Lions Club will hold an organization meeting Monday at 12 15 PM at the Methodist hut in Thomasville The meeting follows prior signups with over 20 members already pledged and operations to begin after the gathering
Representatives from Lions Clubs in High Point Greensboro and Winston-Salem will attend the meeting Monday as part of the organized 22 clubs in the state this year.
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