Time and Season Urge Thoughtful Choice
A reflective line on seasons and timing. The proverb suggests choosing wisely to save time, echoing Ecclesiastes 3:1 about there being a time for every purpose under heaven.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1938
Page
4
A reflective line on seasons and timing. The proverb suggests choosing wisely to save time, echoing Ecclesiastes 3:1 about there being a time for every purpose under heaven.
The article argues that European dictatorships in Russia Italy and Germany show power from small militant groups yet differ in economic systems with Russia’s state control vs capitalism in Germany and Italy. Chamberlain’s peace bid is linked to a balance of power outcome amid fears of ideological conflict and war.
The article warns that Hankow, a key transport hub and political center, may fall to Japan, risking disruption of rail and water links and possibly the collapse of the Chinese government. Observers fear loss of Chinese resistance and a broader Japanese conquest if Hankow succumbs.
The piece discusses Senator Cotton Ed Smith seeking relief for farmers through inflation and cites Senator Key Pittman proposing trading cotton for silver. Pittman suggests minting silver into dollars to fund a 864 million dollar circulation, yielding about 12.9 cents per pound for cotton. It reflects wartime anxieties and prayer for peace amid European unrest and Munich negotiations.
The Federal Power Commission begins publishing its 1938 rate reports showing typical electric bills for each city with 250 or more people. Citizens can compare local High Point rates to those in neighboring towns and across the country once the data are available.
The President asks the nation to join in a day of prayer for peace with the First Family leading the call. Citizens are invited to observe a moment of reflection and seek unity in troubled times.
The Mor ganton News-Herald recounts Gee McGee’s report of Senator Poore’s Flat Rock visit cut short by radio interference after a brief three minute speech. The Christian Science Monitor urges progress via productive skills and warns war worsens global poverty. The Statesville Landmark cites peace as wonderful yet ironies arise from Czechoslovakia Britain France and self determination under Hitler. The Greensboro Record doubts government railroad ownership while noting loans and profit as key issues.
In High Point North Carolina on September 30 1938 R H Tucker editor asks The Enterprise to print or advertise a handbill announcing nearby radio stations heard in the area including Wilmington Durham Danville and Spartanburg He asks the bill be sent to the local post office for billing and notes the enclosure referred to a radio address by Judge Rutherford continued on page five.
Walter Winchell surveys current Broadway nights and radio programs with quick reviews. Mentions Sing Out the News at Music Box and Dame Nature at Booth, plus Kiss the Boys Goodbye and other films and broadcasts, noting critics' reactions and the era’s entertainment mix.
An elderly man near the Old Plank Road earns a small fame as a weather prophet and local eccentric. His experiences include Civil War service, relations tattered by money, and petty classroom grins from a grammar misstep by a school trustee’s son.
Charles B. Driscoll recalls Wolfe at the Chelsea Hotel working on a giant novel You Cant Go Back Home Wolfe argues you cannot truly return home and we all yearn to do so The piece notes changes in Albemarle Palmerville and Stanly County including rivers dams and torn down houses It reflects on memory and faith in a lasting Jerusalem and the idea of an enduring inner home through time.
Hol land writer Jo van Ammers Kuller presents The House of Taverinck a sweeping Dutch family chronicle set during 1778 to 1795 alongside George Sava’s The Healing Knife a dramatic memoir of a young surgeon’s rise from a White Russian army hospital to England. Margaret Merivale’s Furnishing the Small Home offers practical decor guidance for limited spaces with abundant illustrations.
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