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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1938

Page

4

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.

The Hopeful Aspect of Europe’s Case

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.

Europe Mussolini Proletariat Russia Communist Party Hitler Paul von Hindenburg Italy Germany Chamberlain Czechoslovakia

Crisis for China Looms as Hankow Falls at Hand

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.

Spain China Hankow Organization of China For

Cotton and inflation and a silver exchange plan

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.

Ed” Smith White House Senate Roosevelt Key Pittman United States Senator Pittman

High Point Rates Under Federal Review as Power Commission Reports

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.

Federal Power Commission

Prayers for Peace Call From the President

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.

United States

Radio and politics mix in scattered news roundups

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.

Morganton News-Herald Gee McGee Sennator Simmon Poore Flat Rock Sennator Poore The Christian Science Monitor the Monitor Virgil Jordan National Industrial Board Statesville Czechoslovakia Britain France Hitler

Radio address leaflet from Judge Rutherford sparks editor inquiry

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.

High Point N. C the Enterprise Wilmington Durham Danville

Walter Winchell on Broadway Jottings in 1940s Theatre and Radio

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.

Music Box The Mirror Guilders Dame Nature Jessie Royce Landis Lois Hall Guild Nature Bayes Burns Mantle Clare Boothe Henry Miller la Boothe

Old Plank Road Prophet of Inertia and Mischief

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.

Old Plank Road Percival

You Can't Go Back Home Says Thomas Wolfe Visit Reflected

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.

Papa Chamberlain Jack Benny Baldpate Benny Kate Smith Daniel Frohman Don Ameche Howard Barlow CBS Grace Adams Harper's Laurence Bell New York Mercury Joe Williams Reader's Digest Cornelia Otis Skinner New Yorker Vincent Sheean Ken William Saroyan Countess of Oxford Asquith Ritz Charles B. Driscoll Thomas Wolfe Chelsea Wolfe Driscoll Albemare Bill Charles Joe Jesus of Nazareth Stanly County Yadkin Palmerville Yesteryear Jerusalem

Books in Review The House of Taverinck and The Healing Knife

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.

Jo van Ammers-Kuller Holland House of Taverinck Farrar and Rinehart New York Laurens Jan Taverinck Amsterdam House of Orange Laurens Jan Gysbert Dirk Anna France Daatje Taverinck Bess George Sava Harcourt, Brace and Co Russia Constantinople Sofia Germany Italy Sava England

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