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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1939
Page
4
The snippet shows the 1939 October 2 issue details with publisher J P Rawley and treasurer M Waynick, rates and carrier policies, Associated Press notice, and federal newspaper mailing classifications. It lists offices, circulation, and national advertising representative The John Budd Co in New York City.
The piece contrasts Churchill's war rhetoric with critical views, tests the Allied cause, and discusses a NC tobacco control election set for October 5. It analyzes a 1940 two thirds vote requirement, UK US cotton rubber trade, and possible government aid to stabilize prices via Imperial Tobacco Company facilities.
The Toronto News outlines three origin stories for sabotage deriving from the French word sabot. One ties it to peasants stamping with wooden shoes to interrupt performances, another to shoes used to damage railway ties during a strike, and the third to a speedy but slipshod craft ethic likened to a careless blacksmith.
As World War I begins a few German natives and naturalized Americans in High Point live under scrutiny though loyal to the U.S. False alarms burden law enforcement with idle chase while genuine threats demand careful reporting, says the Durham Morning Herald urging caution.
Dr. Lydia Giberson, famed industrial psychiatrist, solves a bank case by coaching a dismissed 20 year old blonde to seek advice from the president. The key step is not blaming the older superior but showing deference to experience and learning to adapt. The result is a promotion to department head.
Walter Winchell reports on whispers about the Bremen as a British prize of war, Churchill comments, and editors fearing transatlantic retribution. The column also notes Hollywood lawsuits, marriages, and social intrigue involving figures like Sir Robert Peel, Virginia Verrill, and John Perona.
City officials plan a Monday October 7 discussion on railroad crossing safety while rainfall damage is noted as Deep River overflows the municipal lake dam and Main Street awaits resurfacing. Social notes mention visits from Mrs. Matthews Spartanburg and Miss Coggins Philadelphia and local guests. Labor leader Plemmons asks Governor Gardner to call a special session to address North Carolina labor troubles.
The bearded lady controversy upends a studio as an agent’s plans for an engagement to Mountain Dean are spoiled. In other news Bunny Walters of the International Casino Choir and actor Lief Erickson share glances amid idle courtship rumors.
Herbert Hoover told President Franklin D. Roosevelt the May expose was the most indecent thing he has encountered in public life. He estimated 22 inaccuracies in the section about him on a preliminary survey and assumed the overall ratio would stay the same. The White House declined to respond. Francis Bacon is cited by an intimate of FDR comparing treason and traitor.
Walter P Chrysler's health worsens amid industry rumors. Jacqueline hot gossip hints at Eleanor Holm and Billy Rose delaying wedding, major legal intrigue from Washington to New York. Names include Astor, Murphy, Jackson, La Guardia, Huey Long heirs, and Dies committee subpoenas to Hollywood stars.
The sermon by evangelist Burke Culpepper urged putting God first and building mansions and cars, while a Woman’s Club meeting opened the season. Other items report Mrs J P Rawley attending her sister Laura McCoy’s wedding in Charlotte, Lawrence Ingram resuming Carolina studies, Mike Shiplett returning as a Quality Shoe Store salesman, Frank Winskie’s return after a North tour, doctors saying President Wilson’s condition worsens, the royal party’s New York reception, and Wellesley girls training for a field meet with dietary bans on tea coffee and candy.
The column lists Joan Crawford avoiding a donation to an Ism outfit and notes she fears harming a former love. It mentions Malcolm MacDonald and Dorothy Dickson heading toward marriage. It also hints at Betty Berkeley future nuptials, Prince Hubertus von Lowenstein, and Father Coughlin’s masthead change. Police learn Bronx patriots have long criminal records.
Bruce Catton argues the core issue in revising the neutrality arms embargo is whether the United States will side with England and France to beat Hitler or remain at peace. He notes the embargo’s symbolic value drives administration and isolationist camps, and private opinions warn repeal could commit the nation beyond mere policy change.
The article notes Indians at Niagara Falls learning to craft arrowheads amid postwar shortages. It cites wartime imports from Czechoslovakia halting knickknack souvenirs and mentions broader wartime disruption affecting reservations and cultural crafts.
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