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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1939
Page
4
Public notices and business listings from the October 3 1939 issue include details for executives B Terry A Rawley and M M Cecil, with roles like secretary treasurer general manager and national advertising representative for Joan Budd Co based in New York City.
The Delphic oracle claims all Greeks, Socrates admits his ignorance, and Ecclesiastes notes that greater wisdom brings sorrow. The text presents a literary reflection on knowledge, doubt, and the human condition with classical citations.
In a cautious European stance, Britain and France show restraint toward Russia as Moscow maintains leverage with minor states and seeks to protect Baltic and Balkan neutrality. Turkey presses Moscow while Russian leadership weighs a future in eastern Europe against Germany, and industry debates road rock monopolies in North Carolina.
Editor Witherspoon of the Lexington Dispatch sketches a nostalgic husking day scene. He recalls the harvest moon, zippy air, red ears, clucking chickens, chicken pies, fruit pies, custards, pickles, and banjo tunes. The piece ends in a romantic, lyrical reflection.
A nostalgic reflection on older customs like corn husking and close companionship contrasted with modern dangers of streamlined cars and global conflicts. The piece cites Robert Burns, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and official reports from Grensboro and the Twin City Daily, urging unity amid cold indifference and heated political religious disputes.
Obituary notes Dale Carnegie famed author of How To Win Friends And Influence People. Carnegie's work on self improvement and communication influenced business and personal development worldwide.
Secretary of Guilford College Edgar Hole spoke on his 21 years as a missionary in British East Africa. The Monarchs held a dinner meeting at the country club last night. Over 200 are expected for the Duke Pitt game in Durham Saturday. Mrs. W H Slane visits Arkansas relatives. Mrs. R K Stewart and Mrs. Bruce Craven spend the day in Greensboro. Dr W F Clayton leaves for Baltimore and Washington for a dental reunion and American Dental Association meeting. Gustav Stresemann dies in Berlin. Hoover and Stimson broadcast greetings to Ramsay McDonald by wireless. Governor Gardner spoke at State College Founders Day.
Bruce Catton reports that isolationists fear unspoken prewar talks suggesting U S support to Britain. They cite April 1939 actions by Roosevelt and a drop in British arms licenses, arguing a pledge may have steered London toward arming before an embargo repeal.
Walter Winchell On Broadway features barbed verse and reflections on romance ending in a weary mood. An editorial laments recurring wars and the spread of hatred, urging truth and faith as defenses against aggression and propaganda.
Steve Fisher recalls a barroom incident where a drunken man shouted Hitler is a horse's neck. After a bystander knocked his glass away the man poured another drink and repeated the insult. He was then sacked and found himself on the floor. The question of where he was yielded Kentucky not Germany.
A local revivalist preached on Quench not the Spirit and told how God paused a fast train to allow him to reach his sick child. James H. Farley announces the opening of a new store in town tomorrow.
The piece blends street humor and media notes from a bygone column. It recalls a pompous heir mocked for lacking a telephone and a sharp elevator remark. It also surveys jokes about punctuation by Kaufman Wollcott and press voices.
Don M Burgess leaves tonight for a business trip to Lancaster Pennsylvania J R Newton returns from Greenville South Carolina after attending the 30th Division reunion Mrs Charles Long and Miss Minnie Alexander spend the day in Greensboro Hubert Gurley returns to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to resume medical studies Arthur Harrison and son visit Asheboro yesterday News Briefs report a race riot in Helena Montana fourteen Negroes and five white men dead Former President Taft in Washington discussing the budget system King Albert of Belgium once a newspaper reporter queen graduates in medicine at Leipzig Ruth Chatterton calls war illogical and urges people to avoid endless conflict
A critic warns a rising writer that publishing in many outlets in one month may ruin credibility. The anecdote recalls Woollcott reading Napoleon who says he went to an opera unrecognized and vows not to return often.
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