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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1937
Page
4
The provided text is a publication masthead and advertising notice dated Tuesday October 5 1987. It lists Associated Press copyright and reprint rights, locale High Point N C, and advertising agency details. No event or person actions are described.
A columnist muses on the Giants and Yankees, predicting a tight World Series and Gotham victory. The piece shifts to critique a Supreme Court appointee path and suggests a reform school for judges, then dismisses the idea with a sharp if-iffy jab.
A Raleigh audience hears Governor Hoey praise partisan politics and party regularity while noting rising independent voters who may shift power. The editorial warns against demagogues and asserts educated voters are thinking for themselves, reshaping political loyalties and norms.
Director George Cukor weighs Gable as top choice for leading man though type is undecided. He notes Douglas Pairbanks Sr. would fit well if the star must live up to the title.
Two New York baseball teams, the Yankees and Giants, head toward a best of seven World Series. Speculation centers on Joe DiMaggio Lou Gehrig for the Yankees and the Polo Grounds defense with Lefties Hubbell and Melton for the Giants.
The CIO proposes a draft constitution for local unions requiring a three fourths vote to authorize strikes, aiming to curb wildcat actions and reduce labor management tensions. The move comes after disruptive settlements following automobile strikes and seeks proactive mediation to heal labor relations. Also noted is a call by Herbert Hoover for a strong Republican policy draft ahead of the 1938 convention, favoring a Maine and Vermont committee.
In North Carolina campaigns for prohibition have drifted from the core temperance aim. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds notes typhoid and diphtheria deaths last year, urging precautions to protect children. The Duke of Windsor plans to bring his American-born duchess to visit, with a substantial security arrangement anticipated.
The Wall Street Journal reports an international effort to organize a boycott of Japanese goods, focusing on silk as a key export vulnerable to attack. Proponents frame it as a personal, non governmental protest that could influence other nations if successful.
The piece argues that a silk boycott would not easily disrupt the US market dominated by Japanese silk. It notes scarcity of viable artificial substitutes for women's hosiery, doubts broad anti Japanese sentiment will curb silk use, and suggests any impact would be modest despite public outcry.
ABA convention in Kansas City attacks on Roosevelt spark calls for self questioning by lawyers. Hutchins urges ethics and purpose beyond profits, warning the profession risks public distrust if it acts as a trade. Also noted Japan’s Nanking reply and reading habits survey. Criminals steal finger printing kit from an Oregon courthouse.
A 1937 NEA piece argues neutral sales policy benefits both China and Japan. It cites U S and Chinese scraps and munitions exports, flags rising oil and copper shipments to Japan, and notes no law blocks export of certain war materials. It says a new embargo would require Congress action.
A storeroom of a U S navy destroyer at the Brooklyn navy yard was broken into and a quantity of money stolen. The incident is described as another case of Jack going ashore without leave.
Count Otto Hagenburg of Germany recounts near death in a stunt flight during the National Air Race. He says his only regret is wrecking someone else’s plane, reflecting on the peril and the incident’s cost to others.
Pipo Martin nine year old from Madrid says families stay home in the evenings now that cafes are closed due to the war conditions. He notes the change reflects daily life under conflict.
A bee normally visits one plant species before returning to the hive with nectar. It rarely shifts to a different flower type until after its initial nectar collection is complete.
Studies with a spectroscope reveal stars’ chemical makeup and show helium was detected in the sun twenty seven years prior to its earthly discovery. The finding highlights how celestial spectra can reveal new elements before they are observed on Earth.
The barber pole traces to centuries past when barbers performed small medical procedures. The red and white stripes symbolize the bandages and blood from those era surgeries.
New York recalls a brief Hawaiian orchestra craze that surged 100 ensembles into the city this summer before fading. The piece traces origins to Nat Goodwin’s Venice cafe and Bud De Sylva, notes later film and stage influences, and ends with a quip about Hawaiians singing goodbye yet never leaving.
About 15 years ago mirimba bands flourished in smart night clubs like Montmartre and Bustanoby's as fill-ins while regular orchestras smoked. Now only a few remain, playing what remains of the vaudeville circuits.
Old time troupers applaud Sophie Tucker in movies as she remains a drawing card in New York and London. Observers note her enduring polish and timing from vast stage experience, while marriage rumors swirl around Harry Richman and others.
A brief jog along the Rating Trail paused briefly as runners continued toward a measured stop. No incidents reported and the pace remained steady for the session.
High Point reports 72 births and 30 deaths in September. A High Point college music faculty concert is set for Friday night. Public Service to start bus service Sunday with Chester Hawkins signaling exit by week’s end. Asheville and western NC references. Mrs James Lyon visiting Durham relatives. High Point college Mount Airy game in progress with Pauline Hicks Donna Bolt Elizabeth Wall attending. The world series went to Pittsburgh Yankees five Pirates four. Col Charles A Lindbergh honored Memphis then Spirit of St Louis toward Chattanooga and Birmingham. Rome Charles A Levine parachute gift watch to Mussolini newborn Romano.
The American Association of University Women schedules its first meeting of the year as a banquet at the Country Club Monday evening. John H. Abels and Joseph T. Weaver left today for new assignments.
The piece celebrates Luchow’s as a venerable Berlin style restaurant in New York where the mood slows, waiters are unhurried, and the same dark timber decor endures for over 50 years. It recalls patrons like Al Smith, Fannie Hurst, Henry Mencken, and Theodore Dreiser enjoying noodle soup, cheese cake, and quiet conversation.
Twenty years ago a Miss Edith Moore letter from France describes hospital life in the heat and cold, noting the end of the war may come and praising sick soldiers for their pluck. Carter Dalton traveled to Raleigh on code revisal business. Mrs J P Rawley and Albert visit relatives in Charlotte. Mr and Mrs Frank Ogburn visit relatives in Stuart Virginia.
British barrage mows down many Germans in today’s news brief. The White Sox and Giants prepare to open the World Series tomorrow in Chicago. Two German raiders are being hunted in the south Pacific.
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