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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1938
Page
4
Watching the efforts to prevent strike across railroads
This commentary notes that preventing a railroad strike is a nationwide concern as rail service underpins commerce. It contrasts past gains from rail securities with current financial strains, while stressing railroads remain essential to national trade despite growing public scrutiny and reduced vulnerability to predatory actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Honest Harold Ickes Portrait Reevaluated Amid Scrutiny
The piece challenges Ickes’s reputation as an irrefragibly honest public servant. It notes his steady toil and hands-on approach while critiquing his handling of PWA projects and contracts. The author contrasts Ickes with other political figures and highlights conservative concerns about government spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold” Ickess
Ickes
P.W.A
Hopkins
Honest Harold Ickes under fire amid political clashes
The article portrays Harold Ickes as a sharp political figure nicknamed Honest Harold while facing attacks from Southern senators Carter Glass and Bailey over relief funds and alleged Hoover conversation. It notes Ickes’ public misstatements harming his reputation and discusses broader views on democracy and German border tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Harold
Middle West
Carter Glass
Virginia
Far West
Bailey
North Carolina
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Glass
Hoover
Profit Sharing Plan in Tax Policy Debated
Federal taxing power may push profit sharing in industry and lawmakers pushed by Senator Herring and Senator Vandenberg favor tax exemptions to promote it. Government spending fuels business but raises unease as debt grows and balance restraint looms. The plan targets those displaced by technology rather than workers inside industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herring
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
Congress
Two Sides To It On Chamberlain Peace Critics
The article contrasts Western democracies and their support for Chamberlain’s appeasement with opposition voices across Britain and France. It notes praise for Sudetenland sentiment yet questions the price of peace and the ethical burden of surrender by democracies to totalitarian aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Daladier
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
German Reich
World opinion on Christianity and humanity
David Lawrence in United States News laments waning brotherhood as true Christianity's love of man. He cites the Greensboro Record paragraph noting sensational Chinese claims about grenade-throwing apes as fabrication, while pondering future civilizing, 1938 style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
United States
Greensboro
Lessons For Bosses From A Hotel Master and Health Warnings
Robert K. Christenberry a renowned hotel executive at the Astor in New York learns from a scrub woman that bristle brushes prevent marble scratches unlike wire brushes. The piece urges openness to ideas and the value of learning from all workers. It notes six common causes of illness tied to injury deformity diet poisoning germs and cancer with quotes from medical authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Christenberry
Hotel Astor
New York
Christenberry
United States
E. E
Wilfred Trotter
London
America Spends More On Dogs Than Shoes Say Survey
A national survey finds Americans allocate more spending to dogs than to footwear, prompting commentators to joke about budget priorities and consumer passions without detailed data on categories or demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Behalf of unions clash with Jesse Jones over RFC loans
The A F L and C S join in a resolution accusing the Reconstruction Finance Corp of lending to corporations employing non union labor at low wages. C I O echoes the complaint. Jones faces political headwinds as conservative Democrats question Roosevelt era spending and the Texas delegation backs Gafner in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. F. of L
C. S
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Tion
Houston
RFC
Jesse
Jones
Roosevelt
Texas
Gafner
A. F
Co. I. Q
John L. Lewis
Notable Quotes Highlight Public Figures and Labor Debates
Excerpts feature Jack Doyle defending Miss Dodge’s reputation amid Judith Allen’s suit against heiress Delphine Dodge. Mayor La Guardia warns against dictators. Rev Reiland condemns indifference. RFC wage debts and John L. Lewis clash on worker rights versus property liens surface amid a worker payment dispute.
Local News and Notes From The City
Police officer J. O. Pike healed after a motorcycle accident with a Ford last week. Mrs. Howard Caminitz of Lake Lure will speak here Wednesday night. Thomas Dodamead from Knoxville visiting town. Sidney O'Brien of Roxboro also visiting. Seventeen convicts die in Ohio prison fire. Mabel Willebrandt attacks Al Smith in speeches. Seventeen die from alcoholic poisoning in New York over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Pike
Howard Caminitz
Lake Lure
Thomas Dodamead
Knoxville
Sidney O'Brien
Roxboro
Ohio State Prison
Mabel Willebrandt
al Smith
New York
Notable War Era Quotes Across Politics and Society
A compilation of remarks from political leaders scientists artists and public figures. Included are Atlee on covenants and empire Mussolini and Hitler promises Aldrich on regulation and change Brown on grandmothers club McKinley on feathered hats and public taste Allen on the waltz DePascale on tips Schroeder on baboons Bleakley on minority representation and a remark on Harvard Frankfurter's influence in New Deal ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Empire
Mussolini
Hitler
Clement R. Atlee
Labor
House of Commons
Red Cross Sends Clothing to Belgians and War News
Twenty years ago the Red Cross shipped six large boxes of clothing to Belgians while Liberty Bond quotas reached 775100. Drafts are expanding as idle workers face new war demands. Corporal James Pegram was killed in action in August. Influenza and air raid drills affect North Carolina as nations seek terms before armistice. Local wit notes a Santa Claus school in Santa Claus Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
High Point
W. H. Pegram
James Pegram
Hugh Hamilton
Davidson College
Grace Walker
Altavista
Banner Davis
Senator Bone Dominates Democratic Primary Votes
Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington led the Democratic primary with a 50,000 vote edge over all opponents across parties. He told the Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee that he had no contributions and no disbursements, and that he gave only one radio speech, with details remaining unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer T. Bone
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee
WPA Wage Clause Sparks Debate in Congress
The last Congress set a wage floor for WPA workers in similar occupations at 25 cents per hour, with southern states showing about 18 cents an hour as the prevailing monthly minimum. Critics question inter state commerce relevance and private industry applicability while Deputy Administrator Aubrey Williams seeks answers. Poletti runs as Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Workers’ Alliance
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Treasure Hunter Recalls Caribbean Chest Discovery
Dr Cyrus French Wicker, a Miami philanthropist and former diplomat, recounts hiring locals to dive for a sunken cargo off the Cuban coast. They found a lead chest filled with old money bracelets dating to antiquity, linked to slave-era trade, now valued as relics for his daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus French Wicker
Miami
Man
William Winey Wicker
Coastguard
Drer
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Little Keys
The
Keys
Caribbean
Dr. Wi
Queen Eli
Christ
Africa
Chase Na Bank of New York
Wicker
New York Man Uncovers Rare Backward Earth Gun Oddity
A New York resident discovers a rare backward earthen firearm artifact described as a curious old gun. The unusual piece draws attention for its antiquated design and mysterious origin.
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Arthur Hampton
University of Chicago
Waltz
Paul Allen
Chicago School of Dancing Masters
Pietro DePascale
Binghamton
N. Y
Barber
Kaiser
Abyssinia
Theodore Schroeder
Detroit
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Newcastle
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Herbert Lehman
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Felix Frankfurter
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Austria
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