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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1937
Page
4
A fragment of text presents biblical verse Genesis 24 46 and a Shakespeare quote about kindness and love. Names R B Terry Hammett A Cecil appear as stray bylines amid the damaged OCR. The item reads like a devotional or literary sidebar.
High Point prepares for the Community Chest drive on November 2 and 3 with a $39 157 budget. Co chairmen W B Hall and Mrs R T Amos lead the effort, J E Millis is elected president, and five agencies plus the Girl Scouts join the fund. The drive emphasizes investment in city development and quality of life through Boy Scouts Salvation Army Y M C A Y W A and Red Cross.
The piece notes cotton falling below 10 cents a pound as tobacco hovers near 30 cents, highlighting the contrast in commodity values. It comments on tobacco farmers rising in influence after a long climb from the “decent weed,” using whimsical phrasing to describe their situation.
The piece argues the United States must soon decide whether to stay isolated or join in active cooperation with other nations to address pressing international issues. It notes warfare in the Far East and Spain and rising turmoil in Europe and Asia compel a global settlement approach.
The piece weighs the 1920 Senate rejection of the League of Nations and President Roosevelt's Chicago speech on global engagement. It contrasts isolationist sentiment with calls for lawful international dispute resolution and notes a juror issue in Alamance County where a woman served and the defendants were acquitted. The article hints at a test case reaching the high court.
The article calls for a nationwide move to conserve wildlife, urging volunteers and public awareness. It laments past hunting and habitat destruction, fires, pollution, and erosion, stressing that wildlife supplies have declined and need sustained protection and action beyond a single week.
Bruce Catton argues Roosevelt signals a move toward world cooperation despite no push for League entry. The piece weighs national security, rising fascist powers, and the need to act with other nations or risk disaster as global tensions rise. It notes shifts from Dawes to World Court debates and questions Germany Japan and Italy's roles. The piece also runs short essays on reading habits, Oberlin co education, and Japanese military strength in China.
Washington observers dispute Albert Levitt's challenge to Justice Hugo Black claiming an emolument increase makes him ineligible. Debates cover retirement pay, vacancy creation, and the Supreme Court's power to judge its own members as a crowded courtroom weighs future of the nine seats.
The requirement for American thoroughbreds holds five clean crosses in a pedigree. Most lineages average 15 to 18 crosses, with some reaching as many as 26, reflecting extensive inbreeding and historical breeding patterns.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City houses one of the finest jade collections globally. A surprising fact notes the city has enough telephony wires to span to the moon and back 35 times.
George Palmer Putnam, Amelia Earhart’s husband, has not mourned her death and clings to a possible Robinson Crusoe life on a remote island with navigator Fred Noonan. Once daily, Putnam battles long suspense from Miss Earhart’s perilous around the world flights, supported by his fortune and quiet temperament.
The long standing clash between Walter Lippman and Heywood Broun from the old Morning World is noted. Broun fires sharp jabs in print while Lippman remains unruffled, a tactic that disconcerts Broun though no retort appears in Lippman’s column.
The piece describes gamblers aboard ships and on gre yhounds routes as highly successful this summer with one middle Western industrialist allegedly losing 42 000 in a three day session. It notes ship attendants can spot gamblers as they pass placards but pros avoid detection through courteous, normal play and occasional accomplices.
A literary sketch recalls the rogue figure who thrives by wits at sea and on shipboard routes near New York. One flirty fellow nicknamed Apples, not quite, is teased as he departs Ply mouth aboard, muttering a clipped alias that hints at his infamous trade.
The circus elephant Muggins died of pneumonia last Saturday in Bessemer Alabama. The animal, praised for intellect and docility, entertained crowds and shared memories of his mother and church faith. Local note mentions city council changing left turn ordinance on Main Street to allow turns at Washington and Commerce.
The author recalls slim-jammer touts who toured race tracks before pari mutuels. Living in a rough hotel serving burlesque shows and musicals, these touts studied racing forms with zeal, chasing misdirected but fervent ambitions that defined their era.
A writer recalls wagering at Latonia on a 20 to 1 horse that won easily. The promised payout was never collected as the patterter did not claim his share, reflecting on unreliable tent and bookmaker allure.
News brief notes Ruth Elder, aviatrix, was sighted today about 400 miles from New York in her attempt to cross the Atlantic to Paris. Col Charles A Lindbergh received a greeting today at Spartanburg South Carolina.
Harry Elam a Bell Telephone manager visited Greens boro on business. F J Sizemore returned from Cincinnati. J T Ryan attends the Southern Classification committee meeting in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs John A Lindsay attended the Greensboro fair yesterday.
The British pressed an attack today along a six mile battle front. Uncle Sam seeks 10,000 stenographers and typists immediately. Brazil seized forty six German ships likely to join Allied use.
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