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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
4
Historical quotation attributed to Francis Bacon contrasts vengeance with restraint and faith. The fragment emphasizes moral superiority in passing over offenses, citing Romans 12 19 about divine repayment. The tone resembles a cautionary moral aphorism from a 17th century contemplative voice.
The piece laments rising traffic accidents in High Point with deaths and critical injuries as police tighten enforcement. It highlights pedestrians as the most vulnerable and cites ABA guidance urging better accident records and analysis of pedestrian factors. It also notes broader American migration themes and a Dale Carnegie profile in a unrelated feature.
The column surveys looming antiwar campaigns, press influence, and European tension as figures like Mrs. Roosevelt and cultural icons trigger fame shifts. It notes Blitzkrieg terms, radio skepticism, and a parade of media figures in a rapidly changing prewar landscape.
Opinion piece argues for a full time traffic director in High Point to improve safety at key intersections and reduce accidents. It advocates practical ideas like an island at North Main and English Streets and stresses the city must grow capable of handling traffic to save lives.
The High Point Symphony Orchestra debuts its first concert free to the public as members donate their time to establish a local musical organization. The paper hopes the performance validates the community’s desire for a locally created ensemble.
Readers are urged to consider a series of safety articles in The Enterprise as police records show growing and varied automobile incidents in High Point. The editorials warn that even noninjury accidents hint at broader danger and call for caution.
At the Founders Day program at High Point College emphasis was given to Yadkin College a Methodist Protestant Institution in Davidson County. Alumni speakers were Hon E E Raper and Z I Walser. A fight over an underpass plan is anticipated. Also noted are local social updates and brief items including indictments in Cabarrus County for flogging a man, the State Fair in Raleigh, and floods in Miami.
Bruce Catton reports Washington discussion on American mediation in the European war. Senators Downey warn of pitfalls and explain mediation as active conference work, while isolationists push caution and stress fear of entanglement and unintended U S involvement.
Twenty years ago local notes report Dr H F E Gurney of Monroe leading a series of meetings at First Presbyterian church with a sermon on Faith. The Williams Singers, a Negro organization, perform at the school auditorium tonight. Housewives advised to avoid using the last bit of sugar as future supply is uncertain.
Brief notes report business visitors in Cincinnati J W Wilson and J T Ryan on weeklong stays in Chattanooga and Winston Salem. Georgia coroner and three leaders arrested over a Negro lynching charge. Labor secretary and John L Lewis discuss averting a coal miners strike. Plus cultural quips on Wizard of Oz and film notes from Nugent and others.
A collection of quotes from F D Roosevelt Eduard Benes Fritz Kreisler Gerald Nye Rudolph Sieber and a critic on Hitler. The remarks touch on peace retrospection cinema wartime necessity and secrecy around a death ray with a quip about Hitler.
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