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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1937
Page
4
The notice appears to be a historical publisher record with illegible OCR text mentioning J P Rawley and carriers. It references limits on service periods and a directive about the length of service, but the exact details are unreadable. The readable fragments indicate a public notice concerning carrier services and policy timing.
A compact devotional fragment speaks of faith as sight and grasp in trust toward God. The lines invoke deliverance from pursuers and praise God, summarizing a spiritual focus. Other imagery mentions a wood bridge and biblical figures within a meditative meditation.
The piece analyzes fall business activity with retail, manufacturing and wage trends showing a lull after the 1936 surge. It notes debates over causes such as labor issues New Deal policy and the President's court fight, and discusses the aim of a special session to boost mass consumption and living standards.
Editorial notes Roosevelt called Congress into special session with no urgent public demand. The Christian Science Monitor argues crop control may not be needed until spring and any next year legislation should be passed this year. The piece hints at banking and railroad cut beautification plans should be prepared now.
The notice discusses arranged information for bank beautification in High Point as planting time approaches. It notes differing opinions on crop control and plant selections, aiming to make banks a valuable advertising asset while remaining appealing to citizens.
The letter argues that a 20 cent per mile travel allowance, fixed at Washington distance, overpays members regardless of actual travel. A 3000 mile distance yields $1200 extra while 100 miles yields $40, suggesting wasteful spending. The piece urges public pressure to make travel costs an election issue and curb excess travel pay.
The CIO and AFL leaders William Green and John L Lewis near a peace conference plan. A united labor front could shift power, but past talks failed as each side pressed dictates. Only true compromise and agreement will drive future talks.
In letters to The Enterprise and the Blue Island Sun-Standard, readers share memories of rail travel aboard the Rocket from Chicago to Peoria, a High Point upbringing, and a rambling tale from a Blue Island Woman's Club member about a picnic, a broom, and a hornet sting, closing with a humorous note on fate and unfulfilled desires.
Bruce Catton argues that peaceful cooperation requires addressing war causes. He questions military conquests for Germany Italy and Japan, noting wasted war funds could improve living conditions at home. He urges redirecting spending to productivity, housing, and food rather than foreign aggression.
Joseph Stalin is announced as the initial nominee for a seat in Soviet Russia's new Congress amid betting commissioners struggling to find rubles backing opponents.
Washington observers explore growing war psychology as figures like Senator Logan and Roosevelt weigh preventive actions against Japan. The piece notes pacifist fears and recalls Roosevelt’s 1923 views on naval power and the Philippines, framing today’s talk as improvisation in foreign policy.
A new German pact guarantees Belgium’s inviolability, easing Belgians uneasy memories of 1914 and signaling reassurance to residents worried by the shadow of past conflict.
A reader suggests pouring Oil for the Lamps of China to calm troubled Oriental waters, using a literary metaphor to urge guidance or illumination amid regional tensions.
Joe DiMaggio earns 50 dollars per minute for basketball, placing him with Calvin Coolidge whose quotes were valued at one dollar each by a magazine. The line contrasts celebrity earnings across sports and politics in a brief satirical note.
In a bygone custom, female residents collected small payments from boyfriends as a payoff for an evening’s entertainment. The practice echoes nautical timing, with Eight bells marking four and eight in each half day aboard ships.
A mix of pre Civil War prices for aluminum at 545 dollars per pound a crawfish’s dual land and water respiration and backward swimming speed a distant Great Nebula in Andromeda about 900000 light years away and human air pressure around 30000 pounds.
A brief note explains giraffes can deliver powerful blows using their heads like sledge hammers, highlighting their surprising defensive behavior and height as factors.
A London born diary piece from New York describes Gene Fowler in Prague en route to Doorn to visit the ex-Kaiser, a joint postcard from Martinelli and Alma Claybergh in Vichy, a signed copy of So You Think It's New, a macabre Bierce tale set near Gallipolis, Conde Nast party for Lucien Lelong, and late Stork Club woes for Madge Evans.
An editor notes that once something becomes picturesque in this country it is halted or made a museum piece. Mayor La Guardia pushes the final step to remove pushcarts as they crowd streets and leave waste, with clean open air markets expanding to replace them, erasing the old street trade.
A narrator describe Dr A B Rosenbach the bibliophile as a quiet man who narrows a noisy room with talk of rare editions. He can make obscure books glow with interest and leaves the observer determined to join the collectors.
On a swaying bus a well dressed black man with a white collar and gold rimmed spectacles eats peanuts from a bag. He lapses into a church style bass while his cheeks and tongue produce rapid choppy bites as he savors the morsels.
Local column notes Roscoe Arbuckle visited Greensboro last Saturday and the First Baptist church on Sunday. He spoke briefly about becoming a changed man and avoiding alcohol and profanity. The piece recalls his murder trial years earlier and hints at a lasting impact on his afterlife. Also mentions updates on several residents returning from travels and visits.
The narrator watches a mottled sky above cathedral-like poplars in the Rockies. Clouds thin the moon in a tranquil night scene, hinting at rain and a distant sweetness beyond daily strife. The mood is serene, hopeful, and contemplative.
Four persons were killed in auto accidents in Kansas City as the National Safety Council opened its convention there. The incidents were cited to stress the seriousness of the problem and raise awareness among attendees.
A jury was placed in the District Court of Washington today for the trial of Harry F. Sinclair and Albert Fall charged with conspiracy in the lease of the Tea Pot Dome oil reserve. V. M. IL boys are on strike today. Dismissal of two cadets for demerits brought on the strike.
Twenty years ago Frank Ogburn returned from a business trip to Mooresville and Davidson. Dr T M Stanton is in Ral eight today on business. At tending the matinee Garden of Allah the afternoon are Miss Valette Jones Clara Gurley and Maude Owen.
News briefs report a mutiny among German and Austrian submarine crews. The Kaiser declares Alsace will not be handed to the French, insisting it must be seized. The German sinking of the Russian battleship Slava is noted as well.
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