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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
4
A concise reflection cites Acts 5 28 where Peter and the apostles declare obedience to God above men. It contrasts with Montaigne noting the first divine law was a law of obedience. The passage blends biblical and philosophical lines on submission to divine authority.
In a London broadcast Anthony Eden outlines aims for the postwar order. He emphasizes religious toleration liberty and security, rejects a patchwork peace and warns that sweeping democracy and restraint are needed to defeat aggression. He questions whether postwar Germany can be led by wise stable leaders after the current regime falls.
The Goldsboro News Argus cites World Calendar Association figures showing 368 peaceful years in 3251 years of recorded history and urges restraint before war. It notes Armistice 1918 as likely last full peace and calls leaders to avoid a recurring war jinx. The Twin City Sentinel lists recent bicycle related fatalities in Winston Salem Greensboro Laurel Hill and Charlotte, highlighting growing bicycle traffic as a traffic death factor. Delivery men and messenger boys who make free
The new downtown Raleigh parking meters drew mixed reactions as drivers fled main streets and local papers warned of both advantages and drawbacks. Observers suggested a fair trial and possible expansion to other North Carolina cities after Raleigh’s test run.
Dale Carnegie profiles Anna Lehman Beck of Bridgman Michigan who, despite lifelong disability, created Friendship House employing disabled people to harvest and sell fruit and produce. She lectured widely, turning a windmill home into a self supporting venture notes. Her efforts produced jobs for twenty workers and popular products like soy bean soup and applesauce.
Correspondents describe roaming Western Front scenes via taxicabs as a reward is offered to the first to locate the war setting. The note frames a quirky wartime reporting gimmick and hunt for frontline action.
The Georgia National Guard requested members to reduce midsection measurements to improve readiness. The call comes amid broader efforts to ensure fitness standards compliance within the unit.
Walter Winchell on Broadway sketches a New York landscape in crisp autumn light. He notes the Chrysler building shining in sun the crowded Garment District shivering without overcoats and the busy streets and theaters alive with color and noise.
Bruce Catton reports on a Justice Department plan to halt building rackets using a "bid depository" system. Subcontractors pool bids, eliminate low offers, and drive up costs. indictments and consent decrees aim to curb the practice in several trades.
A jumble of New York scenes captures chaotic street life from traffic and subway riders to storefronts, police reports, and neighborhood quirks. It references the 59th Street Bridge, Broadway, the Plaza Hotel, and Harlem rotogravure, painting a vivid, satirical city portrait.
A collage of city scenes from late night eateries to fashionable lounges. Writers and critics mingle with performers and social climbers as iconic landmarks and venues frame a restless, stylish urban milieu.
A fragmented glimpse shows aspiring actors ignored by casting agents as they mill near Broadway booking offices. Drama hungry youths leave theaters with programs, fugitives from reality pore over dusty history in the Public Library, and pugilists stay ready in parks. Chorus girls from the Old Roumanian pack up for Sabbath Mass as names of performers mingle in memory. Radio City garage billed as the world’s largest. fuel scarce.
A brisk wave of workers and students flood into a College of the City of New York skyscraper at Lexington and 23rd. They grab hurried sandwiches on the go as education meets urgency in midtown Manhattan pedestrian life. The piece paints a lively panorama of New York City districts, from Broadway to Chinatown, Park Avenue to 60th Street.
Local churches in High Point will host sermons by ministers attending the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference tomorrow. L R Johnston will chair Northwestern District meetings at the local high school. John R Blair, former High Point resident, elected president of the National Council of School House Builders in Albany this week.
Fort Bragg residents Lieut and Mrs Frank Holbrook spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Wall. Dr and Mrs T M Stanton plan a Monday return from Detroit Michigan after Dr Stanton attended a clinic there.
Barred guards stood with bayonets and revolvers as Italy's crown prince Humbert left Brussels for Rome after a planned betrothal with Princess Marie Jose, daughter of King Albert. The scene followed a week of heavy declines in security prices.
A. E. Tate from London writes of September 22 describing the ocean voyage to New York aboard the Columbia first passenger trip since the war. The Anchor Line once had six Glasgow to New York liners all sunk except Columbia and its armed cruiser service. Captain Blakie, once in command of a torpedoed sister ship, was taken prisoner.
The Third Avenue grocer near 34th displays radios stars beneath a Fresh Laid Eggs sign. Central Park Zoo welcomes two new baby sea lions drawing crowds away from honey bears and monkeys. Broadway experts debate war aims while newspapers vanish from 50th and Broadway stands. A Central Park West bike shop rents most bikes in midtown. Riverside terraces glow at midnight with hand-holders. The George Washington Bridge is called the town’s prettiest cobweb. Fog horns and ship horns mingle with traffic near the West Side Highway.
A collection of quotations from Glenn Frank, Ayres, and Senator Minton criticizes entering war, warns of lasting economic and political damage, laments female disinterest in politics, and argues for choosing between aiding Allies or aiding Great Britain and France.
A sharp quip from Margery Wilson mocks how women pose and walk, remarking that while from the knees up they are elegant, their footwork is flawed, prompting discussion of social etiquette norms.
During the voyage the Southern Commercial Congress organized a leadership team with A. E. Tate as chairman Saunders as vice chairman Charl Brown as secretary F. S. Lam as executive chairman and Dr John H. Eager as transaction director. The boat landed 410 passengers at Meville Ireland mainly Americans seeking reunion with Irish kin before returning to their homeland for the remainder of their lives.
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