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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1947
Page
4
High Point residents age 15 and over can receive free lung X rays during a three week mass screening from mobile units as part of a state tuberculosis drive. Children under 15 with TB contacts may also apply at the city health department for the service.
The High Point Enterprise announces the newborn WHPE and WHPE FM twins born this day, twin stations to inform the public with news and services while avoiding dirt or cheap dealing. Readers are invited to visit between two and five this afternoon to meet the new twins and offer guidance.
The passage explains Jesus parable on sowing good seed and tares, with lessons about the Son of Man, the world as the field, the good seed as the kingdom's children, and the harvest at life’s end. It cites patience, universality of the gospel, and personal judgment before God.
North Carolina judges at a State Bar conference noted rising major crime including murders and sex crimes, with two new special judges sought. Tobacco woes loom as British imports drop. farmers may shift to crops and livestock to ease prices, while regional college ideas spark legal debate.
George Dixon notes Robert Taylor faces ridicule from Hollywood critics and members of the House Un American Activities Committee. He recalls Taylor’s patriotism and his stance on working with communists. The piece mentions Barbara Stanwyck, Louis B. Mayer, and FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, ending with a satirical line about Shangri La and the New Deal.
George Sokolsky argues the world still needs strong navies despite air power gains. He cites Marshall Plan shipping, warns against weakening U.S. defenses, and describes Navy Day rites in New York honoring fallen sailors, with Admiral Nimitz’s prayers and a call to national unity through patriotism.
A noted lawyer quotes Demosthenes arguing that resistance to Philip of Macedonia is a defense of Athens. The ancient orator warns that delaying defense invites conquest and that trusting peace while war continues is madness. Demosthenes declares only action can thwart invasion.
A historical defense argues Athens must not stray from honor and deter Philip. It cites Aeschines, Themistocles, and Greek resilience, asserting that forsaking struggle would betray Greece and invite subjugation. The speaker praises fearless sacrifice for liberty and preeminence against foreign dictation.
The note reviews the Ceylon cotton tree shedding leaves to conserve water in dry weather. It recalls cloves used since ancient Egypt and describes the heavy underground tuber of the plant called old man of the earth. It mentions an iron ore mine in Lebanon county Pennsylvania in operation since 1740 and notes Balm of Gilead as a small evergreen tree native to Africa and Asia.
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