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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1939
Page
4
The piece argues Congress declares war, while the President guides peace, stressing firm White House stance on European intervention and the State Department role. It notes economic lessons from the 1920s and warns against booms followed by depressions, urging steady leadership in public administration.
T. L. Bland of Durham dies after a life in public affairs and business. His 200000 dollar estate goes to his son and grandson, reflecting a rise from earlier financial failure to hotel fortune. He supervised the State Highway Commission as a Republican appointee amid Democratic dominance.
A narrative celebrates how books transformed Thoreau Gandhi Spencer Lincoln and others inspiring readers to explore ideas. It links Civil Disobedience passages to Gandhi and notes how a geology tome sparked evolution theory and a legal career for Lincoln, urging readers to pick up a good book this week.
The Christian Science Monitor revisits October stock chaos with reminiscences from New York about margin calls and car sales. It notes Black Thursday as a break in American markets and outlines wartime and other untoward events that compounded the crash.
A Tokyo report notes Japan fears iron shortages in the iron and steel age. It cites Japan urging scrap metal from around the world including North Carolina and other colonial holdings, to fuel wartime needs.
The Piedmont Rebel, a new Western North Carolina regional magazine, aims to serve Marion to Statesville and Kings Mountain to North Wilkesboro. Editor and publisher is Robert M. Menzies. The first issue reportedly appears attractively printed with much engaging material per the Hickory Daily Record.
Editor cites gaps in North Carolina bird knowledge. Highlights need for breeding records for House Wren and more localities, uncertain mountain Mockingbird status, Brown Thrasher winter presence west of Chapel Hill, winter Catbird range, Hermit Thrash records between Alamance Moore and in the mountains, and Cedar Waxwing data.
A mosaic of sensational items: Dies group tensions, alleged past beating and jail time, Seward Collins plotting lawsuits against papers, and Doubtful leaks from Liberty. Maggs McNellis divorce record at Calumet. Hugh Dillman’s health and ties to Marjorie Rambeau. Senate embargo orders for sand bags and coats. Deputy Chief Kear likely to resign. armored car case linked to Inspector Ryan. Charles Henderson markets a book with fictitious characters.
Bruce Catton reports Washington shows isolationist senators plotting a harsh war profits tax as part of Nye committee momentum. Administration may delay action. House prospects uncertain with embargo repeal fights and a split party line.
Rumors say F D R will seek a third term and pick a running mate from Garner Bankhead Douglas or Murphy. The New York Yankees may be sold to a Kennedy led syndicate for 7 4 million. Olin Downes reports Renoverture in Nevada. Barbara Hutton splits from Frank L Hutton over a Florida nurse. Barbara installs a private phone in her Pierre suite. E F Huttons face a merger lawsuit amid Mrs Huttons social ambitions. Allies reportedly consider aiding Kaiser’s return to Germany.
Receivers have paid 89 percent of bank obligations and will settle the final 11 percent with a five percent surplus, arguing the bank was sound and the panic caused unnecessary hardship.
The novelist Joseph Hergesheimer is close to finishing his autobiography after three years of work. The piece contains no other names besides Pope Dan Topping, implicated in a dispute where Arline Judge seeks 40 thousand dollars, her lawyer 50 thousand, and Dan is preferred. The rest notes industry chatter about the Brooklyn Dodgers sale and other items.
Napoleon finds the Rosetta Stone unlocking Egypt’s dead language while scholars needed 22 years to interpret it. A rapid Rosetta challenge sees US authorities break the code in hours. New Yorker St Clair McKelway previews 1929’s top literary quirks. Iris Adrian headlines a 52nd Street burlesque clash. Thyra Sumter Winslow is replaced at WOR by Pegeen Fitzgerald. Texas may send Elliott Roosevelt to the Senate replacing Tom Connally. Sophie Tucker’s divorce stirs tour plans. Betty Gray and Bill Hoyle welcome a baby at a field hospital.
A collage of society notes mentions Sherman Fairchild wooing Margaret Chapman, Katherine Crawford's secret marriage, French recall of That They May Live, Van Paassen credited for titles, Filmarte release, Kickin the Cake Walk borrowed by Rodgers and Hart, the Raphaels’ ventures, Dieckhoff successor timing, Think a Drink slated for lift papers, the death of Harvey Deuell, cast changes on a touring show, Peggy Kent court action, a battle over Mutuels funding, and Detective Barney Ruditsky reassigned.
George FE Hutchens owner of National Food Stores plans a new outlet at North Main Street and Emerywood opening tomorrow. He arrived in the city from Virginia in 1916. Adult education classes featured a program and demonstration at Green Street Baptist Church last night. D H Parsons expected home tonight from Raleigh where he attended court. Mr and Mrs John C Abels returned from Chicago. Mr and Mrs Hobart M Bryant attended a Halloween dance in Durham. The North Carolina Methodist Conference is meeting at Kinston. Jimmy Walker faces opposition for New York mayor in Tuesday election. Madame Curie is the guest of President and Mrs Hoover in Washington.
Twenty years ago Miss Cletus Burgess will assume duties as executive secretary at the chamber of commerce replacing William C. Massey who resigns for publicity work in Tennessee. A Hallowe en party is planned at Mechanicsville School Friday night. Dr. Max Bones attended a Greensboro play. J D Bacon of Goldsboro visited his daughter Mrs A E Taplin. Milton Silver is in New York buying goods. Mrs E C Shields spends the afternoon in Greensboro. John L Lewis opposes the administration’s stance.
Senator Nye voices pessimism about repealing the barge policy fearing intensified overseas air missions and growing pressure to tax restrictions. He predicts higher submarine threats as shipments rise and doubts the administration’s belief that repeal will deter Hitler and end the war.
The House is to receive a cash and carry bill linked to the embargo in a rule to block piecemeal amendments. Some members oppose the embargo yet favor cash and carry, while scientists argue lower animals have cognitive abilities, a remark tied to allegations of dirty tactics.
The column jokes about a lack of defense for a sardine at a Washington venue as Uncle Horace and a family of eight unexpectedly visit on a Sunday evening. The humorous mockery hints at social missteps and hostessing duties.
The co-inventor of radio turns 95 as he continues his work undisturbed by distractions. Despite aging, he presses on with projects that keep him focused and engaged, reflecting a lifelong dedication to innovation.
After a law setting maximum food profits and coal prices passes, critics call P. Wilson a despot. Many expect no coal shortage during the term as the settlement takes effect and supply stabilizes.
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