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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1938
Page
4
A fragmentary quip presents a mix of archaic Bible language praising deliverance and a knightly maxim. It juxtaposes divine feats with a vow of valor, noting the truly valiant avoid harming others while claiming protective power amid heavenly signs.
The Carolina Moose association meets in High Point with delegates from the state. Regional Director Charles A. praises the Order for its aims to inspire humanity's welfare and brotherhood. The Enterprise welcomes the visitors and notes High Point hosts one of the finest Moose lodges.
The Raleigh News and Observer announces a remodelled enlarged plant to improve swift and accurate news collection and publication. Josephus Daniels oversees the historic paper with son Jonathan Daniels continuing the leadership as the staff remains dedicated to serving North Carolina readers.
A Philadelphia coroner's jury reports criminal negligence by two top prison executives and a dozen subordinates, including two physicians, in the deaths of four county prisoners. The piece reflects on progress from medieval cruelty to modern reform and emphasizes community backing for school systems as children return to class.
Forrest Herman Shuford, former boys' commissioner, is named State commissioner of labor by Governor Hoey to fill the vacancy left by Major A. L. Fletcher. Fletcher, now with the Wage Hour Office, lauds Shuford's ground-up knowledge and factory inspection expertise and predicts his success and election to the post.
The piece urges a strong return to school for the fall term across nations, praising teachers and pupils while noting challenges of attendance. It calls for closer cooperation between schools and homes, stressing that education is training for conduct and that truancy officers cannot replace parental guidance.
Roy Chapman Andrews rose from scrubbing museum floors to become director of the American Museum of Natural History after sending a hundred dollars for a chance. His career spanned eight world tours and discoveries like the Gobi Desert adventures and million year old dinosaur eggs, proving starting at the bottom builds lasting success.
A collage of notable voices spans topics from honoring soldiers and economic peace to currency fears and liberal ideals. Figures include Msgr A C Dineen in New York City, George Bernard Shaw contemplating mortality, War Secretary Harry Woodring, Ben H Williams predicting financial collapse, Margot Grahame on affection, Eleanor Stech quilting, and President Fox of Union College, ending with Edward Hyde noting earthquakes’ limited danger.
A jumble of media notes and anecdotes outlines Lefferts McClelland’s Dionne quins coverage, satirical takes on The Saturday Evening Post masthead, a lawyer’s one case success with heirs’ fates, Ernest Hemingway and a libel scare, notorious jailbird exploits, and Walter Temples’ reply to Shirley Temple, ending with Valentine Williams’ brief book tease and Reuters near-scoop on an assassination tale.
A Young Voters club will be organized and the first general teachers meeting will be held at the high school on Tuesday morning. Also notes labor day quiet observance in High Point and various brief updates from Concord Shelby and Boston including a Greenland safe return of Arctic flyers Cassell and Cramer.
In Aberdeen Scotland a memorial chapel to Rt. Rev Samuel Seabury the first Protestant Episcopal bishop in America is begun as J P Kennedy lays the first stone. The piece notes St Andrew’s Church Staten Island founded 1708 and its long, historic, memorial walls.
Twenty years ago a fundraising drive began in High Point on Friday to aid French orphans. An educational rally in Springfield on Saturday drew a large crowd with speakers Dr. Whitsett and Supt. T. R. Foust addressing attendees.
Private Fred Fallenstein has arrived safely overseas. Miss Florence Blair announces music class starts September 9. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Millis and family return from Pinehurst and Southern Pines visit.
British forces seize Lens and Queant in France. Today's casualty list reports 17 North Carolina servicemen among 988 soldiers listed, with 183 killed in action. Czechoslovakia is recognized as a nation by the United Nations.
A British general claims beer consumption reduces aggression and explains Germany’s anti militarist mood. He notes beer culture tempers wartime fervor and fosters more peaceful attitudes among the public.
An actress warns the moving picture audience to limit themselves to a single type of role. The remark surprised us until it became clear she meant sticking to one acting niche rather than one genre.
A famous golfer shifts careers to farming as critics joke about his finances. In Del Monte California students learn proper English for caddies and a quip about needing a shovel signals the lighthearted tone of the piece.
The Idaho senator urges restraint on drastic steps with Japan amid already strained relations warning that an economic boycott by Americans would worsen tensions.
The article describes a church interior rich with memorials and markers. Footnotes to history appear on paintings brass plaques on frames and a Bible inscribed to memory of loved ones. Pew doors bear nameplates while the space carries a lingering sense of the dead and history in worship.
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