Circle of Creation and Center Here, Empedocles Quote
Fragmentary antique saying frames creation as a circle with a center at the present. The line suggests a philosophical view of the self as maker of all things rather than an external builder.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1938
Page
4
Will Britain Surrender to Hitler Then or Not
The article argues Britain, led by Chamberlain, may choose dismemberment of Czechoslovakia amid pressure from Hitler and Soviet interests. It contends Hitler prefers bluffing to war while seeking economic control and warns of risk if Czechs resist British and French appeasement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Reich
Ing
Asoning
Kia
Czechosloakia
Russia
Little business men organized for national influence
The article notes President Ford convening 500 small businessmen in Washington and a shift toward organizing this group. It highlights Rotarians and other clubs as a base but says a dedicated “little business men” organization is forming with Baxter Durham appointed as North Carolina organizer and governor approving the effort as potentially effective and influential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kiwanians
Elks
Moose
Odd Fellows
Chambers of Commerce
North Carolina
Baxter Durham
Hosiery Makers Protest Southern Mills Plans
Weeks ago a governor announced seven fully unionized hosiery mills to be established in the South, prompting expected protests from hosiery manufacturers. The anticipated organized response did not fully develop, though, as discussions continued with the South Hosiery Manufacturers' Association.
Harmony and the Lineup Rumors Stir Democratic Realignment
The piece reports on Mr Farley as head of the party committee welcoming Senator George s plea for harmony and congratulating Senator Tydings despite hostility from the postmaster general. It questions Roosevelt s 1940 lineup and whether a realignment within the Democratic Party will favor old Jeffersonian aims or new alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
George
Tydings
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Farley
Garner
Pat Harrison
Carter Glass
Debate Over Government Subsidies and Home Stead Plan
The Asheville convention faces a clash between private enterprise and government subsidized production. Industry already overcapacitated in hosiery, with new plants reshaping regional competition. Manufacturers warn that Farm Security Adminstration homestead projects worsen market strain while political questions around Roosevelt's liberal coalition loom larger than congressional cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Farm Security Administration
Organizing Ideas for Heredity and Reward
A tale about Albert Wiggam shaping thoughts on heredity through clarity and structured ideas. He collected literature, lectured across laboratories, published multiple books and articles, and urged others to organize knowledge to turn passion into profitable expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edward Wiggam
Mr. Wiggam
Paul Wing Publishes Ten Commonly Misspelled Words
The piece credits Paul Wing of the National Broadcasting Company as a spelling expert who devised and popularized spelling matches. He lists ten everyday words often misspelled, including assassinate felicitate perilous virulent callus bouillion jodhpurs pyorrhea avocados ecstasy. He also cites two trigger words wheyey wrly to trip up spellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wing
Paul
National Broadcasting Company
McNaught Syndicate
Quotes and quips from public figures spark gossip column
The page compiles remarks from diverse figures including Gene Tortariello of Linden New Jersey about restraining his wife to his car, Alf Landon on beauty, Marilyn Meseke Miss America 1938, Eero Jarnefelt on war worries, and William Green on AFL plans, plus Mayer La Guardia on the Hines trial and Harvey Stowers on family dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer la Guardia
New York
Walter Winchell On Broadway Column Snippets
Walter Winchell gossip notes reference the Redwood Murder Case closing after Inspector Oliver's death. mentions include June Knight May walk from Clear All Wires, Peggy Joyce pool winnings, Gov Murphy pardon claim, Miss Empire State Building pageant rejection, Cynthia Cavanaugh sunglasses, Jane Lane marriage, Pancho's wife hospital update, Billie Seward return, and the Wilmington opening and closing of Once Upon a Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W
N. Y
Redwood
Oliver
S.K
June Knight
Peggy Joyce
Gov. Murphy
Molloy
Detroit
Bishop Mooney
Empire State Building
Cynthia Cavanaugh
Club 18
Jane Lane
Winter Garden
Nick Blair
Asylum
Pancho
Mary Coyle
Ziegfeld
St. Vincent's Hospital
Billie Seward
Hollywood
Wilmington
Stork’s New Décor Costs Ten Thousand Dollars
The Stork club spends 10000 on decorations and chairs and expects to recoup the cost in a week with highball profits at 75 cents each. Charlene Tucker returns from London shows, famed for captivating Lords, Cooks and Owls with her looks. Irving Mills plans a sepia revusical Theanaes Revue starring Duke Ellington. A new tune Why Doesn’t Somebody Tell Me Those Things? and Mills Music publishes Old Drum by Mason Webb and Lee David. A Chicago society insider uses a nom de plume. An Aberdeen editorial quotes Walter Winchell and condemns Mussolini and Hitler as fodder for slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Charlene
Sermss) Tucker
London
Lords
Irving Mills
Duke Ellington
Mills Music Firm
Mason Webb
Lee David
Ebb
Chicago
Harford Democrat
Aberdeen Enterprise
Aberdeen
Maryland
Walter
Roosevelts at Filene’s Inspire Clever Dress Drama
Boston workers watch John Roosevelt carry a dozen dresses from 10th floor to the 2nd floor while explaining why he took a lowly job. He says he aims for the ad department and jokes about a future Roosevelt earning five to ten thousand yearly before the president’s term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filene’s
Boston
John Roosevelt
John
Adv
Roosevelt
Council Bluffs
Ruth Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Kiss the Boys Goodbye preview tickets sell for 2 50
A reader notes Life's Camps offers Kiss the Boys Goodbye previews at two dollars fifty cents. Mentions other entertainment side remarks with brief references to personalities and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
N. Y
Hildegarde
Shaw
Lee
Casa Manana
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Reader's Digest
Belle Baker and verses mix with legal bets in town
A public park sign quotes poetry while whispers claim Hines jurors pass time with a baseball pool. The speaker muses on lotteries and schemes to get rich and suggests a club named The Torch with singing guests as a citywide hit. A nostalgic line ends with Skinny Ennis as a hopeful name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Baker
Hudson Parkway
Ennis
Beatrice Lillie Topper Reminder and Lang Legend
Brief notes recount Beatrice Lillie topper to beatrice Lillie and Fritz Lang denying rumors that Gustave and God inspired his work. Mentions Eddie Garr, a joke about air in a windowless apartment, Newsweek critique of Mussolini, Eddie Elkins returning from Europe, and a British remark about Americans living on the right side of the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Lillie
Fritz Lang
Hollywood
Gustave
God
Jones
Eddie Garr
Catskills
Newsweek
Mussolini
Eddie Elkins
Europe
Atlantic
Local Front Pages Swirl With Campaign Echoes
Thomas J. Gold Sr will address the First Voters league of High Point Tuesday evening. Mrs S R Dull will conduct a cooking school at the American theater for four days starting Tuesday afternoon. A local Republican leader condemns a whispering campaign against Hoover and Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gold, Sr
Voters’ League of
High Point
S. R. Dull
American Theater
Hoover
Smith
Hartford’s First Church Roots Hartford History Deeply
Charles B. Driscoll notes the First Church of Christ in Hartford as a center of city history from its 1632 origins in Newtown to Hartford in 1636. He tours the graveyard with C. C. Hemenway, highlighting ancient stones, a 1757 drowning epitaph, and memorial windows for Rev. Thomas Galludet and Horace Wells, the Discoverer of Anesthesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Church of Christ
Newtown
Cambridge
Mass
C. C. Hemenway
United States of America
Thomas Langrell
Jerushe
Hezekiah
Hepsekiah
New England
Thomas H. Gallaudet
Jesus
Horace Wells
Local Visitors and Guests Visit Area Residents
Mrs M T Terry of Hendersonville is the guest of Mr and Mrs J D Brame on Lindsay street. Mrs Henry Clark of Reidsville visits Mrs Roy Spearman. Mr and Mrs Carter Dalton and daughter Caroline spent yesterday at Gold Medal orchard in Wilkes county. Mr and Mrs Hal Ingram of Hamlet are visiting relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Terry
Hendersonville
J. D. Brame
Lindsay Street
Henry Clark
Reidsville
Roy Spearman
Carter Dalton
Caroline
Gold Medal Orchard
Wilkes County
Hal Ingram
Hamlet
Property losses in Porto Rico may top 100 million
The hurricane's toll may exceed 100 million dollars in property damage on Porto Rico. An estimated 300000 island residents reportedly lack food. Herbert Hoover received a large ovation in Newark New Jersey this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Herbert Hoover
Newark
N. J
William Bennett Wounded in France in WWII Era
Twenty years ago local soldier William Bennett was seriously wounded in France on August 25 and his parents were notified. Karl Lehmann Christian Endeavor secretary will give a lecture tomorrow night at 8. Local men and women plan for October war work fund campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bennett
France
Karl Lehmann
Southern States
The
Christian Endeavor
Local residents report arrivals and returns from overseas and trips
George Lowe has arrived safely overseas. Grover Mead ows, George Hedrick and H Allen Mitchell also notified their arrival in France. Mrs H C Massey and daughter Mildred return from a visit to Charlotte and Norfolk. Mr and Mrs A A Holton return from Burlington after visiting friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowe
Grover Meadows
George Hedrick
H. Allen Mitchell
France
H. C. Massey
Mildred
Charlotte
Norfolk
A. A. Holton
Burlington
Allies reject Austria Hungary peace proposals
United States voiced allied opposition to the Austrian Hungarian peace plan. Serbian forces with French and Jugoslav units reported gains, seizing 24 guns and 3,000 Bulgars, amid ongoing war costs reaching one billion dollars per month for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Austria-Hungary
Prehistoric Woman Necklace Habits Revealed by Archeologist
An archeologist notes a prehistoric woman wore necklaces but lacked sophistication to pile hair atop her head, labeling her as a savage with limited style imagination.
Breaking Off Negotiations Marks a New Era
Historians may label this period as the breaking off of negotiations age as talks stall and relations strain. Analysts note rising tensions echoing through diplomacy and trade.
North Carolina man writes obituary for pet hen
A North Carolina man published an obituary for his beloved pet hen. The piece mourns the bird as a family member and reflects on the hen’s quiet presence and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Goering Reported Incapacitated by Hoarse Threat
News says Hermann Goering is the subject of a hoarse threat causing complete incapacity. The report notes his inability to respond or participate due to the alleged warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Goering
Red Brick Church With White Doors Standing Ajar
The church features red brick and tie pillars, a porch with a tall steeple, and an atmosphere of quiet dignity. Old high locked pew doors were once used to bar non worshippers, but pew rental ended years ago and the doors now stand ajar. Pews are red upholstered and look comfortable.
Ministers Platform With Hidden Stained Glass Window
A high pulpit like platform dominates the auditorium drawing focus to the ministers. Behind it a large stained glass window is covered with heavy paper and curtains are placed to provide a dignified backdrop for the sermon.
Window of Sacred Figures Covered for Aesthetic Reasons
The article recalls a 40 year old decision by a local congregation to cover a stained window believed to depict sacred persons, possibly Saint Peter, on clouds. Worshippers found it offensive and hard to view due to backlighting. The covered window reportedly remains so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Peter
Draping for Church Windows and Statues Advocated
The Hartford congregation of the First Church of Christ argues that heavy drapes could improve many church windows and broader public statuary. The idea extends to nude statues in parks, suggesting drapery as a unifying decorative solution across churches and public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ
Hartford
Hollywood
McNaught Syndicate
Wideheaded Decision Makers Or Fat-Headed News
A middlewestern lecturer argues that wideheaded people drive decisions yet today’s headlines suggest fatheaded actions may better describe the leadership. The remark highlights a humorously critical view of contemporary governance.
Bohemians Prefer Old Oil Street Lamps
Reports suggest a Bohemian colony plans to revert to traditional oil lamps to hinder visibility among residents, reflecting a quirky communal move amid urban lighting trends.
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M Terry
Rawley
Y and
Treas Metta
Cecil Gen Mer
Cartier
Point
Ieve
Creln
Audii Bureau
of Congress
Aturday
Britain
Business
Harmony and the
Dale Carnegie
Gene Tortariello
Linden, N. J
White House
Alf M. Landon
Marilyn Meseke
Marion, O
Eero Jarnefelt
A. F. of L
William Green
Harvey Stowers
Buffalo
Condition Critica
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Charles B
Driscoll
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