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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1938
Page
4
A devotional note quotes Colossians 3 1 urging seekers to pursue heavenly aims. It adds Bailey praising the name of Christ as universally precious across languages.
The New England Council warns that rising Southern industry threatens its traditional economic base. It notes textile leadership shifting south and calls for regional dialogue to address shared competitiveness, contrasting with harsher views from Philadelphia.
The article reviews U S policy toward Europe outlining the failure of the World War indemnity to be paid and the large U S loans that financed German recovery. It notes the Johnston Act and the end of open European funding as Europe faces new challenges.
The speaker warns against war profiteering and urges restraint on wartime credit. They fear pressure from industry and farmers to finance a European conflict, noting the risk of net losses from Atlantic shipments once war starts and the temptation to cash in on high prices.
Final registration efforts boost turnout for the September 27 hospital bond vote to 5,632 registrants. The paper argues for wide participation, noting at least 2,817 yes votes needed and that abstentions or no ballots count against the measure.
The piece portrays the German Reich as more centralized than under the Hohenzollerns with a population surpassing prewar levels by at least five million and territory four times North Carolina. It notes loss of 26 000 square miles and Prussia split to form a Polish corridor, while Germany seeks to restore prewar boundaries and rebuild military strength.
The Charlotte Observer argues Congress holds coordinate authority with the president, neither above nor below, placing legislative power on the same level as the chief executive. The piece emphasizes balance between branches and the role of the people.
A compilation of editorials and quotes from The Raleigh Times The Wall Street Journal and other papers discusses public opinion civility and the dangers of unchecked ambition invoking Hitler relics and warnings about scrap-iron trade with Japan amid looming war concerns. The selection notes how mass opinion can thwart or fuel policy and calls for caution against war participation.
A High Point resident urges adoption of a local hospital plan, arguing that funds now spent on out of town doctors and transport could finance better facilities. He cites experiences of delayed care, private hospital refusals, and calls for care based on humanity rather than dollars.
In a letter to the editor Mr Moffitt states the city is inadequately prepared for hospitalization and presents arguments for why the proposed municipal hospital bond issue is needed, while avoiding controversy.
The First Night reviews at The Playhouse shading toward mixed. Cameron Hall shows promise while others fail to impress. Lightnin and The Edge of the World draw attention with veteran and newcomer acts. International films and radio critiques color the New York scene with praise for Stroheim, Juvenes Court, and the Army Navy Bands.
A newsboy hawks The Enterprise with wartime jokes about Czechoslovakia. A Duke Power driver recounts a Danville dining misadventure after a Tobacco Festival parade, then muses on the New Deal, primaries, revivals, and Saint Anthony parables urging old paths and rest for the soul.
The piece contrasts grudging thrift with nature's gratis gifts, praising the mocking bird as a divine seasonal minstrel whose song lift s spirits and eases labor. It notes human distrust of freebies, then venerates a natural generosity evident in sun, rain, oxygen, and the bird’s year round chorus.
A new edition of Benjie’s Hat by Mabel Hunt appears with material from Miss Pearl Idol, noting North Carolina settings and humor for young readers. The Archer and Ark club volume We Were In The Ark by Geoffrey Holme is praised for its wit, prizes, and illustrations, alongside poems in Poems to Vera by George Sterling, which reflects classic style and restrained emotion.
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