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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1938
Page
4
A short religious quotation contrasts covetousness with restraint. It cites Acts 20 38 about coveting silver or gold and a Jeremy Taylor warning that covetousness swells the principal to no purpose and diminishes usefulness.
Editorial calls for a sane approach to levies and public funding led by labor's tax study in the South. It argues earnings, taxes, and sacrifice shape schools and roads, then pivots to proposing Charlie McCarthy as a humorous yet preferable national figure over royal or Mussolini leadership.
The General Assembly should pass better election laws while acknowledging the human element in primary and election times. Honesty from election officials and voters is essential, with ignorance and deceit to be discounted. A New England town hall like model could educate, if leaders are honest and intelligent and present facts fairly.
The article weighs whether war can be avoided as Hitler signals restraint and offers to end land seizures. It cautions that democracy may choose a showdown now or later and notes Europe is already diverting resources to arm for potential conflict, while questioning Hitler's trustworthiness and the likelihood of further aggression.
Kent Dale Carnegie outlines Richard Borden the New York salesman and psychologist who studied thousands of salesmen for nine years. He presents twelve rules to win belief and sell more, stressing rounded selling, planning, product knowledge, proof, and plain explanations. He promises to share the remaining six rules tomorrow.
Editor responds to a reader letter debating unknown tongues. He notes the verse reference from First Corinthians and asserts the need for interpretation, arguing that tongues are a personal spiritual discourse to God and that edification comes through interpretation.
The article contrasts Palestine's fragile status with Czechoslovakia's delicate future, noting Spain and China as volatile regional cases. It traces Palestine from biblical times through British mandate to ongoing Arab Jew clashes, and explains Czechoslovakia's birth from Versailles, minority tensions, Sudeten German issues, and mounting boundary tensions. It ends with Van Loon's plea for reason amid global despair.
Over $600 contributed for hurricane relief. High Point participates in the Red Cross appeal of twelve million dollars, with a $900 share. Diamond Full-Fashioned Hosiery Company of High Point receives a charter. Frank Wineskie D C Durland and W H Slane subscribe $300 in stock.
In New York the Circus Saints and Sinners group gathers monthly at the Commodore to fund a home for retired circus entertainers. Founder Fra Benham, once a wagon driver and ad man, has drawn support from business leaders and readers, despite slow fundraising. Gene Buck, famed lyricist and speaker, is highlighted as a key figure, with Buck's Michigan roots and Great Neck family noted.
Ruth Welch and Mabel Barker have returned home after a week's visit in Atlanta. Mr and Mrs W J Fraley returned from Atlantic City and New York, News Briefs. In a Washington speech Herbert Hoover said the Republican party has always led in advancing the greatest good for the greatest number. Five million English women will vote under the flapper vote act.
Twenty years ago Penny Brothers sold 334 acres of farmland three miles south of the city and several East Washington street lots owned by T. F. Wrenn and others. Prices paid show rising values in the area and reflect ongoing market strength.
An orchestra conductor praises the concertina while a joke notes its rival the accordion depends on perspective. Who's Who gains 2545 names, though total hat sizes remain undetermined.
A New York clergyman compares today’s world to a cubist painting with conflicting blocs, arguing events and ideas are fractured into disjointed parts rather than a clear whole.
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