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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1938
Page
4
A line from Isaiah 63 6 warns of brutal justice and fury. Alfieri adds the idea deep vengeance comes from deep silence, pairing biblical text with a stage voice.
The state’s surplus funds enabled a favorable response to a four million bond issue in New York. Bids were initially unsatisfactory but improved, signalling a profit from keeping funds in Raleigh. Legislators will see new school registration totals as a basis for increased education funding.
Major Arthur P. Fulk retires after a brief tenure as state highway patrol commander and revenue agency safety chief. Ron ald Hocutt succeeds him. The $4,000,000 budget funds road improvements including the High Point to Winston-Salem link, with allotment delays risking curtailment.
The State school commission secretary reviews fall public school registration showing teachers above 24 000 for the first time. He laments the teacher load and school funds as people pursue learning, while the commission lacks a solid count of school age children and enforcement of compulsory attendance.
Republican hopes ride on Thomas E. Dewey a young rackets prosecutor nominated for governor with a path to the presidency via New York. Lehman’s renomination weakens Dewey chances while Wagner stays put and Lehman runs again. A federal grant snag threatens the $4 million road program though, underlines broader political stakes.
Walter Winchell offers humorous contrasts of home life versus public temptations. He mocks nightlife perils, public intoxication, fans at events, costly yachting, gambling, and mundane strings of city life, urging simple pleasures at home.
Charles B. Driscoll notes F P A and guests at the Algonquin, Kennedy and Case among others, while updating on Minnesota illness and a sister in Wichita. He mourns Thomas Wolfe who died after pneumonia and a brain infection, recalling a Chelsea apartment chat about boy parents and local environment.
Five persons including Miss Alma Jones Miss Irene Neal Mrs Allen Cooper James Beck and Calvin Underhill sustained injuries in separate automobile crashes around town. The report notes a series of incidents during a day of heavy rain in North Carolina.
Under New York rules hosts may compel guests to reveal the identities of their party companions, leaving attendees exposed to mandatory name disclosure during gatherings. The social practice reflects strict enforcement of guest recognition within hosted events.
The text implies civilians are vulnerable as dictators deploy bombers, turning battlefields into safer spaces, signaling a grim view of modern warfare and civilian danger. It frames a surprising reversal where combat zones feel safer than civilian life.
The passage notes that the South Seas once promised romance but films such as Goona Goona and Bali cast doubt on those joys. It suggests that agreeable and naughty events seem confined to movies, shaping readers’ skepticism about real getaways.
Rural residents flock to the city for work weekdays and retreat to the countryside for two days, preferring quiet, criticizing urban life while seeking relief from city noise.
The passage notes that campaign rhetoric inflates promises and that candidates appear to labor tirelessly for the office, yet the speaker remains skeptical about the earnestness behind those pledges and the practicality of paying for them.
A large audience attends the meeting to launch the Liberty Bond drive with Aubrey L. Brooks and Isaac Meekins as speakers. J Elwood Cox notes the fourth Liberty loan will outpace prior issues. Also reported is the funeral of Charles R. Crofts, High Point's first influenza victim.
Miss Thelma Wineskie departed last night for Philadelphia to enter the Comb’s Conservatory of Music. Williams has travelled to Washington on a business trip.
Bulgaria exits the war as Austrian parliament proposes peace talks via a conference of belligerent and neutral nations. A government casualty list reports 765 names.
Joan Crawford declares she works as she did as a department store stock girl, obeying orders instantly when the boss says Frog, highlighting her disciplined career ethic.
A compilation quotes Ernest Brown on women using makeup, Adolf Hitler on democracies, and Mary Pickford calling for a global sit-down strike to deter looming war, noting decadence and societal shifts as context.
A newspaper note laments spectators who boast boxing wisdom and long winded promoters bringing has beens to prize fights. It contrasts the past sunny beach scene with a new male dominated display of Body Beautiful poses intruding on leisure and ringside access.
A reflective note suggests that skiing loses dignity for older riders when they tumble into a snowdrift. The piece contrasts youth’s bravado with age related balance concerns and public perceptions of risk.
Dr Charles Hodges of New York University says if Britain and France approve the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia they will join the has been class of world empires.
Dean Herbert F. Hawkes of Columbia University urged new students to seek speed and understanding beyond six years old, underscoring the value of fast comprehension in education.
The four story Belasco neighborhood building that housed Keen's House is vacant with For Rent signs. Once a privacy panelled English hotel with four banquet halls, it drew crowds during a one cent restaurant era run by Bernarr Fadden. The downturn caused long lines and hurt nearby shops, leaving the area undesirable to business past.
A stone hitching post with a carved head depicts a nymph. a passing couple ignites a cigarette and the sculpture appears to smoke. Onlookers watch in astonishment as the cigarette burns in the stone lips, a curious, uncanny moment in the street.
Streicher, district Nazi leader in Flonsia, Germany, declares that no German should pass the hold of a Jewish store, signaling intensified antisemitic pressure and state-backed harassment.
A brief, fragmented recollection about a peaceful period in Europe described as quiet and free from troubles, reflecting nostalgia for calmer days across the continent.
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