High Point Defended Against Magazine Ranking
The piece rebuts an American magazine claim that High Point was among the nation’s ten worst places to live based on old Thorn dyke statistics. It argues the city has improved with new parks, schools, homes, and industry, and urges progress rather than apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Magazine
Guy Greer
High Point
Mr. Greer
E. L. Thorndike
Columbia University
Lewiston
Maine
Charleston
S. C
Durham
N. C
Savannah
Columbus
Jackson
Meridian
Miss
Woonsocket
R. I
Greer
Phillips
Frank Sizemore
Small Cancer in Government Prompts Strong Warning
The speaker rejects complacency toward Communist influence in the U S government comparing it to a dangerous internal cancer. Louis Budenz warns of considerable Communist penetration, urging vigilance and action rather than panic or denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundenz
Congress
United States
Soviet Russia
United
Staes
Hitler
Louis Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Waynick Seen as NC Democratic Leader in 1948
Governor-nominee Kerr Scott backs Capus Waynick for state party chair while Senator-nominee J M Broughton also supports him. The executive committee likely splits, but unity may form behind Waynick. He faces a tough fall balancing state aims with Truman’s national bid and Dixiecrat threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr Scott
Democratic Executive Committee
Capus Waynick
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Waynick
Scott
Broughton
Harry Truman
Kerr Scott J. M. Broughton
Congress
Dixiecrats
Berlin Crisis blamed for steep NYSE securities drop
The Berlin crisis is held responsible for a sharp downturn on the New York Stock Exchange, though some argue Wall Street seeks war to push prices higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Budget tour shows North Carolina system as big reform challenge
The advisory budget commission tour reveals a sprawling state system of educational, correctional, and mental health institutions tied to shared boards. Needs outpace facilities with future growth dependent on cross-agency fits, maintenance, and rising costs across Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Elizabeth City campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Advisory Budget Commission
Tidget Commission
Raleigh
East Carolina Training School For Boys
White
Rocky Mount
Board of Correctional Training
Wilson
Elizabeth City
Assembly
Negro Teachers College
Collee
The American system vs British party responsibility
The article argues the United States elects a president as a person rather than a party leader, contrasting with Britain where the prime minister is party chosen. It traces vice presidential power, historical cases, and critiques party accountability within the U.S. political structure.
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United States
Wendell Willkie
Nhon
Dr. Eisenhower
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
al Smith
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Garfield
Chester Arthur
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Life questions and gendered longevity explored in science columns
A Christian Science Monitor interview reviews whether science nears spiritual truths about life and death. It notes scientists seek frontiers but acknowledge that the spiritual aspect remains unstudied by physicists and biochemists. The piece contrasts male worry patterns with women's social roles affecting sleep and longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Christian Science Monitor
The
Monitor
Charles P. Steinmetz
St. John
Licensed North Carolina physicians seek rural practice growth
The North Carolina State Board licenses 113 physicians, urging many to serve rural districts as urban demand rises. The piece notes the need for rural doctors, clinics, and health centers to balance urban and country health needs, and reflects on life span and spring wildflowers shaping contemplative thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
State Board of Examiners
Hitchhiker shares radio escape tale from the Poconos
A driver recalls a 15 year old hitchhiker who asked to be let out in a lonely woods after riding with him. The boy, who had no radio at home, said he thumbed rides every morning to hear Fred Waring on the road, then planned to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial
Methodist
Wesley
Poconos
Fred Waring
Waring
Mister
R. G. Fagan
Reader's Digest
India
Aga Khan
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
Mexico
British Dominion
Canada
Carroll
Dorothy Knapp
Dorothy
Miss Knapp
Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Last
Harold Stassen could have become secretary of the navy in Dewey’s set up. Gen Eisenhower and wife vacationed in Colorado before his Berlin trip. Internal Revenue reversed itself on theater losses for limited partnerships. Earl Carroll financed shows with major payoffs and lawsuits, while Walter Winchell shares a bachelor seeking a moneyed wife. Ducks’ eyesight is nearly telescopic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stassen
Navy
Dewey
Eisenhower
Colorado
Berlin
Washington
Army
Kenneth Royall
Lucius Clay
Royall
William H. Draper
Clay
White House
Draper
Internal Revenue
Crossword clues for a vertical puzzle list
A vertical word puzzle page with numbered clues for letters in a grid. Entries include Strike with an open hand and Symbol for neon among others, with across and down hints such as European yellowhammer and African antelope. The list blends abbreviations and thematic hints across multiple rows.
Puzzle clues and garbled entries from a historical page
The excerpt lists fragmented crossword style clues with numbers and partial hints such as pigeon pea narrow vile inquire make edgin chemical suffix low fellow irritate shortly Italian coin rough lava musica a Pre character edible rootstock cicatrix solicitude prayer en naval air station ab golf term compass pound Babylonian deity and unmarried qab indicating a damaged or garbled puzzle page fragment.
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Naval Air Station
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Budenz
Communist Party
United States of America
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
America
Broadway
Jack Last
Rex Harrisons
Carole Landis
Lilli Palmer
Father Divine
White Plains
Anita Colby
Clark Gable
Jimmy Stewart
Earl Carroll
Texas
New York
Taft
Vandenberg
Wherry
Martin
Halleck
Earl
Sunday Supplement
van Dyck
Walter Winchell
Fair Play
Dottie Barbour
Saratoga Free-Lance
Saratoga
de Mille
Agnes
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