Stacy Would Grace Supreme Court
The piece discusses Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy as a potential nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Van Devanter's resignation. It notes Stacy's distinguished record and North Carolina pride, suggesting his appointment would be a triumph for the court and for Roosevelt. It also mentions a Soviet Russian trade treaty placing Russia in the most favored nation category to boost American product purchases.
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Supreme Court
van Devanter
Walter P. Stacy
Stacy
State Department
Russia
Rayon Helps Ranger Win Americas Cup Races
The Ranger defeats Endeavor II in Newport as rayon sails outperform traditional materials no air permeability and resistance to eddies and mildew draw praise. Experts note the bow design and windward handling contributed to easy victories amid celebration of rayon’s sailing potential. A separate dispatch reports Germany requisitioning all wheat and rye as drought bites in Hitler’s regime.
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Ranger
Rayon
Newport
Endeavor II
City official protests highway funding as inadequate
Winston-Salem Commissioner of Public Works R Allen Thomas formally protests to the State Highway and Public Works Commission that a $24 000 yearly maintenance allocation for city highways is insufficient. He argues fair compensation is unattainable and notes revenue from gasoline taxes relies on gas not used on state roads amid broader debates on local maintenance costs and policy fairness. The piece also notes Britain’s Buy British campaign falters over hosiery imports as American goods gain ground and echoes a jibe about Uncle Sam.
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Winston - Salem
R. Allen Thomas
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Great Britain
America
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Integrity of law and race relations in the South
Mark Etheridge of the Louisville Courier Journal urges the Blue Ridge Conference that lynching must be stamped out to preserve law. He argues the South owes the Negro protection and justice, while federal safeguards may be needed if states fail. Also notes Chicago custody case and Grover Whalen not running for New York mayor.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Blue Ridge Conference of Education and Race Relations
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America
Hornbeck on why the U S entered World War I
The department of state official Stanley Hornbeck outlines that the United States joined the war due to submarine warfare and threats to democracy by the Central Powers. He cites Wilson's actions, Bernstorff’s testimony, and the belief that autocratic aggression endangered security and democratic institutions worldwide.
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United States
Germany
Wilson
J. Thomas Heflin
Congress
Homer S. Cummings
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
McCumber
League of Nations
Senator McCumber
Count von Bernstorff
Europe
The Old Plank Road and the Old Time Religion Zeal
The author recalls early 1900s High Point revival meetings labeled old time religion by self styled holy sanctified. He describes loud singing, mass simultaneous prayer, fear inducing sermons, and dramatic mourner bench scenes led by evangelists like Billy Sunday, with converts often backsliding. A neighbor disrupts a night meeting by ramming a tent, while a friend remains hesitant about the preacher’s authority.
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High Point
David
Chum
Billy Sunday
After Thoughts By W. A. BIINS
A musings on steam shovels showing human effort versus invention. The piece credits Archimedes for mechanical laws and questions whether more machines create jobs or replace labor. It argues mind should guide the universe with wisdom, not just power, and warns of governance needing wisdom to lead.
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Main Street
Archimedes
World War Reflections Asks If Peace Remains Possible
A 1920s-style meditation notes twenty years after the Great War. It contrasts youth's forgetting with older readers’ fascination with bloodshed, warns of homes shattered by war, and calls for peace through republican governance and international cooperation among nations.
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Europe
Earth
Heaven
Thomas Jefferson
Mrs. Laura Morris Faces Incompetency Charges In Waynesboro
A 44 year old history teacher Mrs Laura Morris is charged with incompetency and cruelty in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. An Associated Press dispatch notes she taught evolution as she claimed descent from monkeys leading to her dismissal amid student remarks and public debate.
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Associated Presse
Laura E. Morris
Waynesboro
Morrie
Rallying Cry From Spanish Rebel General Quiepo de Liano
The radio broadcast taunts Loyalists with a bold demand to bring on old offenses as the Spanish rebel general urges immediate confrontation and signals defiance amid ongoing civil conflict.
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Quiepo de Liano
Government vows faster Gulf hurricane news
Officials promise speedier alerts on Gulf storms to reach communities before winds rise, addressing those who miss warnings until after events occur.
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