New Constitution Favored Over Pickens View on Tax and Representation
The editorial defends a revised state constitution against Rupert T. Pickens who argues eastern dominance, limited county representation, and tax restraint. It praises the measure as a vast improvement aligning with modern needs and urges passage to empower government to serve the majority and modernize sections still useful.
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Guilford County
Senate
New York
Nevada
John Marshall
Pickens
Carl
Alabama
Farrar & Rinehart
America
Mr. Carmer
Mississippi
Georgia
South Carolina
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
New York City
The New Tyranny and Moral Reform Message
A speaker laments modern lax morals and urges citizens to revolt against shrinking standards. He argues many justify immorality to “live” and calls for a return to principle, urging rest, spiritual renewal, and churchgoing as remedies.
Tugwell on Profit Principles and Economic Cannibalism
Rexford Tugwell Under Secretary of Agriculture argues profit cannot be destroyed as reward for labor and investment but condemns unearned profits gained by exploiting others. He warns against economic cannibalism and urges government action and interdependence among farmers and citizens.
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Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
America
Gandhi Fast Sparks Sly Boarding House Gibe
The remark notes Gandhi beginning another fast and jestingly imagines how a frugal boarding house keeper would react to his fame.
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Gandhi
Random Thoughts From a Rambler's Note Book
A column by W. A. Bivins offers satirical riffs on politics and society. It contrasts Kentucky liquor lore with Pellagra cures in High Point, recalls a Greensboro break in, and muses on punishment, endurance, and peace amid Austrian headlines and the Dolluss tragedy.
The Ways of a Dog by Bruce Carraway
Bruce Carraway's office dog Grover II causes chaos tearing through the City Directory and papers while the original Grover's memory lingers. A street encounter reveals a boy's loss as Queenie the white spitz dies after a road accident, leaving hope tied to a promised replacement.
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Bruce Carraway
Bruce
Grover
Captain Carraway
Grover II
High Point
Sampson
Billy Wood
E. Green Street
Billy
Queenie
Hazel
Paris Style Note Predicts Fall Hat Shapes
A Paris fashion briefing suggests fall hats will largely be conical in shape with a playful, comedic look. The comment highlights a shifting trend toward whimsical headwear for the upcoming season.
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Paris
Contemporary Trends in Tobacco and Farming Notices
The piece discusses how market prices for tobacco signal new buying opportunities for farmers who have endured losses in recent years. It contrasts drought impact with calls for self-sufficiency and warns of opportunistic scammers amid AP reports of a rattlesnake bite incident and a book review section highlighting Fowler and Hughes.
Love Song and Never Without You in Contemporary Reviews
The piece praises Love Song for its authentic music world and characters led by Care nac and Meriel with Emil Woodring and Capotesco, while ACHMED ABDULLAH’s Never Without You is set in Hohenburg with Victoria and Hugh Grey amid a backdrop of World War I iron rule and social duty. Willoughby Sharp’s mystery writing is commended for calm logic and steady plotting.
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Rupert Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Love Song
Harper’s
New York
Emil Woodring
Meriel Lawton
Cavennc
Meriel
Boyd Tallon
Mep
Carenac
Mertel
Capotesco
Ada Lawton
Scordek
Meriél
Hughes
Achmed Abdullah
Farrar & Rinehart
Hohenburg
Prussia
Alexandra
Prince Joachim
Alexand Ir
Hugh Grey
Russia
Hugh
Victoria
Mr. Abdullah
Germany
France
England
Austria
Willoughby Sharp
Mr. Sharp
Murder of the Honest Broker review and literary notes
The critique covers Andrew Soutar's Murder of the Honest Broker with Inspector Bullock solving dual murders by rare poison, praising three readers. It then notes Carl Carmer on American folklore and a Motion Picture Almanac 1934 35 edition detailing industry figures, output, and finances.
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Kendall
New York
Mr. Sharp
Philip Torrent
Inspector Bullock
Sandy Harrison
Torrent
Bullock
Quigley Publications
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
G. Terry
A, Cecil
BO F Edwards
Mgr
Astor J, Hestber
Mer. Co
M. Waynick
Associated Press
Wee
Post Office
Congress
Katy
Rupert T. Pickens
Mr. Pickens
Tom Alderman Sykes
Rambler’s Note
W. A. Bivins
Kentucky
Greensboro
John Dillinger
Dolluss
Jamestown
Agricultural Department
Moving Picture Theater
Mid-West
Sylva
N. C
Holiness Church
Albert Teester
Teester
Sain Peter
Keithowler
Wilmington
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Fowler
Macaulay
Mr. Fowler
Lou Kiser
Ed Ragan
Tracy Mull
Harrison Chumley
Jimmy Calvert
Pat O'Malley
Tom O'Malley
Pat
Kiser
Ragan
By Betty and
John Mebane
Rupert H
Andrew Soutar
Harper and Brothers
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