Outsiders Quick to Seize Chance at Cranberry Mines
A Winston-Salem source says Henry Ford may acquire the Cranberry iron mines in northwest North Carolina. Claims note ore quality valued by German industrialists before World War I and shipped to Germany via Birmingham. The piece urges North Carolina to act on resource opportunities and warns locals may overlook this potential profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
North Carolina
Ford
J. S. Kuykendall
Winston-Salem
Mr. Kuykendall
Cranberry
Germany
Birmingham
Irom
How Alaska Looks to the Visitor
Mrs. Lillian B. Griggs, secretary and director of the North Carolina Library commission, returns from Alaska praising its climate and resources but noting little constructive effort. She argues Southern industrial progress was blocked by postwar handicaps, while millions move toward new prosperity in Dixie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Library Commission
Lillian B. Griggs
Alaska
Enterprise
Briggs
South
Dixie
Old South
America
Drought Strains North Carolina Economy and Power Grid
Severe drought in western North Carolina cripples tobacco and crops, forces Southern Power to curtail electricity, and harms industries and mountain resorts. Natural Resources urges stronger municipal water planning and greater use of water impoundment to safeguard civic needs and industrial power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Piedmont
Southern Power Company
High Point
Alaska's Path to Growth Beyond Arctic Barriers
The commentary argues that rapid national changes fail to transform people, noting flawed forecasts about geographic handicaps. It asserts war's destructive impact and neighborly predation, then credits Alaska's climate for vigor yet cites economic limits. Yet Alaska will eventually rise, attracting settlement and development as markets expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Arctic Circle
City Planning Commission appointees praised by Enterprise
The Enterprise lauds the city council for selecting five planning commissioners with vision and balance. It endorses zoning and planning while warning against costly, immediate overhauls and urges thoughtful, progressive input from the community to guide High Point’s future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Public approval for council commission safeguards the law
The machinery set up ensures a guarantee against failure and reflects the personal character of any man elected to the commission. Proposals must withstand full publicity and sharp analysis to become law. Reports indicate broad public favor for the council’s commission, a critical factor in implementing the law’s intent.
Lifesaver and His Work Show Why Training Matters
A Virginia Beach near drowning rescue where a man revived after seeming death contrasts with a Greensboro lad who died before hospital arrival. The piece stresses immediate resuscitation techniques, the value of life saving training, and the American Red Cross Society’s push to build a nationwide life saving corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Greensboro
American Red Cross Society
Society
Life-Saving Class Opens At Commercial Pool
Two young swimmers Alfred Caldwell and Frank Wood lead life-saving instruction at the Commercial club pool. Beginning tomorrow a one week course offers adults a path to tests for insignia in the Society life-saving corps and the ability to help in deep water crises. A junior corps has already formed at the Jamestown Boy Scouts camp, and now a senior corps seeks qualified volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred ‘Caldwell
Frank Wood
Boy Scouts
Jamestown
Praise and perplexity amid Spitteler tribute debate
In a magazine Romain Rolland extols Carl Spitteler as a genius, while the writer questions literature’s purpose and the editor’s praise. The piece critiques praise without understanding, contrasts church entertainments with other vices, and notes a Kansas City Negro hailed for shooting a robber as public interest grows.
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Tam
Carl Spitteler
Christ
Romain Rolland
Rolland
Spitteler
Carl Spiteler
The Society Page of newspapers
A reflective, opinion filled note on prohibition, gossip, and social norms. The author critiques hypocrisy, weighs liberty versus control, and muses on public morality, marriage, gossip, and religious behavior, preferring personal politeness over evangelism. Conflicts over law, crime, and social reputation appear through anecdotes and observations about city life and newspapers.
Fleeting Glamour at the Races and War-Era Excuses
A man recalls taking a party of women to the races then sneaking photos of guests for newspaper girls to print. He notes how relatives may excuse foolish behavior as shell shock from the war, reflecting on social norms of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Syndicate
MacMillan Party Describes Arctic Scene South of Kane Basin
The writer recounts scenes south of the grinding ice pack in Kane Basin with a crystal palace cliff region carved by glacier and wave. No life is seen between sea and ice cap while Etah is barren for fuel and food. They reflect on civilization’s cans, the beauty, loneliness, and the peril of Arctic exploration as Peary is honored and the Arctic patrol ship Arctic struggles to reach Amarituk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane Basin
Crystal Palace
Etah
Peary
Arctic
Amarituk
MacMillan
Funeral for High Point Soldier Ingram Returns
The body of Theodore Clay Ingram, drowned in Hawaii July 1 while serving with the Hawaiian coast artillery, arrived in the city last night. The former High Point, North Carolina, resident will have funeral services at 3 p.m. today at Yow's Funeral Home, Broad and Elm streets, with interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Friends will serve as pallbearers and floral bearers. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Ingram are his parents.
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Pacific
Theodore Clay Ingram
Hawaii
Ingram
Hawaiian Coast Artillery
High Point
Gaston Ingram
Liberty Street
Yow’s
Broad and
Elm Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Water instruction at pool til week
A six day swimming instruction period begins Monday at 10 at the Commercial club pool. Frank Wood and Alfred Caldwell Red Cross live saving instructors will teach local swimmers life saving methods and advanced swimming. Registration Monday morning at the club for enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Frank Wood
Alfred Caldwell
Uwharrie Red Cross
Red Cross
Atlanta Athletes Claim SE Amateur Swim Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club scored eighty points today to win the Southeastern Amateur Athletic Union sectional swimming meet. Pensacola placed runner-up with scores of four points and one point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Pensacola
Fla
Atlanta Athletic Club
Southeastern Amateur Athletic Union
Unknown National Amateur Likely To Win At Oakmont
The Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh hosts the national amateur championship starting August 31. Half the entrants are under 25, led by Bobby Jones who is a strong favorite, though past champions like Guilford, Sweetser, Evans, Marston, and Gardner will defend. The field features many promising juniors, with practice at Oakmont crucial due to its unusual bunkers and shot requirements. RIPLEY, N. Y., Aug. 22. Two Methodist ministers died when their car collided with a Buffalo and Lake Erie traction car four miles from here.
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Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
United States
Golf Association
Jimmie Standish
Detroit
Oakmont
Bobby Jones
Jesse Guilford
Jess Sweetser
Chick Evans
Max Marston
Bob Gardner
Jones
Bobby
Merion
Davison Herron
The
Engineers
St. Louis
Willia Hunter
Brookline
Flossmoor
Sweetser
Georg von Elm
California
G.F. Lamprecht
Dexter Cummings
Keefe Carter
Donald Carrick
Jack Mackie, Jr
New York
Roland MacKenzie
Dick Jones
Ripley, N
Buffalo and Lake Erie
H. Lee Dunlacy
Cascade Methodist Episcopal Church of
Erie
James MacIntosh
Methodist Episcopal Church
Weslyville
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the Sunday Enterprise
Atlerno
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry Publishers
the City's Planning Commission
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
ED. Howe
Kansas City
Macmillan Party
Wood
Caldwell
Richmond
Norfolk
Roanoke
Jacksonville
New Orleans
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