Budgetary Clash Looms in North Carolina Legislature
The General Assembly moves toward a biennial budget fight as the budget commission weighs requests for 1939–41 funding. Schools seek larger appropriations, pensions may rise by about 3 million annually, and anti sales tax sentiment resurges. Revenue policy shifts complicate funding amid Raleigh’s January gathering.
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General Assembly
Budget Commission
North Carolina
Maxwell
Raleigh
Debate on law and politics in North Carolina ethics and ballots
The piece critiques the Thomasville court ruling and asks if law can reflect a higher moral tone. It discusses the absentee ballot dispute in North Carolina, party power, and the potential end of absentee voting. It notes the South’s dominance in textiles and a rising Canadian industry threat.
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Thomasville
North Carolina
Thomasville Court
W. O. Burgin
Davidson County
Deane
State Board of Elections
Textile machinery trade grows across US Canada border
The Department of Commerce reports a sharp rise in shipments of textile machinery into Canada and productive equipment moving both ways. The article notes that New England once dominated American textiles as production spread to the Middle Atlantic States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Department of Commerce
New England
Middle Atlantic
Robert Feller's father Coaches Boys and Builds Baseball Talent
A farmer named Robert Feller trained his son Bob and a club of youngsters on a homemade diamond, emphasizing health, skill, and sportsmanship. Bob became a standout pitcher in the American League, guided by his father’s lessons. The piece urges parents to support children’s genuine interests and outlines Kantian critique and a radio debate on alimony for wives.
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Robert Feller
Bob
Feller
Young Bob
Enjoyed His Visit to High Point
A visitor from The Enterprise writes thanking High Point citizens for their hospitality during a two week stay. He praises the city’s buildings schools swimming tank and educational textile goods and furniture factories. He also thanks Emerywood Golf and Country Club for warm welcomes and notes southern hospitality.
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The
Enterprise
High Point
Emerywood Golf and Country Club
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Society Gossip
Broadway gossip column notes Walter Winchell on Broadway swapping jabs with a Washington society itemist over a bridal split rumor. It mentions Paul Osborn wedding Millicent Green amid a pending decree, Vera Zorina with Charles Waiters, Luise Rainer with Clifford Odets, and other high society hints at Macy’s Strauss trio and the World’s Fair flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Moffett
Moffetts
Washington, D. C
Paul Osborn
Millicent Green
Rion Bercovici
Vera Zorina
Charles Waiters
Luise Rainer
Clifford Odets
New York
Percy Strauss, Jrs
Macy's General Store
Doctor's Hospital
Lawrence Rockefellers
Tarrytown
Germany
Celebrities Share Rumors and Moves Across High Society
Scattered items reveal paparazzi style chatter about marriages separations and rumored plans. Gossip covers Peg Joyce, the Mackays football hero family, and a potential Rockefeller Jr. run for president in 1940.
City A. B. club urged focus on common schools
In a speech to the A. B. club Lotal News C F Tomlinson urged priority for public schools in funding over colleges and called for greater attention to common education. Josiah William Bailey of Raleigh arrived to speak tonight as veterans of Base Hospital No. 65 plan a Sedgefield reunion on September 3.
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C. F. Tomlinson
A. B. Club
Josiah William Bailey
Raleigh
Veterans of Base Hospital No. 65
Sedgefield
New York Artists and Studios Shaped by Modern Change
A 1930s style column surveys New York artists and studios. It notes Hendrik Willem Van Loon’s privacy needs, St Paul’s Chapel as a rest space, and Gilbert White’s etchings of city scenes. It highlights old houses on Sutton Place, the Tenth Street studio of John Singer Sargent, and Henry Varnum Poor's upstate pottery. Oscar Schmidt’s Tahiti link and Gauguin burial tale add color to a painterly portrait of the era.
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New York
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Bor
Africa
St. Paul's Chapel
Old Trinity
Gilbert White
Margret Lowengrund
Joseph Lilly
Washington Bridge
Gelett
Sutton Place
West Tenth Street
John Singer Sargent
Henry Varnum
Missouri
Oscar Schmidt
Sombe
Schmidt
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Gaugin
Island
Landing Troops In France A New World Takes Over
From Associated Press dispatches in August 1918 American troops arrive in France in a midnight coastal landing. The 36 000 men aboard 13 transports and 10 destroyers disembark under heavy rain and darkness as a regimental band plays. Troops from Iowa Nebraska and the Midwest march 20 feet ashore then to camp signaling a major Allied reinforcement.
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Enterprise
Associated Press
France
Atlantic
Iowa
Nebraska
Middle West
Art and Youth in New York Struggle for Talent
A column notes youths and parents face urges to pursue arts in New York. Many students rely on their families' funds for art and literature studies, hoping for talent or career success. Critics warn that soft funding harms serious careers in the city.
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New York
Pop
Barber’s warning on looks in Times Square tale
Frank the barber tells Mr. Driscoll to stay shaved to look prosperous. He warns that rumors of poverty harm men, noting Times Square as a place where failure stories spread. The excerpt captures streetwise advice on appearance and reputation.
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Howard Stughes
Chums
Key Hepburn
Audrey Phipps
Polo Tribe
Winston Guest
Trawford
Oe Ace
Aoe
Jackie
Frank
Mr. Driscoll
Times Square
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High Point Enterprise
Esteary Asses
Cd. A. Rawley
Y and
Treas Hammett A. Cecil
Mer
J. B. Rawley
Gapus
M. Waynick
Whately
Roosevelt
Raleigh Times
White House
the Times
Republic
George Washington
Dale Carnegie
Immanuel Kant
University of Konigsberg
Kant
Walter Winchell
Regiet
Merry Pehrcey
Peg Joyce
Sea Gaballini
H. Mackays
Stock Exchange
Elsa Maxwell
Barbara Hutton
Elsa
Repub
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Great Britain
Canterbury
H. Johnson
Nora Edwards
Oh Hale
Elizabeth McGregor
duPonts
Mae Andrews
Palm Beach
John
Morocco
Perona
Rhodes
Thomas Mann
Translan
Yarrop
Satevepost
Alva Johnston
James Roosevelt
Bart Paganini
World- Telm
East 38Th Street
Hines
Shirley Temple
Bob Kennedy
Sue Tee
Martha
Bo Weinberg
Coos
Dewey
Ed Eily
Norma Shearer
the Meres
Holtzmanns
Fanny Holtzmann
Tia Roosevelt
Maryland
Lewis
Duce
James Fay
Fay
J. J. O'Connor
O'Connor
Fdr
Johore
Lydia Cicely Hill
Britain
Casa
James Barton
Patricia Ellis
al Trahan
al Siegal
Merman
la Ellis
Neila Goodelle
Gelett Burgess
Hotel Imperial
Martha Shields
New York City
W. T. Saunders
Genevieve Sheetz
Wilbur Jones
Wilbur, Jr
Asheville
M. G. Idol
Charlotte
Smith
Albany
Blackbeard
Wilmington
Warren Candler
Atlanta
Charles B. Driscoll
Godey
Perha
Wilson Harrison Spartanburg
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