Observations on London Life and British Politics from Holt McPherson
The writer notes London’s sense of security and lawfulness, polite exchanges, and honesty in daily commerce. He contrasts British restraint with American haste, observes intact car theft norms, and explains currency values. He reports hot weather, premium ice water, rising prices, and July export gains, plus long security-minded building repairs at the Houses of Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
London
High Point
Britain
Holt McPherson
London Sways Between Parade Shows and Press Reform Controversy
The piece notes London demonstrations in Hyde Park and Piccadilly Circus with police protection for speakers while monarchy remains a symbol. It critiques the American Bar Association calling for federal press-curbing laws, arguing some lawyers and media practice undermine justice, and urges the Bar to reform before criticizing the Fourth Estate.
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London
Hyde Park
Picadilly Circus
Charlotte Observer
Ecannon
American Bar Association
Fourth Estate
Observer
Bar Association
Royal frocks draw crowds in a rainy London scene
A fragment describes ladies at formal garden events choosing the latest fashion, while persistent London rain dampens attendance as royalty and commoners alike face the weather.
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London
The Nationalist Policy of Germany Eyed by Quaker Embassy Heads
Mary Cary presents a first hand view from Berlin on Nazi naval and economic policy. The article surveys labor, wages, taxes and state control. autarky, rearmament, and government subsidies show tensions between unity and private motive. It notes export drives to Hungary and Yugoslavia and questions peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Goodhue Cary
Richard Cary
Berlin
Germany
Mary Cary
Hitler
Reichs Bank
Marx
Krupps
Europe
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Britain may discover that it pays to pay
Britain's leaders increasingly consider settling war debts as fears of European turmoil drive rearmament. The shift is described as a debt revival prompted by fright rather than conscience, with Britain realizing creditors may withhold favors if debts go unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Great Britain
Young man inherits postal route to deliver heir mail
The young man who inherited the postal carrier route his father held for 25 years will now deliver letters by heir mail.
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Niagara
New Yorker Finally Pays Optician After Seven Years
After seven years using glasses, a New Yorker has found the means to settle the bill with the optician who provided them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optician
Explorers in Colorado Say Elephants Once Roamed USA
Explorers in Colorado assert elephants once inhabited the United States, a claim offered in contrast to modern political context. The remark coincides with Farley’s tenure as Democratic national chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
United States
Farley
Baseball and the game of e in a poem of sport
A verse surveys baseball as an arena of love and price, where fans roar and players strive. It portrays the game as a unitary contest of fear and fate, with strikes, misses, and hits defining success.
Pickled Watermelon Rind and Other Oddities from Fieldglass
A quirky column from Fieldglass listing pickled watermelon rind as a lost art and praising scuppernong hulls for jelly, plus notes on pears ripening, a fiddled survey of words and trivia, and a playful tale of a boy snitching a pear. It weaves humor with literary snippets and local reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Eddie Knox
Simon Legree
Farewell to August and summer in a reflective essay
A writer laments the passing of August and the summer season, recalling starry nights, comets, and cloud shapes. He notes upcoming September, school openings, and football, while cherishing summer’s quiet pleasures amid a world with politics and war. The piece closes with a poetic reflection on life's fleeting hours.
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Jupiter
Peltier
Europe
Hamlet
Polonius
Spain
Springfield Avenue
Model Farm
Fafrth
Sky
The Mountain and the Plain and Other Historical Works
Review essay surveys Herbert Gorman and John Dos Passos novels and other works. It highlights The Mountain and the Plain as a vivid Revolution era epic seen through an American observer, and notes Dos Passos Big Money for its fast, charged portraits and newsreel devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bastille
David Livingston
Bourne
David
Brother
Danton
Thomas Paine
Marie Antoinette
John Dos Passos
New York
Harcourt, Brace
Steel Industry Drama Should Not Be Sized Up As Battle
Bruce Catton argues reporters exaggerate steel industry tension and risk shaping a strike. He cites Willis Thornton showing union organizers prefer avoiding conflict while steel magnates wait to see outcomes and workers weigh pros and cons before committing. The piece urges calm, factual coverage of a delicate industrial situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mussolini
Chicago
Ita
David Darrah
Mr. Darrah
Il Duce
Cou
Darrah
Atte
United Stat
Caesar
J. M
Bruce Catton
Belgium
Willis Thornton
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley Publishers
R. B. Terry
Carrier Inn
Associated Press
N.C
Congress
National Advertising Representative & Katz Special Adv
Agency General Office
New York City
England
St. James's Palace
America
By Jack Field
Niagara Falls
Sahara Desert
Jefferson DeAngelus
Barbee
Oreyce
Cap
Bill
Fred
Fletch
Claude
Kate
Earth
Herbert Gorman
Farrar and Rinehart
Joan Dos Passos
Charley Anderson
Charley
Margo Dowling
Margo
Mary French
Mr. Dos Passos
Richard Ellsworth Savage
Doris Humphries
Bill Cermak
Henry Ford
Landora Duncan
William Randolph Hearst
Rudolph Valentino
Newsa
Magues Panassio
Lyle
Eleanor Dow
M. Witmark
M. Panassie
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Bennie Carter
Redman
Orch
Recorders
Ellington
Benny” Morton
Co Hawkins
Earl Hines
Jack T den
Bessie Smith
Ethel Waters
Abe
Central Children’s
Lizette W Worth Reese
Miss Reese
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Farrar & Hart
Naacick
Charles Wertenbak
Farrar & Rinehart
Philadelphis Symphony
J. Louis Symphony
Cardinal
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