Roosevelt and La Follette in a 1940 third-party scenario
The piece analyzes whether Franklin Roosevelt might rethink 1940 in light of Theodore Roosevelt's legacy and the 1912 progressive ticket. It considers the possibility of a conservative liberal realignment in Washington and whether a 1940 run or a delay to 1944 would better advance liberal and conservative goals.
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Borah
Tond Aloff
Bert M. la Follette
Wisconin
Efof la Follette
Vernor
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
White House
Theodore Velt
William Howard Taft
Velt
Teddy
Odore Roosevelt
Washton
Franklin
Voters Gather for Cotton ERS Limit Polls in NC Counties
More than 300 000 voters across 82 of North Carolina's 100 counties were eligible to participate as polls opened at 6 this morning for the ERS vote on a measure to limit cotton.
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ERS
North Caro
North Carolina
Deaths State William E Branson 88
William E Branson 88 died at his daughter’s home in Liberty after a three week illness following a stroke of paralysis. Survived by one son T R Branson two daughters Mrs L B Lindley and Mrs J A Coltrane sixteen grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM at Betheny M B church.
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Asheboro
William E. Branson
L. B. Lindley
Liberty
T. R. Branson
Staley
Route 2
J. A. Coltrane
Betheny M. B
Referendum on Tobacco Control Draws Nationwide Attention
Farm leaders monitor a decisive tobacco referendum amid mass meetings for and against compulsory control. Proponents tout the Farm Act as democratic, citing annual votes and rising farm incomes since 1933, while opponents claim it infringes liberties. Governor Hoey warns of market collapse without quotas. NC results show high approval rates: 89.7% for tobacco, 89.2% for cotton.
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AAA
United States
Farm Bureau Federation
Hoey
North Carolina
Polish Ukrainian Move Termed Nazi Inspired
Riot police guard the city after clashes linked to a Polish Ukrainian movement. Four arrestees, including three Italians, jailed on charges of provoking racial hatred. Paris Students Federation warns of 20 000 students marching if Italian agitation over Tunisia, Corsica and French possessions continues.
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Paris Students Federation
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Corsica
Roosevelt Pledges Donation of Papers to Hyde Park Collection
President Roosevelt proposes giving his family estate materials to the U S government and donating his public papers since 1933. He notes other administration members may contribute and envisions a national source material collection of a specific period in U S history.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
Thank You Notes and Tales of Local Life
A column recalls thank you calls for a bicycle donation, jokes about a police chief wanting an electric train, and a photographer’s failed railroad crash shots. It also covers the Uwharrie Boy Scouts meeting with 210 attendees and banquet dining trials with awkward seating and elbow battles.
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Bill Friddle
Police Department
Carolyn
Bunn Hackney
Hackney
Uwharrie Council of
Boy Scouts
Sheraton Hotel
American Legion Leaders Outline Peace Program
North Carolina Commander addresses a South American oriented audience about defending hemisphere sovereignty and world order. He calls for four action pillars: review peace instruments, strengthen international law, restore universal trade, and expand cultural ties to prevent a return to warfare. The meeting at Legion Hall 8 pm December 13 invites all members to discuss plans for a poverty event and year-end agenda.
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Hull
South America
United States
Dictator Inspired Unrest Spreads Across Europe
The article notes Germany moving to guard its western frontier and deter France while Italy stirs protests over Tunisia Corsica and other French territories. Observers debate whether German press shows axis gains or awaits shifts after a Germany France accord, amid ongoing anti British rhetoric in Germany and Italian anti French sentiment.
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Germany
France
Europe
Tunisia
Corsica
Italy
Iady
Eden Visits New York During World’s Fair Tour
Anthony Eden the British foreign minister toured New York with a police escort. He met Mayor La Guardia at City Hall and viewed the West Side highway Central Park Times Square and the 1939 World's Fair. He praised the city and said he loved the visit.
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Geneva
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Central Park
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Jewish Children Flee Nazi Threat From Vienna
A ten coach train carried 560 Jewish children from Vienna to England and the Netherlands amid anti Semitic unrest. Four hundred boys and 160 girls aged three to 17 left Huetteldorf-Hacking station with 20 women as house servants in England. Mothers were barred from the station, some fainted, one woman died of a heart attack. Most children head to England, with plans to trans ship some to the Anglo Egyptian Sudan for colonization in Ethiopia.
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Huetteldorf-Hacking
England
Netherlands
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Ethiopia
Crowell to sing in Duke Messiah program today
Duke University hosts the sixth annual rendition of portions of Handel The Messiah performed by the university chapel choir at 4 pm. Directed by J Foster Barnes with Edward Broadhead at the organ console. The 161 member choir includes bass George Crowell of High Point.
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Durham
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University of
George Frederick Handel
University Chapel
J. Foster Barnes
Edward On
Broadhead
Duke
George Crowell
High Point
Chamberlain Visits Rome Amid Debates On Trip
Neville Chamberlain's Rome visit January 11 to 14 drew mixed calls for cancellation. He told Commons he saw no reason to cancel and accepted Italy's assurances the government bore no responsibility for anti-French demonstrations. He planned a foreign press address next Tuesday night likely to outline foreign policy and possibly comment on Italo French tensions and Anglo German strains.
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Rome
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Italy
Foreign Press Association
Mount Gilead Man M L Tyson Funeral Today
Funeral services for M. L. Tyson of Mount Gilead begin at 2 PM this afternoon at Mount Gilead. Tyson, 26, died in a truck train crash at Albertson Street crossing Tuesday and is survived by his wife Florence, two daughters Esie Mae and Jacqueline, his parents, seven sisters and six brothers. A memorial for Broch Tomkins, another crash victim, was held in Ramsour Saturday at 2 PM.
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Albertson Street Crossing
Mr. Tyson
Loflin Street
Florence Tyson
Essie Mae
Jacqueline Tyson
E. D. Tyson
Broch Tomkins
Ramsour
Nurse Minnie Wooley DeBerry dies after pneumonia attack
Mrs Minnie Wooley DeBerry RN died at a local hospital Saturday from pneumonia. She lived here eighteen months and worked as a nurse at Burrus Memorial hospital. She trained at Good Samaritan hospital Charlotte. Survived by husband David DeBerry of Richmond VA father A L Wooley Mount Gilead four sisters Lina Bettie Jessie Bettie McCray Mount Gilead and brother Raymond Wooley Mount Gilead. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Jessie
Bettie McCray
Mount Gilead
Raymond Wooley
High Point Teachers Forum Meeting Planned for Wednesday
The High Point Teachers Forum will meet at William Penn High School on Wednesday at 7 30 PM. It will be the last meeting of the current year.
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High Point Teachers’ Forum
High Point Teachers Forum
William Penn High School
Recreation Council Meeting to Elect Officers Monday
The recreation council meets at East Washington Street center Monday at 7 PM to elect officers and appoint standing committees for the year. After the session a social period with games and music by the string band follows. all last year’s officers and members are urged to attend.
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Recreation Council
East Washington Street Center
Widows Popularity Contest Closes Monday Evening
The Widows Popularity contest by the junior department of the First Baptist Church will end Monday evening after a program in the church auditorium. The program starts at 8 o clock and the public is invited. Contestants will wear white uniforms, and Mrs F R Mason supervises.
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First Baptist Church
F. R. Mason
Mrs Goins Visits Raleigh Hosts Stancil Family Guests
Personal note records Mrs Addie Goins of Raleigh as a recent guest of Mr and Mrs Joe Stancil at 607 Wall Street.
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Addie Goins
Raleigh
Joe Stancil
Wall Street
Christmas Musical at Leonard Street School
A Christmas musical will be presented this afternoon at 4 oclock at Leonard Street school. The program features world famous Christmas carols centered on a decorated tree. Mrs Grayce Waddy Lyons leads the music and each class presents a formation with its teacher. The public is invited to attend and share the season spirit.
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Ruth Leach
Wiloy Penn Hon School
Mayfield Leach
Underhill Avenue
Miss Leach
Leonard Street
Grayce Waddy Lyons
City Schools
Pilgrim Wil Workers Meet With Willing Workers Club
The Willing Workers club of Pilgrim Congregation church met at Mrs Annie In gram's home Tuesday evening. Mrs Inez Harris presided at the meeting. At the termination of the duel.
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Willing Workers Club
Pilgrim Congregation Church
Annie Ingram
Inez Harris
Christmas Home Lighting Contest Deadline Set
December 20 is the deadline for entering the annual Christmas Home Lighting Contest in High Point sponsored by the Point Merchants' Association. Entries must be sent to the Merchants' Association offices by December 24. Three prizes will be awarded for best decorated homes: first prize $50, second $25, third $15. Judges will visit the entries to determine winners. A large number of entrants is expected.
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High Point
Mk Point Merchants’ Association
Merchants’ Associa
Budget Message To Be Traditional
President Roosevelt plans a traditional budget message to Congress in January. He will keep standard classifications and exclude self-liquidating expenditures, aiming to match the daily treasury statement format and add an illustrative table by purpose rather than by agency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Mrs McAdoo Receives Many Useful Presents at Shower
Mrs McAdoo received numerous useful gifts from guests at her wedding shower. The hostess provided a repast to conclude the gathering.
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McAdoo
William Penn Girls Basketball Team Begins Drills
William Penn high girls basketball team starts intensive drills for the 1939 season under coach Clara E. Caldwell girls athletic director and former assistant. Veterans include captain Mozelle Moffitt and co-captain Alberta Miller along with Sarah Colson. Other players are Leach Summers Steed Hines Dunlap Whitted and Capel.
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William Penn High
Clara E. Caldwell
Sarah Colson
Mozelle Moffitt
Alberta Miller
Leach
Summers
Steed
Hines
Dunlap
Whitted
Capel
Dines at country's cheese center but offered no cheese
B E B Sackett, agent of the Milwaukee FBI office, spoke at a Plymouth cheese center banquet saying he expected ample cheese but found only a single piece on the table after listing tastes from Rutland Vermont to Arizona.
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Plymouth
B. EB. Sackett
Milwaukee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rutland
Smithfield
Monnett
Arizona
Flogging as a Punishment Ended in US Wars and Ships
The report notes that flogging as a disciplinary punishment was discontinued in United States armed conflicts and on merchant vessels. It highlights the shift away from corporal penalties in military and maritime settings, reflecting evolving humanitarian standards.
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United State
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