Wright Memorial Bridge dispute and replacement costs debated
The article discusses the Wright Memorial Bridge sale to the State, estimated damage of at least $100,000, and the unlikely protection from tolls for private owners. It outlines state plans to restore or replace the structure, with timelines, costs, and highway commission positions. It also touches on political commentary around McDonald’s campaign organization and remarks on steel industry figures Samuel M. Vauclain and Charles M. Schwab, plus reflections on American opportunity and new legislation to aid the bottom rung.
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Wright Ral
Com
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Wright Memorial Bridge
Samuel M. Vauclain
Charles M. Schwab
Horatio Alger
Political Musings on Roosevelts Third Term and State Politics
The piece weighs party influence and political machines in North Carolina and surrounding national questions. It notes Dr. McDonald's campaign and endorsement of an administration that did not enact his proposals, speculates on voter shifts, and discusses President Roosevelt's possible third-term decision and reelection prospects.
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Grady
Hoke
Kenneth Crawford
Crawford
American Newspaper Guild
Maine
Vermont
Farley
Paw
Senator Bailey Warns of Possible US Japan War
The Raleigh reporter quotes Senator Bailey saying war between the United States and Japan might be imminent. He notes tensions after the 1911 trade dispute and China incidents, but dismisses a definite break, suggesting pacification in China consumes Japan while implying naval funding pressures from such fears.
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Bailey
Raleigh
United States
Japan
China
Far East
Uncle Sam
Garner to enter Georgia primary and stop Roosevelt movement
The report says Vice President Garner will enter Georgia’s Presidential preference primary showing full commitment to the stop Roosevelt movement. The piece notes growing belief the movement will fail unless Garner shifts, while Robert L. Doughton suggests the Democratic party may back Roosevelt if asked, underscoring Roosevelt’s popularity and third term prejudice overcoming.
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Garner
Georgia
Roosevelt
Robert L. Doughton
Barry Holloway lands NY publicity job via telegram push
Dale Carnegie author recounts Barry J. Holloway packing for New York and failing to win entry at the National Broadcasting Company. He used a bold plan asking twelve friends to send timed Telegrams to Frank E. Mason, building curiosity until Mason finally granted a hearing and hired him. The tale suggests using striking self presentation ideas.
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Barry J. Holloway
Versailles
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Barry
Frank E. Mason
Mason
Air Mail
Mr. Mason
Mr. Holloway
Columbia
Stephens College
Barry Holloway
Success Scrap Book idea invites readers to build study guide
Readers are urged to cut out columns and assemble a personal Success Scrap Book to review and study the material as a text book on success, encouraging immediate start and ongoing habit formation.
War quotes and economic policy remarks flash in 1930s texts
The extract cites Secretary Edison on fleet inferiority, Chamberlain on fighting for freedom, Chamberlain again on America’s role in the new order, Japanese Foreign Minister Arita on the absence of desire for exclusion or monopoly, and Representative Cannon on farm tenancy tied to prices.
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Neville Chamberlain
England
America
Hachiro Arita
Japan
Memos of a Columnist's Girl Friday
A bustling column notes the antics of public figures in New York entertainment. Burglars Miller and King publish Confucius quips for a dime, Jack Benny eyes a pay raise, and Peggy Joyce is paid by Look Magazine for glamour lists. Greta Garbo's beauty regime and Elsa Maxwell's Stork Club ruckus raise talk, while Kitty Carl isle’s Brazil link and Finland cabaret fundraisers surface. The piece covers theater strikes, drink lore, and industry gossip with tense chatter about finances and celebrity missteps.
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Miller & King
42Nd Street
Daily Mirror
McCoy
Jack Benny
Garbo
E. Laszlo
Budapest
Greta
Stork Club
Elsa Maxwell
Elsa
Twennywon
Hollywood whispers mix romance and politics in 1940s era chatter
Items note Orson Welles and a Hollywood romance alongside hints of anti Communist cinema. Zanuck plans Comrade Stalin with a bold belt. Mentions Milt Herth trio and a Decca record. Marriage of Ann Greenway and William Nesbitt in Virginia, honeymoon in Florida. Ted Peckham exits town, heads to South America. Possible bid by McDonald DeWitt for New York Governor on Republican ticket. Also references Winchell lineage and a World’s Fair assignment for Howard Mayer. MGM hunts for Escape author, signed Ethel.
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Orson Welles
Hollywood
Ninotchka
Zanuck
Stalin
Milt Herth
Decca
Ann Greenway
Wm. Nesbitt
Virginia
Florida
Ted Peckham
South America
McDonald DeWitt
N. Y
Repub
Win Markham
Winchell
China
Howard Mayer
Chicago
MGM
Ethel
January births deaths and bonds in High Point
In January High Point recorded 78 births and 38 deaths. City voters approved the school bonds totaling 2 million dollars. Promoters of the city Beautiful campaign plan a meeting Friday.
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High Point
City Beautiful
Local Flu Closes Churches Schools and Venues
Twenty years ago local news notes churches and schools, theaters and pool rooms shut due to a flu epidemic. No public gatherings allowed until further notice. Mrs. H. A. White calls for volunteer soup makers to aid affected homes. Postal service facilities to be improved to handle rising patronage.
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H. A. White
Woman's Club
influenza confines active list of area residents
The community notes several individuals under home confinement due to influenza or severe colds including J. H. Jennings Mrs. T. M. Stanton Mrs. W. L. Stamey Mrs. J. A. Clarke hosts Philathea Class at First Baptist Church tonight. News briefs mention Germany withholding extradition names, a peace treaty expected by February 9, and boycotts of Russian goods by Scandinavians.
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J. H. Jennings
T. M. Stanton
W. L. Stamey
J. A. Clarke
First Baptist Church
Germany
U. S. Senate
Cartoonist nickel draws Secret Service chill on dimes
Bruce Catton notes a charity fund raiser uses a March of Dimes badge likeness to a dime. Secret Service warns replicas risk action but accepts infantile paralysis aid. postmen may volunteer off duty in Community Fund drives, not on duty, per Jesse Donaldson.
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Secret Service
Bruce Catton
Yankees
Giants
Treasury
Washington
Postoffice Department
Jesse Donaldson
Donaldson
Postoffice
Submarine scare hurts Caribbean travel trade says commerce department
The Department of Commerce notes reduced tourist travel to Latin America due to submarine fears in the Caribbean and South Atlantic. After wartime anxiety and prior efforts by FDR, current assurances from the White House failed to prevent steamship ticket cancellations as trade pressures rise.
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Department of Commerce
Caribbean
South Atlantic
Department
U. S
Latin America
FDR
White House
New York Eyes Dual Political Conventions
The city weighs hosting both major party conventions with Dewey as a possible nominee. A witty note imagines him reaching the acceptance speech by stepping onto a subway. Headlines also mention Japan protesting Britain over 21 Nazi sailors interned and Tokyo’s treaty concerns.
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New York
Dewey
Britain
Tokio
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Walter Winchell
Dally Mirror
Martha Raye
Vanities
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New Yorker Mag
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Algonquin
Carpenters
Dolores Grant
Miami
Kitty Carlisle
Decio de Moura
Brazil
Finland
Waldorf Fed
Brooklyn
Allan Prescott
Western Front
Paul Muni
Mr. M
Corrina Mura
la Martinique
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Ballet Theatre
Shubert
Lancaster
Paradise
Kingsley
Equity Council
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Father Duffy
Times Square
God
H. T. Hudson
Gertrude Ferree
Asheboro
M. S. Biggs
Pauline
William Howard Taft
Chimney Rock Trust Company Bank
Rutherfordton
Rutherford County
Catawba County
Evelyn Woodbury
H’wood
Charles Wendling
Claudette Colbert
James Roosevelt
Tugel
Poland
Jimmy van Heusen
Waldo
Dick Merrill
Radio City
Gene Snyder
Dixie Dunbar
Havana
Commerce Department
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