Courts Halt Housing Injunctions and North Carolina Politics
Courts denied a hold on a low cost housing project in Kinston, allowing the Kinston Housing Authority to proceed under USHA guidance. In Wilmington a similar reversal occurred, with Judge Parker noting housing duties must function. Willis Smith announced he will not run for governor, citing business and professional commitments. The piece discusses public housing policy, funding, and the state’s political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
USHA
Kinston
Hunt Rker
E Kinston
Wilmington
Arker
Congress
Willisith
Raleigh
Smith
Mr. Smith
Stronger Roads Help North Carolina Recover From Crisis
Chief Engineer says strengthened roads shielded state from major losses after a severe winter and predicts no $11 million damage this time. Baise notes the 1935-36 winter cost taxpayers that amount, but improvements over four years left the system better able to withstand punishment and reduced expected losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Baise
Elimination reshapes race as Sparta fire prompts policy questions
The piece notes a candidate's self elimination removes a strong threat to the campaign while using Sparta's devastating fire as a warning. It questions rural suburban fire coverage in Guilford county and urges a formal agreement with cities for cross jurisdictional aid, citing the Sparta loss of $40,000 and no local fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Greensboro Record
Guilford County
Record
Alleghany County
Virginia
Guilford
High Point
Greensboro
Greensboro High Point
Winter Weather Feast and Dixie Comfort Odds In North Carolina
The Hickory Daily Record notes a winter of unpredictable weather with ice skating reaching Louisiana and Canadians enjoying an Indian Summer through December. It backs the Winston-Salem Journal editor that Dixie will still favor radiators and overcoats as spring approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Daily Record
Louisiana
the Record
Winston- Salem Journal
Dixie
New York
New England
From Fudge to Food Economics A Kansas Girl's Rise
A Kansas high school girl named Esther Latzke overcomes early doubt by developing fudge making then expands into cake baking and Home Economics. She earns BS and MS degrees, teaches, leads in nutrition and meat research, and becomes Marie Gifford, director of Food Economics at Armour & Company, touring nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Esther Latzke
Esther
Kansas State College
North Dakota State College
Fargo
North Dakota
Armour & Company
Chicago
Marie Gifford
United States
Isms and Isolationism Raise Alienation Across Nations
A long excerpt contrasts harsh accusations over anti isms in the United States with a British newspaper piece on isolationism. It notes attacks labeling critics as un American or Communist and cites Humbert Wolfe recalling British journalism. The piece questions U S foreign stance and the fate of Anglo American ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dies Committee
Melancholy Baby and Famous Folklore in Brief Parlor Gossip
A collage of anecdotes about journalists, writers, and show biz figures. Lloyd Lehrbas warns Milo Thompson during a Warsaw bombardment report in New York. Ernest Hemingway, Ernie Burnett, Elsa Maxwell, Damon Runyon, and Milton Berle appear in featherweight vignettes of fame and mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
APEE
Warsaw
Lloyd Lehrbas
Milo Thompson
Copenhagen
Lehrbas
Elsa Maxwells
Look
Damon Runyon
Runyon
Manhattan
New
Damon
Valentines of food and clothing to the needy planned by city pupils
School children will distribute food and clothing to the needy a week from today instead of exchanging valentines. Rev. W. A. Newell spoke to about two hundred at Wesley Memorial Church last night. Civitan Club held Ladies' Night with about one hundred attendees. Miss Lucile Sherr ord visited friends in Kinston. Miss Roxie Weathers of Burlington visits Mrs. L. J. Weathers. M. C. Loutt visits Miami, Florida. British approve American naval parity plan. North Carolina reports 641 highway accidents last year with 690 fatalities, up 6 percent nationally. state fatalities rise 3 percent. Chicago workers paid in script.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Newell
Wesley Memorial Church
Civitan Club
Lucile Sherrod
Kinston
Roxie Weathers
Burlington
L. J. Weathers
M. C. Loutt
Miami
Fla
North Carolina
Chicago
Local News and National Figures Highlight War Era Year
Local items note switchboard overload at the telephone exchange and manager J F Hayden explains the strain due to new lines. Other briefs report flu impacts, resignations, travels, and school closures while leaders like Hughes Kallio O Ryan and La Guardia are quoted on wartime policy and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hayden
H. Hoyle Sink
Lexington
Internal Revenue Collector
Labors Board drama puzzles observers in Washington
Bruce Catton reports on the Smith committee inquiry into the Labor Board. The panel pressed Madden and Smith to testify, avoided broad accusations, and focused on banning employees and records. FDR urged simplicity as Eliot explains the board’s value and a spring release for Pare Lorenz film The Land previews soil erosion and mechanized farming effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smith
Labor Board
Bob Flaher
Pare Lorenz
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Unreliable Weather Warnings Challenge Cold Wave Reach
A garbled report suggests the Weather Bureau failed to warn of a major Arctic cold wave as European stations, sea ships, and Canadian observations halted. Alaska started the event and conditions in eastern California to the Great Lakes allowed it to sweep toward the Gulf with no forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weater
Adva
Europe
Alaska
Great Lakes
Gulf
Wther
Labor leader departs post amid accountability call
John L. Lewis of the CIO steps down as labor tensions rise while speculation places Adolf Hitler ill with a sore throat. The remarks imply he may have swallowed his own words from Mein Kampf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Finns Standouts Highlight Cold War Era Rhetoric
A fragment outlines a period debate about sending Communists back to their origins amid Finnish concerns. The terse note implies a broader political struggle over immigration and ideological security during a tense era.
Germany seeks to control mania era oil and industry
Germany states it has no wish to interfere in mania but aims to regulate manian industries and oil production under government oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Nterprise
J. P. Rawley
B. Terry
Rawley
Sec’y and Treas
Mmnetta
Cecil
Gen
Mer
Pal M. Waynick
Belve
Aetna Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
N. Y
of Congress
Hangers
HE John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New York City
James
Iinston’s Housing
Illis Smith
Lynchburg
Richmond Times Dispatch
Virginia General Assembly
James A. Farley
John N. Garner
Garner
Mr. Farley
Roosevelt
Dale
Carnegie
Walter Winchell
Broadway
J. Edgar Hoover
Poland
Russia
United States of America
Lord Beaverbrook
Italy
Japan
America
Humbert Wolfe
Britain
Ascap
Denver
Ernie Burnett
Milton Berle
Dempsey- Vanderbilt
Berle
Vanderbilt
Dempsey
Ernest Hemingway
Spain
Bimini
Hemingway
Ike Walton
H. I. Coffield
South Carolina
L. W. McFarland
Wilson
A. E. Tate
Winston- Salem
Simms
Charles Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Kyosti Kallio
Finland
John F. O'Ryan
U. S. Army
Fiorella la Guardia
Bruce Catton
F. D. KR
Charles W. Eliot
Navial Resources Planning Board
White House
FDR
Charlie
Mr. Eliot
Agricultural Department
John L. Lewis
Izzy Keen
Hit
Hisself
Georgia
Uncle Dee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!