Housing Authority finances spar over city project details
The High Point Housing Authority faces questions on rent flow and debt service as USHA bonds back a low income housing plan. Officials state no commissions are paid to authority members and ownership remains with the local authority. Opinions vary on market impact.
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High Housing Authority
Mts
United States Housing Cnty
USHA
Nly
High Point Authority
High It Authority
High Point Housing
Ried
The Golden Rule and its reach across faiths and history
The essay explains Jesus teaching the Golden Rule as the core of prayer and ethical living. It contrasts positive good deeds with revenge, cites the Good Samaritan, and discusses Christian socialism, medieval church faults, and modern social reform. It argues true religion must address hunger and social justice and that the Golden Rule remains sound for all humanity.
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Confucius
Jesus
Good Samaritan
Earth
John L. Lewis
Hell
Wartime doubts and dicta collide in American press notes
Churchill warns of new German threats while Harold Ickes urges vigilance. Sen Hiram Johnson faults dictators and warns the United States could lose democracy if it enters war. Measures include double-sided typing to save paper and possible expense cuts for propagandists. France withdrawal seeds idle front lines amid war anxiety.
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London
United States
Walter Winchell On Broadway Pairings And Prison Jokes
Walter Winchell On Broadway notes prediction about forgetfulness of vows and new freedoms. Alvin Hamburg relays a stage gossiping quip about a male star parade with Jessel Jolson Benny Crosby and others. Warner Brothers joke follows about a prisoner who jokes it is fine after becoming a trusty.
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Alvin Hamburg
Chicago
Jessel
Jolson
Benny
Crosby
Bernie
Baker
Berle
Hope
Noel Coward
Warner Brothers
Warners
Fewer Words by Jackie Eliason mocks wartime attitudes
In Fewer Words Jackie Eliason quips that the French drop seven course dinner menus on starving Nazis while joking about Russian uniforms and American Communists, using sharp satire on wartime propaganda and political freedom.
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Jackie Eliason
United States
Ozone Park Steamrollers Win Queens Football Championship
A youthful Queens team the Ozone Park Steamrollers clinched a local championship. Players wrote to famous figures inviting them to the presentation tomorrow. most replied politely declining. Don Herring, who lost a leg for Princeton, will travel despite the pain to attend.
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Queens
Ozone Park Steamrollers
Don Herring
Princeton
Don
Notable Quotes and a Ball Night Tragedy Highlighted
A collection of witty excerpts and sharp social remarks appears from Elizabeth Block and J H Gipson with musings on love and national fairness. A British cub reporter notes a shocking incident at Lady Bunny's ball involving Sir Reggy Blank, a pistol, and a fatal exit.
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Elizabeth Block
Reader's Digest
J. H. Gipson
the Mirror
Jack Lait
Paul Warden
The
Chicago Journal
John Coughlin
Ward
John
Joseph
Reggy Blank
Broadway welcher labeled in obituary ad
A tale from Damon Runyon about a man who bet $1000 he would be right and then vanished. After two weeks a newspaper obituary for Joe Doakes ran in Broadway’s name declaring him the number one welcher. The ad notes the failed bet and the promise to pay only if alive.
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Germany
United States
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Virginia
William E. Dodd
Dodd
Dr. Dodd
Hitler
Chamberlain
Supreme Court
Damon Runyon
Welcher
Broadway
Joe Doakes
Snow Hits the South A New Wave of Ski Fashion Pictures?
Snow blankets the region and hints at a trend shift toward ski-suit styling as photographers prepare a batch of winter fashion images.
Morganton frog tale debunked as winter dormancy yarn
A reader argues the Morganton frog story is dubious, noting the absurdity of a bull frog surviving sixty years in a brick wall and challenging the accuracy of reported hibernation cases. The piece satirically cites laboratory and travel lore to dismiss sensational preservation claims.
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State Hospital
Morganton
Colorado
North America
Texas
Tar Heelia
Eastland
Eastern University
Baylor University
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan and Other Works
A mixed review of Aldous Huxley's After Many a Summer Dies the Swan detailing how Joe Stoyte builds wealth to delay death and the Hauberk Papers arc with Jeremy Pordage, plus a short critique of Lawrence W. Neff's Adjustment to Jesus a compact 42 page study urging clear unembellished understanding of Jesus life and message.
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Aldous Huxley
New York
Harper & Bros
Joe Stoyte
Joe Stogie
Beverly Pantheon
Jeremy Pordage
England
Stoyte
William Propter
Dr. Obispo
Huxley
J.M
Afterthoughts and the Good Workmen of High Point
A narrator recalls a loneliness easing encounter on Washington Street sparked by a friend who reads The Enterprise. The piece extols small acts of kindness, praises sturdy construction and Sir Christopher Wren, and reflects on Abraham Lincoln as a public-spirited neighbor before his perilous departure to Washington in 1861.
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Howard J. Wisehaupt
Mr. Wisehaupt
Washington Street
High Point
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Christopher Wren
Trinity College
Christ's Church
Oxford
St. Paul's
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Republic
Washington
New York Couple Sues Over St Bernard In Pullman Compartment
A New York couple sues after Pullman authorities refuse a St Bernard dog a seat in a compartment. The piece notes the unusual case and quotes Pope Pius XII urging peace and a lasting world order to honor sacrifices of war.
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New York
Pullman
Pope Pius XII
Roosevelt
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