Correcting Our Stance on High Point Court Judge Selection
A North Carolina editorial admits previous error in advocating citizen or council selection for High Point municipal court judge. It argues the governor should appoint, noting the court’s wide jurisdiction across Jamestown and Deep River townships and its state wide civil processes. The piece also muses on robes for judges and clergy, praising formal attire for dignity.
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High Point
J. Allen Austin
Deep River
Jamestown
Noral
Loca Court
North Carolina
Jamestown Township
Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Court of Law
Heeean
Judge Warlick Appears in Federal Robe in Richmond
Newton reports Mrs. Wilson Warlick traveled to observe her husband in his first term as a federal judge in Richmond. The visit highlights his appearance in the black robe, with notes that he had long served as a state judge and carried his court presence well.
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Newton
Wilson Warlick
Richmond
Beer battles sweep North Carolina counties and towns
The piece notes Cabarrus and other counties voting out beer while Fayetteville and Monroe explore city limits sales. It observes strong dry majorities in county totals, questions reasons, and warns the beer trade to offer a remedy before state wide liquor referendums. The author decries the beer business decline statewide.
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Cabarrus
Fayetteville
Monroe
Union County
Cumberland
North Carolina
ABC
Friends of Beer
Davidson College faces funding squeeze and a capital drive
Davidson alumni launched a 2.5 million dollar fundraising campaign to secure the college’s future as tuition income and operating costs strain finances. The piece notes the college's 1837 founding, notable alumni, and the need for steady support.
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Davidson College
North Carolina
Sandhills
Piedmont
Chester S. Davis
Winston-Salem Journal
Carolina Piedmont
Davidsons
Morrisons
McDowells
William Lee Davidson
Cowan's Ford
Lord Cornwallis
Carolinas
Davidson
John Reed Cunningham
Lobbyist culture and political satire in Washington
The piece lampoons lobbying wealth and methods, noting ex congressmen turning to sub lobbyist roles. It spots profiles like Gerald Landis and Grover Whitney McKeister, jokes about ladder climbers, and describes Mrs Royall at Mayflower and Senator Langer’s sharp rebukes of foreign policy.
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Washington
Small Business Committee
Congressional Quarterly
Congress
Gerald Landis
Indiana
Landis
Grover Whitney McKeister
Reid
Kenneth Royall
Mrs. Royall
Langer
New York Gossip spans society from PMs to Broadway
Winchell notes Margaret Truman dates socialites while Helen Hayes’s daughter Mary may wed R. Hurd in June. Mixes of actors, politicians, and VIPs fill a jittery city beat with dinners, divorces, marriages, and petty feuds.
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Margaret ‘Truman
Dizzy
Helen Hayes
Mary
R. Hurd
Margaret
Summer
Phillips
Brooks Clift
Merle Oberon
Cole Porter
Arizona Place
Jed Harrises
Louise Platt
Ann Hathaway
New Manhattan Opera Co
Gieseking
Bowery
Joe Louis
Ruby Dallas
Linda Shelton
Johnny Meyers
Howard Hughes
Brewster
Quotes on Experience and American Principles
The speaker argues life experiences through exposure are the best education and cites Walter B. Pitkin on the school of hard knocks. Mrs Leah Manning and Sen Robert A Taft are referenced praising republican liberty as foundational to U S principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Hard Knocks
Walter B. Pitkin
Leah Manning
Gore
United States
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Fuzzy and Roy Chase A Million Dollar Losses at Races
Hal Boyle recounts Fuzzy and Roy betting two dollars on every race across four tracks to lose a mythical million. After weeks of swings, they both fall behind then Roy goes broke while Fuzzy wins two million on a single maiden, only to end with two dollars and a warning about downbeat racing.
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New York
Fuzzy
Roy
Pilate
Crossword Clue Puzzle From Historical Page
A compact clue list arranged in Black Bird style with horizontal and vertical entries includes numbers 1 2 3 across and 1 2 3 down with entries for words like Nevada city and British. The puzzle mix hints at common cross terms and references from a period newspaper puzzle page.
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W. A. Bivins
Jed Cumstack
Possum Hollow
Jed
Russia
Uncle Sam
U. S. Senate
Tobey
Barkley
Senate
Avon
James W. Murphy
John Milton
William Shakespeare
Stanly
George Dixon
Mr. McKeister
Winchell
MAN About Town
el Borracho
Agai
Mussolini
Hitler
U. S
Cain
Mary Damon
Herbit Klotz
Eleanor Milliken
Emily
Aubrey Williamses
Robin Russell
Palm Beach
Lucius Beebe
Capri
Pal
Countess di Frasso
T. F. Tsiang
Worldwide Club
China
Bernarr Macfadden
Adam
Macfadden
Cong. Wood
Georgia
Un-American Activities Committee
Francis Walter
Penn
Dewey
Dean Acheson
State Dept
Manhattan
Vandenberg
Time Mag
Gable
Maharajah of
Indore
Miami
Danita
Joe E. Lewis
Tony Martin
David Marcus
Waldorf
Carel
AlacPherson
Criterion
Felice Gersoll
Tony Galento
Tony
Florida
Chicago
M. Valency
June Sitarr
Greensboro
N. C
June
M. Edwards
AP Radio Desk
Florence Golub
Nancy Coleman
Lucille Johnson
Old Paradise
Broadway
L. B. Mayer
Alli
Tots
Ray Carter
Louie
Rita Hayworth
Jamaica High School
Queens
Golden Ruhl
Fritz Kuhn
Priscilla Bradford-H. Ripley
Plymouth
P. deWitt
Vth Avenue
Marie A
Vegas
Underworld
Bill Buckner
Leila Hadley
Society
al Capp
Daisy Mae
Margaret O'Brien
Don Sylvia
Fair Regan
R. Fox
Avelington
Virginia
Bob Mitchum
The
Hal Boyle
Nevada City
Equality
French City
Rome
Falkland Islands
Barbara
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