Bargain Plan for Hubert Fortune Ends in Immediate Philanthropy
Calvin Coolidge Alfred E. Smith and Julius Rosenwald arranged the disposal of Conrad Hubert estate. The largest share funds lower Manhattan hospitalization while none is added to endowments. Smith influenced aiding his home area. Rosenwald urged spending principal now rather than creating perpetual funds. All three agreed on the final resolutions.
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Calvin Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
Julius Rosenwald
Conrad Hubert
Lower Manhattan
Smith
New York
Lower City
Rosenwald
Scandalous Tune for the Big Brass Band
A Greensboro Daily News item notes surprise at a London gin distillery found in High Point. The piece links the discovery to a community known for clever veneer turned into quartered oak, and comments on a forthcoming large real estate auction sale.
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Greensboro Daily News
High Point
Tribute to William Tilden Praised by Rene Lacoste
The New York World prints Rene Lacoste’s tribute to William Tilden praising his temper, talent, and leadership. Lacoste calls Tilden a model for youth, noting his on court skills and off court contributions through books and guidance to the sport.
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Rene Lacoste
William T. Tilden
Tilden
Lacoste
Han
Tilden Seen As Great Yet Battle-weary Tennis Star
Lacoste notes Tilden’s greatness on court while noting nerves and external pressures from officials and rivals. Observers say his confidence wanes despite a powerful, polished game, heightening concern among fans who once saw him as unbeatable.
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Tilden
Lacoste
Vigilance The Price Of Sound Public Health
The article reports a single case of epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis in a high school, with death of a student. It urges public vigilance, prompt reporting, and rapid treatment to prevent further spread, noting that further cases are unlikely but possible. It mentions recent cases in Orangeburg, South Carolina, mainly among Negro citizens, and stresses enlightened public health measures.
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Orangeburg
S. C
High Point
War on Communism Strategy Sparks NC Newspaper Debate
The Charlotte Observer and the Gastonia Gazette clash over coverage of a staged kidnapping and Communist propaganda tactics. The Observer defends exposing fraud, while the Gazette urges restraint and denies publicity to canards.
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North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Gastonia Gazette
the Observer
Gazette
Observer
Lumberton
Field Command Unity Proposed to Halt Canards Early
A proposal urges a single in-field command to suppress misinformation as soon as it surfaces, arguing it would curb spread and confusion. Proponents cite rapid coordination, while critics fear centralization might hamper independent reporting.
Ideal Home gadgets spark debate on progress and happiness
A Copenhagen exhibit labeled The Ideal Home shows devices from automatic rubber mats to glass top tables and pneumatic mail tubes. The piece questions if comfort gadgets define home life and argues that love and tact remain key to true domestic happiness. It notes ironic contrasts like Soviet orders sustaining a Western city and ends with satirical remarks on social trends.
Christmas toy that fades yet gets the breaks
Uncle Bill gave Junior a Boy Scout knife for Christmas. The family jokes next year about a piano dining room set and new doors. An educator notes youth revolt starts at age 12, while a parent recalls early battles with a three year old over spinach.
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Bill
Junior
Des Moines
Union Pacific to Cancel Beer Shipment Carload Rates
The Union Pacific railroad will drop its carload rates on beer shipments as traffic has fallen away. The note implies potential redeployment of the revenue to other routes or markets, with a sardonic aside about Detroit river movement.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Detroit River
Editor letter decries direct democracy and 1930s political spend
In a Durham, North Carolina letter dated January 8, 1930, JNO. W. HESTER argues that direct election and woman suffrage did not improve government. He warns that apathy remains widespread, cites corruption and expensive primaries, and laments the inability of moderate leaders to fund campaigns.
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West
South
United States
Stacy
Brogden
Durham
N. C
JNO
W. Hester
Funeral Rites Held For Miss Allie Lucile Wright
Funeral services for 12 year old Allie Lucile Wright daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wright were held at Union Hill school auditorium with Reverend E W Jones and others officiating. About fifteen hundred attended and pallbearers included J R Wright and others. Interment followed at Mitchells Grove cemetery.
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Allie Lucile Wright
George Wright
Kivett Drive
Union Hill School
E. W. Jones
Wesleyan Methodist Church
A. G. Dixon
M. P. Church
A. A. Haggard
J. R. Wright
J. W. Wright, Jr
C. O. Wright
L. R. Wright
H. R. Wright
J. O. Wilkie
Ruth Oliver
Jewel Jones
Ruth Aldred
Isabel Witcher
Doris Neese
Dorothy Neese
Margaret Tate
Helenmith
Eva Davis
Alice Wells
Madge Seward
Lillian Dennis
Iris Fulp
Alice Neese
Alma Davis
Mitchell’s Grove Cemetery
Snowscene in Winter Forest Quietly Ends a Blizzard
Poem fragment describes soft snow sounds and ice as winter settles after a blizzard. Vivid imagery of pine boughs, gulls on ice, and a hush that folds the world, likened to a mother’s breath. Richard Church. Virginia Quarterly Review.
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Richard Church
Virginia Quarterly Review
Markets Once a Week Proves Successful in 24 NC Counties
North Carolina reports by Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon show county and town markets allow farm women to sell surplus garden and pantry products to city shoppers. The program boosts home gardens, shifts some farmers from cotton and tobacco to vegetables, and supports a “Live at Home” goal.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jane S. McKimmon
Agricultural Extension Service of
State College
O. Max Gardner
McKimmon
Registration for Davidson Vote on School Consolidation Plan Closed
Registration for the consolidation election in Group 11, eastern Davidson county between Lexington and Randolph line, has closed. The vote on consolidating ten districts will occur next Tuesday with two polling places Hedrick's Grove and Holly Grove.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Randolph County
Hedrick
Percy Bloxam
Salisbury
County Board of Education
Thomasville
North Carolina farm women push home efficiency goals
Mrs McKimmon and home demonstration agents urge farmers to improve living conditions by promoting healthier, livable homes. They stress screened doors, adequate water and lighting, heating, cold food storage at five degrees or below, and a living room for each farm family along with planned social activities.
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North Carolina
Commonwealth
George Kugler Die by Own Action in Washington Home
George W. Kugler 16 son of Frank C. Kugler Highway Commissioner was found dead in his backyard from a self inflicted shotgun wound. Neighbors and family offered no motive though he had been in good spirits earlier, and he was an honor student at Darlington School Rome Ga set to return after holidays.
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Washington, N. C
George W. Kugler
Frank CC. Kugler
First District
Kugler
Darlington School
Rome
Victim Dies of Lockjaw in Jamestown
Herman E. Jones a 29 year old Jamestown man died at a local hospital at 11 45 last night from lockjaw the third death from the disease since Christmas holidays He was accidentally shot in the leg with blank cartridges on Christmas day and developed jaw stiffness Friday night He was born November 18 1900 in Guilford county son of L G and Fannie Wood Jones employed at a cotton mill in Thomasville Surviving are his mother two brothers J S Jones and L G Jones three sisters Mrs Annie Johnson Mrs Etta Farrington and Mrs Lula Lee Clark Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Sandy Ridge church with Rev R E Hunt and burial in the church cemetery The funeral party will leave the home at 1 pm
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Herman E. Jones
Jamestown
Jones
Guilford County
L. G
Fannie Wood Jones
Thomasville
Fannie Jones
J. S. Jones
Charlotte
L. G. Jones
Annie Johnson
Friendship
Etta Farrington
Lula Lee Clark
Greensboro
Sandy Ridge
R. E. Hunt
Jamestown M. E
Elevator Shaft Collapse Injures Fourteen Miners
Cambridge Ohio January 6 four teen miners were injured when an elevator in the Cambridge Colliers Wa's hoading mine shaft fell fifty feet. Many suffered broken arms legs and ribs but all probably will recover.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Hoading
Cambridge Colliers Company
Murder at Laurinburg Filling Station After Axe Slaying
Detectives seek clues in the axe slaying of 61 year old Alfred Ellyson, filling station proprietor found murdered in his Laurinburg business Saturday. A bloody axe found in a ditch is the chief clue while authorities speculate the killing happened Friday. The case unfolds as a mystery with officers pursuing leads.
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Laurinburg
Alfred Ellyson
Fillin Station
Ellyson
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