Roosevelt fireside chat praised amid Nazi critique
A 1915 article contrasts President Roosevelt's state of the nation address with German reactions. Nazi press calls it a provocative, untruthful document while American liberal press defends it as factual. The piece notes Wilson's comment on opinion shaping world events.
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Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Germany
Fuehrer
Boersen Zeitung
Americas
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Hitler
Associated Press
Woodrow Wilson
Salary raise debate marks start of North Carolina House session
The North Carolina House opened with Speaker Mull and a rules committee amid a push by Senator Gold for $2,400 raises for constitutional officers. Governor Hoey supported a $600 increase per officer, while Guilford’s Pickens opposed hasty action. the House quickly moved to set a rules committee and proceed.
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T. J. Gold
Tom Best
Raleigh
Greensboro News
Guilford
Pickens
Gold
Guil
Ford
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Mull
Senate
W. A. Baker
Cleris
Bobby Renfrew
High Point
Mr. Pickens
Worthington
Pitt
Exchequer
Hoey
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
A Wrong Impression on the Part of a Citizen
The column presents a reader letter debate on a war policy editorial. It contrasts views on aiding Britain, defends a nonwar stance, and argues for balanced patriotism. It then profiles Jane West who built a personal service business in St. Louis after a layoff, using her stenography and bookkeeping skills to serve clients nationwide.
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Olive Street
St. Louis
Jane West
Block & Kohner Mercantile Company
Charles Block
Mr. Block
Jane
Black Hills
South Dakota
Dale Carnegie Autho�r Of How To Win Friends And Influence People
A reference to Dale Carnegie famed author of How To Win Friends And Influence People. The line notes his association or mention in a historical context, highlighting his prominence in self improvement literature.
War stance debate at High Point Market on aid to Britain
JAILIUS IRVING SCALES of High Point, N C writes in the January 8 1940 letter to the editor critiquing the Enterprise editorial on William Allen White and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies He argues the deck was stacked against the people and that the nation must resist war hysteria and keep America out of Europe s wars for profit and empire.
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Junius Irving Scales
Enterprise
America
United States
Scales
Britain
High Point Enterprise
William Allen White
Roosevelt
Bullitt
Chapel Hill
High Point
Europe
Jailius Irving Scales
N. C
Hevent
I. Actmans
Cassie Hanley
Horace Schmidlapp
Ira Willing
Jack Harris
la Conga
T D. A
S. Skolsky
Post Office
Life
Gypsy Rose Lee
Hubbard
Walter Winchell Gossip Parade on New York Figures
Virginia Bruce dodges sidewalk obstruction. Moss Hart’s Lady in the Dark tied to psychoanalysis. Horace Schmidlapp courting Countess Ira Willing. Garbo and Hauser on Panama Hattie set. gossip on Broadway figures, weddings, elopements, and nightlife in Manhattan.
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Moss Hart
Moss
Hart
Hollywood
Cornell
Katharine
Garbo
Panama
Greta
Gaylord Hauser
Hauser
Midtown Melodrama and Nighttime Whispers in New York
A quirky slice of city life with notes from Broadway to Grand Central. Jests and slogans fill late night venues including Insomnia wakeful displays and a measles scare at a midtown hospital, while street sarcasm and club quips color the nocturnal scene across Manhattan venues and storefronts.
Catton Hails Exit Of Texan After 38 Years
Bruce Catton reports Vice President John Nance Garner winding down his Senate life at the start of a new session. Mrs. Garner stayed in Texas, leaving Garner's office bare and desolate as Henry Wallace prepares to assume the vice presidency.
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Washington
Jan
John Nance Garner
Senate
Cactus Jack
Texas
77Th Congress
Etta Garner
Garner
Teddy Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Henry Wallace
Veterans Bureau
Wallace
Surprise Party Question Sparks Child Curiosity
Dialogue between Harold and his mother centers on a planned surprise party. Harold asks to include siblings Bobby and Susie, but the mother insists they are not invited, prompting a discussion about the party’s secrecy and guest list.
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Harold
Bobby
Susie
Grit
The Price of Peace
A musician offers his violin at a pawnshop counter asking for a price. The proprietor values the instrument at one pound, prompting the musician to protest that neighbors offered more, leading to a brief exchange.
Hopes for the Year Ahead and Local Real Estate News
Dr G Ray Jordan addressed students at the high school chapel on hopes for the year ahead. A 30 foot boulevard will open next week from Thomasville to Whitsett through Greensboro, plus two 18 foot stretches to Haw River underpass. Married Dec 29 in Faringdale New York Mildred Far row and Reginald H Eaton. Mrs Eaton a former nurse at Guilford General Hospital. Oak Hill James Monroe home in Loudon County Virginia to be sold at public auction on deed of trust for 1000000 dollars.
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G. Ray Jordan
Thomasville
Whitsett
Greensboro
Haw River
Faringdale
N. Y
Mildred Farrow
Reginald H. Eaton
Eaton
High Point
Guilford General Hospital
Harriet Kennedy
Steven C. Clark
E. B. Jeffress
Guilford County
General Assembly
Oak Hill
James Monroe
United States
Loudon County
Frank G Littleton
Oddball Quotes and a Missing Man Case
A quirky classroom exchange about a polar bear coat appears alongside a terse note that an Illinois man missing with $10,000 was later found in Florida. The snippets mix whimsy with a grounded missing person reference and a stray jab about a pig’s fate.
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Illinois
Florida
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