German reparations spark blame and inaction in global crisis
A frustrated editorial sees Germany unable to pay reparations now or soon, prompting anger in France and chagrin elsewhere. It argues no one can enforce payment, likening the stalemate to a robber unable to collect from a penniless victim, with world powers looping in defeat and irony.
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Bruening
Germany
France
Manchuria
United States
Samuel Butler
Anatole
England
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Russia
A D MacLean for Governor
Paul B. McEvoy of Washington Daily News endorses Angus Dhu MacLean for North Carolina governor in 1932. He praises MacLean for leading school reform and urges replacing ad valorem taxes with broader revenue sources to ease land tax burden. The letter appeals to editorial readers and highlights MacLean as a strong gubernatorial candidate.
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A. D. MacLean
Josephus Daniels
General Assembly
Paul B. McEvoy
Washington, D. C
Daily News
Enterprise
North
Angus Dhu Mae‘Lean
Maclean
Letter Advocates North Carolina Governor Candidacy
A letter argues Mr MacLean could be persuaded to run for governor if backed, praising his character as the best interest of North Carolina and its citizens. The author asks the recipient to study merits of prospective candidates and compare them with MacLean’s record.
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MacLean
North Carolina
Troubles in Honolulu Shadow Nation’s Worries
Sparks of violence swirl in Honolulu as police charge a naval officer and his mother in law with murder over the Kahahawai slaying amid widespread unrest. Governor Jull’s bid to purge vice has not calmed tensions tied to a school assault and looming international strains in Asia.
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Honolulu
Lawrence M. Jull
Jull
Joseph Kahahawai
Thomas H. Massie
Massie
Phillipines
Japan
Manchuria
Steady the Course Courage and Spiritual Balance
Message from Tom Alderman Sykes of High Point Hospital urges steady faith and spiritual balance amid concerns over frozen assets. He thanks readers for flowers messages prayers and hospital care as he works toward recovery and active citizenship.
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Old England
High Point Hospital
Tom Alderman Sykes
Meditations on Change and Displacement in a Modern Age
The piece reflects on upheaval as old foundations fade and new signs of an age appear. It recalls a 1926 Florida hurricane that devastated Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Island, leaving ships adrift and shorelines altered. An American traveler at Lake Geneva to Paris observes shifting airs of cultural restraint and cross Atlantic remarks.
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Saturday Evening Post
Florida
Pensacola Bay
Fort Pickens
Santa Rosa Island
Oval
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Geneva
Paris
Faith in God and Christ Amid Turmoil
The speaker argues that amid era of financial decline and fractured trust, several constants remain. God’s benevolence and governance offer direction, the saving power of Christ redeems humanity, and the ultimate triumph of right endures. He urges confidence that light and eternal life outlast hardship.
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Varis
London
Jim
God
Henest
Jesus
Father
Christ
Theological Seminary
James Russell Lowell
Golgotha
Mount of Olives
Public concerns on crime reporting and its effects
A letter argues newspapers fuel crime by sensational crime details and lurid stories. It urges editors and The Associated Press to reduce graphic coverage to curb imitation and harm, noting mothers and children suffer from vicarious trauma and urging responsible reporting.
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United States
Tribune
Associated Press
McLean
The Crape Hangers Guidebook Appeal
Editor F M Greenwood urges readers to out-talk the Crape-Hangers and make 1932 a happy prosperous year. The note claims 1931 was scrubby and promises guidance on the attached sheet to improve the next year.
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F. M. Greenwood
Advice to Crape Hangers in Daily Life
A fragment from an enclosure offers numbered steps encouraging a hostile morning routine. It suggests starting the day with hellish thoughts, striking others, ignoring others' welfare, and entering work with a sour mood, ending with a note about continued guidance on page eleven.
Harris and Hughes Feature in Southern Letters Review
Joel Chandler Harris editor and essays are praised for their lasting value with Harris’ editorial stance on race and vernacular humor highlighted. Langston Hughes is noted for The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations, with mixed critique of some poems yet praise for strongest pieces. A brief sketch of R H Stein novel Within Those Walls and a January literary calendar from May and Company conclude the review.
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South
Joel Chandler Harris
University of North Carolina Press
Julia Collier Harris
Harris
Uncle Remus
Georgia Darky
Atlanta Constitution
New York Times
Saturday Evening Post
Billy Sanders
Shady Dale
Lincoln
Langston Hughes
Hughes
the Golden Stair Press
Literary notices and new volumes in early 1930s reviews
Chicago Tribune critic Fanny Butcher praises Fauconnier’s Malaisie as ecstatic and transformative. Notices include Walter’s Woodrow Wilson Life and Letters volumes three and four, biographies by Nathan Murray Cop pard and Hughes, Sandburg’s birthday, and Edward Sullivan’s Benedict Arnold sensationalism. Public reviews cover Russia’s Five Year Plan primer, Ozarks study by Vance Randolph, and Encyclopaedia of the Social Services Volume V with German fan mail to Macmillan.
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Fanny Butcher
The
Chicago Tribune
Henri Fauconnier
Malaya
M. Fauconnier
Russia
Maurice U Hindus
U. S
S. R
M. Ilin
Houghton Mifflin Company
Ozark Hills
Young Gang
Vance Randolph
the Ozarks
Vanguard Press
United States
Mr. Randolph
Macmillan
Germany
Prof. Seligman
Night school notes and civic education reflections
Column recounts a humorous bridge dispute and a dog medal debate, then shifts to observations on Miss Edgerton's night school program, the value of adult education, and plans to visit the new Junior High to assess schools, water, and sewage facilities.
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Edgerton
Miss Edgerton
Tomlinson
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