Subscription Rates and Carrier Policy Notice
The notice lists daily and Sunday rates for High Point and nearby towns with prices for twelve months seven dollars eighty. six months nine dollars and ten cents. three months one dollar ninety five. one month sixty five cents. one week fifteen cents. Carriers may not collect beyond two months and longer terms should be paid at the office. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for news dispatches credited to it.
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High Point
Associated Press
Focal News
Proverb and Erasmus Quotation Reflections
A compact quotation pair notes Proverbs 8 32 praising wise living and Erasmus on love needing beauty for health. The lines contrast enduring guidance with beauty plagued love. The pair emphasizes moral exhortation and wit in reflective verse.
Tax trends and tax hopes amid 1937 industry profits
The piece notes a textile slump and tax revenue concerns in North Carolina as Reynolds Tobacco reports 1937 profits about 1.5 million dollars below 1936. It questions the tax outlook, the sales tax role, and possible recession indicators, urging careful budgeting before the assembly. It also reflects on political reactions to Tammany Hall and Mayor Mahoney after defeat.
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Reynolds Tobacco Company
Underestimation of Alcohol Intake in North Carolina
The article reviews estimates of whiskey sales if legalization occurred, noting December 942000 across 27 wet counties and projecting up to 20000000 to 24000000 annually with full state coverage. It critiques enforcement, bootlegging leakage, and argues against lenient treatment of women murderers, citing Ida Ball Warren as a mercy example.
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North Carolina
Guilford
LaGuardia Victory Shifts NYC Democratic Landscape
Fiery New York Mayor LaGuardia rose to a sweeping win over Tammany candidate as Mahoney, defeated judge, calls for reorganizing party machinery and possibly dropping the Tammany name. Mahoney brands Tammany Hall as corrupt and urges major party reform across the city.
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Tammany
Mahoney
Los- Tammany
Loubnless
Hopeful Indication Reviving Trade Shows Retail Upturn
Dun and Bradstreet reports a revival in retail and wholesale activity with weekly retail sales 2 to 6 percent higher than last year and wholesale demand up 3 to 10 percent. Buyers seek immediate deliveries and clear out overstocked goods, signaling potential production revival and job gains as industrial payrolls respond.
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Dun and Bradstreet
Special Privilege for the Woman in Harnett County Case
The Harnett County case of Mrs Godwin centers on whether she goes to prison or pays court costs and wins freedom. A Superior Court judge sought to release her after trial, then reconsidered and altered the sentence after adjournment, raising questions of legal authority to change a sentence. The judge now seeks to grant an appeal to the Supreme Court, with court and solicitor urged to resolve the issue within law and chivalry as they see fit.
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North Carolina
Ida Ball Warren
Forsyth County
Supreme Court
The Power of a Kind Word in Lonely Times
Dale Carnegie shares how a few sincere words of appreciation can lift a lonely person. He cites John Henry Newman, who felt isolated during his religious shift until a mysterious gift of a handkerchief and letter brought lasting solace.
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John Henry Newman
Newman
High Church of England
Church of England
Color and mood shift through hue in daily life
The article discusses color’s impact on emotions and behavior. It cites color effects in cinema and clothing, noting black, white, and bright shades influence heat absorption and nervous reactions. It includes anecdotes about Jean Piccard’s color choices and a light personal preference for vivid sleepwear.
Quotation Snippet Refers to Cars and Celebrities
A chauffeur knows how the en gue who built the car knows The difference is about ten thousand dollars a year. A night club is the dullest and most uninteresting place outside of a morgue. Elna Maxwell, famed for her parties. Telephone operators have better diction than actors and actresses. George Bernard Shaw noted English playwright.
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Elna Maxwell
George Bernard Shaw
New York Day by Day Glimpses of Celebrities Jan 14
A witty New York Day by Day column notes memories and pop culture figures including Barbara Hutton Rudy Valley Walter Lippmann Katharine Hepburn and Hoover Allusions to entertainers like George Rector Messmore Kendall Major Bowes and Joe Kennedy appear with playful portraits and quotes about nightlife and public figures.
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New York
Barbara Hutton
Rudy Vallee
Walter Lippmann
Harry Richman
Katharine Hepburn
George Rector
Messmore Kendall
Major Bowes
Frank Case
Dwight Fiske
Enrico Caruso
Park Avenue
Hoover
Waldorf
Jack Lait
Eula MacLary
Helen Morgan
Irene Bordoni
Joe Kennedy
Christmas cards mix with society scribbler Maury Paul
Maury H. B. Paul blended his Christmas cards with the times this year. He crossed out names of senders from last year and added his notes beneath each card. Our card from Irving and Ellin Berlin appears among those rebuffed.
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Maury H. B. Paul
Ace Society
Times
Paul
Ours
Irving
Ellin Berlin
Devoted Mirror Editor and Wife Share Constant Nightly Hours
George Clark an editor on the Mirror and his wife Kay Parsons a radio singer are described as devoted spouses. Clark occupies a penthouse on First Avenue and works days while his wife performs at night. She returns about 4 a.m. but he waits up until she arrives and calls her hourly.
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George Clark
the Mirror
Kay Parsons
Clark
First Avenue
Phil Plant Exhibits Africa Safari Photos in Trailer Presentation
Phil Plant presented the first colored animal pictures from Africa to a travel group in a deluxe trailer show. He spoke publicly for the first time, admitting amateur status and recalling his 8600 feet of film yielding about 1200 feet of clear footage. His giraffe sequences and humorous remarks drew laughs from the audience. He noted connections to the Ringling circus era in passing.
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Phil Plant
Africa
Plant
John Ringling
Kiwanis Meet Elects Pugh District Governor
About 150 Kiwanians from North and South Carolina in 61 clubs gathered at Sedge Field Inn for the district governor installation with C R Pugh of Elizabeth City taking over from J M Lynch of Florence. The Hood Industrial Bank elected R R Ragan president and Charles L Amos first vice president.
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North
South Carolina
Sedgefield Inn
C. R. Pugh
Elizabeth City
J. M. Lynch
Florence
Hood Industrial Bank
R. R. Ragan
Charles L. Amos
W. L. Jackson
M. H. Folger
L. W. Flythe
Katharine Cornell Stays True to Theatre Career
Katharine Cornell remains loyal to the legitimate stage despite repeated approaches from movies radio and advertising endorsements. She reportedly turned down offers including a Paris perfume endorsement worth ten thousand dollars and has built substantial fortune by sticking to theater.
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Katharine Cornell
Hollywood
Hirsute staff joins New York writers in Van Dyke trend
Magazine writer Forrest Davis joins a small circle of scribblers in New York adopting Van Dyke facial styles. The group includes Er nest Boyd and 8S. 5, Van Dyke, as noted in C. 1938 McNaught Syndicate publications.
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Hirsute
Forrest Davis
Scribblers
New York
Sporting van Dykes
Ernest Boyd
van Dyke
Tax Help Arrives In Statesville For Income Tax Filing
A representative from the Internal Revenue Collector Watts office has arrived in the city and will be at the post office building all week to assist residents with their income tax. Schools in the city resume tomorrow morning after a Christmas break. A Hoover calendar is observed with meatless Tuesday and wheatless Wednesday and other dietary days. sweet potatoes are sold daily.
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Internal Revenue
Watts
Statesville
Local social notes from Greensboro and surroundings
Eddie Brietz visited Greensboro yesterday. Mrs. J. A. Marsh visits friends in Rameeur. A surprise party was given for Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gold at Oakwood Court by their young friends. Mrs. A. L. Holton and Miss Lucile Holton travel to Charlotte for a short visit. Agnes Tally of Winston Salem spent yesterday with Clara Hayworth.
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Eddie Brietz
Greensboro
J. A. Marsh
Rameeur
Mra. T. J. Gold
Oakwood Court
A. L. Holton
Lucile Holton
Charlotte
Agnes Tally
Winston- Salem
Clara Hayworth
Goldman Bergman jailed for conspiracy to interfere with draft
U S Supreme Court upholds New York sentence. Twelve to seventeen people killed in derailment of a northbound Houston and Texas Central passenger train near Bremond Texas early today.
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Emma Goldman
Alexander Bergman
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Houston and
Texas Central
Bremond
Tex
Washington War Referendum Battle Splits Congress and Pressures
The Ludlow amendment vote in the House showed 188 for consideration and 209 to kill, amid broad public pressure and strong lobbying from veterans groups and peace advocates. Roosevelt and Hull face ongoing debate over foreign policy and executive discretion as the nation weighs war referendum ideas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
House
Japan
Germany
Italy
Tennessee
Congress
Chicago
Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
The
Am Legion
Veterans of Wars
War Department
Ludlow
Townsend
NBA Service, Inc
Director says men more vain than women over age questions
A film director argues that men show more vanity than women as more males refused to state their age on a questionnaire. The remark implies a gendered attitude toward age disclosure.
Psychologist Advises Ignoring Child Tantrums
A psychologist tells parents to ignore temper tantrums, suggesting a test run during an evening when neighbors are home to observe reactions and potential behavior changes.
Near Miss Earth Planet Reinmu Narrow Escape
South African astronomer reports that Earth nearly collided with the planet Reinmu, missing by about 400 million miles in a dramatic celestial near miss. The remarkable encounter highlights the fragile balance of planetary orbits and the vastness of space.
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Reinmu
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