Liston Pope Named Yale Religion Dean in Remarkable Rise
The article notes Liston Pope, from Thomasville and Duke graduate in 1925, has been chosen to lead Yale University School of Religion effective June 30, succeeding Luther A. Weigle. It emphasizes his swift ascent, scholarly focus, leadership, and applied Christianity shaping his deanship. The piece also discusses North Carolina politics and budget concerns, urging new revenue sources and stronger support for agriculture and conservation.
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Liston Pope
Thomasville
Duke University
School of Religion
Yale University
Liston
Pope
Thorugh
Yale
Luther A. Weigle
Divinity
Dr. Pope
Grace
W.A.B
State Advisory Budget Commission
Kerr Scott
Scott
Budget Commission
North Carolina
L. Y. Ballentine
Lawmakers Seek Restriction on Liquor Possession
The Columbus representative Junius Powell proposes limiting legal liquor possession to one quart to curb bootlegging. The editorial argues the plan would not stop bootleggers and suggests a burden of proof on possession cases, or requiring buyers to justify personal use, as a more effective approach than reducing possession limits.
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Junius Powell
Columbus
North Carolina
Powell
Emerald Wedding Toasts Mark Forty Years of Marriage
High Point notes celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eshelman with a reception at the country club. W. A. Bivins and Mrs. Bivins missed the event but send good wishes for civic and religious community leaders. The piece quotes humorous verses and laments on long marriages, ending with a wish for a future Golden Wedding celebration.
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Emerald
Country Club
Fred Eshelman
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Anthony Trollope
Everett
Odell Peacock) Marsh
Eshelmans
Washington Memoir Mix of Budgets and Washington Goss
A busy Washington roundup recalls budget talks with President Truman and top aides, a former ambassador named to a Mexican power loan, and Tennessee Senator McKellar clashing on age. It also notes Rep. Syd Herlong Jr. swapping a Florida winter house for a Washington stay, and a photographer’s gag with Dean Acheson holding an Application for Federal Employment form.
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Mexico
George Messersmith
Austria
Cuba
Argentina
World Bank
State Department
Mexican Light and Power Company
Messersmith
Mexican Power Commission
Georgia
Porgie
Kenneth McKellar
Mnessee
Taft
Senate
Mr. McKellar
Tennessee
McKellar
Washington
Arthur “Syd” Herlong Jr
Florida
Rep. Herlong
Leesburg
Fla
Marion Gardiner
Herlong
Miss Gardiner
Wilton Ave
Silver Spring
John Paul Jones Jr
Dean Acheson
Review Note on George McCorkle and Rhymes from the Delta
The article introduces George W. McCorkle, High Point Memorial Hospital orderly and poet, and previews an excerpt from his autobiographical preface. It praises his aim to use verse to improve conditions in the South and to speak for justice for Black Americans, invoking Robert Burns and a hope for a kinder world.
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George W. McCorkle
High Point Memorial Hospital
Joe Leslie
Joe
Southland
Robert Burns
Howe
George McCorkle
Man Dismissed For Telling Dog To Shut Up
A Moultrie Georgia officer reports responding to a barking dog complaint. He told the dog to be quiet and it obeyed. A separate tale from the East describes Zeke Donner threatening his wife with a wagon whip after a dispute, then being overruled when she wrested the whip from him. The teller notes Zeke was small and drunk and the wife robust.
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Moultrie Ga
Roland Sumner
Zeke Donner
Stars and Society Headlines From a Glamorous Era
A collage of 1940s showbiz notes highlights Irving Berlin Doris Day Annette Kellerman Leslie Howard Barbara Ann Scott Milton Berle and Frances E Kaye. The piece details memoir claims artistic ambitions red scare politics dressmaking to luxury, and a social-climber daughter rising to a magazine cover.
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Winchellebrities
Irving Berlin
Doris Day
Annette Kellerman
H'wood
Leslie Howard
Daphne Dunbar
Mary, Queen of
Exit Line Closing Night and Broadway Gossip
A collage of show business notes and urban oddities features Gene Rider’s Esquire novelette Exit Line Closing Night, Fulton Oursler’s The Greatest Story Ever Told due next month, record chatter from Steve Gibson and the Delta Rhythm Boys, and Broadway hangouts. It surveys industry figures, hotel life, and public curiosities with sharp, era-specific flavor.
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Gene Rider
Esquiresm
Fulton Oursler
Doubleday
Delta Rhythm Boys
Steve Gibson
Red Caps
Mercury
Kay Kyser
Broadway
Schnockle
Lindy’s
These Days By George Sokolsky on Israel and Zionism
The writer argues Britain risks meddling in Palestine as Israeli forces defeat Arab armies, aided by few nations. He compares Israel to the Maccabees, stressing the core of Jewish civilization as faith and law, and notes Jewish resilience despite British opposition and limited external help. The piece reflects on nationalism and religious duty shaping Israel’s fight.
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China
Japan
Israel
Great Britain
Palestine
George Marshall
Mediterranean
Malta
Japam Lov Iubiance
Word Puzzle Clue List Mosaic Novelty
A compact description of a filled crossword style list with horizontal and vertical clues. The page presents a mixed set of entries covering letters abbreviations languages and common terms arranged as a puzzle catalog.
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Quart Law
W. A. Bivins
Omar Eshelman
Helen
Fred
Reno
Dorothy Dix
J. E. Marsh, Jr
George Dixon
Truman
James J. Butler
Electoral College
South Carolina
Winchell
Frances E. Kaye
Rankin
anti-Red
Fran
New York
Social Register
Society
Lucretia
Lenore Lemmon
Susan Douglas
John Conte
Bank of America
LeRoyce
Ma Holdie
Young
Catskills
Jack Benny
Radio Theatre
Pierre Monteaux
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Dachau
Buchenwald
Walter Gieseking
America
Billy Bennett
Miami
Marion Saunders
Evelyn Knight
NBC
Charles Chaplins
Billy Rose
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
Richard Watts
Dec Avedon
Harlem
Manhattan
Bond
Paramount
Harry
W. 47Th St. Delica
Jessen
6Th Ave
da Cinta
Fee
Ie House
Gen
Goering
Hutton’s
le Perroquet
Met
Tagliavini
D. Alisons
Alison
Cola Tribe
Henry Jessup, Jr
U Here
Conover
Willie van
Netherlands
Como
Miami Beach
Sherry-Frontenac
I. Mandel
Oney Plaza
Inner Circle
Barbara Washburn
UP Grammer
City Hall
Jean Carroll
Paramount Cemmedian
Gov't
J. Benney
George Sokolsky
Tathias
God
Virginia
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