Short-sighted PWA project draws criticism over new furniture plant
The article condemns a $525,000 PWA plan to build a new furniture plant in Reedsville West Virginia arguing it wastes resources while coal miners lack work. It notes House opposition to funding and urges conserving human value by keeping idle plants open with trained help. The piece cites Secretary Ickes and Mrs. Roosevelt as well as industry worries about increased competition and stranded assets.
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PWA
Reedsville
W. Va
House of Representatives
Treasury Post Office
Ludlow
Ickes
West Virginia
Roses for the Embankment
Roadside planting debate over honeysuckle may yield erosion control by using rose trimmings. If rose prunings are made available for planting, embankments could gain spring beauty while protecting land from wash.
Wisdom Deluxe Expresses Praise for Duncan Marriage Fees
Advocate urges ministers and justices of the peace to adopt Justice John H. Duncan's fee scale for weddings. Duncan of Springfield Missouri commends free ceremonies for first marriages and doubles the fee for remarriages, at least five dollars.
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John H. Duncan
Duncan
Springfield
Judge Duncan
Kingfish campaign filing fees rise in 1934 race
North Carolina candidates face higher costs as filing fees jump to one percent of salary for state or congressional jobs and half a percent for county offices. Attorney General Brummitt rules the percentage applies to statutory salaries, potentially deterring independents while Huey Long supporters ready to pay to place names before the public.
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Brummitt
North Carolina
Random Thoughts From a Rambler's Note Book
W A Bivins recalls three city walkers Richard Roe John Doe and Ned Cheerio. Roe dismisses weather as a predictor of rain while Doe blames graft in politics for his job failure and Ned Cheerio keeps hope alive praising faith hope and love as sustenance.
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Richard Roe
John Doe
John
N.R.A
C.W.A
P.W.A
Ned Cheerio
Ned
Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson Elevates Patience and Hope
The article notes Stevenson, long a wanderer in search of health, wrote a prayer born of faith and suffering. It pleads for divine favor for diverse people under one roof, asks patience through broken aims, and seeks help to improve. It ends with a plea to bless extraordinary mercies.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson Dies in Samoa at Age Forty Four
The obituary notes Robert Louis Stevenson died at 44 in Samoa after a struggle with tuberculosis. His wife is praised for loyal support and travels to sustain him, and his grave atop Inchcape Rock is marked with lines from his verse about home and endurance.
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Stevenson
Samoa
Inchape Rock
Edenton and High Point Look to a Newer Day
In a Carolinas Magazine reflection, Edenton’s rich colonial history blends with progress as Dixon urges a modern yet traditional path. The piece links Edenton’s legacy to High Point’s growing ambition, inviting readers to believe the best is yet to come and to move toward a destiny of a newer day.
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Charlotte
Edenton
Richard Dillard Dixon
Mr. Dixon
High Point
Nation Faults Unreconstructed Southerners in Caribbean Posts
The News and Observer critiques the Nation for calling unreconstructed Southerners unfit for Caribbean posts. It argues the piece reflects smug moral superiority of Carpetbaggers and stresses reconstruction is needed on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. It notes Gore’s Puerto Rico administration as messy but decries attributing failure to Southern origins. It also observes North and South contain ignorant individuals beyond the South.
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News and Observer
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Georgia
Winship
Gore
Mississippi
South
North
Appomattox
Justice Stance After Askea Conviction Draws Fire
Mrs. Thom as O Berry a State CWA administrator questions newspapers on Wednesday as Roy L Askea the local CWA worker is convicted in City Court of assaulting a crippled man and his wife to collect a debt Editorials reflect open court facts and Askea did not appeal the verdict The row centers on perceived injustice in press coverage and court procedures.
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News and Observer
Thomas O'Berry
CWA
Roy L. Askea
O’berry
Askea
O’‘Berry
Legislature urged to act on hit and run drivers
The Charlotte Observer notes that a hit-and-run driver in Columbia killed two people yesterday. The writer compares such drivers to drunk drivers and urges South Carolina lawmakers to address the issue.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Charlotte Observer
Rushing Work On Bath House And Swimming Pool
Construction on CWA project No. 23037 at Jamestown city lake focuses this week on the bath house, swimming pool and boat house units. Steel delivery, concrete pours, and underground plumbing progress as 450 workers in 22 gangs push toward 75 percent completion for boat house and pool, with bath house foundation at 80 percent and drainage at 85 percent.
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CWA
Jamestown
G. Mackintosh
Bath House
H. W
Frog) Hayes
Thomas W. Morse
McGeachy
Nancy Austin
Bath House Foundation
Ulysses Arrives in Random House After Woolsey Ruling
A New York Times style notice discusses Judge Woolsey’s decision lifting the ban on James Joyce Ulysses. The Random House edition is complete and unabridged with Joyce’s foreword and the opinion, noting the work’s complexity and need for serious, concentrated reading. It highlights Joyce’s stream of consciousness, character depth, and the novel’s daring method across sections and styles.
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John M. Woolsey
James J
Ulysses
Random House
New York
Joyce
Woolsey
Leopold Bloom
Stephen Dedalus
Buck Mulligan
Myes Crawford
Professor MacHugh
Joyce Ulysses praised as modern literary innovator and sound figure
The piece reviews James Joyce's Ulysses, praising its psychological depth and experimental sound, comparing it to Conrad Aiken and noting Joyce as a pioneer of modern writing. It discusses the novel's structure, themes, and the challenge it poses to readers, while forecasting Joyce's influence on contemporary literature. It also touches on Joyce’s other work and the broader literary market.
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Leopold Bloom
Joyce
Conrad Aiken
Richie
Poldy
Mercy
Beauty
Solomon of Drama
Manus Tomatach
MacDonough
Ballymore
Carrantophill
Sligo
James Joyce
Ulysses
Japanese envoy seeks Mussolini explanation over Far East article
Japanese Ambassador Hayame Matsushima informed Premier Mussolini of Tokyo's displeasure with Il Duce's article The Near East. The visit was not a formal protest, but Tokyo said the piece created a painful impression in Japan.
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Rome
Hayame Matsushima
Tokyo
Mussolini
Il Duce
Far East
Near East
Japan
Gladys Andrews Dies After Week Long Pneumonia
Gladys Andrews four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs H Clyde Andrews died at Archdale home yesterday at 5 15 p m after a week long illness with pneumonia Born September 6 1933 she is survived by parents two brothers H Clyde Jr and Thomas Edward Andrews Funeral services will be held Monday at Archdale Friends church at 2 p m conducted by Rev Reuben J Payne with burial in Springfield cemetery
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Gladys Andrews
H. Clyde Andrews
Archdale
H. Clyde, Jr
Thomas Edward Andrews
Archdale Friends Church
Reuben J. Payne
Springfield Cemetery
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