Leadership Carries Challenge to Stay
In the Southern Furniture market opening its two week run, leadership growth is noted as the South strengthens its role as the nation’s furniture producer. Carload data show the South accounting for 44.3 percent of total furniture shipments in the first quarter, up from 1929 levels, signaling rising regional influence and ongoing industry evolution.
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South
Bureau of Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amphitheatre Beauty Draws Thousands to City Lake
Hundreds visited the new amphitheatre at City Lake during a Friday night opening. The Parks and Juvenile Commission sponsored a boxing show drawing about 2000 people, with hopes for more athletic, dramatic, and musical events using the site.
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City Lake
Parks and Juvenile Commission
Public Opinion and Fear in National Outlook
The piece discusses widespread fear and hopes for a resurgence of public opinion to curb political turmoil. It cites historical reflections including Napoleon and stresses democratic institutions as the path to stability and prosperity amid national anxiety.
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Hemently
Napoleon
St. Helena
Traffic problem at tracks public concern rises in district
City officials warn pedestrians and motorists to avoid jaywalking as the grade crossing elimination begins. A temporary Main street bridge opens tomorrow directing heavy traffic to Wrenn street for two to three weeks while the permanent bridge is prepared. The Estes family photo captions mingle with notes on healthful living and back to nature ideas.
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Jay
Main Street
Wrenn Street
Why America Entered World War I A Policy View
Stanley K. Hornbeck outlines nonofficial analysis of why the United States joined the Great War. He contrasts Wilsons neutrality stance with emerging entry motives, notes the President sought justice yet avoided public opinion pressure, and discusses mediation efforts in 1916.
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Europe
Academy of American Political Science
Stanley K. Hornbeck
Department of State
America
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
House
United States
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Mr. Wilson
West
Middle West
Great Britain
Craftsman G L Asbury Finds Good Life Here
A West Virginia craftsman brought to the area 17 years ago marks another anniversary at home as he supports a new local industry. His story mirrors others who came seeking work and community opportunities, making the city a pleasant place to live and raise families.
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G. L. Asbury
West Virginia
Father of eleventh child keeps brood on vegetarian diet
Dr St Louis Estes a Hollywood back to nature advocate raises eleven children with his 37 year old wife. The family follows a strict vegetarian regimen excluding fish fowl and all animal blood. They wear loin cloths and tutor at home outdoors with lessons from the poolside on their Hollywood estate.
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Estes
St. Louis Estes
Hollywood
Frog jump tournament champion keeps secret to success
A remark notes that the winner of frog-jump tournaments rarely reveals the secret of his success. The comment suggests emphasis on mystery rather than shared technique.
Blanket traced to 300 years in Ireland by undercover research
A blanket owned by a Cleveland resident is traced back three centuries to Ireland. Authorities suspect an undercover investigator conducted the research.
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I Ireland
Litter lout marks in England and High Point thoughts
A columnist laments street litter and calls offenders litter louts. He notes a possible local ordinance against scattering trash, argues public support is weak, and proposes a 30 day ban on picking up litter to spur action. He urges civilization hinges on neighbor regard.
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England
Summer Religion in High Point Sermons
After Thoughts notes summer church life in High Point with Rev J P Crackdown and revival memories. It recalls camp meetings, seek ers at the mourner s bench, and the belief that revival draws people together to feel worship s holy influence. The piece urges attending evening services when heat or duties allow and highlights growing attendance in the current series.
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Swamphollow
J. P. Crackdown
Deacon Jones
North Carolina
High Point
Serio
The Great Goldwyn A Portrait By Alva Johnston
A compact portrait of Samuel Goldwyn by Alva Johnston blends credibility and whimsy. The book traces Goldwyn from glove seller to Hollywood mogul, noting his fame rests on quotable lines and misused words. The text weighs myths against reality and highlights authentic sayings amid faked attributions.
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Goldwyn
Mr. Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Johnston
Blanche Lasky
Jesse Lasky
Lasky
Mr. Johnston
Sam
Hollywood
Authors News and New Books on Broadway Humor
The notice previews Neil Gunn Highland River from Lippincott for July 20 and Graham Ward Rain Round Robin on July 23 from Random House. It highlights Room Service by Murray and Boretz as a Broadway hit sold to film for 256000, set in a hotel room with a producer and eccentric friends. Also reviewed is The Chess Murders by Means Davis from Random House, a hospital tale with venom, intrigue, and a dramatic diary clue.
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Pane Zagsmith
Random House
Honore
Beat
Story
Harper's Bazaar
The
New Yorker
Atlantic Monthly
New Masses
J. M
Neil Gunn
Lippincott
Graham Ward Rain
Gordon Miller
Joe
Gordon
Evasion by Trustee Flagrantly Poaches on Private Preserves
A Thomasville Baptist Orphanage trustee and amateur Nimrod, while away from Winter board meetings, trespassed on private preserves to pursue Bob White. When confronted by a farmer at the farm’s forbidden notice, he gave evasive reply about his name, noting they unlikely meet again.
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Thomasville
Nimrod
Bob White
A Novel Delicacy and Other Culinary Fancies
The author muses on rattlesnake meat as a novelty for gourmets, noting scarce wholesale supply and possible Florida farms canning rattlesnakes. He compares tastes to possum, oysters, snails, and canned game, jokes about jury IQ laws, and cites cultural views on unusual foods.
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Florida
Idaho
Far West
Trotzky on Vacation
Bruce Catton notes Leon Trotzky has left Mexico City for a long fishing trip to Saskatchewan. The piece jokes about observing his civilization free of modern nations and hints at fewer quips for columnists and a possible impact on Stalin treason trials.
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Trotzky
Bruce Catton
Leon Trotzky
Mexico City
Sascwaiied
Stalin
Balloons Probing Hurricane Eye Highlight Meteorology Effort
The article notes balloons will rise to study the eye of hurricanes. It warns a speck of dust can derail attempts to outstate an antagonist.
Playing Safe With Heat In Summer Advice
Heat can cause serious illness or death across the country. Dr John L Rice NYC health commissioner urges three watchwords Take it easy for protection. Moderation in eating exercising sun bathing and work. eat meat once daily and favor raw leafy vegetables fruits. NYC sun stroke cases have fallen from 706 to 34 in thirty years.
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John L. Rice
New York City
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