Deep South Claims North Carolina in Retail Trade Study
The University News-Letter analyzes the 1988 census of retail trade, noting North Carolina ranks 44th in per capita retail trade and 19th in total retail, with 14th in stores and 20th in retail employees. It discusses how lower buying power ties to wages, taxes, and the region's economic conditions, and considers potential improvements.
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North Carolina
South
University
South Carolina
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Figures Highlight North Carolina’s Economic Challenge
Bold figures in the North Carolina discussion emphasize the need to lift themselves by their own bootstraps to avoid becoming part of the deeper South. The data present a stark picture of local economic pressures and the demand for self-help measures.
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North Carolina
Deep
South
Not Merely for Farmers Not Merely for Farmers
A July reminder from Progressive Farmer urges rural and urban readers to plan fun days. It cautions that skipping leisure can worsen moods when summer heat swamps temperaments.
East Affords A Lesson In Taxation In Vermont
An East West contrasts tax policies with the national spend to prosperity idea. Vermont’s Local Government Commission praises efficiency as towns win honors for best fiscal management in twelve population groups. The piece argues restraint on public spending to ease tax burdens and avoid East level taxation.
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East
Vermont
Green Mountain
New England
Huey Long faces challenge from five Louisiana opponents
Five Louisiana congressmen unite to disrupt Huey Long’s control of the state amid growing public disdain for his demagoguery and chicanery. Long fights to avert political decapitation as La Follette’s rising star weakens his dictatorship style and share-the-wealth promises.
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Louisiana
Huey
Long
Huey Long
Huey Jong
la Follettes
Middle West
Congressmen’s Courage Alters Bedfellows Alignments
The quote notes Congressmen’s bold stand and Huey’s incompatible stance, suggesting a split bed of convictions between Huey and lawmakers who defended their positions.
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Huey
Editorial on medical aid and public funds and government progress
A reader questions why physicians bear sole moral burden for charitable care while public funds cover paupers, noting medical practice as art not business. The letter argues constitutional progress, periodic repairs by generations, and NRA revival as crucial for enterprises and farmers.
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Enterprise
NRA
Coasting Down Hill With Brakes On
A letter argues the Hoover era leaned toward coasting on brakeless policy, contrasts with Roosevelt recovery, cites Supreme Court limits, and critiques constitutional needs for reform. It discusses NRA rulings, 1932 and 1934 authorizations, and references Jefferson. The piece also touches Sunday moving pictures and New Deal projections.
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Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hissengers
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
New York Day By Day Snippets and Sniffs at High Society
Column by 0. 0. McIntyre surveys July 26 chatter from New York society and media figures. Notables include Ray Noble left handed, Clara Bellshé, Jimmy Saves, John Barrymore, Charles Laughton, and Betsey Barton recovering from a car crash. Bruce Barton hosts a dinner with Grantland Rice and others. A banker collects 16 penny banks worldwide in eight rooms.
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New York
Braddock
Steve Hannagan
John Bull
Ray Noble
Burton Rascoe
Fred Astaire
Clara Bellalshé
Ward Morehouse
Juleses
Glaenser
Bache
Brulatour
Charles EB. Mitchell
Dwight Fiske
Bobby la Branche
Lée Shubert
Anna Held, Jr
Jimmy
Lloyd Nolan
Bruce Barton
Betsey
Grantland Rice
Frank Crowninshield
Lan Wurzburg
Benjamin Farrell
Rex Cole
Lou Maxon
Miss Barton
California Temples Draw Sightseers Near Angelus and Shirley
Travel note urges visitors to see two famed temples Angelus and Shirley. A farmer battles dust storms and seems to be losing ground as he faces harsh weather and tough conditions.
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California
Angelus
Shirley
Woman Uses Cosmetics to Forge Age Illusion
A woman heavily applying cosmetics to appear younger reveals a desire to reclaim time. The act underscores social pressure to look youthful and prompts questions about age perception and identity.
Bishop Cannon Claims Taxpayer Gap Keeps Ambitious Third
In commentary the Bishop argues two thirds of taxpayers support the other third as kin or relations, suggesting financial burden is borne by family ties rather than public duty.
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AAA
Cannon
Last of the vaudeville Migger act faces extinction
Janette Hackett remains the final star of a vaudeville dancing troupe once seen at the Palace and in nearby suburbs. Variety's analysts warn the form fades within six months as movies offer short turns between features and numbers decline weekly.
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Janette Hackett
Jamaica
White Plains
Variety
Man on Subway Carcarves Soap with Knife
A neatly dressed middle aged man resembling J M Barrie sits in the Bronx express and produces a pear handled knife and a carved scented soap from his pockets. He spreads a paper on his lap and begins to whittle the soap into a shape in view of other passengers.
Once-Gilded Broadway Block Now A Shell of Its Past
Fragmentary account notes a once opulent boulevard row between and near Columbus Circle. The lavish windows and salons are gone, shoppers faded, and the area once dominated by Jandorf’s millionaire seller now shows three large buildings empty. Business has moved uptown as prices drop and activity dwindles.
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Columbus Circle
Brosd
Jandorf
Weather Recalled by Mark Two Line: A Cold Day Remains
The remark evokes a chill mood as Mark Two comments on the weather, sensing cold air and a bone deep warmth reference. The line suggests a nostalgic, quippy take on a brisk day with bones feeling the cold.
Man in Neatly Dressed Attendant Collapses Beside Sidewalk
A neatly dressed elderly man bent to drink near the sidewalk, hat loosened, glasses fallen. He retrieved his fountain pen and cane and quipped that he seemed to have joined the general collapse. George Gershwin stood nearby.
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George Gershwin
McMaught Syndicate
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