High Point Edits on Road Funds and Air Line Plan
The piece discusses three points: the need for road funding to aid employment, defense, and maintenance. the value of nationally integrated roads with an air service between Norfolk and a Tennessee junction city. and a North Carolina newspaper critique that warns against fragile profitability and subsidy dependence while opposing a Raleigh to Guilford airport branch as a mere partial aim.
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Norfolk
Tennessee
North Carolina
The
News and Observer
Pennsylvania Central Air Lines
Raleigh
Guilford County
Butyl rubber and road funding shape postwar policy
The piece notes a shift to synthetic rubber with butyl from petroleum, produced in collaboration by Standard Oil of New Jersey and Firestone, reducing reliance on distant Dutch and British sources. It also discusses federal road funding, veto risks, and the need for continued highway aid to meet urgent postwar construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Firestone
Naval Rubber
Kesman
Germany
Hemis
Washington
House of Representatives
White House
Humor's Place in Serious Times
Dr. Forrest C. Feezer of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Raleigh told Lexington High School graduates that the world needs the power to laugh in good clean fun. He argued dictators lack humor and would not tolerate it, noting that humor can ease tense times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest C. Feezer
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Raleigh
Lexington High School
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Europe
Lexington Dispatch
Question of the East West Air Line
North Carolina testimony on an east west airmail route stalled after Civil Aeronautics Authority examiners issued an adverse recommendation for a certificate of convenience and necessity. Backers urged linking national defense with commercial flying and urged continued effort despite the setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Defense
City and country salesmen differ in time use and output
A study by H C Nolen of Ohio State compares 47 city and 34 country salesmen over 63 and 41 days. City men work faster per call and idle less, averaging 441 minutes daily with 47 minutes per call, while country sellers average 75 minutes per call and idle 86 minutes daily. The findings urge using samples over circulars and stress time as a key asset for both urban and rural salesmen.
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H. C. Nolen
Ohio State University
Columbus
Professor Nolen
Nolen
Samles
High Heaven
Theft of Nobleman's Locket in Siam Reported
The article notes the theft of a gold locket containing a nobleman's tooth in Siam. It mentions awaiting a new plate and suggests the molar may be kept in a glass of water as a precaution.
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Siam
Caution Warns Elders Amid Doubtful Epide mic Talk
A wary note urges elders to think twice before speaking as uncertain talk spreads doubt. The message links cautious speech to a broader epidemic of misinformation.
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Local News Briefs
Two political rallies are scheduled for tonight. Finals at William Penn High School were largely attended last night. B Newton of 404 Ward Street is in Guilford General Hospital after being kicked and injured by a cow. Dr George T Wood and his brother Carl Wood are at Paradise Point. James J Farris Jr has returned to New York after visiting home. Miss Mary Elizabeth Perry has returned from Hollins College for vacation.
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William Penn High School
B. Newton
Ward Street
Guilford General Hospital
George T. Wood
Carl Wood
Paradise Point
James J. Farris, Jr
New York
Mary Elizabeth Perry
Hollins College
el Rancho
7Th Avenue
Pell Street
Paul's
Nostra
Flatbush Avenues
New Orleans
111Th
Broadway
Pat
B'way
6Th
Canary Cottage
8Th Street
6Th Avenue
Greenwich Village
Uptown
Irving's Delicatessen
Balilla
Bleeker
East Broadway
39Th Street
6Th Ave
West 45Th
Forgetting and a Sunday butcher jam episode
A fragmented reminiscence of lost love contrasts with a comic night club tale. Al Donahue hosts a musician whose wife insists on dinner prep revealing a butcher shop jam session after hours. The humor hinges on a holiday miscue and the shopkeepers’ excuse.
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al Donahue
Yale Men’s Popularity Poll Draws Notable Replies
Yale boys relay results from M. Todds Music Hall about Ann Sheridan placing first and another competitor taking second in the Yale men's annual popularity poll. Gypsy Rose Lee responds with a quip calling Sheridan a swell General.
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Yale
DeSylva Loses MGM Job Amid War Woes and Witty Gossip
B G DeSylva, creator of Louisiana Purchase, was dismissed by MGM head Louis B Mayer after a tense exchange about the movie business and war losses. The column weaves satirical chatter on Nazi talk, theater life, and a parade of New York dining and reporting quips from Bugs Baer, Burns Mantle, and others.
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Bugs Baer
Burns
Gypsy Rose Lee
Gardner Receives Honorary LL D at Wake Forest
Governor O Max Gardner was awarded an honorary LL D at Wake Forest University commencement. President Hoover announced law enforcement plans to strengthen prohibition efforts. Henry Ford spent the night at the White House.
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O. Max Gardner
Wake Forest
Hoover
Henry Ford
White House
High Point to Attend North Carolina Shippers Meeting in Raleigh
Local report notes High Point will be represented at a Raleigh meeting of North Carolina shippers. Dr F W Frye received a 201 purse from Southside Baptist Church after presenting a series of talks. Cameron Morrison leads early in the gubernatorial primary. People include Mrs C J Jones and children visiting relatives in High Point, Florence Pitts arriving from Orlando, and Miss Louis Ingram visiting Chapel Hill.
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High Point
North Carolina
Raleigh
F. W., Frye
Southside Baptist Church
Cameron Morrison
C. J. Jones
Clyde
President Wilson Abandons Hope for Congress Action
In a brief statement to railroad union leaders President Wilson says he has given up hope Congress will pass constructive legislation. In Columbus Judge E B Kinkead declares that divorce evil is unknown in the Salvation Army.
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Wilson
Congress
E. B. Kinkead
Columbus
Ohio
Salvation Army
McGowan Calls Economic Cleanup Amid War Uncertainty
Rev. R A McGowan of the National Catholic Welfare Conference urges Americans to tidy their economic lives not only to avoid wartime urges but to prepare for a grim world likely to follow the conflict.
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R. A. McGowan
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Rumors and wartime rumors ripple through New York
A flurry of speculative chatter links Woodward’s Bellevue stay to Kings County, while unemployed sailors near San Francisco face mobilization questions. Whispers claim Carl Byoir could join a five man War publicity board and a Winchell for President sign is seen in Byoir’s office. A city editor hints Hitler’s obituary awaits in the desk spike.
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New York City
Woodward
Bellevue
Kings County
San Francisco
FDR
Carl Byoir
Byoir
Winchell
Hitler
Nations schools urged as defense training centers
Washington reports a clash over rearmament training between the National Youth Administration led by Aubrey Williams and the Office of Education headed by J. W. Studebaker. The Education plan would repurpose existing schools and teachers to produce 150000 single skilled workers by summer and up to 750000 within a year at an estimated cost of 63.4 million dollars, without new machinery or buildings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
Office of Education
J. W. Studebaker
Williams
Studebaker
Indust
NYA Training Capacity Poised to Expand Youth Jobs
NYA cites 134 youths already employed in skilled trades while proposing that up to 100 million of 250 million earmarked for youth training could broaden facilities to serve 450000 youths. Critics warn of bottlenecks in machine tool supply and argue for refresher courses to recall rusted skills amid Mussolini rhetoric about offering dangerous opportunities.
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National Youth Administration
Sch
NYA
Office of
Edition
Chine
Tra
Monroe Doctrine Aims to Bar Transfer of Hemisphere Lands
Congress seems set to hold to the Monroe Doctrine even if Germany wins the war. A proposed measure would require immediate consultation with other American republics if transfers or attempts to transfer possessions in the hemisphere occur. The piece contrasts this stance with a domestic anecdote about Margie Berry and Maw.
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Congress
Germany
United Sta
Margie Berry
Maw
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National Adv
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New Yok City
E. H. Chapin
United States
Chamberlain
Thomas Hood
Ben Battles
Winifred H. Nash
Dale
Carnegie
Hal
Walter Winchell
Fred K
B. G. DeSylva
Louisiana Purchase
Sid Silvers
L. B. Mayer
MGM
Sid
Mayer
Mrs. Mesoofsky
Mr. Hitler
Rourke MacCormack
Hell
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América
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Bruce Catton
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