In the Same Boat Critique Of Black Connery Bill
Claudius Murchison president of the Cotton Textile Institute denounces the bill as the epitome of legislaire tragedy and warns it would sound the death knell of organized labor and freedom in industrial enterprise. He argues for a floor under wages and a ceiling on hours to secure prosperity and stability for industry and workers. He notes the Federal government's NLRA power and urges labor to accept shared responsibility for the system to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudius Murchison
Cotton Textile Institute
Murchison
National Labor Relations Board
Individual Communities Must Carry the Ball in State Advertising
Mr. J. L. Horne Jr. explains the Boards of Conservation and Development plan to promote North Carolina to the world. He says the state is virgin territory for manufacturers and tourism, and local communities must back the statewide program to enrich the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Horne, Jr
Board of Conservation and Development Advertising Committee
North Carolina
Witness Chair Cheers High Point Winston-Salem Road Project
From the Witness Chair column Zeb Wendell testifies to improvement hopes of residents forming an association to develop the High Point Winston-Salem road. The piece praises roadside beautification birdlife sanctuary and services expansion while warning against cheap honky tonks and urging support from the highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeb Wendell
High Point
Winston-Salem Road
Highway Department
The Bad Business of Hitch Hiking
A second report in a week warns of danger from hitchhikers who turn on drivers offering rides. The piece argues thumbing breeds risk, indolence among wanderers, and threatens social responsibility by encouraging dependence and lawless behavior.
Complaint Over Store Hours Sparks Community Debate
Merchants and shoppers praise new store hours while a lone man complains of inconvenience. The piece argues the real issue is an overly long working day, not the schedule itself, urging shorter hours for all workers.
Police recover stolen car in brief High Point action
Editor J I Groome thanks the High Point police for efficient service after his car was stolen Saturday night. The theft was reported at 11 p m and the vehicle was recovered within 45 minutes and returned to him. The letter closes with Groome’s signature and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
High Point
When Hollywood Would Charge Cast for Not Appearing
A speculative look imagines film accounting billing every actor who is cut from a project. It weighs the creative and financial implications of paying for nonappearance and the effect on film credits, publicity, and studio budgets.
Lansing WPA school boiler project completes amid heat
The WPA funded school boiler project in Lansing Michigan has been completed and is ready to face government critique. The article notes the impact on locals who dressed too warmly for summer picnics as new restrictions approach.
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Lansing
Mich
Chains Across Mt Airy Cemetery Do Not Stop Love
The Mt Airy action of placing heavy chains across cemetery entrances to deter courting couples fails to quell love. The author notes love’s long history of surviving persecution by both church and state, predicting courting will move elsewhere yet endure beyond barriers and authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh News and Observer
Airy
Mt. Airy
Mr. Airy
North Carolina faces danger from gunmen on roads
A Wilmington News column contrasts Spain’s bomb terror with North Carolina’s highway violence. It argues the state endures deadly danger from reckless drivers and attackers, likening local streets to a war zone and noting Tar Heels’ awareness of Spain’s peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Spain
Wilmington News
Dividends of Crime Judge Burgwyn’s Harsh Sentencing
A North Carolina judge in New Hanover Superior Court sentenced seven defendants to long prison terms. The piece argues such severity could curb the state’s rising crime record and urges more judges to adopt this punitive approach.
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Wilmington News
New Manover Superior Court
Burgwyn
Woodland
Our
Family Journal
North Carolina
High Commissioner McNutt Calls Duram Incident Closed
In a rare concession McNutt declares the so called toast incident closed. He noted he warned Ie landa residents not to toast while Quezon and officials laughed. Manila colony later confined to toasting the king and queen as a model for proper conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Herald
McNutt
Ielanda
Manuel Quezon
State Department
Quezon
Manila
Crime pays and should fund prison costs, Salisbury Post argues
The Salisbury Post argues crime must pay its own way and fund prison camps in the state. It notes bootleggers and racketeers amass wealth and warns against lenient fines or short sentences. Strong criminals should face heavy fines and lengthy prison terms to protect society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem Journal
Salisbury Post
Post
America
al Capone
Federal wage hour bill seen eased by state experience
Washington report notes that if the Black Connery wage hour bill passes, administration will draw on eight states with similar laws. Elinore Herrick, New York official, testifies that a federal Labor Standards Board would use state methods, hold hearings, and rely on penalties only as last resort. She argues such boards curb lax enforcement and remain accountable to Congress.
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Washington
New York
Ben Cohen
Benate
House
Elinore M. Herrick
Federal Labor Standards Board
NRA
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Black and
Connery
Federal Board
Herrick
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Women's Bureau
Joe Tipaldo
Supreme Court
Tipaldo
Labor Standards Board
NLRB
Congress
Diary Observations From New York Day by Day June Diary
The entry records a day in New York with visits to docks and West 47th Street, a sickening anonymous letter about poisoning dogs from Seymour Indiana, and a London reading of BF. Phillips Oppenheim. Hamish McLaurin travels from California to Nyack then resettles on the coast as others leave. The author notes cinema crushes on Menjou Gable Taylor Morrie and wraps with a memory of corn shucks and a long cool nap.
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New York
Villier
West 47Th Street
Seymour
Ind
Hamish McLaurin
California
Nyack
Bhimly Ringling
Deana Cornwell
Will Fye
Henry Selle
Long Island
Phillips Oppenheim
Island of
Gurnesey
Lyme
Adolphe Menjou
Menjou
Parte
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Wayne Morrie
Guilford County Opens 30 Foot Highway Link to Greensboro
Over 100 residents from High Point attend a dinner at the King Cotton hotel to celebrate the completion and opening of the new 30 foot highway between High Point and Greensboro. Hoffman Drug Store is formally opened tonight by proprietor Joseph F Hoffman, recently returned from Gastonia.
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High Point
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Guilford County
Hoffman Drug Store
Joseph F. Hoffman
Hoffman
Gastonia
EB. F. Nance
J. H. Vestal
City Health de
Rain of Fish Linked to Waterspouts Worldwide
The phenomenon occurs when small fish are drawn up by waterspouts then transported and dropped far away, a rare but recurring event reported in various regions.
Flickering Lights From Generator Speed Variation
A fluctuation in generator speed or a loose ground somewhere on the line causes electric lights to flicker, dim, and then brighten again.
Boorish bread and butter banter in fashionable dinners
A whimsical note observes that chic hosts abandon bread and butter at dinners as boorish. It notes dogs attempting to grasp human talk, showing a serious mood and a kinship between canine and human longing for meaning.
Noel Coward Hums Through Modest Curtain Remarks
A slice of Noel Coward’s readable autobiography recalls his boyish, glowingly modest curtain speeches when called out by an enthusiastic audience member. The anecdote captures his wit and stage persona in a brief, vivid moment.
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Coward
New York
Noel Coward
New Glass Necktie Sparks Crash Suspicions
The artifact called the new glasse necktie is suspected to be just another form of crash. Investigators warn of potential dangers as experts examine its effects and origins.
Roman Senators Appointed for Life Felt No Urgent Appeal
The article notes that Roman senators were appointed for life and rarely challenged or appealed such judgments, reflecting the stability of their political system.
Miss Minard Organizes Red Cross Auxiliary in Thomasville
Twenty years ago a local note reports Miss Minard in Thomasville today organizing an auxiliary to the Red Cross chapter. Misa V. Idol left for Nashville Tennessee to tend the Peabody summer seda, per brief items.
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Minard
Thomasville
Red Cross
Misa V. Idol
Nasville
Tenn
Peabody
Germany seeks renewed peace efforts amid war strain
A brief from Brooklyn reports a sugar plant blast last night killed 20 people. A Point Pleasant hail storm this morning caused considerable garden damage.
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Germany
Brooklyn
Point
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R. B. Terry Publishers
Brammett
OLT
McPhersgon
Business Mgr Editor
Pale Point
Neasby
Associated Press
N. C
KA Special Adv
New York City
God
Dexter
Winston-Salem Highway
Hollywood
Rodney Dutcher
Enterprise Washington Correspondent
Partment
Wilal Welborn
Clyde Conné
Lake Junaluska
Epworth League
Si Street
Trey Barker
Bilmore
State Normal School
Asheville
Bessie Pope
Grace Kariakides
A. Muse
J. W. Jamison
Ing
Order of the Eastern Star
Salisbury
Richard EB. Byrd
Lindbergh
Mitchell Field
Vine
George Clar
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