NRA at One Year and a Year Hence
The piece analyzes the National Industrial Recovery Act and its broad economic impact. It notes both support for improved wages, hours, and child labor limits and concerns about regulation, with a view toward NRA's future scope and possible simplification. The discussion highlights government aims to lift living standards and sustain the economy through industry self-government and government approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pope
Bear Brand Hosiery Co
NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act
Herfee
General Johnson Attacks NRA Critics in Charleston Speech
General Hugh S Johnson denounced the Clarence Darrow review board and press critics in Charleston West Virginia calling the board communist and an attack on the NRA. He accused papers of bias and claimed the board ignored data on codes while suppressing testimony. The article says Johnson lacks fact but praises his courage while urging tact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh 8. Johnson
Charleston
West Virginia
NRA
Johnson
Labor a fair portion in relation to its efforts in creating and continuing the set-up
A terse note highlights labor's substantial share in building and sustaining the setup. It emphasizes ongoing commitment and coordinated effort across teams to maintain the system. The statement frames labor as central to development and stability.
Maxwell Defends Proposed NC Constitution Against Criticism
Revenue Commissioner Allen J. Maxwell answers six criticisms by Attorney General Dennis Brummitt in a lengthy statement. He argues the revised basic law removes outdated restrictions and better organize public service, schools, and taxation. Maxwell urges critics to debate on the merits and notes his impartial, factual defense of the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Maxwell
Dennis G. Brummitt
Brummitt
North Carolina
Maxwell
Mummies and Stars in Rambler Notes by W A Bivins
Egyptian mummy arrives in the city drawing attention for its age. The lifelike signs are gone and the face shows the long silence of death across eight millennia.
Stars and mummies pondered in ancient Egyptian lore
Friends and relatives hoped the deceased would awaken. records show no reincarnation in animals or sacred symbols. Embalming preserved bodies for millennia as pyramids rose and stars guided navigators. The piece links heavens, mortality, and the soul, noting Keats and the Egyptian belief in resurrection.
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Apis
Great
Pyramid of
Cheops
Keats
Men and Ants Provide Lesson on Human Progress
The Christian Science Monitor laments the heavy penalty of progress yet argues humans can rise above ant like drive. It urges dreaming and prayer as spiritual satisfactions guiding future advances beyond material aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Nations say they cannot pay what they owe to the United States
England France and Germany all echo that they cannot pay their debts to the United States. The recurring refrain highlights a shared fiscal strain and a habit of deferral rather than full settlement, reflecting postwar economic tensions among major powers.
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England
France
Germany
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt backs independent agency to settle labor disputes
The president is accused of avoiding direct settlement by proposing a committee or independent agency to mediate between employers and organized labor. He notes the peacemaker’s thorny path and recalls Theodore Roosevelt’s earlier support for such an agency, warning against too many cooks spoiling the broth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Col Milton 85 Celebrates Birthday in Greensboro
Col. D. H. Milton, who vividly recalls the last year of the Civil War, turned 85 yesterday. A birthday dinner was hosted by his son R. H. Milton in Greensboro. He remains one of the most spirited elderly citizens, citing Uncle Joe Cannon’s sunset quote.
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Col
D. H. Milton
R. H. Milton
Greensboro
Joe Cannon
Drought Prayers End in Blazing Tirade in Stanly County
In Stanly County a man named Jess Brown blamed Deacon Jones for a ruining drought after a heavy rainstorm battered crops. He became enraged, drank heavily, and threatened the Deacon with a six shot pistol, vowing never to have rain prayers again.
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Milton
Jess Brown
Stanly County
Jess
Primitive Baptists
Deacon Jones
Jones
Six Month Interims and Father Day Reflections
The piece muses on Congress adjournment and a six month lull in politics before state sessions begin. It notes Dad Day and Father figures in society, then discusses balloon tires for wheelbarrows improving efficiency and reducing labor in heavy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Twisted Clay and Desire to Kill in New Mystery Lineup
A contemporary review surveys two thrillers and a West Point study in discipline. Walford’s Twisted Clay follows a 15 year old girl’s murderous escape from Vienna and a chilling descent into madness. Campbell’s Desire to Kill centers on a poison dinner party and a murder ring, where Dinah Blake is framed until a detective uncovers the truth. Wohlforth’s Tin Soldiers reframes West Point life through a human lens, tracing cadets from admission to graduation under stern training.
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Tolay
Kendall
New York
Mr. Walford
Jean Deslines
Jean
Murray
Vienna
Dr. Murray
O'Flannagan
Alice Campbell
Farrar and Rinehart
Dorinda Quarles
Helen Roderick
Tommy Rostetter
Dorinda
Dinah Blake
Dinah
Miss Campbell
United States Military Academy
West Point
Robert Wohlforth
King
Wohlforth
John Emery
Alwin
Princeton
Emil Kranz
Husky
Dok Cipriano
Paul Capley
Exeter Academy
Art Banks
West Point Life and Early Career in 1920s Novels
A critical review surveys a novel about a misunderstood astronomer Bernard Le Pere and the harsh West Point environment exposing hazing and caste dynamics. It also discusses Ted Lloyd’s Pulitizer prize winning book about a press agent turned public affairs man and the flaws in its sensational plotting.
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Ted Lloyd
Empire
New York
Lloyd
Larry Layton
Larry
Pulitizer
Kindberg
Christopher
Boston
D. C. Potter
Mussolini
Queen Maris of
Roumania
Rudyard Kipling
Edwin Markham
Thomas A. Edison
Dickens Gathers Fresh Interest With Copperfield Revival
The Modern Library edition of David Copperfield reprints 1850 illustrations and broadens access, amid renewed attention to Dickens after The Life of Our Lord discovery. The June Modern Monthly and Panorama also feature essays on MacLeish, unemployment, and Viereck, with new novels and Millay poetry forthcoming.
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Charles Dickens
Davi Copperfield
Moder Library
New York
Phil
Ernest Hemingway
Marcel Proust
James Branch Cabell
Dickens
David Copperfield
Modern Monthly
Rolf Humphries
Archibald MacLeish
W. F. Calverton
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Ge. M. Waynick
Ann Ee
Oidh Point
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Associated Presses
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Pater
High Point
N. CG
W. A. Bivins
Mummies and
Jamestown
Congress
General Assembly
Lucreine
Adam
Japan
By Betty and
John Mebane
Bernard le Pere
Chicago
Carl Crowson
Mr. Crowson
Potter
Crowson
Edwin Brant Frost
Panorama
H. L. Mencken
American Mercury
Mr. Mencken
Paul Eldridge
George Sylvester Viereck
George Swastika Viereck
Viereck
Barrett H. Clark
Andre Gide
Ilya Ehrenburg
Ehrenburg
Russia
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Stanley Rinehart
London
Luminous Isle
Eliot Bliss
Fingland
Raymond Otis
New Mexico
Gollancz
Jack Naked
John Hampson
Charles Lloyd-Jones
Hugh Walpole
Lord Berners
Edna ST. Vincent Millay
Eugene Boissevain
America
Miss Millay
Harper & Brothers
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