France and Britain struggle in war and recovery insights
The article discusses the fall of France to Germany, Britain’s resolve to continue the fight, and potential U.S. aid. It notes French demography and Maginot line critique, then shifts to American soil with King’s improved farm methods and a push for cover crops. It cites Senator Pittman’s stance and Admiral Stirling’s cautious optimism about Allied victory and U.S. arms support to Britain.
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Pittman
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Lindbergh
Europe
France
England
United States
Yates Stirling
Britain
Germany
Yates
Flanders
Roosevelt
Note on Letters to the Editor Policy
The paper states anonymous letters to the editor are not published. It notes a letter signed High Point Citizen, Legionnaire and Taxpayer could be published if the author signs and sponsors his own judgment openly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
In Agriculture In midst of wars we should not forget
A brief editorial urges prioritizing agriculture amid conflict. It argues that farming sustains populations during wartime and calls for policy focus, resource support, and stability for farmers to avert hunger and economic collapse.
Not the Job Itself It’s You says Dale Carnegie
Carnegie argues grit and initiative beat any dull bookkeeping grind. He cites real success stories from a Delhi bookkeeper who built Royal Dutch/Shell, W R Burnett who rose from adding machines to writing Little Caesar, and an inventor who created the Multigraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
India
Royal Dutch Shelf Oil Company
Chicago
Edward G. Robinson
Success Scrap Book Invitation for Readers
Readers are invited to cut out columns and assemble a personal success scrap book to review and study as a text book on success. The appeal emphasizes ongoing self improvement through collected articles and tips from the paper.
High Point to Host North Carolina American Legion meet
The North Carolina State Convention of the American Legion will be held in High Point with Andrew Jackson Post No. 87 as host. The memorial service is Sunday evening and Monday features a big parade and drum and bugle corps contests.
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the Enterprise
Scattergood Baines
WWNC
Asheville
Charlotte
American Legion
High Point
N. C
WM. Wrigley JR
H. S. Webster, Adv
Mgr
North Carolina
the American Legion
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
Veterans of
Arthur Godfrey and Society Snapshots in a Quick Satire
A satirical column riffs on public figures and events. Tennessee marriage talk about Jessel, Canadian visitors, Berle’s mother on a bus, Bucknell and Berlin, Carmel Snow and Harper's Bazaar, Sam Goldwyn's pay, Mayer-Sid Silvers gag, and a gossip cue from The Stork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Godfrey
Tennessee
Jessel
M. Berle
5Th Avenue
Bucknell University
Irving Berlin
Carmel Snow
Louise Macy
Jock Whitney
Uhhoney
Paris
Harper's Bazaar
Sam Goldwyn
Meyer Davis
L. B. Mayer
Sid Silvers
Buddy DeSylva
Silvers
MGM
Stork
Onyx Club’s Swing Era Legacy and Altered Fate
The Onyx Club on Swing Street helped launch stars like Farley and Reilly and Stuff Smith with Maxine Sullivan. Owner Joe Helbeck could not ride the swing craze to lasting wealth and later bartended at the Riviera.
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Onyx Club
Swing Street
5Th
6Th Avenues
Farley & Reilly
Stuff Smith
Maxine Sullivan
Joe Helbeck
The
Riviera
Broadway Farce in Preparation and Mixed News from Europe
The item notes Jim Crouch preparing Broadway piece No Bed Of Billy Roses and reports on Sir Hubert Wilkins departing for Lisbon. It mentions a Jersey brawl at Rhumba Casino, backers buying out Walk With Music producers, and casts of DuBarry and Louisiana singing the national anthem at finales. A Life photographer faces and then clears a charge in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Crouch
Hubert Wilkins
Lisbon
Lowther
Jersey
Rhumba
West End
N. J
England
Las Vegas
L. Effingham de Forest
Anne Marston
Tennyrate
S.r
Hitler
Paris
Helen of Troy
Aqua backstage crackdowns spark Fury at Aquacade show
Aquacade members protest backstage rules dubbed The Aqua Concentration Camp. Stage manager Jack Young is mocked as Jack von Young as tensions rise over strict control backstage.
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Aquacade
Aqua Concentration Camp
Jack Young
Jack von Young
Maidenform
Bayonne
Inez Freer
Future Wives of America
Louisville Bell
Walter Edge, Jr
Sec'y of Commerce
Hopkin
David
Cherry Preisser
Steve Condos
Wake Up
London
Smart Cafe
Pierre
Detroit Attorney Challenges Hoover and F B I Criticism
A Detroit attorney speaking before The National Lawyers Guild on May 31 argues ongoing criticism of the F B I and J Edgar Hoover weakens federal power and prompts continued coverage. He recalls a prior campaign to “blow the man down” and notes renewed effort to rewrite his story fifteen years later.
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Detroit
National Lawyers’ Guild
Hoover
F. B. IL
Uproar and intrigue ripple through wartime social pages
Last Wednesday night in the Bronx Jerk McW collected $8 to fund alleged slander suits against the World Telegram and WWP S for calling him a Kluxer. The Bund drops its Kuhn appeal. Fritz Wie derenn and Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe were seen at Sequoia National Park under assumed names. The American Fellowship Forum canceled an advertised dinner at Hotel Abbey amid mystery and chatter.
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Winchell
Bronx
Jerk McW
The
World-Telegram
W. W
P. S
Weber & Fields
LaGuardia Field
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
Sabbatino
Kuhn
van Horn Moseley
Fritz Wiederenn
San Francisco
Stephanie Hohenlohe
Sequoia National Park
American Fellowship Forum
Abbey
Local Band to Offer Friday Night Concert
Local city band plans a Friday night concert. W L Stamey a 54 year old jeweler died last night after a long illness. Several High Point boys attend YMCA Summer Camp near Old Fort. Hugh Murrill Jr of Charlotte visits. Virginia McEwen to arrive from Minnesota University. Wyatt Hester of Hendersonville visiting his brother Walter.
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W. L. Stamey
High Point
Y.M.C.A
Old Fort
Hugh Murrill, Jr
Charlotte
Virginia McEwen
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Wyatt Hester
Hendersonville
Walter Hester
Dies Committee expansion eyed to wage nationwide drive
Bruce Catton in Washington July 17 reports the Dies Committee plans a permanent central office with regional units to combat Fifth Column activity. Rep. Martin Dies seeks $100,000 more and aims to make the panel a standing committee to sustain a broad index of over 100,000 names and materials on Communist and front groups.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Martin Dies
Texas
Dies
Ismites
United States
Prohibition Agent Slain by Rum Runners in Goldsboro
News brief reports P L Flinchum, a prohibition agent, was killed by rum runners in Goldsboro early today. The item also notes Cole Blease begins his Senate campaign in South Carolina and that the naval pact faces a Monday vote in Washington.
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P. L. Flinchum
Goldsboro
Cole Blease
Senate
South Carolina
Washington
Whiskey still captured near Prospect Church in county raid
Twenty years ago a 65 gallon whiskey still was seized last night by Deputy Sheriff J. E. Wagner and Officer Martin near Prospect Church. The Twins defeated the Furniture Makers 5 to 2 in yesterday afternoon’s baseball game.
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J. E. Wagner
Martin
Prospect Church
Twins
James McAnally Leaves for Trinity College Bible School
James McAnally departed for Durham today to attend a Bible school at Trinity College. Miss Elizabeth Jones left for Newport Tennessee to visit relatives. Mrs. W H Slane is expected home today after a visit in Conway Arkansas.
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James McAnally
Durham
Trinity College
Elizabeth Jones
Newport
Tenn
W. H. Slane
Conway
Ark
Plague Fight in Pensacola and NYC Apartment Boom
Pensacola faces bubonic plague threat as health measures unfold. New York City approves construction of 160000 additional apartments to expand housing supply. The War Department allocates 6000 motor vehicles to the national guard for mobilization.
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Pensacola
Fla
New York City
War Department
National Guard
Vention blinds for cars cut glare on rear window
The article notes new device introduction to reduce glare through the rear windshield. It mentions temporary use of lace curtains and a picket fence around the running board as immediate visual ideas.
How Do Chickens Get In
A Tit-Bits humorous quip from a nature lesson ends with a pupil asking how chicks get back into shells after they hatch. The line captures playful classroom banter about animal reproduction.
Congressman Thorkelson Honored Guest in Montana Event
The Forum, led by Dr Friedrich Anhagen, is accused of Nazi sympathies. The piece questions why Rep J Thorkelson did not challenge Rep Sabath over Nazi allegations in Congress and hints at threats of federal prison amid a tense exchange.
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J. Thorkelson
Montana
Freidrich E. Anhagen
Sabath
Congress
Tax on Idle Money, a Remedy for Tech Unemployment
New York writer and inventor C. W. Hazelett argues a tax on idle money is the natural and proper solution to technological unemployment, framing it as a financial reform to counter automation job losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hazelett
New York
Townsend Urges Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Indiana Governor M C Townsend calls for a counter offensive to bolster democracy by strengthening institutions and by ensuring they are actively used in governance. He argues that democracy grows strong when institutions are exercised and reinforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
M. C. Townsend
Indiana
Military spending share echoed by Wallace figure
Agriculture Secretary Wallace warns that if the nation must allocate as large a share of income to military preparedness as Germany has, annual expenditures could reach about 20 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wallace
Public Hesitation on Involving U.S. in European War
The excerpt shows debate over American readiness for active aid in Europe. President told Premier Reynaud only Congress can commit, while Lindbergh questions entangling in old world wars and urges building defenses. The tone reflects isolationist sentiment and warning about entanglement.
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Reynaud
Congress
Charles A. Lindburgh
Paw
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