President Hoover faces steady congressional rebuke and decline
The article notes that Hoover's standing in Congress has deteriorated as the Senate passes the veterans' compensation bill 66 to 6 against him. It attributes party disaffection to personal antipathy rather than policy flaws, suggesting a fragile prospects for a political rebound as Hoover lingers two years from a national convention.
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Senate
Congress
Hoover
Wilson
National Party
Report on Soviet Designs From Paris Exiles
A claimed source of Soviet influence in the United States cites Russian royalists exiled in Paris as saying Moscow funds propaganda with about a half to a million dollars. The piece cautions that exiles may not be reliable and urges calm while noting Moscow’s push to spread communism beyond Russia.
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United States
Paris
Moscow
Edison scholarship contest spurs youth science effort
A column discusses the Edison scholarship program, noting photos of contenders in a national contest and the aim to nurture promising youths with scientific training. It weighs praise for early instruction against the view that genius is innate and highlights Edison’s belief in measured, practical study to advance science.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Charles Paddock
Mr. Edison
Mr. Holison
Earth
Soviet Leaders Press Global Utopian Ambitions
The piece argues Soviet chieftains push world revolution through spiritual colonization, labeling it offensive. It notes denials from Moscow of meddling and contrasts official stance with royalist skeptics who see hope only in Soviet failure, urging vigilance by citizens.
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Russia
Moscow
How Britain Will Try To Hold India
A British plan, based on Simon Commission proposals, favors an all India federation granting Hindu nationalism within the empire. Britain would retain some control, viewing federation as a concession to spheroid resistance, with independence limited and controlled under the imperial flag.
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Britain
India
John Simon
Tinkham Hedged In His Statement
Bishop Cannon challenges Congressman Tinkham over a statement he made on the floor of Congress. The bishop aims to force exact wording as a potential libel suit looms, with Tinkham described as a bright target due to an estimated twenty million personal estate.
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Cannon
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Aon
Brecketshop
India and Romania face historic turning points in world view
The piece contrasts Kipling's East versus West with India's push for home rule and independence led by Gandhi while Britain remains a distant partner. It also notes Romania's return of King Carol II, highlighting national reverence for rulers and the American ideal of leadership by merit.
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India
Great Britain
Kipling
Gandhi
Rumania
Carol II
Michael
Romania
Carol
The Edison Encouragement Explains Inventor and Scientist
The Edison encouragement defines the inventor as one who sees a need for a new device and dedicates time to experimentation. The scientist is an intelligent person motivated by inner drive or external encouragement to study proven data and extend its findings.
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Edison
Safety drive cuts Fourth of July deaths over years
The Independence Day celebration prompts focus on safety education as mortality from the holiday declines. Yet many deaths remain avoidable. twenty years ago families faced widespread sorrow when celebrations ended, a toll that falls each year but persists.
Life’s risks demand prudent choices and purposeful service
The text asserts that life offers inherent dangers but emphasizes that a life sacrificed carelessly lacks virtue. It frames deliberate dedication to a principle or service as redeeming the waste of risk, contrasting accidental loss with purposeful, virtue-filled sacrifice.
Notable injuries loom in postwar celebration spirit
Accidents that cripple the body pose a prob lem of revival celebrations. The text argues strength and able-bodiedness are needed to live life to the fullest during the 76 spirit.
Republican Cop Suspect in Panic Wall Street Remark
A New York police officer involved in an arrest amid a market downturn is described as a staunch Republican in the readable fragment. The note cites the officer shouting Panic on Wall Street during the incident.
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New York Newsy
Wall Street
Ten North Carolina youths earn Carolina Farmer degrees
Ten young North Carolinians received the Carolina Farmer degree from the Young Tar Heel Farmers at NC State College. Recipients, from counties including Cleveland Guilford Wayne Richmond Robeson Montgomery and Yadkin, reported profits and substantial savings from projects in cotton tobacco poultry corn dairy and more. Each, with required academic and leadership marks, totals show profits ranging up to 2793.66 and savings up to 1550.
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Raleigh
Carolina Farmer
Young Tar Heel Farmers Organization
N. C. State College
Savings Bank
Herbert Grigg
Lattimore High School
Cleveland County
Wyan Washburn
Andrew Blackwood
Sumner High School
Guilford County
Woodrow Sutton
Rosewood High School
Wayne County
Kay L. Dawkins
Rockingham High School
Richmond County
Rufus Fipps
Tabor High School
Columbus County
Charlie Thomas
Troy High School
Montgomery County
Norman W. Corriher
Rowan County Farm School
Roman County
Hugh Doak Barden
Orrum High School
Robeson County
Ford Brindle
Booneville High School
Yadkin County
Lindbergh Baby's Name Unselected
At Elglewood New Jersey on June 24 the public weighed possible names for Charles A Lindbergh Jr. The Morrow household remained reticent while visitors sent telegrams from around the world and gifts arrived for the newborn son on Anne Lindbergh's 24th birthday.
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President Hoover
Don Manuel CC
Tellez
Washington
Sersons
Lindberghs
Lew McCarty Ex Manager of Bulls Dies in Reading
Durham baseball figure Red Rowe received a wire Monday that Lew McCarty former Bulls manager in 1926 and 1927 has died in Reading Pennsylvania. McCarty was a former major league player who appeared in two world series with the Giants in 1917 and with Brooklyn in 1916.
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Red’ Rowe
Durham
Lew McCarty
Bulls
McCarty
Reading
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Co-eds in Shorts Appear on Marshall College Campus
On the Marshall College campus in Huntington, coeds wear dark blue silk shorts and low necked sports shirts. Men’s reaction is unclear and officials have not issued a statement, though authorities are not expected to intervene.
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Huntington
W. V
Marshall College
Coroner's Jury Clears Spartanburg Man in Fatal Fall
A coroner's jury freed Earl Boyd of Spartanburg after ruling Lester Fletcher of Gaffney died from injuries from a fall from a truck following an affray between the two men. In separate note, Wilmington cancels its Feast of the Pirates festival this year as city commissioners decide against it.
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Apfney
Earl Boyd
Spartanburg
Lester Fletcher
Gaffney
Boyd
Fletcher
Ilmington
N.C
Wilmington
Hickory lifeguard saves man from water cramps
Johnny H. Regan Jr., a Lake Hickory life guard, pulled W. H. Carpenter from the water after he was seized by cramps, credited with saving his life.
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Ickory
N. C
Johnny H. Regan, Jr
Lake Hickory
W. H. Carpenter
Death ends last Rowan Rifle Guards survivor
David Lewis Holfhouser, age 80, died here as the final living member of the Rowan Rifle Guards Confederate company. The longtime veteran, once part of the unit also known as the Rowan Rifles, was the last survivor from the crack regiment.
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Rowan Rifle Guards
Confederate Army
David Lewis Holfhouser
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Prominent Charlotte Doctor Dr. Charles Misenheimer Dies
Dr. Charles A. Misenheimer a 73 year old Charlotte physician died at his home after several months illness. He was a leading medical figure in the city.
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Harlotte
N. C
Charles A. Misenheimer
Charlotte
Prohibition Raid Destroys Stills Near Here
Prohibition Agent D F Wide conducted a one man raid near here destroying two stills and 1 200 gallons of beer along with three gallons of whiskey. One operator was arrested in the operation carried out by AP.
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D. F. Widehouse
Here
Prompition’ N. C
Daisy Smith Killed by Car. Monroe, Ga Driver Bond Set
Daisy Smith, four year old daughter of George N. Smith, died after being struck by a motor vehicle in Aaleigh. J. T. Landers of Monroe, Georgia, was placed under a 31,000 bond as the investigation proceeds.
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Aleigh, N
Daisy Smith
George N. Smith
J. T. Landers
Monroe
Alleged Wife Poisoner Indicted For Murder
Greene county deputies rounded up a special pool of 100 jurors to try Geo. Gay, 24, farmer, for first degree murder in his wife’s death. A true bill was returned and Judge M W Barnhill ordered a special venire for the trial opening at 9:30 Wednesday. Mrs Gay died in April and was found to have poison in her body after exhumation and state chemist tests.
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Snow Hill
N. C
Greene County
Geo. Gay
Gay
M. W. Barnhill
Venice
British move suspends Haeltese constitution
London reports the British government has decided to suspend the Haeltese constitution temporarily amid a tense political situation on the island caused by a prolonged dispute with the Vatican.
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London
Vatican
Girl Missing in Charlotte Police Join Search
City police were asked to join in a search for Miss Pauline Thackson, 19, who disappeared from her home Saturday night.
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Charlotte
Pauline Thackson
Achievement of American Statesmen In Agriculture Ignored By Historians
Raleigh June 24 A NC State College address by Commissioner William A Graham urged young farmers to study how American statesmen shaped farming. He cited Franklin Jefferson Washington Clay Webster and Jay as examples of scientific farming and urged readers to apply their innovations and methods.
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W. A. Graham
Raleigh
America
William A. Graham
Young Tar Heel Farmers Organization
N. C. State College
Graham
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Clay
John Jay
George Washing
Ton
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster
Webster
Graham Said
Franklin
Washington
Clay
Jefferson
Screen Stars 10 Open Thrift Shop in Hollywood
Hollywood opens a Screen Stars Shop to benefit the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Located at 1814 Cahuenga, it offers donated costumes, jewelry, autographed volumes, and celebrity consignments. Stars including Pickford, Crawford, Swanson, Fairbanks, and Chaplin among many will visit. proceeds aid industry relief.
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Hollywood
Cahuenga
Florence Turner
Screen Stars
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Mary Pickford
Bebe Daniels
Dolores del Rio
Joan Crawford
Ruth Chatterton
Clara Bow
Coleen Moore
Billie Dove
Alice White
Pauline Garon
Carmel Myers
Lois Wilson
Janet Gaynor
Bessie Love
Laura la Plante
Sue Carroll
Mary Brian
Mary Astor
June Collier
Louise Fazenda
Ruth Roland
Gloria
North Carolinians Buy 846,868 Life Insurance Policies in 1929
The state estate insurance commissioner’s records show that North Carolinians purchased 846,868 life insurance policies in 1929, reflecting broad demand for policy protection amid economic conditions.
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