Public Works Admin Post and North Carolina Role
The piece notes a high estimate by Senator J W Bailey for the public works administrator role, with up to 80 million in federal funds to be allocated nationwide. It stresses careful selection of a capable North Carolina official to oversee large expenditures and urges unity and responsible leadership amid New Deal expectations.
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J. W. Bailey
America
Congress
North Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
A. C. Collodon
Claude Kendall
New York
Mr. Collodon
Jonathan Scratch
Scratch
Lagos
Congo Rhino
Congo
Jack
Jake
Salaries Set For New State Officials Spark Debate
The salaries for Raleigh newly created posts exceed prior norms with $5,000 for executive assistant commissioner of revenue and $4,000 for director of the sales tax division. The figures draw disfavor from lawmakers and from older state workers who see their own pay as under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
General Assembly
Not by Bread Alone in Wartime Strain Reflections
A fragment reflecting economic distress during war years notes suspicion and recrimination outweigh wartime morale. The text cites erratic wartime dates yet suggests they may still lead to national cohesion or divergence as nations confront scarcity and social tension.
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Commonwealth
America
Textile minimum wage plan faces labor scrutiny
The textile industry code proposes $10 minimum for the south and $11 for the north with a 40 hour week. General Johnson supports it and the US Textile Workers president backs it, but some labor groups fear the scale will depress overall wage levels despite an estimated 30 percent uplift for some workers. The debate centers on broader wage effects under the new deal.
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Christian Science Monitor
Wall Street
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Johnson
United Textile Workers
Institute of Government in North Carolina Nearing Operational Success
The Institute of Government in Chapel Hill shows promise as it advances from concept to practical service amid funding challenges. Professor Albert Coates drives the effort, garnering praise from prominent figures including the President, while supporters seek sufficient funds to sustain labor and achieve lasting impact.
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Institute of Government
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
United States
Albert Coates
Random Thoughts From a Rambler’s Notebook by W A Bivins
A light humor sketch by W A Bivins titled Silly Season Bophistry describes a hot day ending with the author relaxing in a lawn chair. He jokes about affordability and the simple comfort of a familiar chair as a source of quiet amusement.
Jamestown Weed June 1983 Volume 11 Issue 26
The Jamestown Weed reports news from the community in June 1983. Local notices, brief regional items, and periodical features appear in this issue.
Possum Hunt and Leap Year Party Recalled in 1903 Tales
A reminiscence recalls a 1903 possum hunt near High Point with Bascom Hoskins weighing 12 ounces and a Greensbor o deputy who arrested the party for out of season hunting, followed by a 1904 Leap Year party at Prof. S. L. Davis's home with Miss Blanche Bradshaw and Alvin Parker winning a prize, and a long guest list with dances and courtship vows.
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Risic
Bascom Hoskins
High Point
Saponaside
Lucile Armfield
J. Lowe
W. T. Parker
W. C. Jones
Frank Armfield
J. J. Farriss
Fred Ingram
Ward
Eshelman
Dr. Hayes
Claude Barbee
Kit Barbee
Cy Wheeler
Jack Field
Lee Cartland
Nan Wood
Clara Kirkman
Miss Barbee
Raleigh
Miss Smith
Tennessee
Genevieve White
Mr. Armfield
Bascom
Bennett
Philippines
Jungles
John Weatherly
Greensboro
Enterprise
S. L. Davis
South Main Street
Prof
Mrs. Davis
Ruby Holliday
E. M. Armfield
Emma Parker
Will Parker
Winnie Patton
M. J. Wrenn
Clara Boyd
J. J. Farrias
Blanche Bradshaw
Oscar Moffitt
Barta Ragan
Albion Millis
Bulgin
Pansy
C. M. Hauser
Emma Blair
H. Tomlinson
Martha Blair
A. Parker
Bettie Gordon
Virgil Idol
Foushee
Wescott Roberson
Helen Snow
Snow Drops
Ward Eshelman
Lil Hastings
Jacque Not
Rose
Annie Ragan
Johnny Jump
John H. Tate
Chas
Ragan
Jos. D. Smith
Davis
Joseph D. Smith
Mise Blanche Bradshaw
Alvin Parker
Browning Letters Illuminate Hero Public Figure
A Yale University Press edition collects over 200 letters by Robert Browning from 1838 to 1889 edited by Thurman L. Hood. The volume includes exchanges with Gosse Carlyle Rossetti Hunt Story Blagden and others offering insights into Browning as a person and critic.
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Robert Browning
Yale University Press
New Haven
Thomas J. Wise
Thurman L. Hood
Browning
Edmund Gosse
Thomas Carlyle
Rossetti
Leigh Hunt
W. W. Story
Isabella Blagden
Alfred Austin
Swinburne
Dean Hood
Trinity College
Mr. Wise
Literary Reviews Highlight Washington Sculptors and Pulp Fiction
A survey of Washington sculpture tracing Houdon Canova Ceracchi and others from early wood figures to modern commissions praise and describe the Bi centennial Medal. The issue reviews One Way to Stop a Panic and Jack and Matt of the WX, with notes on American College Verse and high point library lists.
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Washington
Whittemore
Jean Antoine Houdon
Antonio Canova
Giuseppe Ceracchi
Horatio Greenough
Joseph Nollekens
Pierre Jean David
Henry Kirke Brown
Thomas Ball
Gutzon Borglum
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Atlanta
Galisco, Cal
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Texas
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Oklahoma
Lewis E. Teague
Oakwood
Jim Smith
Mary Brown
Houdini
Textile
Rambler’s Note
W. A. Bivins
Jamestown
George Washington
Marshall Jones Co
Boston
Frances Davis Whittemore
By Betty and
John Mebane
Friday
Robinson Crusoe
Judge ‘Lonzo Steers
Comanche City
Jack and
Matt
Duffield & Green
Kathryne van Noy
Elinor Hedrick
Junior Literary Guild
Matt Warren
Montana
Henry Harrison
Charles Cullen
Cullen
Merle Grubbs
L. G. Blochman
Greenwich Villager
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Ann Vickers
Sinclair Lewis
Sons
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Lioys C. Douglas
Gerald Johnson
Stuart W. Chase
Paul Whiteman
Margaret Livingston Whiteman
Isabel Leighton
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