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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1938
Page
8
In North Dakota primary voters on Tuesday will choose between Gov. William Langer and Sen. Gerald Nye for the Republican U S Senate nomination. The race dominates balloting amid a multi ticket election with contests in Republican Democratic and Union party lines.
National focus on North Dakota Republican Senate primary June 24 as Langer seeks to unseat Nye. Gubernatorial contest pits John Hagan against T. H. Thoresen with probable Democratic candidates Nygaard for Senate and Moses for governor.
New York report notes how Harlem and college campuses create new words like ain’t coming on that tab and beat to my socks. Kay Kyser and Cab Calloway study the slang boom, detailing local color and curious phrases that redefine common speech.
John Ringling North and Ralph White signed an agreement ending the summer tour and sending the Ringling circus to its winter quarters in Sarasota Florida. The move follows a strike by 1600 workers against a 256 percent wage cut and allows packing of the big tent and animals for southbound trains.
Former ambassador William E. Dodd said confidentially the German government planned a 30 million dollar propaganda program for dissemination in the United States. He also cited reports that wealthy American businessmen have given large sums, though he expressed hope such reports are untrue.
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies delivered to President Roosevelt a report on Soviet Russia described as a report to the boss. Davies has been moved from Moscow to Brussels and expects to take the oath for the new post in a few days.
A Dutch auction starts with a high asking price and gradually lowers it until a buyer bids. The process reverses the traditional auction by seeking a single successful purchase at the first acceptable price.
A fragment notes 39 brass helmets preserved at London fire brigade HQ in memory of fallen duty holders. It mentions about 500 children injured by blasting caps in the United States with 80 per cent of such accidents in rural areas.
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