Contest for Wake Forest headship stirs campus debate
The Wake Forest presidency race centers on Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin with strong factional support from faculty and students. Dr. W J Poteat criticizes Kitchin’s background while acknowledging his abilities, amid campus clashes and editorials. Wake Forest trustees face scrutiny as North Carolina watches the Baptist college’s rising profile.
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Thurman D. Kitchin
Wake Forest College
W. J. Poteat
Kitchin
Wake Forest
Dr. Kitchhin
Dr. Kitchin
Poteat
North Carolina
New Post Office for High Point Advocated and Funded
The High Point plea for a new post office has yielded a 400000 dollar appropriation in the house deficiency bill. The piece suggests the building may soon be needed and discusses federal planning for growth and enlargement while contrasting American building trends with Zionist goals in Palestine.
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High Point
Uncle Sam
Primary costs and Republican influence reshape party nominating
The most voted candidates spent over $3.30 each in the despised legalized primary. Dr. Dorsett pressured GOP participation, making the partial acceptance costly for some and welcomed by others as a potential change to how candidates are named.
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Dorsett
Test of Prohibition Enforceme nt: Bootleggers Face Federal Change
The piece foresees a pivotal shift as the Department of Justice strengthens enforcement under Hoover. It argues bootleggers and gangsters may be pressed as enforcement tightens, testing Prohibition’s durability and the alcohol trade’s future in America.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Ciry
America
British policy shift on Palestine immigration lauded by Zionist leaders
Zionist leaders in the United States predict global Jewish protest as Britain suspends Jewish immigration to Palestine. The move marks a reluctant correction of a long standing error and signals a pause in attempts to reestablish Jewish nationalism in the territory. The note warns that renewed pressure could provoke further violence if Britain resumes sponsorship of Zionist aims.
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United States
Great Britain
Palestine
Whistles in the Night Steam Locomotives vs Electric Power
Mechanical experts at Atlantic City debate steam versus electric locomotives praising steam for romance and personality while conceding electric engines are cleaner and more efficient. The piece laments losing living, smoky engines and notes railroading as a glamorous, human drama. It also cites Good Housekeeping on Russian war fears and domestic reactions to Soviet Russia.
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American Railways
Atlantic City
Good Housekeeping
Russia
United States
England
Ths Republic
Soviet Russia
The Cost of Mr Dorsett's Campaign for Senate
A North Carolina primary shows Rev Henry Grady Dorsett spent only $3.30 on his US senate bid. The piece notes a poor man can run but suggests spending by others exceeded that amount, and Dorsett's entry pressured his party.
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North Carolina
Henry Grady Dorsett
United States Senate
Dorsett
Senate
Congressmen called plowhands by Art Shires
Art Shires criticizes Congressmen as plowhands and dismisses The Great One’s talking, noting he is a fielder himself.
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Art Shires
Carolina News Briefs Highlights in North Carolina
D A W C Barrett 61 former Baptist leader dies in Lamburg. Turner 20 killed in auto crash near Charlotte highway. Tatesville aldermen cut city salaries 10 percent saving about 31000 yearly. NC health board reports 34 typhoid cases in week ending June 21 up from 21 last year. Manchester heat causes gasoline tank truck to leak and ignite near Fort Lawn to Richburg. driver escapes.
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State Board of Health
North Carolina
Eas N. C
Nhester
S. C
Fort Lawn
Richbourg
Driver Held in Fatal Greensboro Crash
C L Holden, driver of the automobile that overturned in Greensboro and fatally injured Lydon Byrd, 21, was held under an 85,000 bond today pending investigation.
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Reensboro
N. C
C. L. Holden
Lydon Byrd
Byrnes to Speak on Radio in Charlotte Tonight
James F. Byrnes, Democratic Senate candidate from South Carolina, will deliver a political address over WBT radio in Charlotte tonight.
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Harlotte
N. C
James F. Byrnes
United States Senate
South Carolina
WBT
Three Denominations Join In One Day Home Coming Event
The writer recounts attending multiple worship services across Methodist Baptist and Quaker communities. He describes hosting and listening to lessons, focusing on the Gospel of the Kingdom, Isaiah 9 6, and the values of fellowship, charity, and a shared sense of brotherhood during the Home Coming day at Oak Hill Friends church.
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Wesley Memorial
Oak Hill Friends Church
Lawrence White
Prof. Owen
Owen
Main Street Baptist Church
Baptist
Christ
George H. Jr
Oak Hill
Cora Lee Norman
Reunion sermons and neighborhood growth at Oak Hill church
The article recalls a large church dinner and reunion event with Friends and other denominations, praising family reunions and gospel singing. It cites Oak Hill prayer meetings, formation of a quarterly meeting in 1908, and the 1906 church construction. It notes growth from a log school to a brick school and nearby wards, reaching about 2000 residents with modern homes and amenities. GEO. H CROWELL.
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Sandy Ridge Church
Archdale
Trinity
Hell
Christ
Hill of
Zion
Oak Hill
Joshua
Joel
Thomas Anderson
Friends Church
Ward Street Methodist Church
Ana
Geo. H Crowell
Allied Rhine Commission Ends Rule in Wiesbaden
In Wiesbaden and Mainz crowds gathered as the Allied Rhine land commission packed up, lowered flags, and departed Germany after ruling some 15,000,000 people in occupied territories. French officers lingered in celebratory dress as troops prepared to return home.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Inter-Allied
Rhineland Commission
Commission
Weisbaden
Mayence
French Officer Comments on Troop Moves
A French officer notes that German soldiers are glad to depart, adding that his own men enjoy more liberty at home stations and prefer returning to their hometowns, implying morale and proximity influence willingness to move.
May Department Store Sales Rise in Fifth District
Department store sales in the fifth district rose 3.6 percent in May 1930 over May 1929, based on reports from 35 stores to the Federal Reserve bank in Richmond. Cumulative five month sales show a 0.3 percent gain, driven entirely by Baltimore’s 4.5 percent rise. wholesale lines fell in May 1930 versus May 1929.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Fifth District Reserve Bank
Baltimore
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