Engineer report narrows Yadkin plant viability for High Point
An IH engineer surveying the Yadkin River site at Styers dam concludes the most economical plant would generate at most 52 200 000 kilowatt hours annually, with 49 000 000 kWh deliverable to High Point and current use at 42 500 000 kWh. The findings support limits on city power ambitions and stress need for supplementary supply while the Supreme Court retraining order stands.
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Yadkiniver
High Point
Supreme Court
TVA Directors Drift Toward Resignation Amid Policy Clash
Arthur E. Morgan, a TVA director and engineer, is likely to resign after President Roosevelt disclosed a dispute with Lilienthal over private interests in the Tennessee Valley. The rift centers on Lilienthal's aloof stance versus Morgan’s push for closer cooperation and joint power distribution from TVA plants.
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Arthur Ernest Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority Proect
Roosevelt
David Olienthal
Farcourt A. Morgan
Lilienthal
TVA
Theennessee
TVA Ams
Ublic
T Morgan
Capable engineer surrenders to political pressure on rail power
The article recalls George Goe thals who left the Emergency Fleet Corporation during World War I over policy clashes. It notes Morgan, nearing 60, with flood control and Antioch College leadership, and weighs private control versus government supervision of power. It questions nationalizing or coordinating railroads under federal control amid freight, traffic, wage, and tax tensions.
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George Goethals
Panama Canal
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Morgan
Antioch College
Ohio
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Worker Seeks Annual Pay to Stabilize Living Income
A factory packer testified before a congressional panel on industrial employment that switching from hourly pay to a fixed annual salary has boosted efficiency. He emphasizes the worker’s concern is a steady living income over exact hours worked, urging business and government planning to fix employment uncertainty for both sides.
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Congressional Committee
Packer
Economic distress in railroads threatens national commerce
The railroads face long term revenue decline with 26 billion invested, earning 1.66 percent in late 1937 and about two percent on current capital, while still needing operation. The I C C estimates value at 22 billion. bonds and stocks may be impaired, but railroads must continue to operate to support commerce.
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America
Guilford General Hospital
Park-by-the-highway concept to lure travelers through NC
North Carolina should create state line parks on major highways to greet visitors. Proposed by L P McLendon of Greensboro, the plan envisions 10 to 25 acre parks at each state line with huts, restrooms, maps, hosts, and free camping. Policing and hospitality would define the experience, funded by minimal state cost with support from manufacturers and newspapers.
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North Carolina
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Municipal News
Virginia
Florida
South Carolina
Tennessee
State Highway and Public Works Commission
State College
State Department of Agriculture
Reader letter praises columns and warns on vanity
The letter writer thanks The Enterprise editor for praise of his rhyme and prose. He recalls a past compliment from another city editor and reflects on aging, conservatism, and avoiding an inferiority complex that could curb creativity. Possibly concludes with further thoughts.
Criticism of Movie Syndicates and Moral Decline
A pastor denounces the motion picture industry as a moral threat to America and youth, accusing producers of depravity and exploiting film for profit. He cites New York curbs on burlesque, urges sacrifice, and recalls biblical calls to preach against Nineveh, urging vigilance against media influence.
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America
New York
New York City
Job
Jonah
Nineveh
Tarshish
Courting Is Natural Says Miss Richardson
Miss M. M. Richardson of West Texas Teachers College argues that courting is a natural process and treating it casually risks an unhealthy attitude toward forming relationships that lead to stable homes. She urges thoughtful regard for courtship as a step toward good marriages and family life.
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M. M. Richardson
West Texas Teachers College
England and America See Criminal as Enemy and Victim
Rupert Lockwood argues that English views criminality cast the offender as a societal foe while American discourse treats crime as a matter of circumstance and dependency, reflecting divergent legal and cultural attitudes.
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England
America
Rupert Lockwood
Untitled Quote on History Economics and Politics
Caleb F. Gates Jr of Princeton University remarks on the overlap between economics and politics in education, noting the difficulty in distinguishing the boundaries between the two disciplines.
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Caleb F. Gates, Jr
Princeton University
After Thoughts on Red Cross Faith and Paper Pokes
A reflective piece traces Red Cross relief after the California floods and TB’s impact on a family long ago. The narrator recalls paper sacks once called pokes, sharing humorous and human memories of how pokes served daily needs and even aided a medical treatment.
Specialization and the dangers to broad education
A midwest professor of Education at the University of Chicago argues that the push for specialization will narrow students. He notes that expanding knowledge demands narrow, deep study and cites Francis Bacon and Leonardo da Vinci as multi field exemplars. He warns against one track focus and urges broader cultural courses alongside technical training.
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University of Chicago
Atlantic City
Francis Bacon
Bacon
Shakespeare
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci
Brutus
New York Congressman's Radio Tax Drive Aims Big
New York congressman plans to raise seven million ninety thousand dollars by a tax on radio broadcasts. He argues there is revenue in the air and pushes this approach as a new funding source.
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Ipus M. Waynick
High Point
Associated Press
Car News
N. Y
It of Congress
B. Katz
New York City
New York
Action at Aquila and Other Books Review Digest
A review of Herbert Allen and Elinor Rice titles includes Action at Aquila set in the Civil War era with Colonel Nathaniel Franklin and a widow, The Best Butter a humorous utopian novel, and The Complete Book of Dreams by Edward Allen analyzing dream meanings with Freud comparisons and an indexed guide. The piece mentions Detroit council, U S coin metal talk, and relief cases in Illinois as aside items.
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Anthony Adverse
Hervey Allen
Aquila
New York
Farrar & Rinehart
Nathaniel Franklin
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Virginia
Nat Franklin
South
Elizabeth Crittenden
Utopia
Elinor Rice
William Morrow & Co
Metropolis
Edward Frank Allen
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Co
Allen
Freud
Mr. Allen
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Earth
Heaven
Deepes
John C. Abels
Mr. Abels
W. A. Bivins
California
Long Beach
Hollywood
Los Angeles
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Mary
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D. B. Carrick
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