Peace Demands Pyrrhic Victory For Britain's War Drive
British Co-ordinator GIR THOMAS INSKIP says UK must pause normal industry for three years to complete an intensive re armament program. England seeks peace but prepares a large scale weapon buildup while other nations also accumulate arms. Peace has its Pyrrhic triumphs as history notes Epirus king Pyrrhus at Asculum.
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Gir Thomas Inskip
Great Britain
England
Europe
Pyrrhus
Asculum
Legislature Sets Adjournment Time
The 1937 legislature agrees to adjourn sine die on March 18 marking one of the shortest regular sessions in years. Lawmakers moved major issues promptly and the public response is restrained, though opinions vary on the session’s actions.
Diphtheria Bill Defeated by Senate Amid Religious Opposition
The state senate blocked a bill backed by medical experts to eradicate diphtheria within twenty years, arguing religious freedom justified the vote. Opponents decry the move as bigotry that endangers children to a preventable disease.
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State Senate
Era of Good Feeling Fueled by Mothers-In-Law Reverence
Governor Alfred declares it time to honor mothers in law as New York hosts a League of Business and Professional Women dinner praising men's role in improving the business world. The era notes steel’s peace with CIO while Congress debates.
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Texas
Alfred
New York
League of Business and Professional Women
Steel
CIO
Congress
World disarmament urged as stories mix across nations
The piece weaves a collage of events including Winter yielding to spring, Omaha wage hikes, a legislature planning early closing, Japan sending gold to the U S to aid exchange, a Lake Superior diver sit down protest ending, Holyoke College naming a male head, Alfred Knapp awaiting fatherhood at 79, May wedding plans, Buddhist prayers in Japan for Geisha girls, GM returning to full capacity, and a mix of debits and cheerful items.
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Omaha
Japan
America
Lake Superior
Holyoke College
Alfred Knapp
Edward
Wally
George
General Motors
High Point Co operative Concert Association Showcases Cultural Value
The High Point Co operative Concert Association has proven its value as a key cultural factor in the community during two years of operation. The current season ends March 20 with harpist Mildred Dilling and cellist Marcel Hubert, and new members will attend the final concert free. Membership supports higher quality artistic programs and broader participation in local culture.
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High Point Co-operative Concert Association
High Point
Mildred Dilling
Marcel Hubert
Hitler Remark Sparks Controversy Over Mayor La Guardia
Secretary Hull issues a face saving apology to Hitler after Mayor La Guardia’s address to a Jewish audience draws sharp criticism at home and abroad. The piece notes the heated debate on German absolutism and the mayor’s German born constituency, urging calm as tensions risk war.
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Hull
Hitler
la Guardia
la Guardias
United States
Raleigh Times
A WINNER You can’t judge a man by his pleasures
Poem fragment praising inner strength and character through trials. It contrasts surface happiness with true resilience, noting the real measure of a person is how he endures when hope ends and his inner resolve remains. While the lines reference a winner, the text emphasizes enduring fortitude over outward joy.
TAMPERING WITH THE COURT
The New York Times argues President Roosevelt’s plan to enlarge the Supreme Court risks disturbing the balance of power in American government. It contends the move could be viewed as packing the court, with little popular mandate and far reaching precedent.
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The
New York Times
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Justice Holmes
Justice Brandeis
Hughes
Justice Story
Mr. Roosevelt
Old Plank Road Echoes and Prohibition Debate
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls early 20th century open air singing on High Point streets and college campuses with songs like Sweet Adeline and My Wild Irish Rose. The piece shifts to Mecklenburg liquor raids, critique of prohibition policy, and calls for alcohol control over prohibition, noting political entanglements with bootlegging.
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High Point
Rose
Annie Laurie
Schumann
Capitol Square
Raleigh
J. M. Broughton
J. M. Adams
Louisville
Mecklenburg
State Highway Patrol
Light Brigade
North Carolina
Munich
After Thoughts On Track Lowering In High Point
W A Bivins argues the complaints by Mrs M J Wrenn and David T Yow about lowered railroad tracks in High Point are valid. He urges track lowering for safety and city progress, highlighting personal risk, property rights, and the need to act now for a better city.
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M. J. Wrenn
David T. Yow
Pittsburgh
Lexington
Main
Old High Point
High Point
Bagatelle
Remembering the Children and the Call for Protection
A thoughtful meditation on child welfare cites recent abuses from Washington to High Point. The piece urges society to safeguard the young, invoking the biblical charge to welcome and protect little ones and to avoid harm that stains future generations.
Met By Moonlight and Other Mystery Books
Leslie Ford’s Ill Met By Moonlight headlines a mixed year in suspense with a bevy of reviews. David Garth’s Four Men and a Prayer and other titles by Wen dell, Chapman, French, Auden, and Pielding are praised for plot craft and literary range.
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Leslie Ford
New York
Farrar and Rinehart
April Harbor
Maryland
Sandra Gould
Rosemary Bishop
Jim Gould
Sandra
Primrose
Buck
Rosemary
Jim
David Garth
H. C. Kinsey & Co
Mr. Garth
Christopher
Wyatt
Rodman
Geoffrey Leigh
India
South America
Leighs
Geoffrey
Lynn Cherrington
Lynn
Geoffrey Little
America
Loring Leigh
RB. M
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Business Mgr Editor
Tn Hl Point
Associated Press
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National Advertising Native
Katz Special Adv
Agency General Office
New York City
Broughton
Alfred Smith
Elwood
Sheraton
Barrow
W. A. Bivins
Washington
Kingdom of Heaven
By Betty and
John Mebane
Beaver Pioneers
Wendell and
Lucie Chapman
Charles Scribner's Sons
Chapman
Notchtail
Blackface
B. I
Sidney J. French
the University Society, Inc
French
Colgate University
Eek
Robert Boyl Hook
Mayow
Scheele
Lavoisier
Berthollet
Proust
Richter
John Dalton
J. M
W. H. Auden
Random House, Inc
Auden
Stephen Spender
C. Day Lewis
Spender
A. E B. Pielding
H. C., Kinsey & Co
Inspector Pointer
John Avery
Anthony Revell
Revell
B, M
New Jersey
Benjamin Musser
Henry Harrison
Carl John Bostelmann
Vincent G. Burns
Amelia Josephine Burr
Sarah J. Day
Adele de Leeuw
Louis Gineberg
Antoinette Scudder
Mr. Musner
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