Wrath and the Wind: A Tale of Disillusion in the Gulf
Maury St. John, a loafer seeking fame, enters a brutal life among the twin cities of Apalachicola and St. Joseph in 1841. Catherine Delafield and Zeda shape his passions as slave trading, gambling halls, and a deadly sea journey push him toward Cuba and a ruined coast town. The novel closes with Gomorrah’s fall, a stark rebuke of dream forged in slave trade and fevered ambition.
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Moury St. John
Apalachicola
St. Joseph
Catherine Delafield
Crelwe
New England
Maury
Aaron Delafield
Catherine
Zeda
McSwade
Alexander
Gulf Coast
Sodom
Gomorrah
Cuba
J. B
Doc Dillahay A Western Doctor Thriller
A rugged frontier tale of Doc Dillahay an Arizona physician who blends medical skill with gunfire. He closes gambling houses fights crooks and leads a clean-up in a silver boom town in a brisk two evening read.
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Doc Dillahay
Rise Up and Walk by Dr P E Lindley Promises Insight
A prominent High Point college dean, Dr P E Lindley, releases Rise Up and Walk a non fiction work praised for its clear life philosophy and inspirational theme. The book, possibly used as a text in philosophy for happy living, argues against a culture of getting something for nothing and targets a broad readership including casual readers. It may become a landmark Southern non fiction work and is available in local bookstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Lindley
High Point College
Lindley
Rise Up and Walk by High Point College Dean Lindley
High Point College Dean Lindley writes Rise Up and Walk a timely non fiction book arguing success comes from self development and effort. He outlines a pattern for happiness and achievement, stressing personal responsibility and practical avenues to reach one’s best.
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Percy Elliott Lindley
Chapman and Grimes
Dr. Lindley
Lindley
On Bridge By William F. McKenney
William F McKenney writes the Bridge column for NEA Service detailing tips and strategies for bidding and play. The piece guides readers through common conventions and decision making in contract bridge.
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William FE. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
NEA Service
Sylvia and trumping misplay noted in bridge hand
A bridge hand analysis features Sylvia as the player who misplayed at trick three after trumping the opening lead. The piece recounts her decision to cash top trumps and the resulting path to success or failure, with commentary on alternative lines and outcomes. It also includes a North Carolina notice of divorce proceedings in Guilford County filed in High Point Municipal Court, listing Willie Cunningham Brown as the defendant and setting a court appearance for April 23, 1949.
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Sylvia
London
Trump
East
Dummy
North Carolina
Guilford County
High Point
Claude McDonald Brown
Willie Cunningham Brown
Florence W. Allen
High Point Municipal Court
O. D. Ingram
HS Point
Churches Not Decided On Conference
In Cleveland delegates from 57 denominations studied a proposal for a conference between Protestant leaders and the Vatican. The resolution was sent to the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America for final action. The group reaffirmed religious freedom and urged no war with the Soviet Union, stressing careful use of U S power.
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Cleveland
Vatican
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Department of International Justice and
Goodwill
New York
Soviet Union
United States
3 500 Estimated Unemployed in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem NC March 12 The North Carolina Employment Service distributed lists of more than 1 775 workers immediately available for jobs in Winston-Salem and refi ty. William H Stevenson Jr manager of the office said the action was taken to acquaint Twin City businessmen with the workers who need jobs during the current drop in employment here. The NCES estimates the unemployed here at 3 500 though not all workers are listed as many are skilled or unskilled laborers. These persons are available in varied numbers here year around. Stevenson says the unemployment trend has eased somewhat and urges businessmen to check it and stamp it out.
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Winston-Salem
The
North Carolina Employment Service
William H. Stevenson, Jr
Twin City
Ers
NCES
Stevenson
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Young Doe
Chicago
B.C
Leo Craig
Purdue University
Central Ice Delivery Co
Central Ice Delivery Company
ICE Delivery Company
Akeq
Alabama
Edna
N. Main ST
Villian
Ae Ae i Yin
Jae Ti
INC
Wis Way
Redwine Hardware
Redwine Hardware Co
Aluminum
Marietta
Hardware Company
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