New University Adds Hart R. Douglass as Education Expert
Dr Hart R Douglass arrives in Raleigh to join the North Carolina University faculty as a leading authority on secondary education. Alumni and officials hosted a formal welcome for the Missouri native, who taught at Minnesota since 1929 and will steer curricular revision toward practical citizenship and society benefiting education.
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Hart R. Douglass
Raleigh
Frank Graham
Hoey
Missouri
Minnesota
Douglass
North Carolina
Mexico’s Coup Seizes Oil Properties Worth 400 Million
The Mexican president's move to seize foreign oil concessions valued at about 400 million dollars signals a bold shift away from dollar diplomacy. The action risks straining U S and British interests, but could prompt governments to reassess their stance on nationalization and fair compensation.
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Times
Mexico
Cardenas
United States
Mexico Expropriation Policy In Cardenas Program
The article discusses potential expropriation of oil properties under Cardenas. It notes private owners deserve fair price, questions Mexico's plans for seized assets, and warns that denying property rights to non citizens could be revolutionary. It stresses compensation and neighborliness depend on future developments.
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Mexico
Who's Responsibility in America and the League Defeat
Dr. William E. Dodd, former Berlin ambassador and historian, asserts that the defeat of the United States entry into the League of Nations shares blame for dangerous world politics. He warns democracy faces its greatest peril and calls for a moral antidote to rising paganism and anti liberal currents threatening liberty.
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League of Nations
William E. Dodd
Berlin
United States
League
Dodd
Important Visitors at Sheraton Hail North Carolina Virginia Hotel Staff
Greetings to the greeters gathered at the Sheraton hotel highlight hotel staff from North Carolina and Virginia. The article praises their skills in comforting travelers and boosting regional hospitality, travel interest, and state self-advertising efforts. These hotel professionals are described as a vital force for North Carolina and Virginia.
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Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina
Virginia
Ready Made Homes by Henry Ford set for Georgia plant
Henry Ford expands into factory built homes with a Georgia site for mass produced houses. The project aims to speed construction using standardized components and assembly line methods.
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Henry Ford
Georgia
Ford housing venture may mirror car savings in mass appeal
The text compares a Georgia factory's plans to improve housing location near the plant with Ford’s impact on transportation. It suggests standardized, ready to live homes could replace aging housing if priced like earlier autos, attracting broad demand and reshaping home ownership similar to the car market.
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Ford Automobile
Ford
Behind the Scenes in Washington on Politics and Stock
A collage of topics from Washington includes Richard Whitney’s pre SEC- era warning on self regulation, his later legal troubles, Labor’s new nonpartisan league guide for local campaigns, and a guide to voter outreach. The piece also notes Eleanor Roosevelt’s irritation with publicity over cosmetics and a Senate backdrop on governance and speculation.
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Washington
Labor
Detroit
League
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letters Urge Better School Attendance in High Point
The writer appeals to High Point parents through The Enterprise to keep children in school. He cites late errands at post office and welfare offices, notes sick days mask play, and urges cooperation with teachers to raise attendance and avoid compulsory enforcement. He envisions High Point leading countywide attendance records.
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Welfare Department
Welfare
High Point
Voices in the Publicity Game and a Maryland Jail Change
A Maryland truck driver damaged a window to be jailed and forced into a new occupation. The story notes likely assignment to road work as a consequence of imprisonment.
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Maryland
Quotations From Readers and Personal Notes
A clipped compilation features remarks from readers and brief personal statements. Mrs Letitia Ci rode of St Louis discusses coaching for 53 years. Frank D Slutz of Dayton offers educational thoughts. Kath erine Vine of San Francisco recounts masquerading as a boy for 17 years and asserts future gender separation. Harry Herman of St Joseph Mo a tavern keeper comments on an exclusive men only place.
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Harry Herman
St. Joseph, Mo
Kentucky cop trades knife for car in 100 swaps
A Kentucky policeman started with a 10 cent knife and, after 100 barters, obtained a $200 used car. The tale highlights one man who can make a living at his trade through such trades.
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Kentucky
Ingersoll and Darrow Faith and Immortality Reflections
A reflective piece links Oscar Wilde to a life of usefulness and questions if doubt stems from longing for immortality. It recalls Robert Ingersoll’s agnosticism, Clarence Darrow, Lin Yutang, and a Churchillian sense of duty, ending with a college anecdote about love and a poem by George Wither.
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Twin-City
Oscar Wilde
Robert Ingersoll
Clarence Darrow
Ingersoll
Robert
Mr. Ingersoll
Sentinel
Robert G. Ingersoll
George
George Wither
Dr. William Poteat remembered as influential educator and thinker
The tribute recalls Dr. William Louis Poteat as a devoted teacher and college leader who combined scientific clarity with courage in defending evolution. The author emphasizes his teaching skill, personal warmth, broad influence beyond Wake Forest, and enduring legacy in education and culture.
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William Louis Poteat
Dr. Poteat
Wake Forest College
Raleigh
Wake Forest
Poteat
Unvanquished and other works reviewed in weekly book notes
The digest reviews Faulkner's The Unvanquished as a poignant Civil War novel with Granny Sartoris as a guiding figure and the Sartoris youth Ray and Ringo facing wartime trials. It also covers Dr. W Bevan Wolfe's Successful Living a practical psychology book with a Wheel of Life chart and five year planning, and Henry Rosendahl Mary Magdaline Smith a frank tale of a woman entering and escaping a high end brothel world.
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William Faulkner
Sartoris
Mississippi
New York
Random House, Inc
Granny Sartoris
Lee
Wolfe
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