1939 Assembly Faces Liquor and Tax Debates
Raleigh dispatch surveys looming 1939 North Carolina legislative agenda. Liquor regulation tops issues, with proposed diversion of highway funds to general use, sales and income tax debates, homestead exemptions, and labor standards on hours and child labor. Petroleum industry pushes constitutional amendment. Fair Tax Association opposes sales tax. Willie Lee Lumpkin pursues higher income rates. local authorities resist homestead exemptions.
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Henry Averil
Fair Tax Association
State Merchants’ Association
Willie Lee Lumpkin
Franklin
Minnie Sells Ivory Teeth to Win Cook Job
A Raleigh office of the North Carolina State Employment Service reports Minnie, a registrant using a pseudonym, secured a cook position after presenting her set of false teeth. She faced unemployment, back rent, and groceries arrears, but a phone call from Mrs. R. led to a job offer, ending her wait.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Minnie
Carolina
Alfred
Not So Good Chicago Baby Carriage Pursuit
William Burke chased a youth who pushed a baby carriage with a one year old boy named Kevin. The youth tackled him and was handed to police. The youth claimed the act seemed a good one at the time.
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Chicago
William Burke
Kevin
Electrons Accelerated in 60000-Volt Thigh Tension Discharge
In a scientific experiment electrons were introduced into a 60000-volt thigh tension discharge and accelerated to about 3000 miles per second. The study notes intense ionization effects and rapid speed as key outcomes.
Love Laughs at the E Doctor
Elinore Cowan Stone presents a serialized romance focusing on Constance Maidwells the store’s stand in and her tension with Dr Rogers as Derek Manton’s letters reveal a complex triangle involving Hildegarde Thorvald and social rules at the department store. Constance grows uneasy amid rival colleagues and a quiet romance strained by distance and rumor.
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Elinore Cowan Stone
NEA Service. Inc
Constance Maidwells
Derek Manthon
Hildegarde Thorvald Derek
DR. Rogers
Westeray
Constance
Derek
Lucille
Rlsa O'Dare
Police Arrest 64 In Major Offenses In High Point
High Point police report 64 arrests in 50 offenses during the month, including 2 homicide 5 robbery 17 aggravated assault 22 burglary 165 larceny and 3 auto theft. Traffic incidents injured five. Clearances 99 percent with 98 percent conviction. Services included 1 492 investigations 249 auto red tags 233 summoned 121 animals killed 56 gallons illegal beverages seized 367 held in jail 1 479 drivers warned.
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High Point
Shirley Temple Wins Libel Suit
Shirley Temple, nine years old, is awarded 10000 in a public settlement of a libel action in London. The libel stemmed from a Night and Day article of Oct 28, 1937. Lord Hewart called the piece a gross outrage and the plaintiff’s counsel denounced it as one of the horriblest libels about a child.
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London
Shirley Temple
The
Hewart
Patrick Hastings
Graham Greene
Photo finish tragedy near Erie claims high school freshman
In Erie Pennsylvania Frederick Carter a high school freshman and photography enthusiast went with classmate Lawrence Fiesler to the railroad tracks to photograph an oncoming train. The train sped by and Carter failed to leap aside in time, ending a promised shot. Nearby in Navadaville Colorado a ghost town house from the gold rush era stands built with brick hauled from Omaha Nebraska 600 miles away.
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Erie
Frederick Carter
Lawrence Fiesler
Fiesler
Carter
Navadaville
Colo
Omaha
Neb
Gossip Magazine Sparks Trapped Constance In Tea Room
Constance faces a trap as Pauline points to a gossip page showing Hildegarde Thorvald and an influential young artist. The caption hints at a rumored romance and a dramatic cliffhanger ends with To Be Continued.
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Pauline
Constance
Miss Letts
Derek
Misa Thorvald
Miss Thorvald
Joan of Arc
California
Hildegarde Thorvald
Gertrude
East
Royal Contract gains royal approval and stiff bids
The article explains Royal Contract, a five-suit bridge variant praised by royalty. It highlights high opening-bid requirements, the declarer’s grand slam example, and the increased difficulty with extra suits while noting that both experts and novices may be on even footing for now. South scored 350 for tricks, 1500 for the vulnerable grand slam, and 700 for the two-game rubber bonus.
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Europe
George
Elizabeth
Palace
North
South
Trump
Bast
West
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