Outrageous Proposal by Kerr Scott Demands Council Pay Raise
Lynn Nisbet accuses Governor Kerr Scott of attempting to bribe the Council of State to back a land purchase near Capitol Square. The governor would push a first day raise from 7 500 to 12 000 dollars if they secure the land, despite legal objections and four year pay limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Council of State
Nisbet
Capitol Square
Harry McMullen
Scott
Agriculture
Insurance
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lions and Horses and The President and the Law
A look at community effort as the High Point Lions Club and Sedgefield Hunt stage a major horse show with heavy Lions participation. The column then critiques President Truman’s steel seizure move, asserting the executive oversteps constitutional bounds and courts while CIO leader Philip Murray pressures the Supreme Court amid looming steel wage debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgefield
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
High Point Lions
Sedgefield Hunt
Lions
Hunt
High Point Lions Club
Russ Holt
President Truman
United States District Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO
National Defense
Congress
Letters on Referees and Religious Controversy Prompt Editorial
A letter to the editor discusses religious controversy and referees. The writer argues for presenting facts about a Texas family and blood transfusion stances while noting the editor will omit names in publication. The piece frames letters as a forum with editing to preserve meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
McCarthy Questions Stir Debate in Cosmopolitan Article
The Cosmopolitan piece questions Senator McCarthy as liar and menace citing his use of numbers and claimed evidence. It covers his critics, defenses, and specifics on Byrnes and Lattimore, plus references to Fleming and McCarran hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McCarthy
Cosmopolitan Magazine
State Department
Wheeling
Byrnes
Adol Sabath
Communist Party
McCarthy
FBI
Arthur Alexandrovich Adams
Owen Lattimore
Lauchlin Currie
Lattimore
McCarran
Tydings Committee
Russia
King
Broadway Flop Season Highlights and Dull Nights
New York critics note Hook 'n Ladder flop beyond recovery while other shows draw mixed receptions. The Victim and The Town Meet Congression battlefield offer varied receptions as audiences await arrivals like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and South Pacific beyond a listless season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald Tribune
Oraicle
Scott
the Times
Melville Cooper
Claire Luce
Tic Kerr
President Theatre
Boston
Elliott Norton
South Pacific
Hell
Pal Joey
Dawning Time At The Hometown School
W A Bivins recalls childhood schooling at Hometown School with mischief and humor. He describes early pranks, moral lessons, and how education shaped his views, from Webster’s Blueback to Mother Goose poetry, spelling bees, and a 1891 exhibition. He notes nerves and a final 1898 high school graduation under a brush arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Willie
Holmes
Rover
Bess
Dixie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Een C
R. B. Terry
Ae Bi L. Thompson
D. A. Rawley
Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Lions and
Waking UP
America
Srocking
Navy
Apostle Paul
David
Bethlehem
Jehovah
Abeddon
Peter
Gamaliel
Jehovah's Witnesses
J. B. Arvin
Jack E. Jones
A. F. Meadows
New York
Walter Winchell
Wilton Lackaye
Lackaye
Selers
Mickey
Rio Grande
Macao
Orient
Jane Russell
Paul Gallico
Bealy
Vittorio Manunta
Arristocrats
Congressioning
Perry
CBS
W. A. Bivins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!