Parkway praise and street mess blend with memories in New York
From Day By Day dated May 6 a scene on Sixth avenue shows a great grab bucket dumping earth into a truck causing street chaos. A passerby recalls Wichita wooden sidewalks and a cigaret tycoon appears in a Rolls with branded packs. A visitor from St Louis extols the Henry Hudson Parkway as a New York marvel.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Main
Wichita
George Washington Hill
Stookie Allen
Corsicana
Texas
Biblical reflections on faith and healing
A compact devotional note cites Matthew 9 22 where Jesus heals a woman and proclaims her faith made her whole. It adds a Jeremy Taylor line on faith as a perception of eternity linking past present and future.
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Jesus
Jeremy Taylor
Who Is Greatest Mothers in the Eyes of Boys
A survey by Optimist International asks 5 000 American boys to name the greatest living person. The President Roosevelt tops the list, with Mother second and Father third, signaling strong parental regard among youth and a tribute to parental dignity.
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Optimist International
Mr. Roosevelt
Oldest NC Supreme Court Justice Roars On Nuisance Case
In Mecklenburg County a test case questioned the solicitor’s authority to padlock a tourist camp deemed a public nuisance. Justice Heriot Clarkson authored the opinion denouncing the camp as a Sodoms and Gomorrahs type nuisance, invoking biblical destruction to condemn the establishment.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
Heriot Clarkson
Mecklenburg
Clarkson
Power of a different sort in opinions from Seawell and Barnhill
The passage comments on forthcoming opinions by Seawell Barnhill and Winborne and suggests Solicitor John G. Carpenter read Justice Clarkson's view with envy regarding Mecklenburg county tourist cabins. It critiques imagery used to denounce the place to the jury.
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Seawell
Barnhill
Winborne
Mecklenburg County
Oldest Native High Pointer Seen In Sechrest at 78
Is Joseph W. Sechrest the oldest living native of High Point as he celebrated his seventy eighth birthday yesterday. He was born when High Point was under one year old and the town’s center was just forming. The article praises his serene, worry free life and notes he may be the oldest native son until someone else claims the title.
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Joseph W. Sechrest
High Point
Sechrest
Coudn
Joseph Sechrest
Acquittal in Raleigh Bribery Case Stuns Court
A district court in Raleigh acquitted a Alcohol Tax unit agent accused of accepting bribes. The opposite agent had delivered marked money to trap him, but the jury found he acted to foil the trap. The verdict sparked questions about agency procedures and the North Carolina Guard link to the case.
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District Court of the United States
Raleigh
Alcohol Tax Unit
North Carolina Guard
J. C. Dempsey
Dempsey
Rome images show Mussolini and Hitler greeting King of Italy
Radio pictures from Rome capture Mussolini and Hitler in reception scenes with the Italian king. The two leaders, rising from humble origins to prominence, dominate the frame as spectators and power players in a tense moment.
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Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini and Hitler as shadow kings in Italy
The author argues Mussolini and Hitler resemble crowned figures to be guarded rather than feared. It suggests Mussolini and his rival could seize a throne if desired, but their power depends on public support and restraint, recalling Julius Caesar’s reluctance to crown himself.
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Tle
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Julius Caesar
Mother in song and radio rise of Mary Margaret McBride
A touching tribute to a mother figure and a Paris Missouri radio pioneer. The piece recounts a daughter’s homage to her mother Emma Dennis and a broadcaster Mary Margaret McBride gaining fame on two networks. It notes her ascent from local impressions to a two network presence and a reported income of 52000 dollars.
Quotes and quips from public figures collected
A montage of quotations from Frederic Fradkin John P Marquand Lammot du Pont Adolf Hitler Harry Ward Roy Lockard and a California Supreme Court ruling about hold ups and gambling losses The items reflect varied viewpoints on music business writing profit justice and crime in a concise roundup.
Missourian Mary McBride Fails To Land Twenty-Four Jobs
A Missouri woman born in Paris, Mary McBride, moves to New York seeking work after twenty three failed attempts. She secures a newspaper job briefly, then loses it and endures hardship, continuing to pursue prospects, with radio chatter finally offered as hopeful.
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Missouri
Mary McBride
Paris
New York
Hudson River
No, socialized medicine unless doctors lose virtue
Dr. Sidney McCurdy of the Ohio Industrial Commission warns that upholding high professional ideals prevents socialized medicine, while allowing a minority to tarnish the profession makes socialized medicine unavoidable.
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Sidney McCurdy
Ohio Industrial Commision
First Rosewood Bedroom Suite Shown In America
The Continental Furniture company displays what is believed to be the first rosewood bedroom suite made in America at Kester Furniture on Main Street. Garland B. Daniel is named general chairman of the city Boys Week program with local boys to run the city government for an hour next Wednesday as a citizenship lesson. C E Diffendale will appoint leaders for the Community Chest drive starting May 22. The new St Marys Episcopal church will be dedicated today at 5 pm with Bishop E A Penick officiating. Other notes mention Mr and Mrs Paul Ten Hoopen visiting relatives and Mrs E G Jarvis convalescing at home. Miss Ethel Gibson visits Miss Evelyn Gibson.
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America
Kester Furniture
Main Street
Continental Furniture Company
Garland B. Daniel
C. E. Diffendale
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
E. A. Penick
Charlotte
Paul Ten-Hoopen
E. G. Jarvis
Guilford General Hospital
Ethel Gibson
Winston-Salem
Evelyn Gibson
Peace time air squadron arrives at Fort Bragg
The greatest peace time air squadron is now at Fort Bragg with seventy modern airplanes for maneuvers under General Foulois. Federal agents raided seventy five liquor joints in New Orleans during the day in a sweep by federal authorities.
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Fort Bragg
General Foulois
New Orleans
Revival at First Baptist and Liberty Loan progress
Twenty years ago Dr. Wicker preaches a strong Hell sermon at First Baptist marking week two of a revival. The High Point honor flag for over subscribing Liberty Loan quota was presented at the high school auditorium with Mayor Ragan accepting. flag hung at Elwood hotel. Guilford county reports Liberty Loan sales totaling 1,523,100, just 500,000 over the ask. People notes include Mrs. J P Rawey visiting Charlotte relatives and George T Wood Sr on business to New York and Baltimore. Helen Muse returns from Lexington after visiting Virginia Woodson at the March hotel. News briefs note 106 enemy planes shot down by British air squadrons in six weeks and Australian troops’ progress on the western front with 150 prisoners. Three Southern boys listed on yesterday’s near casualty list.
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Dr. Wicker
First Baptist Church
High Point
High School
Ragan
Elwood
Guilford County
Kaiser
Liberty
J. P. Rawey
Charlotte
George T. Wood, Sr
New York
Baltimore
Helen Muse
Lexington
Virginia Woodson
March Hotel
Western Front
Mystery seal spotted on LA lawn baffles observers
A day after a seal escaped from New York Aquarium a seal dubbed a mystery seal appeared on the front lawn of a Los Angeles home. The odd sight mystified residents and defied easy explanation as authorities investigated the unlikely visitor.
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New York
Aquarium
Los Angeles
City Scenes Show Nests and New Parking in Midtown
A neighborhood notes blue jay disputes and a hawkish courtship gesture over a cracker. In midtown Manhattan demand for space rises as old tenements fall and a block-sized parking complex opens on 44th Street.
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Manhattan
44Th Street
Mayor LA Guardia Cracks Down on Parking Fees in Manhattan
The mayor threatens municipal garages if garages and lot owners raise rates despite higher charges on express streets. Parking fees have risen from 50 cents for 12 hours to 75 cents daily and a dollar for longer periods, with no clear plan for new municipal garages yet. A lost boy on Fifth Avenue caused a brief scene as police helped reunite him with his mother. Frederick Palmer, Klondike veteran and war correspondent, stays active writing and associating with the Century Club, author of a Baker biography.
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Fifth Avenue
Frederick Palmer
Century Club
Klondike
Palmer
Newton D. Baker
War in Manhattan Ties to China Japan Fund Drive
A columnist observes Americans conflating Chinese and Japanese during wartime fund drives in New York. Collectors wear labels to indicate donor origin, while a man posing as a Japanese collector claimed to aid the Chinese, suggesting personal loyalties blur amid fundraising for medical relief in China and Japan.
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Chinatown
Times Square
Morningside Heights
Manhattan
China
Japan
Shoe Factory Wage Cut Sparks Dismay
Workers at a shoe factory faced wage reductions recently, leaving several employees worried they were being underpaid or phased out as management adjusted pay scales and job security.
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Adolf Hitler
Harry F. Ward
Union Theological Seminary
Roy T. Lockard
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