Debate on Board Funding and Patronage in State System
The article discusses restraint on a board's budget, gubernatorial intervention, and the need to avoid patronage in appointing officials. It argues for stability over two year terms for the prosecuting attorney role and questions local option for county cooperation with the State board. It warns rotation may hinder efficiency and praises Byron Haworth as an unimpeachable choice.
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General Assembly
Byron Haworth
Noble Claim of Immortal Truth Echoed in Blood
A brief religious reflection cites Matthew 16 25 and proclaims those who die for faith gain life while those who live for self lose it. The message asserts heresy of mortal sacrifice for divine freedom and walking with God.
The Royal Visitors to Our Shores
The King and Queen of England landed in Quebec marking a first Atlantic crossing to U S soil. The event strains royal carefulness yet may ease Western ties while contrasting past royal familiarity with current cold storage tradition.
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England
Quebec
Atlantic
Kent House
Prince of Wales
Edward VIII
United States
Natural Appointment: Reynolds Reappointed to Health Service
Governor Hoey announced the reappointment of Dr. Carl V. Reynolds as directing head of the State Health service. The editorial lauds Reynolds for steady, high‑level leadership and notes the service has remained well managed despite political pressures and past budget concerns.
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Carl V. Reynolds
Hoey
Reynolds
Public Health Service of
North Carolina
Blocking the Canal and Florida’s stalled waterway plan
The piece recalls the Florida canal project promoted by Andrew Jackson and revived under Roosevelt, noting Senate rejection of a $200 million funding. It weighs economic risks, regional rivalries with Texas, and potential environmental impacts, while ending with a personal anecdote about May Robson and a brief poem on lasting legacy.
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Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Andrew Jackson
Atlantic
Gulf
Rosevelt
United States Senate
Senate
Garner
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Texas
Silver Springs
Rotation in electing city prosecuting attorney criticized
The article argues that rotating the municipal court prosecutor is a long standing city practice but is a bad policy. It states no fault with the current council choice and expresses a cautious stance on the rotation system.
Gentle Approach Improves Cattle and People at Dairy Visit
A Missouri farmer recalls his life on farms and visits the Biltmore Dairy Farms in Asheville. He notes seven hundred Jersey cows, machinery milking, and a wall motto: rush and loud talk reduce milk and human harmony. He urges a gentle approach to win cows or comrades.
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Missouri
Asheville
North Carolina
Biltmore
America
Renowned soprano’s voice falters at benefit
A famous soprano apologized for a weak voice before performing a line a lyric about hanging a harp on a willow tree. Her high notes broke and she paused as a heckler suggested trying a lower branch.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Gossip Column
The Daily Mirror’s Walter Winchell on Broadway notes Lenore Ulric and attorney D Stillman dining on seafood at Le Poissonnier with a steady entourage. In Club 18 an Orientalish man chats with Woolworth Donahue as Hyers jokes about Cholly Chan at the Five and Tan. Jock Whitney savors champagne at Heineken’s Fair Zuider Zee. Hildegarde appears in a satin gown at the Riviera and Estelle Taylor with a diamond belt showcases a display of money.
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Lenore Ulric
D. Stillman
le Poissonnier
Woolworth Donahue
Hyers
Gene Towne
Raymond Griffith
Zanuck
Stork
Jock Whitney
Heineken’s
Zuider Zee
Hildegarde
Riviera
Estelle Taylor
Eres McLean
Sallies in Our Alley and Woollcott Jab at Lewis
Joe Lewis recalls a racetrack acquaintance who asked for ten dollars then twenty then thirty and was refused on the third day after being warned. Alexander Woollcott sent Sinclair Lewis a sardonic wire praising acting not at all ready for the lead in Our Town.
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Joe Lewis
Lewis
Joe
Alexander Woollcott
Sinclair Lewis
Alex
World Fair Novelette Excerpt on Guillotine Tire Exhibit
The Goodrich Tire exhibit uses a guillotine blade to show the tire’s resilience and invites a royal volunteer. A Russian noblewoman, nearly penniless, borrows a dress and hairdo to apply, drawn by the chance of work and a promised charity donation of $100. The fire department is reportedly impressed by her poise and class.
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Goodrich Tire
Reuney
Durante Slices Moocher Over Salary Cut Joke
Broadway star Jimmy Durante and the Stars in Your Eyes cast took a wage cut due to seasonal slump. A recurrent moocher demanded his usual stake. Durante sent a helper with a half dollar, but the man refused, declaring he wanted a dollar. Durante retorted that he, too, had taken a cut.
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Broadway
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy
Durante
Sounds and salacious quips tour city clubs
In Kent's Stork Riviera Bert Frohman's Queen Mary Gay 90s Famous Door and Onyx patrons trade witty provocative lines. The pieces lampoon romance money and social posture with sharp nightclub banter through a string of suggestive quips.
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Kent
the Stork
The
Riviera
Bert Frohman
Queen Mary
Onyx
Memos of a Midnighter and Local Odds and Ends
Monday report notes F D R would run again but a chum says no Democrats yet mentioned will be nominated. Ruth Sato is Eurasian with Galway Ireland roots. Restaurants must display menus and prices in windows at the Fair. Midtown hotels push old patrons to return at former rates. Kath Hepburn reportedly taking flying lessons at Floyd Bennett airport. City widens Swing Sector on 52nd Street to two feet each side to bring clubgoers closer to the gutter.
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Ruth Sato
Galway
Ireland
McIntyre
Ruth
Kath Hepburn
Floyd Bennett Airport
H. Hughes
52Nd Street
The Persian Room and New Yorchids Performances
A string of nightclub acts is described with Maurice and Cordoba at the Persian Room and Al Green of the Swing Club, plus Lucille Johnson at the Horseshoe and Janis Andre’s nude interpretive dance to Debussy at the Paradise. The piece also mentions Milt Gross’s Nuts for Fair and erotic entertainment at other venues.
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Maurice and
Cordoba
al Green
Milt Gross
Lucille Johnson
Enric Madriguera
Pierre Roof
Janis Andre
Debussy
Keats and Shelley
the Paradise
Bigtown Smalltalk Notes and Showbiz Chatter
The column discusses Hold Tight critics Harlem ties and Harlem home status. It notes La Conga as a top nightclub act and Manhattan’s umba One spot. The lost manuscript of The Case of Mr Coffin is mentioned along with long denied claims. Reed highlights Park Central debut without Bea Wain.
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Bigtown Smalltalk
Harlem
Manhattan
Mr. Coffin
Larry Clinton
Park Central
Bea Wain
Mary Dugan
Bea
Disney
Milt Gross
Milt
Julian Green
Collier’s
Ted Lewis
Ted
Col. Snyder
St. Luke's Hosp
Chicago
Ruth Etting
Methodism District Conference at Jamestown Tuesday
The Methodist district conference will convene at Jamestown Tuesday with Rev. J. B. Craven presiding elder of Greensboro District in charge. Frederick Snyder will speak at the cha tanqua tonight. The High Point College senior class has received caps and gowns with Dean Lindley presiding at investiture. News briefs note Lindbergh considering a Miami to Buenos Aires flight and President Hoover fishing in the Ra pidan River area. A collision of two Army planes near Columbus, Ohio killed one and injured another.
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Methodist District Conference
Jamestown
J. B. Craven
Greensboro
Frederick Snyder
Chatanqua
High Point College
Dean Lindley
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
Buenos Aires
Hoover
Rapidan River
Columbus
Property Bought Between Montlieu Park and Kirkman Home
Eli K. Ingram and Dr. W. A. Hayes purchased a tract between the little park on Montlieu Avenue and W. T. Kirkman's home. They plan permanent improvements before selling the lots at a later date. The development will create multiple lots for the market.
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Eli K. Ingram
W. A. Hayes
Little Park
Montlieu Avenue
W. T. Kirkman
O. A. Kirk Sr Seeks High Point Court Seat
O A Kirk Sr announces his bid for High Point Municipal Court judge to curb vagrancy in the city and push a general clean up. He vows to devote time to making work more popular and enforce a stricter order if elected by the council.
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O. A. Kirkman
High Point
Severe hail storm strikes city damaging crops and gardens
A severe hail and electrical storm passed through the city yesterday just before 2 PM causing significant damage to crops and especially gardens. Multiple streets reported hail accumulation and heavy rainfall with strong winds.
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Hall
Mussolini Hints Peace Amid Europe Crisis
Mussolini suggests Europe’s troubles could be settled without war though he warns it would not be pleasant. He implies negotiations may avoid conflict if conditions move toward diplomacy and compromise.
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Mussolini
Europe
Court quotes Justice Butler on constitutional law progress
Associate Justice Butler states that, regarding constitutional law, their court is far ahead of ours, addressing the reforms discussed before the American Law Institute. The remark contrasts judicial development with that of other courts.
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Butler
American Law Institute
Worlds Fair Placard Framed By City Streets
In a fragmentary scene a dress shop and bakery near Rector Street contrast with a placard at Mt Hebron Cemetery near the Worlds Fair Independent station. The placard proclaims the harsh slogan The World of Tomorrow, capturing a street level moment from the era.
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Rector Street
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Broadway Confucius Remarkable Re marks
A quirky collection of aphorisms on social behavior and human nature. It presents pithy observations about pride, favors, love, and the consequences of actions, framed as sly, humorous maxims from a Broadway context.
WPA Critics Target WPA Leaders In Washington
Bruce Catton reports from Washington as congressmen attack the WPA and its deputy administrator Howard Hunter. Hunter argues turning relief to states risks politics, loss of work, and possible end of relief, citing local office influence and past state funding failures.
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Washington
Howard Hunter
WPA
Hunter
Bruce
Rel
Democratic
Congress
New Jesey
Cleveland
Coal mine talk from Ashington Collieries Magazine
A fragment shows a visitor asking about conditions at the coal mine. The response humorously notes very low coal levels and mentions catching two miners with bow legs, attributed to Gordie with reference to Ashington Collieries Magazine.
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Ashington Collieries
Gordie
That Man's in Again Punster Duel at Punchline Night
A punster performs with a rival at a local event provoking audience laughter. The banter centers on a joke about two kinds of wood making a match and a playful quip about he would and she would.
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Punster
Straphanger and Lady Argue Over Foot Footing
A brief funny exchange shows a straphanger accusing a woman of placing her bag on his foot. The woman apologizes and admits she thought the foot belonged to the man seated. The scene highlights a light moment of commuter etiquette on a crowded train.
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Straphanger
Lady Straphanger
Quote on honesty and golf brings smiles on course
A humorous quip notes that the only man who dislikes cheerful faces when trouble arises is found on any golf course. The exchange hints at golf culture and wit about keeping spirits up amid problems.
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