Senate Wrangler Sparks North Carolina Rift in Debate
A Senate discussion highlights North Carolina figures Simmons Overman and Heflin as Heflin accuses a publisher of lying about Smith money while Overman defends party integrity. The exchange centers on corruption rumors and Simmons loyalty to North Carolina amid national politics.
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United States
Senate
North Carolina
Simmons
Smith
Senator Overman
Heflin
Asheville
Overman
New York
North
Dawning Era of Culture Across America
Chauncey J. Hamlin foresees a great flowering of culture in America driven by industrial wealth and leisure. The piece notes optimism about art, science, architecture, and history, contrasts with critic viewpoints, and highlights innovations like live-language translation in the League of Nations context.
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America
Chauncey J. Hamlin
American Association of Museums
Mr. Hamlin
College grads find jobs as education shifts to practical vocation
State College reports 188 graduates with 74 in engineering 30 in agriculture and 18 in textiles all securing employment. Faculty coordinate with employers to place students and some programs require work during vacations to offset education costs.
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State College
High Point city manager et al career concerns
Knoxville letter questions why High Point North Carolina pays the city manager less than Salisbury and suggests local candidates are better suited. The writer argues for hiring a genuine High Pointer from within the community and complains about out of state applicants.
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Knoxville
Tennessee
High Point Enterprise
Pilcher
High Point
Salisbury
N. C
Florida
Will Rogers Drafted to Run for President 1936
Will Rogers has been drafted to run for president as a satire backed by fourteen national notables including Henry Ford and Babe Ruth. He will not name a running mate, plan a self written platform, and aims to expose “bank” practices in both parties. Rogers says he will perform presidential duties for one salary and ride herd on the Senate when not busy at the White House.
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New York
Will Rogers
Rogers
Life the Humorous Weekly
Henry Ford
Nichololas Murray Butler
Roy Howard
Glenn H. Curtiss
Gen
William Mitchell
Charles Dana Gibson
Clare Briggs
Ben B. Lindsey
White House
Senate
Beverly Hills
Cal
Kentucky
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Chicago
United States of America
Lindsey
Lexington Thinks Smith Gets State Nomination
Davidson county Democrats begin precinct conventions to pick delegates for the June 9 county meeting and the June 12 Raleigh state convention. The local view favors Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for the Houston national GOP ticket. Clyde Pickett seeks sheriff and L A Martin aims for State Senator in Davidson County rotation.
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Lexington
Davidson County
W. F. Brinkley
Vention
Democratic Party
Davidson
Raleigh
North Carolina
Houston
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Counety
Clyde Pickett Merchant
L. A. Martin
Obstacle for Mr Hoover in Farm Relief Veto Runup
The piece argues Coolidge's veto of the McNary Haugen bill hurts Herbert Hoover's presidential bid. It notes farm belt leaders and Lowden denouncing the veto and warns the unfinished business may shape the campaign if not acted on before Congress adjourns. The issue could loom large through the fall election.
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Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Middle West
Lowden
Hoover
Congress
A Warlike Measure That Might Promote Peace
The Universal Draft bill before Congress is urged by the American Legion through its commander. The Johnson bill would allow the President to place the nation’s material, industrial resources, and manpower under government control in wartime with no exemptions. It aims to deter profiteering and jingoism by uniting treasure and men for the public good.
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Congress
American Legion
United States
Free speech case overturned on unlawful assembly ruling
The appellate court voided Baldwin's six month jail sentence after Paterson police dispersed a gathering. The decision holds the constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly require the meeting be riotous or dangerous to justify unlawful assembly. In Boston, business men exhibit paintings as a leisure hobby, celebrating creative work despite critics.
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New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Roger Baldwin
Baldwin
Paterson
Boston
Cambridge Sets Diphtheria Death Record in 1927
Cambridge Massachusetts tied a remarkable record with zero diphtheria deaths in 1927 as reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The piece urges 100 percent public cooperation and proactive health measures to sustain the achievement into 1928.
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Cambridge
Mass
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Women and rifles stir debate over gender roles
A Philadelphia lecturer questions what counts as "their own" work for women while Kiowa County Kansas sheriff buys a machine gun and trains daily. Wisconsin University co eds form a rifle club and Arkansas City BPW club takes up target practice. Kansas University Girls Rifle Squad outperforms the men as mothers guide daughters into coast artillery roles. Thar, and to wed.
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Philadelphia
Kiowa County
Kas
Wisconsin University
Woman's Club
Arkansas City
Kansas University
Coast Artillery Corps
Soviet Consider Plan for Jewish Autonomous State on Amur River
Riga reports the Soviet government cooperates with Jewish groups to transport 1000 Jewish families into eastern Siberia to form an autonomous Jewish republic on the Amur river near Vladivostok. The new land would host over 100,000 Jewish families in time.
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Riga
Soviet Republic
Siberia
Amur
Vladivosto
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