Senate Weighs Censure Over WPA Endorsement in Iowa Race
Washington reports anti administration lawmakers plan a resolution to censure an endorsement by WPA head Harry Hopkins of Otha Wearin's bid for the Democratic Senate nomination in Iowa. Senator Johnson drafts the measure while Hopkins defends relief workers' political neutrality and warns against coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
WPA
Brady M. Stewart
Isville
Presii Roosevelt
Ator Barkley
D-Ky
Stew
Stewart
Hopkins
Pkins
Wheeler
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
Daily language notes explain proper usage and pronunciation. The entry highlights confusing forms and common misspellings and defines prodigious as extraordinary in bulk or degree with an example of prodigious strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Only Hoey Can Save Mann Smith
RALEIGH May 26 Mann Smith a McDowell county Negro convicted of rape will die in the states gas chamber tomorrow unless governor Hoey intervenes. Perfection of appeals to the supreme court stayed the executions of Chirner Dee and James Sturgis Gaston county Negroes convicted of murder. They would have died tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Mann Smith
McDowell County
Hoey
Supreme Court
Chirner Dee
James Sturgis
Gaston County
Pigs and Camels Said to Be Non Swimmers
A claim circulates that pigs and camels are the only animals unable to swim, prompting curiosity about animal swimming ability and possible exceptions.
Relief Beet Mele Laters a Headache Headache
Ad copy promotes quick relief for headaches with a prescription-type ingredient in the iC formula. It targets readers waking with jittery nerves and suggests a spring hand from BC. The text appears as partial medical advertising copy with garbled phrasing.
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Genery
BC Pain Remedy Ad Mentions Opium Free Formula
An vintage ad touts a BC remedy priced at 10¢ and 25¢ for headaches neuralgia muscular pains and nervousness claiming an opium free formula and swift relief. The copy emphasizes fast action and consumer savings in a period tone.
Modern Prima Donna
Puzzle clues hint at the theme of opera and vocal prowess with many cross references to a prima donna. Across entries cover professions relations and musical terms while vertical lines suggest related words like erected and caretaker and the grid promises a themed completion.
Dyott Expedition Searches for Fawcett Near the Xingu
George M. Dyott leads two photographers and two wireless experts through the Matto Grouse toward the Xingu river in the Amazon basin hunting Colonel Fawcett. They meet an Anauqua chief Aloique who recalls guiding Fawcett east and suggests a possible fate involving the Suyas. A metal tag and Fawcett’s box surface in the chief’s hut as Dyott’s party learns of a last campfire site and plans to continue their trek despite a rumored plot against them.
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Fawcett
Matto Grouse
George M. Dyott
Amazon
Xingu River
Amazon System
Dyott
Amone
Indiana
Aloique
Sam Martin
Chier
Modern Etiquette Q A on wedding invites and courtesy
Q and A on etiquette cover inviting a stepfather with the bride and her mother, why a man offers his arm at night, and meanings behind a hostess asking how you like your tea.
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Edward L. Lee
How Can I Cleanse Hands And House Pests
How can I remove offensive odor from hands by using dry mustard in cold water and rinse. How can I deter ants and roaches by washing shelves with a strong alum water solution. How to prepare dried beef creolet by shredding beef and mixing with pi mento cream sauce eggs chili sauce and buttered toast with parsley.
Quiz Q&A: Shakespearean Benedick and Early Texas Statehood
The questions explore why a man is called a bene dict after marriage, Mar marked as chancellor from 1867 to 1890, petty larceny as the common first prison offense, hydrogen as the gas with greatest lifting power, and Texas as the only independent republic admitted to statehood since the Constitution.
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Benedict
Bismark
Germany
Benedick
Beatrice
Texas
Guilford County Realty Transfers Across Townships
Real estate transfers listed across Guilford County townships including High Point Oak Ridge Center Grove and Madison with buyers and sellers such as J A Bundy Frances L Horney Horney Central Investment Corp Susie Schlosser Harrison Crutchfield Troxler Yates McNairy Mooney and Hayworth along Prescott Hicks Guilford Avenue and Brown Summit Road properties.
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High Point Township
J. A. Bundy
Frances L. Horney
Hicks Street
Homestead Realty Company
R. Allen Burton
Fairmont Park
H. G. Robbins
D. S. Hedgecock
Blair-Edwards
Moreheead Township
Central Investment Corporation
Susie Elizabeth Schlosser
Prescott Street
Cr. G. Harrison
J. M. Crutchfield
Guilford Avenue
Rock Creek Township
Thomas J. Shoffner
Elizabeth Staley
James Brown
Madison Township
Lillie L. Troxler
G. B. Troxler
Brown Summit Road
Center Grove Township
Security National Bank
C. G. Yates
Friendship Township
Holly A. McNairy
R. L. Edwards
H. A. McNairy
Oak Ridge Township
R. E. Walker
W. V. Mooney
C. E. Morgan
Appointments Made by Hoey
May 26. Governor Hoey announced a series of appointments to state boards and commissions. These include the Probation Commission with Judge Wilson Warlick of Newton named, the State Board of Pharmacy with Roger A. McDuffie of Greensboro, the Plumbing and Heating Contractors Examiners with J. M. Jarrett of Raleigh, the Commission for the Blind with Robert H. Cooke of Shelby, the Dry Cleaners Commission with M. W. Gordon Jr. of Marion, the Architectural Examination and Registration Board with B. E. Stillwell of Hendersonville, the Boiler Rules Board with Henry Stell of Plymouth, and the American Library Association Annual Conference delegate Stuart W. Robertson of Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Probation Commission
Wilson Warlick
Newton
State Board of Pharmacy
Roger A. McDuffie
Greensboro
State Board of Examiners of
J. M. Jarrett
State Commission For the Blind
Robert HH. Cooke
Shelby
State Dry Cleaners Commission
M. W. Gordon, Jr
Marion
State Board of Architectural Examination and Registration
BE. G. Stillwell
Hendersonville
State Board of Boiler Rules
Henry Stell
Plymouth
American Library Association
Stuart W. Robertson
Auditor Testifies Against Sheriff in Pitt County Case
Auditor D. R. Hollowell testified in Greenville as county commissioners add evidence to oust Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst. Plaintiffs claim the sheriff did not account for all fees and commissions and allegedly diverted trust funds for personal use.
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Greenville
D. R. Hollowell
Pitt County Commissioners
S. A. Whitehurst
Hollowell
Whitehurnt
Mc Coy orders new buggy from local merchant
Farmer C D Mc Coy orders a two passenger buggy for 100 dollars through George Mueller. Mueller locates a Lawrenceburg Indiana maker after searching. The buyer offers his old buggy in exchange.
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Atherton
C. D. McCoy
George Mueller
Mueller
Lawrenceburg
Ind
McCoy
New Summer Dresses in 11 Styles at $1.00
New summer dresses offered in eleven styles priced at one dollar each. Fabrics include pre shrunk 80 by 80 printed batiste and broadcloth, providing a range of light options for warm weather.
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Thurder
High Point Enterprise
Piedm of Industry
High Point
North Carolina
National Press Club
Congress
Fort Hunt
Tom Connally
Fiorello LaGuardia
Gene Tunney
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Crescent
B. F. Hendrix Incorporated
Wrenn St
Prima Donna
South America
Uncle Ray's
Uncle Way
Paweett
Roberta Lee
Anne Ashley
A. C. Gordon
Guilford County Realty
R. R. Ragan
Blanche H. Hayworth
T. Y. Hamilton
Melrose
Tad
Bir Lyndon Street
Parelees
Priscilla Marquisette
Cannonwick
Pepperell
Bernice
Billy Lee
Clarilee
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