Budget debates and rail wage crisis loom in North Carolina
State budget makers project cuts to fund rising school costs including a five percent pay hike for about 24,000 teachers while highway fund diversions threaten road finances. Railroads resist wage cuts, seeking government relief. The Greensboro News lauds Cordell Hull's trade stance amid global tensions and recalls Quillen on debt and lending.
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Noral
Budget Commission
Ruth
General Assembly
North Carolina
Greensboro
Cordell Hull
Mr. Hull
America
Europe
Rail relief debate overruns wage cut in railroad crisis
The text argues regulation to boost rail revenues would handicap rival carriers and questions the wisdom of wage cuts. It cites 16,500 North Carolina railroad workers earning about 23 million annually and warns a 15 percent drop would hurt buying power. It questions whether railroads can operate without cuts or subsidies amid federal relief pressure.
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North Carolina
Secretary Hull Faces Open Door Clash with Japan
Secretary Hull rejects Japan's claim that the Open Door is closing to the United States and cites risks of continued extraterritoriality. He warns that resisting Japan's plan without broad strategic action could strain and possibly break relations, noting Germany and Italy have trampled treaties with impunity.
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Hull
Japan
United States
China
Germany
Italy
Reckless Spending Echoed By Local Editorial
The Martinsville Bulletin argues that splurging on nonessential pleasures like trips, new cars, recreation rooms, or season tickets happiness is a foolish but enjoyable part of life. The piece playfuly invokes Benjamin Franklin to question spending choices.
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Benjamin Franklin
Martinsville
Yellowstone
Music Association
Political chatter and wartime humor mix in December discourse
A Washington observer notes Negro voters leaning back to the Republican Party, while Eastern states show similar trends. The Concord Tribune mocks the South's fear of Negro influence, and the Statesville Daily jokes about Herr Hitler and Christmas. A humorously critical line about a ten year peace with France closes the column.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Washington
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
The
Concord Tribune
South
Statesville
Hitler
Santa Claus
France
Mama World
Dolly
Evening study for a richer life urges now
Renan’s wish to see Wilhelm II’s fate contrasts with the Kaiser’s quiet Doorn life at eighty. The piece urges readers to spend evenings learning through university extension courses or WPA offerings, visiting libraries, and pursuing education to gain zest and broaden mental horizons.
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Renan
Wilhelm II
Potsdam
Doorn
Kaiser
Public Library
Superintendent of Schools
Clever, Witty People Said to Possess Black Eyes
A press release notes that black eyes are possessed by clever and witty individuals, while adding a caveat about those with a slow left. The statement blends humor and intrigue without asserting factual claims.
Fashion Note From Berlin Papers Please Copy
No spats this winter according to Berlin papers Please Copy. The note hints at season style shifts and practical footwear avoiding traditional gaiters in cold months.
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Berlin
Eighty Nine and Still Working as a Blacksmith
Anton Von Bruse entered a blacksmith shop at age nine seeking work and was hired. Now at 89 he continues to forge work as a blacksmith, a life lesson in perseverance.
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Anton von Bruse
Walter Winchell on Broadway Glamour and wigs facts from Hollywood
Walter Winchell interviews reveal how glamour in cinema is manufactured from wigs and makeup to color treatments. The piece notes Max Factor salons altering tails and hair for actors and even lists hair sourcing from European marts and prices for natural red, grey, blonde, and brunette hair.
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Max Factor
Hays Office
Joan Crawford
Jean Harlow
Janet Chapman
Warners
Paul Muni
Juarez
Republican rally to feature Junius Harden in city turnout
Hoover supporters plan a rally at the American theater tonight with Burlington candidate for Congress Junius H. Harden on the program. Democrats meet later at their club hall. A collision on Montheu avenue injures five people.
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Hoover
American Theater
Junius H. Harden
Burlington
Congress
Montheu Avenue
Weekend visits of Buie's Creek residents and connections
Frank Wilson a Buie's Creek student spent the weekend at home with his parents. Mrs. Matt Wall stayed in Charlotte visiting Mrs. Paul Ten Hoopen. Mr. and Mrs. Noah A. Davis visited Hickory with Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hayes.
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Frank Wilson
Buie’s Creek
Matt Wall
Charlotte
Paul Ten- Hoopen
Noah A. Davis
Hickory
Charles H. Hayes
Makeup Habits Across Cultures and Cinema Influence
The text notes women in Near East regions reverse Western makeup habits by applying makeup before sleep to look their best at waking and leaving. It cites The Sisters with Bette Davis needing smaller looking eyes. It mentions perfume ingredients ambergris civet and musk valued for sexy scents rather than sweetness.
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Turkey
Syria
Palestine
Near East Nations
Bette Davis
Wigmakers Superstitions and Movie makeup Facts
The piece notes wigmakers, especially Latin ones, fear baldheaded visitors slowing work and forcing new starts. It also mentions movie makeup challenges and Harold Lloyd using a rubber thumb and forefinger after his own fingers were damaged posing for photos.
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Harold Lloyd
Makeup Myths Across Hollywood’s Glamour Screen
Douglas Fairbanks posed a heavy beard challenge for Max Factor causing mid day makeup removals and remakes. Perfume blending procedures mirror makeup work. No safe face powder contains lead oxide in recent decades. Olivia DeHavilland’s "Hard to Get" kiss marks used plain rouge. Scent longevity varies with skin chemistry and individual reactions.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Olivia DeHavilland
Election forecasts and Zeppelin welcome wrap up brief
Al Smith and Herbert Hoover claim victory as election ends. The Enterprise will announce returns at its office tomorrow night. President von Hindenburg greeted the Graf Zeppelin crew in Berlin today.
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al Smith
Herbert Hoover
United States
Enterprise
von Hindenburg
Berlin
City Sees Slow Vote In Today’s Election
Twenty years ago voters moved slowly with only 265 of 656 registered casting ballots by 3 pm. City council to decide Thursday school reopening as influenza wanes. Draft machinery runs at full blast and selectmen undergo medical exams.
Eye tricks and toupee talk: vintage film vanity
A column mentions blue eyed actresses using a red eye spot to enlarge their stare in flickers with Priscilla Lane and Jane Wyman cited from Brother Rat. It adds a note that maintaining a toupee costs as much as trimming natural hair over a year and recalls early film makers using Bull Durham tobacco as beard material.
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Priscilla Lane
Jane Wyman
Eyebrow Pencils From Cinema Roots And Costume Tricks
A look at how film work popularized the eyebrow pencil and other makeup tricks. Extras rushed to fix faces on set leading to widespread use of eyebrow pencils and improvised methods like chocolate syrup on Errol Flynn in Dawn Patrol. Wooden shoe props aid wig makers shaping cheek whiskers with chin-like blocks.
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Errol Flynn
Film makeup tricks and cosmetic myths from early cinema
A fragment lists Hollywood makeup myths and techniques from the 1910s to 1940s. It notes Boris Karloff parching lips with fish scales, Mary Pickford and Owen Moore on a Cuba location trip, alum on Jim Cagney’s lips, gold leaf on Luise Rainer’s eyelids, and a carmine capsule used for blood effects.
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Boris Karloff
Devil's Island
Cuba
Thomas Ince Company
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
Jim Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Luise Rainer
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Max Factor, Jr
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Local residents visit family and conduct business in Denton
Edward Harris has returned to his home in Denton after visiting his daughter Mrs Hanner. Mrs E E Richards on Leaksville visits her mother Mrs J B Richardson on Broad Street. Bruce Craven of Trinity spent several hours here yesterday on business.
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Edward Harris
Denton
Hanner
E. E. Richardson
Leaksville
J. B. Richardson
Broad Street
Bruce Craven
Trinity
Allies Press Ahead as Germans Face Peace Terms
American troops push on the western front as Pouilly falls to advancing forces. The British seize Le Quesnoy while a 200 mile battle line roars with heavy fighting and the allies drive toward victory.
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Germany
Pouilly
le Quesnoy
Cranberry Prices Rise Amid Bog Damage From Mars Men
Thanksgiving shoppers may face higher cranberry prices as New Jersey bogs suffer damage attributed to Martian men. Analysts warn supply disruptions could stretch the harvest and raise costs for consumers.
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New Jersey
Mars
Weather forecast warns of harsher winter ahead
Weather officers predict a tougher winter season with colder temperatures and increased storm potential. They caution residents to prepare early while forecasts indicate patterns favor earlier, heavier snowfall in the region.
Copenhagen Residents Refuse Air Raid Light Blackout
Citizens around Copenhagen Denmark refuse to dim lights for air raid defense testing. No blackout will be observed as part of the drill. Authorities had urged a lights off test amidst ongoing civil defense preparations.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Election Promise Versus Silver Half Dollar Debate
The forthcoming election prompts a comparison between a $30 weekly promise and the traditional silver half dollar given on election day. The piece frames the issue as a question of enduring value and political power.
Churches of New York Recapped by Charles B Driscoll
New York Day by Day summarizes historic churches in the city as seen in the Saturday column. Riverside Church Rockefeller built for Fosdick faces the Hudson with a famous bell choir. St Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue is among the largest Gothic structures with twin spires. St John the Divine on Morningside Heights nears completion after decades of work. The piece notes the scale and features of these landmark houses of worship.
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New York
Riverside Church
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Harry Emerson Fosdick
France
Riverside Drive
Hudson
America
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
50Th Street
St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
Columbia University
United States
Old Trinity and St Pauls Chapel Churches of Manhattan
Old Trinity on Wall Street and Broadway and St Pauls Chapel near the area are among Manhattan's oldest churches. St Pauls now serves as a chapel of rest and prayer with no regular services, while Trinity holds daily noon services that attract thousands of business people.
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Old Trinity
Wall Street
Broadway
St. Paul's Chapel
Manhattan
St. Paul's
Trinity
Old Dutch Church on Broadway A Historic New York Landmark
The column notes the Old Dutch Church near Tarrytown as the oldest continually used church site in the United States with a graveyard deserving study by New York history enthusiasts. The author references church literature and plaques for the claim.
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Broadway
Tarrytown
United States
New York
St Andrews Church Staten Island Oldest NYC Landmark
Description notes St Andrew's on Staten Island as the city’s oldest church, praised for preservation and beauty with no complaints raised about its standing.
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St. Andrew's
Staten Island
New York City
The Decay of St Mark's in the Bouwerie Graveyard
The ancient St Mark's in the Bouwerie graveyard holds Petrus Stuyvesant, former governor of New Amsterdam. The piece comments on the graveyard’s deteriorating state and the landmark’s decline.
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St. Mark's
the Bouwerie
Manhattan
Petrus Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Churches Present Modern Social Service Ideas on Broadway
The Church of the Strangers and The Broadway Tabernacle Church in the 56th and Broadway area were recently presented as modern institutions embracing social service and visitor friendliness.
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Church of the Strangers
Broadway Tabernacle Church
56Th and
Broadway
Notable New York Churches Highlight Distinct Traditions
The article notes the contrast between St Mary the Virgin and Corpus Christi for their original qualities, praises St Vincent Ferrer for architecture, and lists churches on Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue including St Thomas, the Little Church Around the Corner, St Bartholomew's, St Nicholas, and Heavenly Rest with marriages and varied congregations.
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St. Mary the Virgin
Church of Corpus Christi
Church of St. Thomas
Fifth Avenue
St. Bartholomew's
Park Avenue
Churches Featured for Future Coverage
The series will continue and cover Broadway Temple Temple Emanuel First Church of Christ Scientist Old St. Peter's Brick Presbyterian and the Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Readers’ suggestions will be considered promptly though these churches have already been asked for.
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Broadway Temple
Temple Emmanuel
First Church of Christ Scientist
Old St. Peter's
Brick Presbyterian
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