Financial critique targets North Carolina cash crisis and lenders
Raleigh Correspondent Lynn Nisbet notes NC is not bankrupt or defaulting but faces tighter finances than a decade and a half. The piece accuses the Scott administration of short sighted cash management, evasive denial, and reliance on banks for future borrowing, risking public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street
High Point
Raleigh
Lynn Nisbet
North Carolina
Mr. Nisbet
Kerr Scott and Company
RFC Loans Reach New High As Government Backing Grows
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation holds about 416 million in outstanding business loans with some 5400 firms owing money and 1200 new applications monthly. High profile loans include Kaiser-Frazer, Lustron, and transit electrification. Critics warn of federal overreach while taxpayers fund these loans.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
RFC
Massachusetts
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York- Washington
Lustron Corp
Congress
Lions Honor Kerr Scott Amid Civic Club Feud
The Swepsonville Lions named Kerr Scott an honorary member despite his harsh public stance against Lions and other civic groups in Alamance. The gesture follows a long running feud as Scott, a prominent local figure, remains in the spotlight of state affairs.
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Swepsonville Lions
Kerr Scott
Bull of
Alamance
Lions
Little Woman Dishes On Trumans Share the Wealth
Washington column features a sharp exchange with a self described “little woman” denouncing Truman’s welfare program as hypocritical. She criticizes fundraisers for high dinner prices and links the policy to a broader attack on reactionaries, while noting a Soviet report on tuition and park fees. The piece also cites IRS refund fraud patterns connected to fake firms and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Mr. Truman
Louisiana Purchase
Moscow
Russian horse show critique by a Marxist writer
A special brass correspondent sharpens a critique of a New York horse show as capitalist spectacle. He targets Wall Street wealth, consumer beauty culture, and class disparity, arguing women and fur fashion dominate the event while dismissing horses as mere props in a broader ideological critique.
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George Gramada
New York
Wall Street
Gilbert S. Underwood
Paris
Underwood
Washington
Frogs Glow From Fireflies And Other Mirthful Facts
Notable curiosities note frogs glow when they eat fireflies revealing light through skin. A newborn increases average household work by about ten hours weekly. In 1929 Pennsylvania saw 379 bee hives destroyed by black bears. Pork is nicknamed corn on the hoof in farm belts. Kentucky hosts over 57 thousand miles of highways. England counts more than ten million bicycles in use.
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Don Marquis
Thomas Carlyle
London
New York
North Carolina
Newark
Washington Admiral Denfeld party dog incident noted
The night Admiral Denfeld faced removal as chief of naval operations a dog named Frisco nipped a guest at his home. A servant was told to remove the dog, and was loudly told to bite Secretary Matthews if needed, prompting five minutes of laughter.
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Washington
NEA
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Frisco
Matthews
Religion and Unbelief Reflections From a Sunday Sermon
Reverend Arthur Kale discusses faith and doubt, citing infidels and poets while noting the common impulse to discuss religion. The piece references Mark Twain, Alfred Tennyson, and Russell L. Dick, linking worry and belief to emotional health and practical coping strategies.
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Arthur Kale
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Cory
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Share-the-Wealth
Union League
St. Paul
George Dixon
Bureau of Internal Revenue
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Bureau
George Sokolsky
Dostoevsky
Siberia
Manchuria
Astrakhan
Soviet Russia
Michurin
Lysenko
Black Bears
Pennsylvania
State of
Kentucky
England
Peter Edson
U. S
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Sam
Europe
Veterans Administration
Air Force
Department of Agriculture
State Department
U. S. Navy
W. A. Bivins
Alfred Tennyson
Sredell County
J. R. Scroggs
God
Mark Twain
Russell L. Dicks
Duke University Divinity School
Greensboro News of
Judith Anne Shakespeare
Avon
Judith Anne
San Jose
Sam Hosay
Califfornia
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