Editorial advocates erosion education for dam project
A High Point editorial warns the proposed Yadkin river hydro dam could fail without tackling farm practices and silt buildup. It urges citizens to support long term soil education and watershed conservation to protect storage and local prosperity. The piece cites erosion, silt, and drought risks and calls for community action.
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Yadkin
High Point
Piedmont
Enterprise
Deep River
Yadkin River
High Rock Lake
Lexington
Spencer
Lea
High P
Power Outage Plunges City Into Hours of Darkness
A long electric blackout left schools, shops, and homes without light or power for hours. Frustration grew as residents demanded answers while the power company and city officials blamed each other. Fire risk rose with candles and cooking halted. the switch finally restored service with no clear explanation given.
Building for the Future in Thomasville with $45,518 PWA grant
Thomasville receives a 45518 grant to fund a new municipal building housing city offices fire department jail and courtroom. City officials urged to plan ahead to avoid cramped space and limited expansion seen in years past seven miles eastward.
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Thomasville
PWA
R. M. Coolsey
A Twisted Riff on School Life and Old Time Gripes
The letter mocks budget math and Social Security talk while lampooning President Roosevelt and Davy Jones. It recalls college meal complaints at A T Greensboro and hints at past campus food scares. The tone blends satire with nostalgic country charm.
Pickfair Sequel Intrigues Hollywood Rumor
The article muses on a new name for Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers’ home as their marriage unfolds, debating options like Pickbud Buds pick Pickdy and Roford while noting the public curiosity over a successor to Pickfair.
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Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Hollywood
Mary
Doug
Pickbud
Budspick
Pickdy
Roford
Budford
Buddy
Johnson Rejects St James Title For American Ambassador
Charlotte resident Herschel V. Johnson, the United States' third ranking official in London, criticizes the misuse of the title Ambassador to the Court of St James's. He prefers the simple American ambassador to Great Britain and notes the term is a lingering journalistic error from royal-era phrasing.
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Washington
Amon
Don Fernando de Los Rios
University of Madrid
Spanish Republic
Herschel V. Johnson
Charlotte
London
Havig
Great Britain
Court of St. James's
Last of the Vans Death Claims Oris P Van Sweringen
The Van Sweringen brothers built a three billion dollar rail empire after starting as Cleveland news vendors. Oris P Van Sweringen died a year earlier. the survivor died of a heart attack. Their careers defined 20th century transportation and raise questions about values and personal welfare.
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Oris P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
New York Day By Day: Lowell Thomas A Multitalented Dynamo
Lowell Thomas grows as New Yorks top human dynamo combining radio news reels and lectures with boxing and horse riding. He writes about travel books lectures and broadcasts from Pawling and is reportedly earning seven thousand dollars weekly. The piece also notes his media milieu from Imperial’s Rialto to Radio City Pajama Parlor patronage by film and theater figures.
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New York
Lowell Thomas
Jack Dempsey
Thomas
Cripple Creek
Denver
Runyon
Pawling
Duchess County
Gertrude Stein Visits New York. Meets Webbster Cartoonist
Gertrude Stein ends Paris exile with a New York visit as guest at a Dutch Treat luncheon. She praises H. T. Webster’s cartooning and reveals a yearn to see him. Webster sits unobtrusively at a table, a bashful presence amid the gathering.
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Gertrude Stein
Paris
New York
America
H. T. Webster
Casper Milquetoast
Otto Wood Seen in High Point After Escape
Otto Wood, a bandit and convicted murderer who escaped from the state prison for the third time, was spotted in High Point yesterday morning between 10:30 and 11:00 by three witnesses. One observer, a former roads crew companion, says he is a close friend. Wood was recognized when he entered the city hall cafe, ordering a hamburger and coffee and seemed very nervous.
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Otto
High Point
Otto Wood
Wood
City Hall
North Carolina Racks Up 2611.83 Miles Of Paved Roads
Local highway officials report the highway commission has laid 2,611.83 miles of hard surfaced paving in North Carolina over the past five years, reflecting major progress in state road improvements.
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North Carolina
The
Highway Commission
High Point School Band Draws 30 Players For Practice
At a weekly session the High Point high school band filled the auditorium with martial marches and waltzes as almost 30 students participated in the rehearsal.
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High Point High School
Aberfoyle opens branch hosiery yarn warehouse
The Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia has opened a branch warehouse for hosiery yarn distribution in the old Slane hosiery mill on Mangum Street.
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Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co
Philadelphia
Slane
Mangum Street
Thanksgiving travelers and students visit homes
Misses Adelaide and Mary Duncan McAnally of Salem college and Charles McAnally of the University are noted. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Neuschafer depart for Richmond to spend Thanksgiving with friends. Miss Anne Carter Marsh of Converse college is home for Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Marsh.
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Adelaide
Mary Duncan McAnally
Salem College
Charles McAnally
University
J. H. Neuschafer
Richmond
Anne Carter Marsh
Converse College
J. E. Marsh
Liquor seizure in Jacksonville and seaplanes head to Panama
Federal officers seized more than 4 000 quarts of liquor in Jacksonville Florida today. Two navy seaplanes sped toward Panama on an aerial flight amid the day’s headlines.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Panama
Valuable Coffin factory site sold at Greensboro auction
Twenty years ago in November 1916 the Samuel B Coffin Inc plant and equipment were sold at public trustee's sale at Greensboro courthouse. The firm made high class office furniture assets from 15000 to 20000 dollars and the property excluding book accounts sold for 7410 dollars. H Millis won the bid. The site fronts Hamilton street at 250 feet and also fronts the Southern railway.
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Samuel B. Coffin, Inc
Greensboro
H.millis
Hamilton Street
Southern Railway
Hiatt Family Returns After Detroit Summer
Mrs. A. M. Hiatt and daughter Mary spent the summer in Detroit and have returned to the city. Mr. Hiatt will come back about Christmas. Mesdames J. R. Rietzel W. C. Jones and J. W. Welborn visited Winston Salem for M P conference. Miss Bertha Cox of Asheboro came to attend the dance tonight. R. L. Ferguson and Allen Wilder of Greensboro are city business visitors.
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A. M. Hiatt
Mary
Detroit
Mich
Mr. Hiatt
J. R. Rietzel
W. C. Jones
J. W. Welborn
Winston-Salem
Bertha Cox
Asheboro
R. L. Fergurson
Allen Wilder
Greensboro
Sir Hiram Maxim Dies at 76 in London
Sir Hiram Maxim, 76, inventor of the automatic firearm system, died at his London home. Born in Sangerville, Maine, he is survived by son Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the Maxim silencer. Also notes claims about hospital ships Bramaer Castle and Britannic, and a New York elevated train accident injuring twelve.
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Hiram Maxim
London
Sangerville
Hiram Percy Maxim
Bramaer Castle
New York
High end jewel thefts face tight security in New York
Article notes that major New York jewelers avoid robberies due to automatic exit locks rapid police response and machine gun ambush readiness. It recalls a past tunnel attempt on 23rd Street thwarted when diggers lost nerve, with a yearlong preliminary effort revealed by street work. Also mentions a friend opposed to misuse of the word only in writing.
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New York
Atlantic Monthly
McNaught Syndicate
Indigest A Riff on the Straw Vote in the Magazine
After enduring a flood of crew reactions the piece hints the magazine should be rebranded as the Indigest to mock the straw vote episode. The quip targets editorial fatigue and the political gimmick prominent in the discussion.
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