Farmers See High Point Misses Rural Market Opportunities
A local editorial urges High Point leaders and the Jaycees to survey farmers in the area to assess what the city offers, what it lacks, and how to attract more farm trade. It argues for a funded, semi scientific study to boost repair services, equipment sales, and rural business ties.
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Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Asheboro
Kernersville
High Point
Winston
Ashe
Thomasville
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Is It An Issue or A Party or A Man
A columnist questions Harold Ickes and President Truman meeting amid a campaign debate. The piece argues that personal qualities and party loyalties shape voters more than issues, urging a choice between Truman and Dewey based on character and leadership.
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Harold Ickes
Truman
Harold
Harry
Ickes
Associated Press
Thurmond
Wallace
Dewey
Russia
Henry Wallace
Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
United States
Rat Control And Town Gossip In Casual Comment
W A Bivins discusses rat extermination methods and pest costs highlighting High Point’s relative fly absence. He warns against gossip and propaganda, urging truth and community effort, then amusingly notes a wealthy heiress’s children discovering farm life and joking about using their grandmother as a cook.
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Edward Wallis Hoch
Marion
Kansas
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia
Cookie
Clever Courtroom Quips and Scams From the West
A short tale recalls Grace Goodhue Coolidge buying a self serving medical volume for eight dollars after marriage to Calvin Coolidge and a Colorado burglary case where the defendant lands an overshoe as Exhibit A but is found not guilty by a jur y.
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Cal
Grace Goodhue
Calvin Cooledge
New England
Grace
Coolidge
Prop
Colorado
KVP
Patents Issued for Germanium-Helium Alloys in Rectifier Tech
Patents have been granted for Germanium helium alloy compositions suitable for making high grade rectifiers that convert alternating current to direct current and for methods of producing the alloys. The historical note adds that Benjamin Franklin is identified as the first American economist.
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Benjamin Franklin
Harlem reform efforts and housing projects outlined
Robert Moses challenges a Harlem article and lays out a chronology of public works. He cites Dunbar and Harlem River houses, Rockefeller and Metropolitan Life projects, new schools and health facilities, and a total Harlem investment around 95 million dollars since 1934, including playgrounds and park plans.
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Harlem
Rockefeler
Dunbar
Harlem River Houses
James Weldon Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Foster
Colonial Park
St. Nicholas
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Riverton
Park Department
Aeady
Harlem Nurses Home
Harlem Hospital
135Th Street
Park Avenue
Frances Dewey Defies Stereotypes in Public Life
The article portrays Frances Dewey as outspoken and decisive, challenging rumors of subservience to her husband. It notes her family policy of open dinner-table discussions with sons John and Tom Jr to counter Communist influence, and recounts a trip anecdote where a boy shouted his weekly reader message to the Deweys in Paradise Montana.
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Thomas E. Deweys
Gov. Dewey
Dewey
Montana
Utah
Eric-abrac
Frances Dewey
D.A.R
George
Republican National Committee
Meat Prices Drive Beef Debate Over Price Supports
Washington discussion centers on how price supports influence beef costs. Advocates argue support preserved war meat, while critics note pork and corn policies also affect prices. Experts warn demand, corn yields, and economic cycles could drive prices up or down in coming years.
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Washington
NEA
U. S
Leto
Department Ofriculture
Medical Scientist HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured medical scientist
A crossword style clue set featuring a famous scientist associated with penicillin on the world stage. The puzzle lists numbered hints for across and down entries, including terms linked to medicine, warfare, geography, and common nouns.
Puzzle of the Purport and the Tremulous Era
A cryptic puzzle lists definitions and clues ranging from purport tremulous to low fellow era male sheep unit of reluctance Lincoln's nickname and through mine shaft huts shield bear rip disorder average sly look sea eagle fentmaker grit concludes two dollar Scottish sheepfold hen product palm lily musical note.
Facing Crisis with an Even Stride and Hope
The piece advises treating crises as dangerous yet open to opportunity. It urges avoiding melodramatic reactions to daily frictions, learning from past failures, and refocusing energy on productive tasks to maintain steadiness. It emphasizes evaluating events, not dwelling on losses, and moving forward with vigor.
Quotes on War, Unity, and Liberty From 1940s Leaders
The remarks collect statements by Bevin Warren Vishinsky Colvin and Eisenhower. Bevin warns against war but stresses shared policy among western powers. Warren calls for unity beyond party lines. Vishinsky frames UN diplomacy at Paris. Colvin advocates prohibition re enactment. Eisenhower praises freedom as a supreme value.
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Eed Magazine
South
Ohio River
George Sokolsky
Robert Moses
Bob
Old Olmsted
Morningside
Colonial
Lait and Mortimer
George Dixon
Edson
Sir Alexander
Bie
Cne
Fiorenza
Ernest Bevin
Earl Warren
California
Andrei Vishinsky
Paris
D. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
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