A Thought on Civility From Proverbs to Johnson
A short moral reflection contrasts a wicked man with a foul mouth to the ethics of speaking civilly. It notes a person’s right to speak is bound to restraint, echoing a Johnsonian view that words should refrain from cruelty or rudeness as one would avoid violence.
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Versailles
Jimmy Cannon
Ted Husing
Dinty Moore
la Conga
Garbo
Broadhurst Theatre
Ruby Foo
Kit-Kat
Coverage of Wage Hour Law Could Reach Reporters
Discussion of whether the wage hour provisions apply to reporters and other newspaper staff under interstate commerce rules. Administrator Andrews weighs coverage of watchmen clerks stenographers and messengers in producing interstate news. The impact could vary by whether a paper circulates across states versus intra state only.
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Andrews
South's Prospects Examined By Mark Etheridge
Mississippi's Mark Etheridge, GM of the Louisville Courier Journal, spoke to about 1,500 at UNC about the South's failings. He criticized the "sterile poverty" in the deep South and the mendicant stance of regional leaders, urging a move away from hand-out politics and toward realism.
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University of North Carolina
Deep South
Mississippi
Mark Etheridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
South
Etheridge
Hitler
Hell
Dolly
North Carolina workers challenged by rail wage debate
The discussion contrasts North Carolina workers with those in other states as speakers debate rail wage scales. Attendees at a hearing consider whether railroad pay advances outpace gains in other manufacturing sectors and how this affects overall industry wages and policy.
Rockefeller aid praised for Great Smokies support
Secretary Harold Ickes lauds the Rockefeller family in St. Louis for crucial backing in creating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He notes North Carolina and Tennessee helped fund the land purchase while the Rockefellers provided vital fostering support. Ickes highlights the park’s enduring forests and praises the Ickes and first Mrs. Ickes for their personal interest in locating the mountain top road gateway to the park.
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Rockefeller
Great Smokies’ National Park
Harold L. Ickes
Department of the Interior
St. Louis
Ickes
North Carolina
Tennessee
Rockefellers
Definitely Subversive Two Europeans Reject Football at Chapel Hill
Two Europeans introduced to football at Chapel Hill rejected the game expressing that American colleges would be better off without football. The piece argues that colleges value football for gate receipts and advertising, shaping priorities away from curricula and presidents toward coaches and teams.
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Chapel Hill
Earlier rail wage case testimony cites wage gap claim
David Kaplan statistician for the International Association of Machinists testified before the President's fact finding board. He argued railroad wages lagged industry wide increases, noting 1937 rail increases were only about half the rises seen in other sectors.
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David Kaplan
International Association of Machinists
Thinking Methods of Howard Rogers and Edison
Bruce Barton cites Roy W. Howard favoring information gathering before decision. Will Rogers uses social input to refine ideas through conversations with diverse people. Edison works alone until nearly solved, then seeks input. Identify your natural thinking method and follow it.
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Bruce Barton
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Barton
Roy Howard
Will Rogers
Homer Cray
Will
Supreme Court
Ple
Studio
Thomas A. Edison
Foreign volunteers withdraw as Spanish conflict drains resources
A compact reflection notes that both sides pull out foreign volunteers and that lingering bystanders remain as the country tightens under war. Observations on public strikes, innovation, and cultural critiques appear as brief opinions from noted figures.
New Yorkers Face Racial Tension And Postwar Shortages
Charles Driscoll recalls New York's diverse mix of natives and newcomers, noting limited overt prejudice among most groups during wartime debates. He mentions a fish shortage after European war disruptions, relief efforts by visiting Martha’s Vineyard academics, and a planned benefit performance led by Martha Cornell, Jimmy, and Tom Stix to aid displaced fishermen.
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Martha's Vineyard
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vineyard
New York
Tharine Cornell
Jimmy
Jim Thurber
Margaret
Tom Stix
Walter Winchell on Broadway Trade Mark Regist
New York City nightlife notes feature Basil Rathbone and Robert Morley at the Oscar Wilde premiere, Harpo Marx startled on 53rd Street, George Jessel and George Lederer, and a parade of industry figures amid Midtown vignettes. Observations cover clubs, fashion, gossip, and the October city mood with varied cameos and quick quips.
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Walter Winchell
Mark Regist
New York
Basil Rathbone
Robert Morley
London
Oscar Wilde
Harpo Marx
53Rd Street
George Jessel
George Lederer
Happy Chandler
McAlpin
Kentucky
Lucius Beebe
Zoociety
F.D.R
Truman Talley
Fox Movietone
ZaSu Pitts
Justice F. Pecora
Lefty Gomez
June O'Dea
Horace Greeley
34Th Street
Fulton Theatre
Olsen and Johnson
Winter Garden Garden
7Th Avenue
50Th and
List
Risgay
Casanova
Chicago
Central Park
Democratic club hosts radio event with Al Smith speech
A radio party at the Democratic club hall will broadcast Al Smith’s Louisville speech. Mrs. H F Seawell of Carthage urged city women to back Hoover and prohibition. Homecoming day is set for Green Street Baptist Church tomorrow.
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Democratic Club
al Smith
Louisville
H. F. Seawell
Carthage
Herbert Hoover
Prohibition
Green Street Baptist Church
Graf Zeppelin to Land at Lakehurst This Afternoon
Senator Simmons spoke in New Bern ahead of the speech reaffirming opposition to Al Smith. State Democrats fear the speech's outcome. The former Empress Marie of Russia has died at her Copenhagen home.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Simmons
New Bern
al Smith
Marie
Russia
Copenhagen
Death of High Point Mayor William Ragan at 49
William Preston Ragan, mayor of High Point, died this morning at his West High Street home at 7 30 from pneumonia after influenza. A UNC law graduate, he served as High Point postmaster under Taft, then mayor from 1917. He married Elizabeth Gurley in 1905.
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William Preston Ragan
High Point
West High Street
Ragan
Springfield School
Guilford College
University of North Carolina
Elizabeth Gurley
William Howard Taft
Bill Ragan
World War Era Quotes Highlighting Fear and Realignments
A montage of wartime quotes features Adolf Hitler on truth distortion, Eduard Benes resigning as Czechoslovakia’s president, Charles R. Hook praising entrepreneurial risk, and Winston Churchill signaling each Central and Eastern European country will seek favorable terms with the Nazi regime.
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Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Central
Europe
Nazi Party
Winston Churchill
Fisherfolk Seek Hearing And Aid From Friends Of Martha's Vineyard
An earnest plea describes fishers who refuse money from strangers and ask for boats, noting their long lineage before the United States. The Friends Martha's Vineyard group aims to help without harming the fisherfolk’s pride, hoping to gain access to a ship and support.
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United States
Martha's Vineyard
Commuter in Rochester N Y Ties Bow Knot on Rail
A Rochester New York man with years of commuting ties a perfect bow knot while grabbing the railing at the observation platform, marking a moment in daily travel.
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Rochester, N
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