Libraries and Leisure in the New Deal Era
The American Library Association's Chicago convention highlighted libraries' growing role in guiding the public to use newly expanded leisure under NRA codes. Harry Lydenberg urged adjustment to this leisure era, stressing libraries as centers for self education and profitable reading amid economic reform and bank guaranty debates.
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UBLIC
American Library Association
Chicago
Harry Miller Lydenberg
New York Public Library
Prohibition Repeal and Rockefeller Liquor Plan
Bruce Catton argues repeal marks a new era and urges using the Rockefeller plan to guide liquor control. He favors liberal beer and wine rules, strict distillate regulations, and staged sales, noting neither side will be fully satisfied but it provides a useful starting point for policy study.
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Bruce Catton
America
Rockefeller
Huey Long Publishes Memoir “Every Man a King”
Huey Long joins the immortals as an author with a memoir titled Every Man a King. The National Book Company of New Orleans publishes the work after printers in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore reportedly refused. Long, once seen as merely comic, is described as increasingly ludicrous in the nation’s mood and intelligence.
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Huey Long
United Press
National Book Company
New Orleans
Dispatch
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Huey
Sense of Humor a Wonderful Asset
President Roosevelt uses his wit to defuse a potential clash with Harvard University and embodies the value of humor. The move echoes Woodrow Wilson's warning against turning incidents into issues. The News and Observer commends the president for this approach.
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Roosevelt
Harvard
Woodrow Wilson
News and Observer
Inci
The Opposites Nature Mates in Fashion Paradox
A metropolitan writer notes how clothing sales attract small women to big men and comments on Nature’s joke that giants wed little women. He suggests oversized departments cater to petite shoppers taping athletic wear and seeking size 18 and 20 shirts while small ladies proudly manage buys, debunking the fat man myth.
Where the Blame Lips and the U.S. System
An Idaho Statesman opinion argues that crime and corruption reflect citizen choices and the public’s deference to power. It contends organized minorities fuel racketeering and that people ignore harms until it hits their pocketbook. It criticizes blaming government without trying to reform it intelligently.
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Idaho Statesman
United States
President's plan to reopen banks after banking holiday
Plans to reopen many banks closed during the winter banking holiday aim to restart lending nationwide if carried out with care. The note adds that banks failed by mismanagement cannot safely resume with the same officials even with new capital.
Thwarting Escape and the Alcatraz Prison Plan
The piece endorses Attorney General Homer Cummings plan for a federal prison on Alcatraz Island to isolate the most vicious and irredeemable prisoners. It argues Alcatraz is ideally suited to deter escapes and keep desperadoes from breaking free.
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Homer Cummings
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Mr. Cummings
Capone
Independence for the Philippines Might Move in Congress
The article notes that both chambers of the Filipino legislature rejected the Hawes Cutting act, shifting the independence issue back to Congress. It argues Filipinos seek a clear, unconditional break with no strings, and suggests a swift severance could be the path a future Congress may take to redeem a long ignored pledge.
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Filpino
Congress
Daladier Declares State of Emergency Over Gold Franc
Premier Daladier of France has finally decided a state of emergency extats over the gold franc. Until now, most likely, it was just a state of mind.
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Premier Daladier
France
French chemical firm guards war gas claim from War Office
A French chemical firm reportedly possesses a dangerous gas and refuses to inform the War Office. The document notes the firm will not discuss the matter, nor engage in conversation about it.
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War Office
Nine Day Old Calf Delights Paul Gray
A nine day old calf born after its dam died captivates Paul Gray who plans to raise it, feeding by finger milk and teaching it to lick its tongue. The scene contrasts with a quiet morning as the author reflects on school meetings, seasons, and life.
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Penelope
Paul Gray
Paul
Analysis on the Matter of Prohibition Repeal
The editor requests publication of information on repeal with figures from 1920 to 1921 showing rising automobile license revocations for intoxication. It notes moderation of auto and postwar crime would be worse without prohibition and cites U.S. Census Bureau data on licensure rates.
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the Enterprise
G. T. Nance
Purean
Vets Register At Old Postoffice In High Point
Registration headquarters for all ex service men opened today in the old post office building under High Point Post No 619 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Commander J W McMahon urged all ex service men to register, affiliated or not. Hours are 9 30 a m to 12 o'clock and 1 30 to 4. The information will be kept on file for contact between ex service men.
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Associated Press
High Point
N.C
High Point Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. W. McMahon
Veterans Organization
Novel Draws Praise Across Continents Yet Sells 389 Copies
A new novel receives acclaim in both America and Europe but shows sluggish sales, moving only 389 copies in its first two months after publication, prompting discussions on market reception and literary merit.
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America
Europe
Foreclosure Sale Notice for Guilford County Property
Under a North Carolina deed of trust dated January 24 1933 and recorded in Book 704 Page 534 Guilford County I will sell at public auction for cash in front of the Municipal Building High Point on Friday October at 11 00 o clock A M the described property due to default on the note.
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D. C. MacRae
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
Boundary description for property in High Point Township Guilford County
Legal notice details the parcel in High Point Township described by a corner at Haithcock on a highway and Haithcock and Loflin lines to a railroad, with a 260 foot east and west edge. It states unpaid street assessments must be settled, and the purchaser must deposit 5 percent cash on sale day as good faith. Dated September 25, 1933 by Trustee W C Idol.
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High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Haithcock
Loflin
Slong
W. C. Idol
Roberson, Haworth & Reese
Attys
Who Is He Pictured As The Heir Of His Kingdom
A cryptic puzzle style query lists numbered clues across horizontal and vertical sections asking for the identity of the man pictured, with definitions for words such as to solicit in marriage, bird songster, to drink dog fashion, small body of land, and many others, indicating typical crossword style wordplay and cross references.
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Texas
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Calvin Coolidge
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Self
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Philippine Independence
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Claire
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New York Automobile Club
National Child Labor Committee
Wickersham Commission
Ada L. Comstock
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Mass
Raleigh
United States District Courts
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State Highway Bureau
Prohibition Unit
Washington, D. C
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Keely Institute
Greensboro
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Morganton
Asheville
By John Mebane
Enterprise
Old Postoffice
Geteere County
Harold C. Bennett
Nellie Muse Bennett
D. ©. MacRae
L. Thornton Davis
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Julian C. Franklin
Asst
Walser & Casey
Denmark
An ‘Sa
Northwest
Hera
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