Republicans Attack Farley Over Sinclair Letter Alibi
The Republican committee labeled Farley the world’s leading expert on collecting dumb stenographers after a form letter urged Sinclair’s election. They claimed the Democratic headqu arters concocted an alibi blaming a minor employee for the endorsement and pressed that neither the President nor Farley endorsed Sinclair. Observers noted Sinclair’s chances but warned the episode could affect broader political momentum in California and beyond.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Associated Press
Wfter
Washington
Upton Sinclair
California
Farley
Republican Senorial
Congressional Committee
Sinclair
New Deal Administration
James J. Farley
Democratic State Committee of
Democratic
George Creel
Frank F. Merriam
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Democratic Congressional Committee
Senate
House
Kean
Republican Senatorial-Congressional Committee
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Congress
A. F
Southern chemical industry growth center urged by industry magazine
The Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering issue argues the South will become the hub of the chemical industry as agriculture declines. It notes the need for Southern support of home industries, cites nitrate of soda from Hopewell Virginia as a world supplier, and stresses buying Southern goods to aid regional industrial growth.
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South
Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Hopewell
Open Rehearsals for College Play at High Point College
Dress rehearsals for Duley the first Laboratory Class in Drama presentation begin Tuesday night under coach John M. Erickson. Rehearsals run Tuesday to Thursday on the completed set with Friday production. tickets are reserved only and on sale at local drug stores. Donald J. Rulfs oversees technical work as a new professor.
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Duley
High Point College
John M. Erickson
Hart's Pharmacy
King's
Eckerd’s
Mann No. 2
High Point Gets Experimental Police Radio License
The High Point police department received a license to broadcast police calls on an ultra high frequency station. The FCC described it as a regular license for 15 watts on 30100 33100 37100 and 40100 kilocycles with clearer reception and less interference.
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Washington
High Point
Federal Communications Commission
Marvin S. Manley Funeral Is Today
Funeral services for Marvin Spencer Manley who died suddenly at his home will be held at Calvary M. E. church at 2 30 this Sunday afternoon led by Rev. D H Rinehart and three former pastors. Active pall bearers include Z L Phillips G C Estes G L Burgess C S Murphy A L Lowe and A H Holton with Junior Order and Woodmen of the World as honorary pallbearers. Interment follows at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Marvin Spencer Manley
Thissell Street
Calvary M. E
D. H. Rinehart
E. L. Kirk
J. B. Harbinson
H. C. Byrum
Carter Sees Veneer Expansion in Mexico Mission
W O Carter, local veneer and lumber dealer, reports from Meridan Yucatan that a Mexican connection plans a first veneer mill in the country. Mexico supplies much of the hardwood logs used for veneer in the United States. Rulfs, a North Carolina and Harvard graduate, heads an elaborate stage set to meet complex play demands with student workers and volunteers assisting in roles from assistant director to house manager.
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W. O. Carter
Mexico
Meridan
Yucatan
Rulfs
University of North Carolina
Harvard University
Jasper Jones
High Point
C. T. Morris
Salisbury
Emma Carr Bivins
Inga Hill
Denton
Packing a College Trunk with Essential Beauty and Health Items
A 1931 guide advises college students to bring only a few quality health and cosmetics items. Prioritize toothpaste soap mouth wash liquid shampoo and a blemish cream for overnight healing. Include a versatile facial cream mild tonic cream rouge lipstick powder mascara and refillable lipstick plus deodorant depilatory and a manicure set for grooming.
The wheel and its mystery of origins
The wheel stands as mankind's key invention yet remains simple and unnamed in origin. Its inventor is unknown and the fate of its beginnings is lost to history.
High Point Men Listed in America's Young Men Volume
Two High Point men appear in the initial issue of Americas Young men, the national Who's Who for youths. George Curtis Smithdeal, real estate dealer, and Walter E Crissman, attorney and Democratic township chairman, are named among 55 North Carolina entrants with 4182 biographies.
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Curtis Smithdeal
Walter Crissman
America’s
High Point
America
George Curtis Smithdeal
Walter E. Crissman
Democratic
North Carolina
Asheville
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Davidson
Durham
Franklin
Greensboro
Marion
Monroe
Raleigh
Salisbury
Wake Forest
Winston
Salem
Crissman
Central Stone
Natives Refuse Hospitals Leaving Leprosy Lunacy in Malay Lands
Report notes many natives in British Malaysia resist hospital transport fearing they will not survive. Large numbers of lepers and lunatics remain in the region, worsening public health concerns.
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British
Malaysia
Eye Movement Averages Reported At 94.6 Million Annual Blinks
A study asserts that the average man blinks about 94,600,000 times each year signaling routine eyelid action. Researchers note blink rate varies with activity and environment and may reflect fatigue or concentration.
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Chemical Industry Coming South
South Hamilton
High ST
Admiral Byrd
Little
Erickson
Marvin S. Manley
W.O. Carter
William Rld Ferguson
New Zealand
NEA
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Seattle
Eastport
Maine
Alicia Hart
NEA Service
V-3
Ford
East
Washington Street
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