Books as an Instrument for Peace and Mutual Understanding
The Christian Science Monitor argues that printed books can curb enmity between nations by teaching children about peers in Germany France and Italy. It urges librarians and teachers to guide youth toward book friendships, fostering world citizenship and international goodwill.
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Christian Science Monitor
The
Monitor
America
Germany
France
Italy
Obelisk Press
Paris
Charles Ford
Parker Tyler
James Joyce
Gertrude Stein
Joyce
Miss Stein
Julian
Karel
Louis
Gabriel
Ford
Tyler
Youth Letters to Washington Highlight Home Mortgage Worry
A young man writes to the President offering to sleep under a tree if needed to relieve his family’s worry over a past due 5400 dollar mortgage. The piece notes the potential for government goodwill and the risk of treating Washington as a Santa Claus rather than a center of governance.
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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Washington
Saint Nick
Adam Schmidt
Dorothy Parker
Horsie
Park
Education reform urged by Dr Mayo to fix national shortfalls
Dr William J Mayo argues Americans excel as individuals but fail collectively due to insufficient general education. He criticizes memory cramming and a narrow cultural aristocracy, calling for a broader curriculum to improve governance and public understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Mayo
Mayo
North Carolina students urge nine month term for high schools
The State Student Council Congress in Winston-Salem passed unanimously resolutions urging restoration of a nine month school term and the twelfth grade, citing retrenchment and loss of courses. The writer praises youth for constructive thinking and faith in future leaders.
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R. J. Reynolds High School
Winston-Salem
Seventh High School Student Congress of
North Carolina
General Assembly
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
A Youth Writes to FDR for Home Relief
Adam Schmidt a tow headed Trenton New Jersey schoolboy addressed President Roosevelt with a simple plea on behalf of his mother seeking relief from foreclosure. His letter reached the Home Owners Loan Corporation prompting timely aid for their threatened home.
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Adam Schmidt
Trenton
N. J
Roosevelt
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Random Thoughts From a Rambler's Note Book
W A Bivins notes lingering doubt about prosperity but affirms Christmas is near. He says a “spirite” rises on Tuesday night and voices concern over Dough faces. He jokes about Hallowe en fears of cold clammy hand ghosts.
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Hallowe'en
Henry Ford and public sympathy amid NRA concerns
The passage notes Henry Ford aims to act in his own way and that the American public largely regards him with kindness, reflecting a complex public stance toward his influence and actions.
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Henry Ford
NRA
Continuance of Good Will Hinges on Attitude Toward Bargaining
The issue of goodwill rests not on his results with General Johnson but on his stance toward collective bargaining. This attitude could become the obstacle or the key to the economic salvation of his business.
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Johnson
No Free Man Shall Be Taken Without Lawful Judgment
The author argues against race prejudice following a Maryland lynching and urges adherence to Magna Charta and constitutional principle that no free man be deprived of land or liberty without lawful judgment of his peers or the law of the land. Education is urged to address such bias.
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Maryland
Poets and songs boost recovery act spirit
Poets and song writers push National Recovery Act support in several cities with bands parades. The piece recalls Frank L. Stanton and his Keep a-Goin refrain urging perseverance through crop loss and financial hardship.
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Frank L. Stanton
Georgia
Hope and History in an Age of Progress
A reflective essay on progress in religious and political freedom over the past century. It cites anti Catholic violence from 1833 to 1858, notes improved safety and reduced crime despite social ills, and argues hope and effort uplift humanity toward a better dawn. It frames history as a mix of light and shadow guiding future improvement.
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Dwight W. Morrow
America
Germany
James Truslow Adams
Ursuline
Boston
Cincinnati
Chelsea
Mass
Coburg
Dorchester
Manchester
N. H
Ellsworth
Providence
St. Louis
Oklahoma Governor Drops Cod Liver Diet for Patients
Gov. Alfalfa Ball Murray halts cod liver intake for state patients and triggers speculation that all Oklahoma children will support him in upcoming votes.
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Alfalfa Ball Murray
Oklahoma
Prohibitionists Urged to Target Beer for Breakfast
A succinct observer suggests that if prohibitionists seek any real impact they should organize a campaign against beer served at breakfast. The remark highlights a provocative angle in temperance debates and retail consumption.
Hollywood Loses Big in One Day Football Bets
Hollywood reportedly faced losses exceeding 160000 dollars in a single day of football wagering, prompting debate over proposed salary cuts and cost controls affecting players and staff.
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Hollywood
Unemployed Proposed to Mow Grass in Streets
A reader suggests using unemployed workers to mow the long grass growing in the streets, presenting it as a practical public works idea for relief and urban neatness. The note emphasizes timely action and local need.
Repeal Election Question Dominates North Carolina Debate
A broad public debate on the 18th Amendment repeal looming before the November 7 vote is described with radio programs editorials and civic leaders from politics business and academia weighing the consequences. The piece argues repeal would regulate rather than prohibit liquor and cites biographies and political figures to support its stance.
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North Carolina
United States
Scofflaws
Rosie
London Bridge
Beloved Stranger and Hash Knife Outfit Review
This page highlights Grace Livingston Hill's The Beloved Stranger from Lippincott with a swift, happy ending and modern romance, plus Zane Grey's The Hash Knife Outfit detailing rustling, gun battles, and a love twist involving Jim Taft and his sister Gloriana. It also covers Baron Munchausen's Miraculous Adventures on Land with wood cuts, The Young and Evil by Ford and Tyler praised as avant garde, Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies in Modern Library, Moreby Acklom's Winter Vigil, and religious talks by a university professor.
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Grace Livingston Hill
Lippincott
Philadelphia
Sherrill Cameron
Carter
Arla
Sherrill
Stranger
Zane Grey
Harper and Bros
New York
Taft
West
Jim Taft
Jim
Gloriana
Curly Bird
Slinger
Baron Munehausen
Baron Munchausen
U. S. Library Association
Los Angeles
Calif
G. A. Buerger
Bargn
Gustav Dore
Evelyn Waugh
Modern Library
Adam Fenwick-Symes
Nina Blount
Lottie Crump
Shepheard
Mrs. Ape
Chastity
Hope
Agatha Runcible
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H, Cecil
Gine
F. Edwards
Walter F. Hester
Mer
Go, M. Waynick
Eieny
Mid Point
N. Y
BR. Katz Specia V
Agency
New York City
Chicago
Se ‘A
Detroit
Mich
Kansas City
San Francisco
Cal
Saa ‘Dahan
DR. Mayo
the State Student Council Congress
Tom A. Sykes
Rambler’s Note
W. A. Bivins
Hope and History
Jamestown
John D. Rockefeler, Jr
Stephen
Peter E Great
Ivan the Terrible
Mr. Graham
Ron Sem Roy
Ivan
Boris
Boris Godunov
Fedor
Council of Five
Russia
Dimitry Ivanovitch
Boris Godunof
By Betty and
John Mebane
Beith
Janet Beith
Moreby Acklom
Bruce Humphries
Itamoon
Walter Wilson Jennings
Christopher
Jennings
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