Foundation policy expands aid through competition not agency control
The foundation aims to do more with its millions via policy rather than running agencies. It finances laudable efforts and fosters healthy competition for aid in serving others. Trustees back the merit of recipients, sustaining support for enduring work by scientists improving the social order, while Rockefeller philanthropy outlives press attention.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Foundation
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Rockefeller
Great Foundation
Standard Oil Company
Welcome to Delaware 1682 and William Penn Quaker Stamp
In October 1682 the 300 ton Welcome carried about 75 Quakers from Sussex England including William Penn. The U S postal service marks the 250th anniversary with a commemorative stamp honoring Penn, whose Quaker faith inspired the colony plan. Penn, age 38, endured persecution before founding the settlement.
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T. A. Sykes
Delaware Capes
Sussex
England
William Penn
Penn
William Penn and the first Parliament of Nations
In 1693 Penn proposed a parliament of nations a League of Nations two centuries ahead of its time. Charles Sumner praised Penn for pioneering love as a rule of conduct in international relations. The piece extols Penn and early Quaker religious liberty as foundational to America’s liberty and equality and honors the Welcome voyage’s settlers led by Penn.
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Penn
Parliament of Nations
League of Nations
Charles Sumner
William Penn
America
Amendment Offers Method for Change in North Carolina
The article discusses four proposed amendments on the November 8 ballot in North Carolina. It highlights Amendment No. 2, supported by this paper, which would let the legislature choose between special and general elections when submitting future amendments. Chief Justice Stacy backs the proposal as a means for focused, nonpartisan study of significant constitutional changes, rather than broad general elections driven by party aims.
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North Carolina
Supreme Court
Stacy Speaks
Independent voters and party loyalty in High Point politics
In High Point township 1521 residents are listed as independents, a larger share than typical for North Carolina. The piece discusses how independent voters may influence the election, the dangers of voting for individuals over parties, and the balance between party integrity and voter independence.
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High Point
North Carolina
Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoover
The Forgotten Man in the Tobacco Business
The article discusses R. J. Reynolds denying a New York report that a new Blue Moon brand would sell 20 cigarettes for ten cents. It notes stock market speculation and claims of 30 percent of cigarette business shifting to the proposed low price. It analyzes how a six cent government tax leaves four cents to be distributed among retailers, middlemen, manufacturers, warehouses, and leaf growers, highlighting farmers’ small leaf revenue.
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R. J. Reynolds
New York
Presbyterians criticised for near half not supporting Bartum Springs orphanage
A Gastonia Gazette opinion denounces North Carolina Presbyterians for failing to fund the Bartum Springs orphanage during the 1992-93 church year. It cites 257 churches giving nothing and 278 giving at least some support, notes a $21,000 drop in income, and urges a Thanksgiving drive to remedy the shortfall at Barium Springs.
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Gastonia
North Carolina
Bartum Springs
Synod of
North Carolina Synod
Barnum
Bariam
Thomasville
Winston-Salem
Barium Springs
Contrast in Sentences Highlights Power and Poverty
The Greensboro Record contrasts Wallace Davis, former financial and political power with wealth and top lawyers, receiving nine to 13 years for a bank collapse in Asheville tied to 17 million dollars, against Dave Johnson, 49, an escaped convict, sentenced to 15 years for firearms robbery after a gun case and hijacked liquor incident.
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Greensboro Record
Record
Raleigh
Wallace Davis
Davis
Asheville
Guilford Superior Court
Shaw
Dave Johnson
Johnson
Wallace Davie
Germany bans cone of violent nudist colonies reform
The Adolf Koch school faces outlaw as authorities say the movement has lost its gymnastic essence and begun to encroach on medical treatment territory. Critics previously blamed mere nudity for objections.
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Germany
Adolf Koch
Political musings on voters, parties, and looming election
A reflective column contrasts voter conscience with party loyalty amid national politics. It notes cross party shifts, the role of local debates, and the idea that pre election promises offer little comfort. The piece questions motives, economics, and leadership across regions.
Roaring Campaign Promises and Voters Think
The piece chronicles a Republican rally stance blaming Democratic officials for state woes and cites a Greensboro voter recounting support for Roosevelt. It quotes an editorial from the Los Angeles Times criticizing dog eat dog economics and urging cooperation to restore prosperity.
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North Carolina
Roosevelt
Mose
Hoover
Los Angeles Times
Halloween Eve reminiscences from High Point youths
The piece recalls Halloween traditions and pranks once common in High Point with youth from various backgrounds. It reflects on past mischiefs such as overturning outhouses and tying goats to bells, noting both fond memories and the rougher aspects of earlier celebrations.
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Hallowe
Roosevelt Anniversary Echoes in Political Ferment
Last Thursday marked the anniversary year of Theodore Roosevelt born October 27 1858. Henry Cabot Lodge credited Roosevelt with being “the best abused and most popular man in the United States to day.” A new Roosevelt face is rising amid abuse as political fortune shifts toward a Renewal era.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Roosevelt
Fragmented political vision seeks new party uniting nation
Frustration with both major parties fuels talk of forming a new political party before the next presidential election. Provisions to create a platform urging high integrity candidates and ending regional divides across the North South East and West.
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United States
Three Sheet A Tale Of Sordid Guttered Hearts
Contemporary readers are treated to a critical review of Three Sheet by Thayer. The essay harshly labels the work as a sensational gutter novel with shallow characters though notes Thayer’s talent as a storyteller. It also mentions The Arabian Nights edited by Bennett Cerf and Paul Moss’s Shadow of Potrock with mixed verdicts.
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Bob
Tiffany Thayer
Bennett Cerf
Sir Richard Burton
the Modern Library, Inc
New York
Burton
Shahrazad
Cerf
Paul Moss
Southwest Press
Dallas
Texas
Holdens
Cothrans
Johnsons
Johnson
Congress
Star Greta Nissen Acquires Byrum Collection for City Library
Star Greta Nissen secures a rare Byrum collection from English book collector T J Wise, making the city library's Byrum holdings the largest in America outside Wise's own. Wise consents to loan duplicate volumes at an astonishingly low fee. Duke contributed a copy of Coleridge's Treatise on Meth- to the library.
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T. J. Wise
America
Mr. Wise
Ke Lebrary
Duke
Coleridge
Ugly Face by Carolin Litowich a long short story
Caroliona Litowich presents Hilary Howne a homely middle aged man of courage who endures misfortune including failed business infidelity in his wife and thwarted plans for his daughter. He finds solace in nature as a sustaining force through bleak times despite a story that lacks notable artistry.
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Carolina Litowich
Hristopher Publishing House
Boston
Miss Litowich
Hilary Howne
Hilary
Notable Books for Review in the Near Future
Readers will note forthcoming reviews of several titles including Edna St. Vincent Millay The Princess Marries the Page Hilaire Belloc Napoleon Henry Dwight Sedgwick The Black Prince Francis Brett Young The House Under the Water Leane Zugsmith Never Enough Lion Feuchtwanger Josephus Liam OFlaherty Skerret Silas Bent Buchanan of the Press.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Hilaire Belloc
Napoleon
Henry Dwight Sedgewick
Francis Brett Young
Leane Zugsmith
Never
Never Enough;” Lion Feutchwanger's “Josephus;” Liam O’flaherty
Skerret
Silas Bent
Buchanan
the Press
Modern Library Edition of Marx Writings Attracts Readers
Thousands show new interest in Karl Marx writings as Max Eastman edits a Modern Library single volume. It contains Capital chapters the Communist Manifesto Marx’s Theory of History and Lenin's summary of Marx teachings. Priced at ninety five cents to draw buyers this fall season.
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Karl Marz
New Modern Library
Marx
Max Eastman
Lenin
Modern Library
An American Duchess and the Cosmopolitan European World
The passage describes the cosmopolitan melodrama of An American Duchess by Helen, the Duchess of Croy, outlining royal and exiled figures from Europe who move through the story. It casts the American heroine’s experiences as dramatic as a Balkan romance.
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Sweden
Albania
Aga Khan
Strangest Friendship in History by Viereck
Viereck reframes Woodrow Wilson and Edward Mandell House as a complex pair in The Strangest Friendship in History. The book argues Wilson is partly saint and martyr, while House emerges as a philosopher and statesman. Publication by Liveright on October 24.
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George Sylvester Viereck
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Mr. Viereck
Colonel House
Liveright, Inc
Edward Mandell House
House
Biography of Napoleon II Titled The King of Rome
Octave Aubry notes in a public statement his fondness for old clothes yet reveals a habit of changing shirts three times daily proving he sees civilization in its true character. J B Lippincott Company released Aubrys latest biography The King of Rome Napoleon II L Aiglon.
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Octave Aubry
J. B. Lippincott Company
M. Aubry
The
Rome
Napoleon II
L‘aiglon
Winks the Australian terrier stars in new tale
Doroth Cottrell reviews Winks by Mazo de la Roche and Kipling set, featuring Tiddlywinks a funny stocky Australian terrier. The dog’s gray silk coat and solemn forepaw mark him as a noble character in this new release from Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Rudyard Kipling
Walpole
Mazo de la Roche
Doroth Cottrell
Tharlane
Winks
Houghton Mifflin Company
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