Statewide police radio system eyed for emergency use
Advisory budget commission authorizes a road fund appropriation to fund a statewide shortwave police radio with five transmitters and 200 receiving sets at an estimated cost of 160000 dollars plus about 35000 dollars annual operating costs. Test results and geography determine if major cities like Charlotte and Greensboro gain stations.
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Jatest
Advisory Budget Commission
Road Betterments Fund
Wals
Raleigh
Illiamston
Elizabethtown
Salis
Asheville
Press Bureau Plans Stir Texas Centennial Publicity
Texas embraces a Centennial publicity effort with a proposed central press bureau. North Carolina has long discussed a similar plan, aiming to publicize resorts and western attractions through multiple divisions and daily coverage.
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Texas
Northlina
Star State
Cen
North Carolina
North
Taxing Tourism to Fund Publicity in North Carolina
The author argues the Piedmont and Sandhill areas should be promoted as resorts and industrial centers. They propose funding the publicity department with a sales tax, noting visitors already spend on lodging, meals, clothing, and amusements, and could provide the needed revenue.
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Piedmont
Sandhill
North Carolina
The Heavy Hand of Government in Labor Years
Col Frank Knox warns of a heavy federal hand on industry while praising federal actions to secure fair labor deals. He recalls historic struggles like Haymarket and Homestead, arguing workers have fought battles alone until government intervention brings stability and a hoped for end to conflicts.
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Col
Frank Knox
Knox
Waterbury
Conn
America
Colonel Knox
Debs
Labor
Governor Davey Grants Clemency in Chilton Extradition Case
Ohio Governor Davey refuses to extradite Carlton B Chilton to Oklahoma to finish a two year sentence. He argues Chilton has served a 23 year de facto sentence of chained freedom and earned liberty to pursue happiness.
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Ohio
Davey
Carlton
Chilton
Oklahoma
Carlton B. Chilton
New York Aims as Crack Summer Resort With Cooling Town
New York City seeks to solidify its role as a premier summer retreat as air conditioning makes downtown life comfortable. The metropolis sees record restaurant business and long indoor dining, with hotels and apartment houses installing cooling systems to attract stay-at-home summer crowds.
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New York
Long Island
Jersey Shore
Park and Fifth Avenues
Sermons Between Shows Echo In Washington Vaudeville Scene
A Washington D C musician in the Earl theater doubles as a parson, rushing to Maryland to preach sermons between Sunday shows. Vaudeville acts shrink to a few acts per half week, with new performers as one number specialties and a weary microphone hugger amid melancholia and a baritone recovery. References to Eddie Darling Raymond Hitchcock and Frank Case close the piece with wry literary tone.
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Earl Theater
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Zephyr
Eddie Darling
Ace Booker
Diction Teacher Recalled for Noted $25,000 Assignment
The document recalls a diction teacher who, years ago, earned $25,000 for a project completed in 14 months. Her pupil, a 15 year old masculine youth, began voice changes and adopted a persistent feminine falsetto as the result.
Friends Hold Southern Quarterly Meeting at Marlboro
Ten years ago the Southern Quarterly meeting of the Friends church met at Marlboro Friends meeting-house Over the two days speakers included Samuel Pickett Pleasant Garden L W McFarland Miss Clara Cox Jeff Jones High Point and Waldo Woody Officials described the sessions as highly enthusiastic Local notes report Joseph T Weaver and wife moved to Roland Park Rev H N Bowne and daughters homeward from Blowing Rock Miss Lois Hackney and Miss Theresa Hackney visiting their aunts Mrs John C Abels and Mrs Joseph T Weaver City school officials expect classes to open in September
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Friends
Southern Quarterly Meeting
The
Friends Church
Marlboro
Joseph T. Weaver
Roland Park
H. N. Bowne
Matt Wall
Ruth Bowne
Blowing Rock
Lois
Theresa Hackney
Lexington
John C. Abels
Forward Movement Boosts High Point Chamber Budget
More than 100 business and professional men in High Point volunteer for an intensive forward movement next week to raise the chamber of commerce annual budget to $25,000.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Valentino's body to depart New York for Hollywood burial
The body of Rudolph Valentino will be transported from New York to Hollywood tonight for burial in the capital of film, while a Peoria picnic illness prompts blame on veal loaf. August reveals higher federal and state tax receipts in North Carolina.
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Rudolph Valentino
New York
Hollywood
Pueblo Beggars Demand More Than Nickel For Coffee
In Pueblo Colorado beggars raise their plea from a nickel for coffee to ten cents for bread, signaling growing hunger while claiming they already possess the crust of the issue.
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Pueblo
Colo
Mill No 1 Wins August Bonus With Record Output
Tomlinson's mill 1 earns August bonus breaking efficiency and production records. A big flag will be raised this evening to symbolize the achievement, as workers share in profits when employees win.
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Tomlinson’s
Rankins and guests travel. weekend at Mount Airy trip
Captain and Mrs Rankin and family headed for Mount Airy and White Sulphur Springs to spend the weekend. Fred Ingram returned from a business trip with a sprained ankle. Mr and Mrs L P Moore of Wilmington Del guests of Mr and Mrs Benjamin E Moore on Rankin street. Mrs Bruce Carraway hosted a bridge party with ten tables. Mr and Mrs W A Roberts moved from Sunset Park to Greensboro for the summer.
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W. A. Roberts
Sunset Park
Greensboro
Democrats in Long Branch mark Wilson renomination
Democrats from across the nation gathered at Long Branch New Jersey to witness the formal notification of President Wilsons renomination. The event featured the presidents claim that the United States will play a leading role in world affairs despite appeal for restraint. Railroads are adjusting embargo orders ahead of expected hour law passage. Enrollment at North Carolina A and M College Raleigh is projected to exceed the high mark by about one hundred students. Kathleen Burke the English woman known as the thousand dollars a day girl is praised for raising funds for Scottish Women’s Hospitals and stood with officers near Verdun during a shelling and counterattack.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Congress
A. & M., College
Raleigh
Kathleen Burke
Canada
Verdun
The Paddock’s Vintner James Moore Behind the Bar
The speaker visits James Dinty Moore at The Paddock shelter to discuss life. Moore, a rugged Broadway figure and vintner, is famed for sharp wit and hard work from tough bars to a cafe. He endures changing times with blunt, lone‑wolf stoicism and sympathy for hard luck tales.
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James
Dinty) Moore
Coronation Tease At Department Store Queue
A department store scene unfolds with a Myrna Loy lookalike salesgirl responding to a dowager’s quip. The glass-tap and chorus of witty banter play out as service is offered with royal flair and a cheeky nod to a coronation.
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McNaught
Cambridge debate on wealth shares stirs minds and nerves
A social commentary notes the restless wealth share question troubling Cambridge scholars while in High Point locals labeled as Peeping Toms remain a nuisance. A citizen voices extreme remedies and warns rubber necks to beware.
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High Point
McDonald backs Roosevelt as North Carolinians back band wagon
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, a defeated gubernatorial candidate, offers to aid Roosevelt’s re election. He urges supporters to praise Clyde and back F D R. North Carolinians prefer ex candidates accepting defeat and joining the political shift. Bernarr McFadden on radio blames capital for job losses but is contradicted as the economy improves.
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Ralph W. McDonald
Roosevelt
Clyde
Bernarr McFadden
Capital
Bernarr
Buncombe
Earthquake Relief From Charlotte Surprises Richmond Readers
The Charlotte earthquake of August 31 1886 interrupted a large meeting with a brother’s prayer to shake the city. Windows rattled and benches danced as the tremor spread, prompting a wary plea to ease the force of the quake.
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Charlotte News
Charleston
Charlotte
Notable Quotes On Wealth Music and Fame
A collage of quotes features Theodore Dreiser on wealth multiplying worries for real estate owners Arthur Cremin praising brave saxophonists and Barton MacLane defending himself against accusations of cruelty while claiming to be harmless.
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Arthur Cremin
New York School of Music
Barton MacLane
Invited fear and economic myths from foreign voices
William C. Bullitt, the U S ambassador to France, comments on European fears of unseen forces and says some foreign voices urge Americans to create a reign of fear to fix economic woes. He warns against adopting such fanatic ideas.
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William C. Bullitt
U. S
France
Manager Billy Southworth Comments on Baseball Pitching
A Memphis club manager Billy Southworth says fans won’t like a game that yields low scores and argues a skilled pitcher can dominate batters.
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Billy Southworth
Memphis
Burglary Incident Startles Hempstead Couple
A Hempstead couple was awakened when a burglar entered their home and hid in the bedroom after being frightened by a noise. The incident is cited as a case potentially suited for undercover investigation.
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Hempstead
N. Y
Actress Bobbe Arnst Sues For Divorce Over No Sense Of Humor
Actress Bobbe Arnst files for divorce from her husband accusing him of lacking humor and calls their marriage the big joke in a playful but formal complaint.
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Bobbe Arnst
Spanish Civil War Front Accuses Chiefs of Gas Warfare
Both sides in the Spanish Civil War accuse each other of using chemical gas in recent front line rhetoric and press statements as the conflict intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
No Tax Year Promise Debated by Treasury Analysts
Analysts say the White House no tax pledge is misleading citing daily deficits of about eleven million dollars and rising operating costs outside relief programs. They argue Treasury figures show taxes would be needed next year and borrowing to delay taxes worsens future burden.
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Treasury
White House
Roosevelt
Harrison and Doughton
Americas
Rich pay more of government costs than today
The piece argues against the idea that the rich avoid taxes and the poor bear the burden. It cites Buffalo News writer James L. Wright noting that federal taxes used to be 60 percent income taxes, but now less than 10 percent of federal revenue comes from income taxes.
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James L. Wright
The
Buffalo News
Tax Burden Shifts to the Poor, Not the Rich
Administration spokesmen stress rising income tax receipts but claim real pain falls on the poor through taxes on goods. The author argues the public will see next year that new burdens far from easing will hit poorer people hardest and not just after the election.
Europe must delay great war a year to replace medals
Europe faces a postponement of major combat for at least a year as nations rush to replace the medals and honors that America brings back from the Olympic Games.
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Europe
America
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R. B. Terry
Hadamett A. Cecil
Holt McPherson
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St Sigh Point
N O
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National Advertising
BR Katz Special Adv
Agency General Office
New York City
Raymond Hitchcock
Hitchy
Frank Case
Case
Edigraphics
Cambridge
Mass
Theodore Dreiser
George Clark
Frank R. Kent
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