Local News Briefs Highlight 1929 Furnishings Campaign Roles
Fred N. Tate of Continental Furniture Co named manufacturers' chairman for the High Point producing center in the National Home Furnishings campaign. T. Austin Finch of Thomasville becomes associate chairman for the district. Harry F. Cappel of Dayton, Ohio reports the campaign board. Highway to Thomasville opened after improvements. St Marys Episcopal church laymen attend the state diocese convention in Greensboro.
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Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
High Point
T. Austin Finch
Thomasville
Harry F. Cappel
Dayton, C
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Greensboro
Foreign Cars Take Manhattan Adults Join New Street Game
A New York feature describes a game where players bet on spotting out of state license plates in Manhattan blocks. Premiums exist for certain states, with Idaho two, Kansas one and a half, Wyoming four. Louisiana seldom earns a premium, while Maine Wisconsin Minnesota and Colorado appear in winter.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
New York State
Manhattan
Rivers Side
Idaho
Kansas
Wyoming
Florida
California
Michigan
Ontario
Quebec
Times Square
Lower
Broadway
Louisiana
Maine
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
Zeal for God Tied to Mercy and Goodness
A devotional note cites Jeremiah and R E Thompson on healing and salvation. The passage links true zeal for God with love mercy and goodness, urging faith through praise and righteous living.
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R. E. Thompson
Extra costs of city's big ditch loom large
City council meeting discussed extra-contractual costs of the track lowering project. The editorial cautions against assuming costs are controlled while noting the need to track work orders and time extensions. It questions the water main amplification linked to the project and urges careful budgeting to avoid runaway expenses.
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City
Highway Commission
Bureau
New City
Monumental
Obscure Guilford Native Woolf Honored in Chapel Hill
The tribute recalls Charles T. Woolf of Guilford and Chapel Hill, a devoted local figure whose life began in university years ago. The obituary-like reminiscence notes his long association with the state capital and his steadfast service.
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North Carolina
Charles T. Woolf
Guilford
Chapel Hill
The Death of a North Carolina University Figure
A tribute to Charles Woollen, longtime University official and controller, honoring nearly 38 years of service and his impact on campus life. The article recalls his dedication, the gymnasium bearing his name, and the respect shown by Administration Dean R. B. House as Woollen died in office. It also notes misattributions of author names linked to Porter's works and quips on sign painters.
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Charlie” Woollen
R. B. House
Woollen
North Carolina
Greensboro
Porter
William Sidney Porter
Asheville
Croy
Henry
O'Henry
Help This Good Cause Helps Undernourished Children Feed
High Point women raise funds for milk feeding of undernourished children through the Junior Service League. The Enterprise publishes their appeal urging city readers to contribute, promising dividends in health and happiness from supporting the diet of needy children.
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High Point
Junior Service League
UNC President Dr Frank Graham and Porto Rico governorship rumor
The Charlotte Observer argues Dr Frank Graham of the University of North Carolina would not abandon his duties for a Porto Rico post. It suggests the island needs a capable executive and notes Graham’s Christian socialist views as a potential fit, while referencing Homer Cray’s remark on North Carolina’s treatment of O Henry.
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Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Porto Rico
The
Charlotte Observer
Graham
Commonwealth
Dr. Graham
Morton Downey the butcher boy who rose to stardom
A story of Morton Downey born in Wallingford Connecticut who started selling peanuts on trains and singing to boost sales. His persistence led him to attract Paul Whiteman and four years with the King of Jazz, turning his career toward big money.
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Morton Downey
Wallingford
Necticut
Morton
Paul Whiteman
Paul
Whiteman
Notable Quotes Parade From Public Figures
A collection of quotes features Zasu Pitts on autographs, Frank C. Manak Jr. on fishing tackle, Charles A. Meyer on divorce, Dixon Ryan Fox on history, Governor Lehman on freedom, and President Roosevelt on the Constitution guiding future generations.
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Frank C. Manak, Jr
Cleveland
Dixon Ryan Fox
Union College
Walter Winchell On Broadway Notes At Empire and Clubs
A vivid slice of New York nightlife with Carmel Myers Jimmy Walker and Bing Crosby at notable spots. Patrons pose inside Empire Theatre Lobby Leon and Eddie’s Sid ney Smith hosted events while Yorkville evacuation rumors swirl and a cheeky cabal of clubbers rib Grover Whalen and Chamberlain.
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Carmel Myers
Empire Theatre
Jimmy Walker
New Yorky
Broadway
Horace Dodges
Lina Basquette
Leon
Eddie
Seiden
Bing Crosby
East 53Rd St
Goldy
Patricia Wilder
The
Hollywoods
Helen Tourtois
Hel-ayne Too-twah
Paris
Sidney Smith
Michael Bartlett
Prince Mike Romanoff
War film shocks wealthiest New York publisher’s son
A wealthy New York newspaper publisher and World War II era captain takes his young son to a graphic war film. The boy witnesses slaughter and confesses the war is awful but opts for artillery, preferring a different path after viewing the violence.
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New York
Local Social Notes From Roaring Gap And Albemarle
Mrs Sallie Pierce spends the week end with her mother Mrs Jolly at Roaring Gap. Miss Ritchie Johnson visits Albemarle as guest of Mrs Paul Ivey. Mr and Mrs Craven Page move from Farriss avenue to the Madison apartment.
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Sallie Pierce
Jolly
Roaring Gap
Ritchie Johnson
Albemarle
Paul Ivey
Craven Page
Farriss Avenue
Madison Apartment
Memos of a Midnighter and Broadway Buzz
The piece notes Fritz Kuhn at Casa Manana applauding Joesh entertainers. Cannes chatter doubts an American wife of a Britisher seeing a U S Embassy attache in France. Mencken promises a new American Mercury blast targeting the Civil Liberties Union. An actress refuses The Merchant of Venice citing offense. La Conga reopens October 6. Gypsy Rose Lee seeks Zanuck separation. A line from Garden of the Moon hints at mob reaction on Broadway. John Hutchins succeeds Mor daunt Hall as critic for The Boston Transcript.
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Adolf
Fritz Kuhn
New York Fuehrer
Casa Manana
Cannes
Antibes
U. S
France
H. L. Mencken
Civil Liberties Union
The
Mag
Billy Rose
Gypsy Rose Lee
Zanuck
42Nd
Broadway
John Hutchins
Times
Mordaunt Hall
Boston Transcript
Village of Pelican Bay wiped out by hurricane
Pelican Bay Florida a village of about 400 residents was completely wiped out by the hurricane Sunday. Eastern Carolina streams are subsiding. Senator Joe Robinson, Democratic vice presidential nominee, after an 8000 mile tour, said the religious question is foremost.
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Pelican Bay
Florida
Carolina
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Eyes to the Holy Land War Update
The article recalls General Allenby leading British and French forces against the Ottoman line in the Holy Land. It notes a 16 mile front breach, capture of over 3,000 Turkish prisoners, and the Holy Land campaign signaling Allied momentum and central powers strain.
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Holy Land
Jordan
Mediterranean Sea
Allenby
Jerusalem
Holy City
Foch
New York Ids and Nightlife Notes in Collier's Essay
Quentin Reynolds writes in Collier's about three New York locales favored by late-night patrons. Russ Morgan releases a Decca platter Ive Got a Pocketful of Dreams. Charles Barbers society crew headlines with three bass fiddles as rhythm section. Missouri Legend at the Empire Theatre draws crowds. Garden of the Moon song Love Is Where You Find It. Empire Theatre ushers enforce no smoking before resuming seats.
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New
Missouri
Jesse James
Empire Theatre
Garden of the Moon
Empire Theatre Management
Midtown Vignette at the Stork Club and Broadway Chronicle
A New York City nightlife scene note describes Sonny Kendis at the Stork Club piano taking requests from celebrities and fans. It mentions Vera Zorina, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and a 50th wedding anniversary tying into tunes played by the orchestra.
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Midtown
Stork Club
Sonny Kendis
Eloper
Vera Zorina
Cole Porter
Kendis
Irving Berlin
Nellie Gray
Mendelssohn
After Allenby Victory Arabs Oppose British Rule in Holy Land
Twenty years after Allenby’s win, Jews and British troops in the Holy Land face daily harassment by Arabs claiming they were betrayed, akin to Czechs, for not receiving promised territory and political freedom from Britain.
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Allenby
Holy Land
Great Britain
Sun eruptions on film calm nerves after current events reel
A playful note remarks that a newsreel showing solar eruptions by Michigan astronomers could soothe nerves after watching the usual current events reel. The comment hints at the contrast between cosmic phenomena and domestic news.
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Michigan
Names on doors evoke death and change in language
In Rockefeller Center the office of Men With Wings bears Frank Hawks’s name, while Tom Stix reports unease at passing the door. The narrator muses on how people react to dead names and suggests updating the term for death as language evolves.
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Rockefeller Center
Men With Wings
Frank Hawks
Tom Stix
Frank
Echoes of a home town paper in distant streets
A narrator buys a Concord New Hampshire Monitor from John Fowler in New York and meets Edward Pickett a chemistry teacher in a New York high school who still seeks home town papers. Fowler shares life details: age about 44 a limp from losing a foot at eight and a family with a wife a daughter 17 a son 14 and a dog.
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Times
Concord
New Hampshire
Mass
John Fowler
Fowler
Edward Pickett
New York
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