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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1936
Page
9
The piece presents Republican and Democratic arguments on leading campaign issues in alternating days, filling in during Rodney Dutcher's vacation with his Washing column.
A critical piece charges the New Deal with using a vast propaganda apparatus to sway voters. It cites Alf Landon, James Farley, and government agencies including WPA and PWA, detailing press agents, radio and film campaigns, and a Techwood housing project as example of government messaging.
The piece cites a secretly distributed 89 page manual and a plan to produce about 35 moving picture films at 4280 dollars each to be shown as newsreels. Voters are urged to question a government that uses such tactics to polish its image. John Henry Bartlett discusses civil service and non partisan patronage under Roosevelt.
The article notes many elderly Buddhist monks in Tibet living in hut-like cells since youth. Some have sealed themselves inside huts for decades with tiny openings for food. Engineers warn that extreme heat and load could cause the George Washington Bridge in New York to sag eight feet.
In Traverse City Michigan a cornfield reached twelve feet height drawing nationwide attention. Report notes the unusually tall stalks amid autumn weather and highlights concerns over crop conditions as the nation’s harvest faced heat and drought.
Olive Robert Barton describes Mrs. Brown guiding Sally to ignore spiteful peers and to speak to others despite personal grudges. She urges politeness, self control, and not letting Marge’s games corrupt Sally’s behavior, using firm consequences and moral stance.
In Worthing North Dakota Edward Vander Linde about 30 a farmer and Olaf Everson a farmhand died when a fire in their jail cell burned out of control. Carl Van der Linde was badly burned while trying to extinguish the blaze. Officials believe Everson started the fire after being jailed for intoxication and a disturbance.
A rare weather event reports snow within seven miles of the equator in Africa. Experts note unusual atmospheric conditions and temperature drops affecting highland regions. Local residents photograph flurries, while scientists study implications for climate patterns.
A compassionate mentor warns a young person to act like themselves and resist being controlled by a selfish, unscrupulous guardian. The guidance emphasizes integrity and personal responsibility.
Authorities on diet consider milk the most nearly perfect food because it contains well balanced proportions of all necessary nutrients and vitamins for good health.
Nelson Eddy headlines a coast to coast broadcast on the Columbia network airing tonight at P M as Vicks sponsors the program from Vicks Open House. Eddy performs songs loved by millions while promoting Vicks VapoRub and Vicks Vapo nal products to aid colds and shorten illnesses.
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