Child Alibi Artist Is a Moral Coward
Olive Roberts Barton critiques a Father figure in a 1936 piece, labeling Georgie as a moral coward who manipulates alibis and avoids accountability. The column pinpoints gendered expectations, parental warning, and calls for firmness in upbringing, ending with a reflection on responsible behavior.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Mother Bose
Porgy
Rls
Nyway
G. P
Georgie
Mother Goose
NEA Service, Inc
Chicago Produce Report Highlights Dated Prices
Chicago butter and eggs market figures show unsettled butter at 11 009 pounds with various grade ranges from 31 to 34 percent and egg receipts at 4 737 with steady pricing for extra firsts and current receipts around 23 to 26 percent, reflecting mixed local demand.
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Chicago
Five Nations Join In Breakup Of Gold Bloc
Five nations move toward currency stabilization as gold bloc breaks apart. Devaluation plans pass in France while Switzerland and the Netherlands set exchange measures. Latvia abandons gold backing. Greece adjusts the drachma. Italy keeps rates. Belgium restricts foreign currencies. Germany and Turkey report no changes.
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London Exchange
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Finance Committee
Chamber
Senate
Switzerland
Netherlands
Bank of Greece
Italy
Bank of Italy
Germany
Turkey
High Point Population Estimated at 48 517
The census bureau estimates High Point’s 1920 to 1930 growth relative to the nation. It cites a slower overall U S population rise since 1930 due to reduced immigration and a falling birth rate. The estimate assumes similar relative growth since 1930 but notes this may not hold in all areas.
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High Point
United States
Census Bureau
Bureau
Fires devastate towns along Oregon coast
Fires raced along more than 200 miles of coastline northeast of Bandon and engulfed Prosper and Coquille areas. By Sunday morning Prosper and Bandon lay in ashes as flames roared through hinterland driving residents to escape along the highway.
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Bandon
Coquille
England Closing Ethiopian Office
Great Britain is closing its consulate at Gore in western Ethiopia after tribal rivalries and the absence of a regularly constituted government following the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italians. Haile Selassie claims the real seat of government. An authoritative spokesman cited unsettled conditions as the reason.
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London
Great Britain
Gore
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Stocks Rise and Fall as Markets End Mixed Trading
A pulse of varied gains and losses lines New York stocks with industrials and consumer shares posting uneven results. The day closes with Woolworth and Coca Cola among notable movers while energy and railroad issues show mixed performance. The Great Geyser in Iceland erupts with a 70 foot basin and 80 to 200 foot water column.
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Libbey
Monty
Ward
Murray Corp
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Covceveses
North Am
Teeweereree
Nor Pac
Ohio Ol
Stewart Warn
Alaska
Juneau
Amoghany
Allis
Eeesvusesss
Atech
T & SF
Ceeeves Briggs Mfg
Budd Mig
Budd Wheeel
Burt Agg Mach
Benlaseoanh
Canada Pac
Eeeeterse
Cannon Mills
Caterpil Trace
Aestocenees Ghipemee
Coca Cola
Colum O & Ge
Curtiss Wright
Ceeseeaess
del Lack
Ad Ve
Doug
Aceedceesenen
Graham Paige
Gt Nor Ry
Hudson
Nick Cam
Teld& Tel
Sesuee Johns Man
Sue Kelvinator
Seers Kennecott Phillips Pet Rs Ty Pub
Pullman
Beunesencstacagianee
Aacuga Reynolds
Terres Gears
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Tex Gulf Sul
TransAmerica
Unit
Aire
Geeeeerrer Unit Corp de Seree
Obeeeeneex Weis Dor
Cececess
Warner Pic
Sevenvess
West Mary Se
West Union
Wieden GO
Woolworth
Fel Foo
So Young
Iceland
Freight rate petitions spark I C C scrutiny bid
The Charlotte Ship and Manufacturers Association led a move urging the I C C to investigate unusually high freight charges in the cotton belt. South costs run 18 to 40 percent above eastern rivals, with class rates challenged as unfair and not intended as a base rate. If a new standard emerges, High Point producers could see lower production costs, benefiting furniture hosiery and related industries as the petitions proceed before the commission.
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Charlotte Shippers and Manufacturers Association
W. 8. Creighton
Charlotte
Cotton
South
High Point
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Lowlanders Flee As Rivers Reach High Mark
The flood ravaged north and central Texas with the Little, Leon, and Lampasas rivers breaking banks. Four died in accidents near San Marcos Burnet and Ames while Waco officials declared martial law as the Brazos overran a levee. Over 1,000 people found shelter for the night and widespread damage disrupted highways and cotton fields.
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San Marcos
Colorado
Burnet
Ames
Waco
Little
Central
West
Texas
San Angelo
Toledo Taken by Fascists After Battle
Rebels gained control of Toledo after a battle. Fresh troops failed to contact fleeing forces as Franco’s insurgents cut the Toledo Madrid highroad. In Bilbao, government warships halted a fascist advance and ferried food into the harbor to defend the city. Basque guards held fascist prisoners to avert vengeance by anarchists. Over 100 fascists jailed there have been killed since the initial aerial bombardment.
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Francisco Franco
Toledo
Bilboa
Litvinoff lashes Nazis and Fascists at League session
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet foreign commissar, condemned Naziism and Fascism as dead enemies of workers and civilization. He opposed admitting any nation founded on racial and national inequality, even without naming Germany, to the League of Nations.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations Assembly
Germany
Litvinoff
League
Money Returned By Hitch-Hiker
Durham report recounts four years after two youths asked for a loan of one dollar. A well dressed man later returned the dollar to Bob Scoggins of the Durham Morning Herald circulation staff, saying he owed the sum. Scoggins did not recognize him until he was reminded of the hitchhikers’ tale.
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Durham
Bob Scoggins
Durham Morning Herald
Rockingham
Scoggins
Careless Smokers Start Forest Fires
In August department reports 71 fires across 58 counties caused 24,798 in damage, the lowest monthly loss since February. Fires burned 19,469 acres at 1.28 per acre, with 26 fires started by careless smokers and 14 by incendiaries.
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Raleigh
Department of Conservation and Development
Fast Service By Cops Nabs Robbery Suspect
Woodrow Whittenberg pleaded guilty to highway robbery in circuit court and received a three year sentence on the chain gang after police officers Kirven and Norris captured him following an attempted robbery of Red Hendsley, a Sumter fruit merchant, while Hendsley slept in his truck.
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Sumter
S8. C
Woodrow Whittenberg
Red Hendsley
Hendsley
Kirven
Norris
Hensley
Whittenberg
Grinmball
Explosion Fatal to Worker at Flint Service Station
A gasoline tank exploded at a Flint service station injuring 15 and killing one man identified only as a tire retreader. The blast destroyed the station offices at Court and Harrison streets, damaged nearby buildings, and sparked a fire that firefighters worked to control.
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Flint
Mich
Court
Harrison Streets
Prisoner Found Dead In Rowan County Jail
Salisbury report says John Young 44 was found hanging from cell bars in Rowan county jail early this morning. Officials classify death as self inflicted while he faced charges of breaking and entering larceny receiving and violating prohibition laws. An improvised rope made from ticking torn from his mattress was used.
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Salisbury
John Young
Rowan County
Young
Peale Calls For Moratorium On Preaching Measure
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale responds to Reverend Frederic Fleming's suggestion with a fiery rebuke urging active preaching rather than a pause. He quips that a thermometer should hang on every pulpit to gauge the temper of ministers.
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New York
Norman Vincent Peale
Frederic Fleming
Woman asks police help over child detention reference
In Savannah a woman phoned for help after taking her six year old to juvenile detention home for refusing castor oil. Police said the matter was outside their jurisdiction.
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Savannah
C. A. Fountain
New Migratory Bird Refuge Established in Sacramento Valley
A new migratory bird refuge has been established in the Sacramento Valley California. The designation expands protected habitat for waterfowl and shorebirds along the region. Officials say the refuge will support conservation, research, and public education efforts.
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Sacramento Valley
California
Civil Service, Partisan Critique, and Roosevelt Era Policies
John Henry Bartlet argues that Roosevelt maintained civil service integrity, with nonpartisan fund control through Wallace and Ickes. He praises how emergency agencies stayed true to civil service and notes partisan staffing balanced across departments. He cites Farley and post office reforms, comparing Wilson and Harding precedents.
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John Henry Bartlet
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Harold L. Ickes
Department of Agriculture
Public Works Administration
Interior Department
Wallace
Ickes
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farley
Post Office Department
James A. Farley
Wilson
Civil Service
Harding
Wilson Civil Service
Fire Department
Senator Inson Scans President as Greatest Promise-Breaking Executive
Senator Lester J. Inson of Iowa labels the President the greatest promise-breaking executive in the history of the nation, criticizing his leadership and milestones in a pointed public remark.
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Lester J.inson
Iowa
Women Golf Meet Open as Favorites Scarce in Summit
In Summit New Jersey on September 28 the 40th U S women's golf championship opens with about 180 players in 18 hole qualifying for 64 spots in match play. Absence of top stars Glenna Olcott and Virginia Wie reduces expected star power, making the title race wide open.
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Summit
U. S
Glenna Ollett
Philadelphia
Virginia Wie
Chicago
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