Red-Headed Talent and Voices From Sobieski to Press Freedom
In a column voice the writer praises red-headed wit and energy through examples from a carpenter’s wife and a factory forewoman, then recalls Sobieski’s 1683 Vienna defense and Zenger’s press victory. It ties to public life, architecture, and the enduring defense of free expression, ending with a note on leadership and rule breaking in business.
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William Roevers
Stockbridge
Sobieski
Europe
Jan Sobieski
Poland
Vienna
Napoleon
Waterloo
Mohammed
Peter Zenger
Zenger
New York Weekly Journal
William Cosby
Linville Gorge Could Join Park System in North Carolina
In Morganton on September 20, J Q Gilkey announced a push to have Linville Gorge Grandfather Mountain and surrounding scenic areas added to a national park. The effort seeks government acquisition, with pricing from landowners and companies to determine a fair estimate for the tract between Mount Mitchell and Caldwell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganton
Linville Gorge
Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
J. Q. Gilkey
Marion
Gilkey
Beatrice Cobb
J. Fred Kistler
Macken
Washington Forestry Office
M. A. Maroon
Mount Mitchell
Caldwell County
Burke
Pennsylvania
Champion Fibre Company
Canton
Lenoir
Mr. Gilkey
Miss Cobb
Mr. Kestler
Mr. Gwyn
Mr. Coffey
More Cover Crops Urged As Land Is Released From Cash Crops
E C Blair extension agronomist at State College urges extra fall planting of winter legumes. With cotton wheat tobacco reductions expected, land will be freed from cultivation and rules will curb money crop plantings. Plant cover crops now to gain soil health and future independence from suppliers.
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E. C. Blair
State College
Blair
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Good Sleep Better Than Long Test Reveals
Dr. Donald A. Laird at a Colgate University event explains fatigue tests showing sleep quality matters more than hours. Colgate graduates Robert E. Mason and Robert Hoey conducted grip strength and wobble-meter balance assessments on 885 people, linking seven hours or less sleep to a 3.26 percent grip decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Donald A. Laird
Colgate University Psychological Hospital Association
Colgate
Robert E. Mason
Robert Hoey
Recovery program argues for emergency limits on freedom
The speaker questions the Recovery plan, saying strong, able men will evade restrictions. He views it as a temporary expedient that won’t alter actions of the most capable and will be discarded once business recovers.
Hurricane Impacts North Carolina Coast Across Nine Counties
A hurricane battered the New Bern Morehead City Beaufort area Friday night and roared up the Atlantic coast. Estimated damage exceeds 2 million dollars with over 1 million in New Bern and more than 500 thousand in Morehead City and Beaufort. Power plants failed and communication was severed across the Sound region. Two lives were lost offshore and Roanoke Island. About 120000 residents across nine counties affected.
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New Bern
New Bern- Morehead City-Beaufort
Atlantic Coast
D. F. Deotte
Coast Guard
Morehead City
Beaufort
Sun
Cape Hatteras
Roanoke Island
Sound Country
Belhaven
Aurora
Oriental
Wanchese
Manteo
Camden
Washington
New York NRA Parade Draws 250000 In Fifth Avenue Show
A vast NRA march along Fifth Avenue drew about 250000 participants and 200 bands in what was described as the greatest peace time parade. Governors Lehman Cross Moore and Cabinet members Farley Dern Perkins watched as planes and the Blue Eagle symbol filled the sky and street with paper confetti.
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New York
NRA
Fifth Avenue
Blue Eagle
Herbert H. Lehman
Wilbur Cross
Connecticut
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Hugh S. Johnson
Blue Eagle Legionnaires
James A. Farley
Dern
Frances Perkins
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Frederic A. Delano
Roosevelt
New England
Florida
Azores
Cape Cod
Cape
Albert T. Reid
Chicago
Illinois
Carolina
G. G. Mathews
Scotland County
Canaer
Florence Meyers
Isla
Chevrolet
Gobi Desert
Fisher
America
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
Flint
Michigan
G.M.A.C
General Motors
W. R. Chevrolet Company
Boone, North Carolina
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