McDonald Named NC Scation Association Vice President
The piece notes Ralph McDonald's election as vice president of the North Carolina Scation Association and forecasts his potential rise to the presidency next year. It questions the political uses of the role, the teacher support, and the balance between personal ambition and organizational duty amid postwar economic strain and inflation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McDonald
North Carolina Scation Association
Chefs
McDonald
Donald
Gregg Cherry
Red Cross drive praised by High Point workers and citizens
The text lauds the Red Cross response from industrial workers in High Point praising the generosity and spirit of local citizens. It credits the rank and file workers for their support and predicts the drive will surpass its goal soon, with Chairman Cor and volunteers applauded.
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Red Cross
High Point
Cor
Rotary
Paul Casey
It May Be Years Opinion on War Ends and Homecoming
The piece argues that defeating Germany Japan and Italy may take more than a year and that peace will not follow until long after fighting ends. It notes World War I ended with the 1919 peace and suggests most service members may be discharged within six months after peace is signed, not after the fighting stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Italy
Economic gains raise American worker purchasing power
Since Europe went to war, American factory workers have boosted their purchasing power by more than 40 percent. The average worker can buy almost half again as much food clothing shelter recreation education and health care, reflecting broader wartime economic effects on household budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Delray Beach USO Dances Banned Over Petrillo Protest
Soldiers lose weekly Delray Beach USO dances for service men and partners as Jam es Petrillo fights to restrict music in wartime. No local professional orchestra exists. dances were free for troops preparing to risk their lives. Volunteers urged to send a yellow feather to the adjutant general’s office.
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Delray Beach
Fla
James Caesar Petrillo
War Department
Czar Petrillo
Adjutant General's Office
A. G
Speeding tires and a plea from Eddie Rickenbacker
Reports say spring and loosened driving restrictions bring back speeding that wears out tires early. The piece recalls Eddie Rickenbacker’s warning that saving one old rubber tire can fund rafts that save seven lives, urging readers to take tire preservation seriously.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Kitchen Fats Shortfall in Home Production
The nation’s housewives still fall short in supplying kitchen fats for explosives and military needs. Even before meat rationing, less than a third of the required fat is being gathered. The target is about 17 million pounds per month, roughly two ounces per person, while actual production is under 6 million pounds, about three quarters of an ounce per person.
Voices in High Point Cite Curfews and Delinquency
A round of reader letters expresses views on youths curfews and juvenile delinquency. Contributors include Joe Snider of Draft Board Five, Jere Sloan of Draft Board Four, Pat Welch, Miss Helen Fitzgerald, Dr. S. W. Taylor, C. C. Covington, Vance McGhee, J. P. Richardson, W. E. Smith, W. H. Long, John C. Sibberns, Paul Casey, and Bill Hodges. The letters touch on farming classifications, blackout regulations, picnic land offers, blood drives, and wartime dining impacts.
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High Point
Joe Snider
Draft Board Five
Employers Plight Noted in Wartime Labor Structure
Peter Edson outlines the tangled wartime labor framework. He names Wage and Hour, Public Contracts, and Walsh Healy acts under the Labor Department and the War Manpower Commission, with multiple agencies sharing authority. He notes hearings by the Truman Senate Committee urging reform and centralization to reduce duplication.
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Department of Labor
Walsh-Healy
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Conciliation Service
Conciliation Service
Secretary of Labor
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
WLB
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
The
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
War Production Board
Social Security Board
Federal Security Administration
Labor Production Division
Truman Senate Committee
U. S. Department of Labor
Washington
Forcible words and wasting labor in speech
Quotation blend from Job and Plautus noting the trouble of shaping forceful speech. It reflects on how words can fail to prove or persuade, likening talk to pouring into a sieve and losing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Welch
Plautus
Paragraphs The more love affairs really taken to heart
A fragment notes love affairs becoming courtroom matters as disputes escalate and reach the courts for resolution with possible legal action and public scrutiny.
What Others Say A Timely Speech
A New York speech by Eric A. Johnston of the United States Chamber of Commerce frames enlightened self interest to balance world welfare with American living standards. He warns against drifting toward totalitarian controls and urges preserving personal liberty while wartime governance, contrasting Republican opposition and Willkie’s internationalism with current domestic trends.
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Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
New York
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
Washington Star
Joe Martin, Jr
House
GOP
America
Franklin Roosevelt
Republican Party
Wendell Willkie
Joe Martin
Willkie
Charlotte News
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Lexington Ave
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Hitler
Hirohito
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
Jere Sloan
Draft Board Four
Helen Fitzgerald
S. W. Taylor
C. C. Covington
Century Oak Farm
Oakdale Cotton Mill
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Vance McGhee
W. E. Smith
North Carolina
W. H. Long
Russia
England
Johnson Sibberns
Bill Hodges
Peter Edson
Gop Dream
Prentiss Brown
OPA
Victory Gardens
Baltimore Evening Sun
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