Crippled Kids Class Showcases High Point Generosity
In High Point a Cloverdale school program for crippled children shows strong local support funded by public donations. Rotary sponsors the class and urges contributions to the Crippled Children Fund at the Furniture Exhibit Building. Visitors are urged to see the class to witness its impact on turning disabled youths into productive citizens.
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High Point
Cloverdale
Rotary Club
Furniture Exposition
Rent Control Debate Pushes for Decontrol in North Carolina
An editorial urges North Carolina legislators to pass straightforward rules to decontrol rents in areas where demand exceeds supply. It warns decontrol must still shield renters from landlord greed and cautions against overreliance on federal regulation.
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North Carolina
Washington
Atlantic pact hinges on Senate ratification
The text criticizes the State Department for alleged undiplomatic handling of the Atlantic pact and notes 43 senators attended the signing while 53 were excluded. It argues the pact remains unratified and thus not yet valuable, urging Democratic leaders to correct the slight and secure ratification.
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Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Senate
Connally
United States Senate
Fuddy-Duddies
Community Concert Association invites members in High Point
The High Point community invites residents to join the Community Concert Association. It explains the organized audience movement funds permanent no profit membership audiences to bring first class artists to town and broaden music appreciation.
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United States
Canada
High Point
High Point Community Concert Association
O.A.P
Wallace Peace Tour Seeks East West Bridge
Henry Wallace plans a spring peace tour with three left wing European allies. He says they were invited to help answer how to bridge the widening East West gap, reflecting his modest aspirations after last summer’s presidential bid.
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Henry Wallace
Wallace
RKO Signs Laraine Day for I Married a Communist
The RKO studio announces Laraine Day wife of Leo Purcher will star in I Married a Communist. The note implies Leo Purcher runs the Giants but misstates the Reds and mentions run afoul of the anti un American activities committee.
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RKO Picture
Laraine Day
Leo Purcher
RKO
Leo
Giants
Reds
Chandler
un-American Activities Committee
History Teaches Responsibility at Teheran and Yalta
George Sokolsky argues statesmen excuse errors by claiming momentary necessity. He credits Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin with shaping Western Allied victory and criticizes policy shifts after Potsdam, urging accountability rooted in Teheran and Yalta. He contends Britain shared blame for Asia and Europe’s fate.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Teheran
Yalta
Stalin
Hitler
Europe
Y. Matsuoka
Japan
Soviet
United States
Roosevelt
Russia
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Churchill
Pearl Harbor
China
State Department
India
Burma
Potsdam
Harry Truman
Americas
Stettin-Trieste
Asia
Singapore
Pigs and Pigs and Freedom in a Georgia Tale
A Georgia anecdote traces a sow with nineteen piglets and a bed of nineteen feeding spigots, leaving six extra, amid a practical discussion of hog care. The North Atlantic Pact is described as a cooperative defense among liberal nations against tyranny, while a lengthy meditation on freedom and a poem about a florist’s daughter close the column.
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A. P. Cliatt
Ralph Cliatt
Georgia
Ralph
George Prather
Statesboro
George Connor
Prather
Sam
United Nations
Russia
Europe
Bert Lahr
Lambs Gampbol
J. Dempsey
Berle’s
Henry Wallace
Henry
Robert Shaw
ABC
Olivia
Sloane
Morning Gazette
Machito
Mercury
Sally
Heillelujacht State Dept
France
Peron
Vaughan
Buffalo
White House
Motion Picture Mag
Jane Wyman
Collier's
Radio Best & Television
Hooper
Lowell Thomas
Gabriel Heatter
Kaltenborn
Damon Runyon
Runyon
Roy Stevens
Anon
Geo. Petrie
Cobbett
F. Sullivan
Mars
Sacasas
The First Nights and Other New York Stage Voices
A sweeping notes column reviews The First Nights and The Traitor with Jed Harris and Lee Tracy. It surveys cinema offerings from Portrait of Jennie to Hamlet and Outcry, plus stage and radio items, including Elisabeth Bergner’s Barbizon Plaza opening and industry strikes and trends.
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NEW Yorker
Atkinson
Europe
Jed Harris
Lee Tracy
Hampden
Tracy
Ward Morehouse
New York Times
The
New York Herald Tribune
Cinemagicians
Jennie
Rivoli
Jennifer Jones
Joseph Cotten
Jesse James
MGM
Kath Hepburn
Rahlly
Mary Louise
Cafe Society
Cab Calloway
Warner Brothers
Bette Davis
Ethel Barrymore
Jane Wyman
Claire Trevor
Johnny Belinda
Key Largo
Barbizon-Plaza
Elisabeth Bergner
Dante
Magicians
Musicians’ Union
Johnny Weissmuller
Son Welles
Uh-Huhney
Lea Padovani
Pygmalion
Sutton
Leslie Howard
Wendy Hiller
the Times Filman
Motion Picture Daily
Mr. Kann
Life Magazine
Henry Morgan
United States and Allies Back Mutual Aid Drive
The text frames the Marshall Plan as broader than economics, envisioning security cooperation and political aims toward a United States of Europe. It contrasts this with Soviet dominated minorities as wreckers and notes the Atlantic Pact’s effectiveness depends on its actual use, as stated by Vandenberg Austin and Dulles.
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United States of Europe
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Warren R. Austin
U. S
John Foster Dulles
UN Security Council
Airmail by helicopter boosts Southern California delivery
In Los Angeles a Sikorsky helicopter delivers mail directly to communities cutting trip time from New York to Anaheim. The pilot, 24 year old Carl Crew, handles ship and sacks solo, making city stops in Redondo Beach Torrance San Pedro Wilmington Long Beach Santa Ana Anaheim and Bellflower in 1 hour 22 minutes.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Washington
Santa Claus
Los Angeles Municipal
Carl Crew
Mr. Crew
Redondo Beach
Torrance
San Pedro
Wilmington
Long Beach
Santa Ana
Anaheim
Bellflower
New York
Santa Ana Canyon
Garvey Boulevard
el Monte
Rooftop Sun Bathers Blur Gender at Altitude
A report notes many sun seekers on a California rooftop, but high vantage makes it hard to tell their gender. The observer laments the difficulty of identifying individuals from such height and distance.
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California
Snakes Move Lateral Not Vertical in Descriptions
Snakes crawl by lateral body waves rather than vertical undulations. The blimp term derives from early English non rigid balloons named class Blimp. The U S increased fishing boat production to four times prewar levels. South Pacific lion fish carry numerous poisonous spines.
Horizon puzzle theme clues from a word grid
A mixed list of across and down clues including Greek letters fruits and objects such as oleic acid devotee and chair back part. The puzzle spans terms like cubic meter area measure and peace goddess with several abbreviations and regional references.
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George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
Christian Science Monitor
George-Anna Harbeson-Carter
Florist
Winchell
George Dixon
South Pacific
Screen
Thailand
Mimicker
Denmark
IM LE
Mar
Assam
Arn
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