Per Capita War Loan Drive Opens With $13 Billion Target
The piece argues that funding the Second War Loan is essential and affordable, calculating a per person burden under $100 to total $13,000,000,000. It frames government bonds as safe investment and national duty, citing Guilford county’s local quota of $8,324,000 and urging citizens to lend to the country.
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Enterprise
Associated Press
High Point
United States
Congress
FHA
Guilford County
Navy publicity and the fight over wartime news
A critical column argues Commander-in-Chief King should yield on public relations and allow straightforward war news. It cites OWI friction with the Navy over censorship, warns that submarines near the American coast could harm convoys, and urges decisive presidential intervention to end withholding information and reassure a public demanding frank updates.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Hich
OWI
Merican
Navy
Hitler
Diic
Strons
Elmer Davis
Admiral King
Pete Gray and the spring lesson in overcoming handicaps
A column lauds Pete Gray, one armed infield outfielder for Toronto Maple Leafs, who batted .381 in the Can Am League and fueled a notable exhibition win. It links Gray’s triumphs to Helen Keller, disabled athletes, and Franklin D Roosevelt, arguing calamity shapes strength, and ends with a wry note on spring publishing trends.
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YMCA
Pete Gray
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto
Pete
Gray
Helen Keller
Franklin Roosevelt
High Point Voices on War Time Life and Service
A collection of local opinions from High Point residents in 1943 covering garden work for Victory, shifting populations, USO center needs signs, historical reflections on Jefferson, Navy enlistment, college cadets, a son earning his commission, choir training, rain for gardens, juvenile delinquency, parental responsibility, and postwar funding. Notables include John Hawkins R A Strickland Geraldine Wren Virgil S White Mary Sue Briggs Bob Gayle Matt Wall Edgar Hartley Jesse Jones.
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High Point
John Hawkins
Edgar Hartley
Hartley
Cotton Ed Satirizes Senate Panel in Parity Debate
The August Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, chaired by Ellison D. Smith of Lynchburg South Carolina, hears Prentiss Brown and Secretary Wickard on the Pace bill. Cotton Ed Edson mocks experts, calls one an expert a damn fool away from home, and pushes for a Monday meeting after a Saturday fishing quip.
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Ellison D
Cotton Ed
Gillette
Iowa
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Brown
Claude Wickard
Justice
James F. Byrnes
Fpr
Wickard
Congress
Senator Brown
Thomas
Wheeler
Senate
Broadway Notes and Reviews From Avaible Nightlife Scene
A survey of recent stage and screen offerings notes mixed receptions. Broadway premieres draw cheers for The Ziegfeld Follies and Oklahoma while other shows, including Harem Scarem and local outings, struggle. The Magic Lanterns and CBS programs offer varied entertainment, with editorials and gossip framing the season’s cultural landscape.
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Boston Brigade
Cleveland
Broadway
Guild
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