Full Price Control Likely as Inflation Fears Rise
A newspaper columnist argues rising living costs and inflation justify imminent federal price control. Citing the State Highway Commission chair, the piece warns wage increases for lower-salaried workers and describes a surge in commodity prices, bicycle costs, and overall buying power. The author predicts inevitable full government control to curb runaway inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Commission
Former Chief Justice Hughes Celebrates Birthday
Charles Evans Hughes former chief justice of the United States Supreme Court was 0 years old Saturday. His birthday was celebrated quietly in the company of his three children and nine grandchildren. The retired jurist whose public career included the governorship of New York the secretary of state and a presidential candidacy declined to be interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evans Hughes
United States’ Supreme Court
New York
United States
Supreme Court
Hughes
Preparing Boys and Girls for Life in Wartime
Editorial urges early life prep for youths not of draft age directing focus to useful employment for country. Cites Boys Town example and Father Flanagan message to graduates about perseverance, predicting fewer “lost generations” once schools fully train students for living. Mentions 10 years ago cherry trees donation by Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Father Flanagan
Boys Town Times
Boys Town
Boys
UNC Faces Pressure Over German Faculty In Wake Of Air Wardens
In Raleigh and Chapel Hill, UNC faces probes into German parentage of professors Adolph Mehlich and Herman Gauger amid air raid warnings. Mehlich is a naturalized citizen, Gauger US-born. both had been air wardens. Debate centers on whether such staff should resign, with officials arguing for federal oversight and local morale concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Raleigh
Greensboro
Adolph Mehlich
Herman Gauger
State College
Mehlich
Gauger
United States
W. C. Carmichael
Germany
Hitler
Justice Hughes’s Quiet Washington Life and Enduring Influence
The text notes that former Supreme Court Justice Hughes lives quietly in Washington, with occasional travel, appreciating the constitutional flexibility he championed. It reflects on Congress allowing retirement with full pay after age or years served, and praises Hughes’s nonpartisan, steadying influence despite no longer wielding decision power.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Hughes
United States
Absentee Voting Back In High Regard In 1941 North Carolina
Political debate over absentee voting resurfaces as NC restores mail voting for soldiers amid wartime need. The 1941 legislature reestablished the privilege for armed service members, while a national push urges securing the franchise and urging candidates to consider those in training camps when crafting campaigns.
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North Carolina
Isolationist Senator under fire from Tar Heels
In a Hickory Daily Record report Bob Reynolds is criticized for a string of wartime missteps and his claimed consistent support for the government since Pearl Harbor. The piece frames his record as a war forecaster as flawed and questions his patriotism.
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Hickory Daily Record
Bob Reynolds
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Walter Winchell’s Hollywood Roundup and Rumors
A long Hollywood gossip column lists Lana Turner, Carole Landis, Linda Daniel, Betty Grable, Vie Mature, Peggy Joyce, Ruth Rohde, and Norma Shearer among a parade of stars and industry figures. It mentions Atty-Gen Biddle, Donald Nelson, Artie Shaw, Al Jolson, and others, with notes on film, radio, and wartime activity, tying in publishers, columnists, and public figures in a brisk, rumor-laden snapshot of the era.
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New York
Lana Turner
Robert Moon
Columbia Broadcasting
Carole Landis
Camdr
Gene Markey
Linda Daniel
Betty Grable
Vie Mature
Norma Shearer
Sun Valley
Aheminimai
Henry Youngman
Brooklyn
Artie Shaw
USO
Monte Carlo
Swank Joynt
Jane Franklin
Mirror
Randy Scott
Dayton, Ohio
Midwest
Donald Nelson
American Magazine
Broadway gossip and society scraps from the period
A collage of New York nightlife chatter mentions Leona Olsen and Ben Bernie's boy Jason, a FBI collared playboy from Holland, spring weddings on 32nd Street, Archduke Ono dining out, and various socialites. notes about denouncing Nazi publications, a debutante event, marriages, and journalism jokes. Includes references to Zorita, Mary Small, Caral Dexter, and Lee Knox in a brisk, period-voice roundup.
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Leona Olsen
Ben Bernie
Jason
J. Dorsey
Lenore Lemmon
Snow White
62Nd Street
Langwidge
el Morocco
Stork
Fete
Holland
FBI
Iceland
Winston Churchill
Creighton
Martha Bacon
32Nd Street
Zorita
Archduke Ono von Hapsburg
Austria-Hungary
S7th Street
Autumat
Lou Holtz
Maxine Sullivan
Lark
Tr. C. A. Walburg
Robert Garland
Doubleday-Doran
Life
U.S
Denis Murrays
Constance Geneva
Pate
Critical Circle
Algonk
Jeannette Waldron
Mary Small
Mayard
Caral Dexter
Chin Lee Mortimer
Lee’y Knox
Knox
Local News Highlights and Notables in Raleigh
North Carolina Hall of History director Col Fred A Olds spoke to high schoolers at chapel. Tenor Joseph Friedman of New York will sing at B nai Israel Synagogue tonight. A Japanese cherry tree planting and dedication occurs Friday at 3 30 pm in Junior Senior park with 60 trees donated by High Point Kiwanis. Mrs R C Basset of Barree Wisconsin visits Mrs F C Gomo. Bertha Mullis Ollie Wood Mary Lee Bray and Clarence Gordon plan a Milwaukee trip by motorcycle. Clifford Frazier Greensboro attorney named GOP Governor nominee in Charlotte. Al Smith criticizes Roosevelt at a Washington Jefferson Day dinner. police disperse a bonus delegation.
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Fred A. Olds
North Carolina Hall of History
Raleigh
Joseph Friedman
New York
B'nai Israel
Novih Tranulton Street
Friedman
Jones Street
Kiwanis Club of
High Point
R. C. Basset
Barree
F. C. Gomo
Bertha Mullis
Ollie Wood
Mary Lee Bray
Clarence Gordon
Milwaukee
Wis
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
Charlotte
Washington
al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Twenty Years Ago Local News Highlights
Twenty years ago reports note sixty freight cars daily from High Point via S C Schaub of the Southern Railway. Easter closings for Fast Monday April 17. Thomas Turner home from University for holidays. Mrs Mattie Hardy and friends in city from Thomasville. Richard Johnson home from Annapolis for Easter. Governor Morrison may campaign soon. Over 300 Negro homes burned near Norfolk. refugees cared for. Tenor John McCormick sidelined by throat issue. brief note on public morale and work.
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S. C. Schaub
Southern Railway Freight Division
High Point
Thomas Turner
Mattie Hardy
Aliss Hood
Elizabeth Skaemedberg
Thomasville
Richard Johnson
R. F. J. Johnson
Carrick Avenue
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Morrison
Berkeley
Norfolk
John McCormick
New York
Private builders get a break in defense housing rules
In wartime policy guidance, private builders may still supply housing for workers in defense areas. Areas within two miles of a war plant or near rapid transport to essential war jobs may qualify. New houses must meet strict limits: no more than $50 monthly rent or $35,000 sale price, with government intervention possible. Remodeling to create duplexes may be approved if within defense areas.
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Washington
Gid Capyhbank
War Production Board
National Housing Administration
John B. Blandford, Jr
Blandford
FHA
Federal Housing Administration — Office
Willie
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WPB
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Irving Hall
Prince
WPA
Hackney Body Works
Wilson
State Web Advisory
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Virginia
WPR
Richmond
Orange Man
Bob Hanes
Broughton
Claude Abernathy
Ife
John Downes
Ninth Naval District
High Point Kiwanis Club
Axis
Walter Winchell
Wim. T. Dewart, Jr
Sun
Army
Ifis
T. W. Dewart
Treasuer
Navy
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San Francisco
Alaska
Honolulu
General Custer
Michigan Brigade
Chas. Custer
Col
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H. Alen Smith
Princeton ‘Viger
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Milton Mayer
Pegler
Willkie
Peg
Peg Senior
FDR
Homestead
Fla
Key Largo
I. Stones At
Cedars of Lebanon
F'Wood
Pop
Rowland Brown
Johnny
Imperial Theatre
Wilma Cox
Marjery Fielding
Everett Montagues
Rita Hayworth
Howard Hughes
Buddy Baer
Patrick Smith
National Maritime Union
Broadway
Mother
Don
J. E. Millis
A. M. Hofmann
Waukegan, Tl
Mr. Hofmann
A. C. Hofmann
Peter Edson
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
S. A. Lozovsky
Russia
Carleton
J. H. Hayes
Spain
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