School election urged to fund High Point schools
City council calls a May 23 special election to consider raising the school tax to 25 cents per $100 of property value to supplement state funds. The move aims to retain teachers amid wartime attrition while avoiding broader tax hikes, with economies promised to limit overall rates.
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Associated Press
High Point
Congress
THE
John Budd
Lexington Ave
New York City
Davidson County
Republican Party Moves Away From Isolationism
The Republican national committee adopts a resolution signaling a shift away from strict isolationism, embracing a more engaged foreign policy stance with safer, practical approaches amid contemporary global tensions. The move marks a notable divergence from prior restraint and signals party unity on pursuing selective international involvement.
International responsibilities echo through party lines
The committee warns the nation must embrace postwar duties beyond U S borders to foster understanding and cooperation among nations in order to safeguard liberty. It recalls past Republican imperialists and Democratic critiques of foreign entanglements as it urges a broader global role.
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United States
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wilson
League of Nations
Democra Ay Tie Party
Bryan
Decentralizing War Production Benefits and Challenges
The piece argues decentralizing production can reduce worker dislocation and bolster national safety. It notes the state has played a small war business role and may gain by spreading production to communities, with a meeting exploring possible cooperative drives and business development.
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Oders
Southerners Know His Congressman, Poll Finds
The Gallup survey shows Southerners more able to name their district’s congressman than people in other regions. New England and the Middle Atlantic trails show only 4 percent could identify their representative. The West Central, Far West, and East Central regions follow with around half knowing their district’s congressman. The piece argues Southerners’ knowledge reflects closer attention to their leaders and local debates on war contract distribution, urging balanced industrial allocation to prevent regional drain of skilled workers.
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Gallup
Charlotte Observer T0
South
Congress
Washington
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Aonly
East
Middle Atlantic
Capitol Square
Raleigh
Army
Navy
Tam
General MacArthur
President Roosevelt
Death Row figures shrink as war curbs crime
Five inmates sit on death row at Central Prison, the smallest count in over a decade, with all cases on appeal to the Supreme Court. Across the system crime and litigation appear to ease as the war drives down dockets and reduces prison populations, while the five include three whites and two Negroes. The report notes bond conditions, embezzlement probes, and a shrinking State News Bureau staff amid wartime cutbacks.
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Central Prison
Supreme Court
Oscar Pitts
Herman Allen
Johnston County
John S. Baldwin
Durham County
Walter Smith
Wayne County
Arthur Gibson
Buncombe
Ian Hairston
Forsythe
Whirl of New York Gossip and Army World Rumors
A lively Washington and New York round of social and military scuttlebutt includes H Fish's office pushing a German translator hire, Myra Lou's new physician partner, and bets on a boy for the Lou Novas. Celebrities such as Danny Kaye, Ringling Circus, and Walter Winchell gossip mix with Army notes on officers and London Stars and Stripes.
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New York
Gali
H. Fish
Dept. of Justice
Myrna Lou
Lou Novas
Coughlin
Astor Hotel
Brooklyn
Adelaide Moffett
Mexico
White Plains
Washington
Army
Richard
Wrights
Todd
Broadway rumors and theater notes stir city chatter
A collage of show biz jabs and gossip touches Broadway topics from a shift of Italian actor Tullio Carminati to a Kansas internment camp, to May Day parade cancels, license plate clues, and Rita Hayworth performances. The piece notes union friction, crowded Shubert theatres, and a crowded nightlife as Tokyo bombings spark city reactions.
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Tullio Carminati
Ellis Island
Kansas
Jan Murrays
Jacy
Lloyd W. Elliot
Richard Watts
Trib
Washington
Lopez
Commandos in Washington and marine amphibious views
In Washington on April 21 Peter Edson notes Marine Corps ire over British Commandos publicity and debates a U S commando force. Marines describe amphibious warfare as landings to beachheads, with two units now Atlantic and Pacific Amphibious Corps. A lunch etiquette debate follows about leaving luncheons after 3 30 pm and social outrages in Washington society.
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Marines
Washington
Marine Corps
United States
Royal Marines
Pacific Islands
Fleet Mobile Force
FMF
Atlantic Amphibious Corps
Pacific Amphibious Corps
Local News Briefs and Community Notes
Local candidate for Congress spoke to the High Point Lions. Declamation contest set for Union Hill School Friday afternoon. NC garden club heard Tyre Taylor and Lindsay Russell. Dr. Lynn McIver returned home to Sanford after Winston-Salem meeting. Greensboro College alumnae met at Mrs. Everett Marsh’s home. Charles McAnalix seeks 12th district solicitor post. Food prices down 17 percent from last year. Secretary Mills opposed a 10 percent appropriations cut as unbusinesslike. American Legion to plan a service census. Chamber endorses clean-up week. Search for Mrs. Serenvertz, Brooklyn wife of lawyer Geo Serenvertz. Elm Street teachers hosted gathering on Lindsay Street. Easter egg hunt at St Mary’s parish lawn tomorrow. Supt. H S Cofield in charge. German delegates barred from Russian talks.
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W.B. Umstaed
Congress
High Point Lions
Sheraton Hotel
Union Hill
State Garden Club
Tyre C. Taylor
North Carolina Plan
Lindsay Russell
Capitalist
New York
Wilmington
Lynn McIver
Charles TV. Hamilton
Lindsay Street
Winston-Salem
Sanford
Greensboro College
Everett Marsh
Holt McPherson
12Th Judicial District
Mills
U. S. Treasury Department
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
George B. Serenvertz
TS Lendon St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Geo. B. Serenbertz
Elm Street
Frank Armfield
Wassie Wilson
Wilson
St. Mary's Parish
Ames Stewart
H. S. Coffield
Nie
Uncle Ef Urges War Hatred and Kindness for Allies
The speaker argues that to win the war one must wake each day with greater hate for enemies while balancing with kindness to friends and extra affection for family, proposing stronger resolve alongside humane support.
Wartime Brevities and Public Sentiments
A collage of wartime quotes reflects public morale and policy notes. Mrs. Fisher, a Denver mother, describes her husband on Wake Island now in a war plant. Secretary Stimson urges early offensive action. Senator Bone critiques patent priorities. Marcel Dent warns of European victory or British defeat. George Bernard Shaw quips on war duration. Congress approves a million dollars for Mississippi flood control and North Carolina expands vocational training.
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Marvin Fisher
Denver
Genoa
Congress
Mississippi
South
North Carolina
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Russia
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China Weekly Review
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