Democracy at stake in precinct meetings across North Carolina
Editorial laments voter apathy and news coverage failures that weakened party foundations, noting fewer than one half of one percent of Democratic voters attended precinct meetings. It argues that neglect harms democracy and elevates rings and machines. It also critiques Southern political dynamics and calls for fair economic treatment and tolerance.
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North Carolina
Democratic Party
High Point
United States
South
Supreme Court
Texas
U. S
India
Rankin and Bilbo
Ralph McGill
Virginius Dabney
Herbert Agar
Frank Porter Graham
John Temple Graves
Jonathan Daniels
Mark Ethridge
Thomas J. Hamilton
Howard W. Odum
University of Texas
Durham
Atlanta
Thackery
TVA
Mr. Thackery
Tragedy at Fraley Field Claims Two Private Flyers
The High Point community mourns J. Howard Saunders and Thurman Deviney after a Saturday airplane accident at Fraley Field. Friends and families express grief yet defend private flying as a valuable, life saving pursuit that improves national air consciousness.
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Fraley Field
J. Howard Saunders
Thurman Deviney
High Point
They Say Thoughts of Others and Wartime Letters
A collection of reader thoughts and wartime letters recount shopping odds and ends in stores, a jeweler speaking on shortages and repair delays, a nurse’s account of a hospital in North Africa, and a pilot’s Atlantic fog encounter with an iceberg.
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North Africa
Evelyn Longnaire
Army Nurse Corps
Washington report on sedition trial probes oddities and delays
The piece surveys the sedition trial with a missing defendant, a defiant woman, unpaid attorneys, and press fear, noting the government’s choice to try 30 defendants at once amid 22 defenses. It contrasts with Moscow trials and comments on Judge Edward Eicher and defense appointments. It also touches on Roosevelt era health and Admirals’ reports of the president’s need for sun and rest.
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Brooklyn
Frank Hogan
Edward Eicher
Senator Gillette
Iowa
Bar
Moscow
FDR
Potomac
Hyde Park
White House
Adm
McIintire
McIntire
Roosevelt
The
Herald Tribune
Eicher
Marshall Field
Walter Winchell
U. S
N. Y. Post
MacArthur
Trib
Ham Fish
American Legion Post
Roosevelt Health Rumor Fears Rises Again
Jack Stinnett notes the recurring election year claim about the President’s health and cites a recent press conference where Roosevelt asserted he never felt better. Vice Admiral Ross T. Melnite, the President’s personal physician, gave a rare briefing to address the health issue and stated emphatically that a
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White House
Ross T. MelIntire
Roosevelt
Winchell on Broadway The First Nights
The piece surveys Broadway openings with reviews of Claiborne Foster's Pretty Little Parlor and Somerset Maugham Sheppey. It notes Edwin Gwenn's performance, Bloomingdale musicals, and films Buffalo Bill Address Unknown Raiders of Red Gap and Hot Rhythm. It comments on radio shows and literary journalism with endorsements andCritics praise and caution on satire and public figures.
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Claiborne Foster
Stellar Adler
Somerset Maugham
Sheppey
Edmund Gwenn
Bloomingdale
Allah
Louis Kroenenberger
Buffalo Bill
Joe McCrea
Linda Darnell
Maureen O'Hara
Nelson Eddy
Paul Lukas
Movieburg
Hollywood
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A. Cecil
Mgr
Boterpaiss
Audit Bureau’ OF Circulation
T. O. Thackery
New York Post
Tennessee Valley
Rankins
C. B. Overman
Fortune
M. Z. Perkinson
North Atlantic
M. M. Teague
Navy Air Corps
Washington Reporting
Paul Mallon
Jack Stinnett
Fred Allen
Stooges
Norman Corwin
Erudite
John Kieran
Encore
Will Rogers
Mortimer J. Adler
Ladies’ Home Journal
Wisconsin
New Republic
New Yorker
J. B. Matthews
Dies Committee
W. Pegier
Lee'y Knox
Chicago
Winchell
Frank Kingdon
Frances O’brien Garfield
Maugham
Paramount
Collier's
Felice Ingersoll
Maurice Zolotow
Latevepostman
Dutton
Warner
Mairzy Coats
Private
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