Economic force in a world war clock a.m.
The article contrasts German war mobilization under Hitler with U S industrial effort, noting government spending and resource use. It raises questions about Germany’s strategy and the potential for a broader conflict, while also reporting a North Wilkesboro house fire that killed three children and a mother’s imprisonment. It cites Greensboro Record on spring farm work in Guilford County and Lexington Dispatch on bicycle safety versus car road use.
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Ermany
Hitler
Germany
United States
North Wilkesboro
Greensboro
Guilford County
Blessed be the Lord God quotes and a George MacDonald thought
A devotional excerpt presents scripture from Psalms 72 18 praising God for wondrous deeds and adds a George MacDonald maxim honoring honesty as the best thanks for a good thing.
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Israel
George MacDonald
Shine trade ends after 11 am on Sundays in Winston-Salem
In Winston-Salem a blue law forbids bootblacks from shining shoes after 11 am Sundays. Officers arrested several violators, many Black men, who paid fines of 7.85 dollars each. A reporter notes a “bent old Negro” counted pennies to pay his freedom price. yet Sunday sales of ice cream soda gasoline and tires continue.
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Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Labor dispute end for Southern coal operators terms
The Southern coal operators accepted the President's terms and the coal strike ends. Negotiations on wages will continue as coal exits mines. If delays persist in essential work, the government may resort to compulsory arbitration. The speech warns of danger and urges voluntary settlement, or legal compulsion if needed.
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America
Roosevelt Era Debate on Executive Leadership and Public Opinion
The Durham Morning Herald argues a middle ground between executive leadership and public opinion, noting both are right in part and wrong in part. It asserts the Bill of Rights shapes American thought, with President Roosevelt and the public often aligned on core principles.
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The
Durham Morning Herald
Roosevelt
Turning point lamp test sparks Edison triumph
In October 1879 Edison achieved a life turning point with a crude cotton thread lamp. After 40 hours of glow and tense watchfulness, the team celebrated a breakthrough, then resolved to push further. Quotes from Cordell Hull Chamberlin Nye Hotchkiss and Nye punctuate a spirit of perseverance and progress.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
New York Gossip: Winchell's World of Famous People
Walter Winchell lists a cascade of social figures and headlines from 1941 New York. It mentions Lady Furness and Allan Brody, Fred Keating, Vanessa Renotarized John Emery, and the widow Dollifuss with babies in a Quebec convent. It notes Leland Stowe and Lillian Miller, Hank Greenberg's betrothal, Mrs. Solomon, and Joe Thorndike amid Life staff intrigue. Also references Lenore Lemmon jailed over a pistols gag, Clara Mae Downey’s restaurant plans, Vera Gilmer on Life cover, and Willkie’s forthcoming reply to Lindbergh in Collier’s.
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Lady Furness
Allan Brody
Fred Keating
Tallulah Bankhead
John Emery
Dollifuss
Montreal
Quebec
Leland Stowe
Lillian Miller
Chicago
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
Miriam Landau
Bronx
Solomon
N. Y. Athletic Club
Sam Boston
John Simms Kelly
Brenda Frazier
Exec
Lindbergh
Barclay Hudson
Joe Thorndike
Life
Virginia Lemont
Fort Dix
Walter Winchell
Winchell
Lenore Lemmon
W. S4th St. Hoosegow
Lenore
Pat Humphries
W. Gardiner
Clara Mae Downey
Colbert Restorant
Broadway
Cafe Board
Luella Gear
Horton Amory
Broadway Gossip Roundup At Manhattan Center Amusing Bits
A column notes various society items from Broadway and New York, including mentions of an Am erica Wurst meeting at Manhattan Center and the Old Boy seeking the German accented donor. It references figures like Uncle Samson, Theodore Pratt, Benny Goodman, and Monte Proser, plus mentions of Virginia Judd, Jean Muir, Dorothy McGuire, and others in a rapid-fire parade of entertainment and social happenings.
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Indiana
Romeo
Funnyman
Benny Rubin
Theodore Pratt
Lloyd Mag
Seven Seas
Hevent
Keenan Wynns
Eve Abbott
Monte Proser
Benny Goodman
Larry Clinton
Charlie Barnet
Madison Sq. Garden
New York
Local News Roundup Highlights City Growth and Court Actions
The city surpasses a 106000 registration mark while a Woodmen session backs juvenile work. Welch earns a patent on an automobile side-light and High Point budgets are to be analyzed. Other items note Dr T M Stanton in Charlotte on business and a Winston-Salem warehouse fire causing substantial loss. The General Assembly hits 112 days, a parade precedes a Furniture Makers game, and notable visits unfold at Welch Field.
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Associated Press
OP Audii Bureau OF
High Point
N. C
Congress
THE
John Budd CO
Lexington
New York City
M. Ernest Welch
Furniture Makers
Danville
Welch Field
G. W. Bramham
Durham
Piedmont League
Charles M. Brown
Enterprise Staff
Peace advocates gain momentum for three big congressional battles
Peter Edson outlines a revived peace movement in Washington as antiwar groups, led by Wheeler and Nye, prepare for three major congressional battles. He cites polls showing 17 percent favor war, hopes for postponing conflict, and calls for stronger administration campaigning to win over Congress and public opinion.
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Washington
America
Congress
United States
Peter Edson
Wheeler
Nye
America First Committee
National Council For Prevention of War
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Lindbergh
Sinclair Lewis
General Johnson
John T. Flynn
Coughlinites
Gerald Smith
Midwest
Senator Nye
Detroit
Britain
Wheeler and Nye
Hull
Knox
Wendell Willkie
William Allen White
Tobey
Capper
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Sec’ Y and Treas
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Io High Point
Tee
North Carolina
Italy
France
Lexington Dispatch
Dale Carnegie
Secretary of State
Cordell Hull
Stephen J. Chamberlin
Gerald P. Nye
W. O. Hotchkiss
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Phil
Aes
MAN About Town
Vera Gilmer
Adela Rogers
W. Starbuck
Naval Reserve
Playwright Starbuck
Gene Markey
Hedy Lamarr
John Dupuy
Dorothy Spreckels
Cesar Hauke
Wall
Doris Gibson
Freddy Arbury
Dolly Richards
Lucius Beebe
Monte Carlo
Willkie
Mediterranean
H’wood Biggie
Schenck
Berlin
West 47Th Street
England
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Jassie Condon
Enuino
M. Sayle Taylors
H. Jaffes
Jean Muir
Penny Press
Rudy Sonneborn
Dorothy McGuire
Claudia
John Willims
Wm. L. Shirer
Knopf
Harrison Williams
Andy Emberlios
Harold Rosses
T. M. Stanton
Charlotte
James Diffee
Tm. Airs
Ted Connor
Spantanburg
Tom Powell
L. L. Simmons
General Assembly
Augustine Courtard
Greenland
Wilmington Star
George W. Clark
Conway
Willis Slane
Parkway
A. E. Taplin
Goldsporo
Lumberton
Albemarle
S. C. Sharpe
Leaksville
Harding
Hamilton Roads
Ruhr
Enterprise-Washington
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