High Point Surges Past War Bond Quota in 1943 Drive
The High Point community surpassed its 2 550 000 quota by 3 254 891 50 in the latest war bond drive and bought a bomber for Guilford county squadron plus another for escort fighters. The town, once deemed sick, shows strong morale as it supports the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
High Point
Main Street
Babbitts
Sinclair Lewis
Boosters
Red Cross
Buncombe County
Wake
Arthur Utley
Guilford County
War optimism at AP and ASPA meetings in York
Reporters at a New York gathering of nearly a thousand newspeople carried a cautious view. They noted progress in planes and weapons but warned that overall ship tonnage lagged behind needs and allied friction could hinder victory, with optimism tempered by the long, hard fight ahead.
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Associated Press
Americanspaper Publishers Association
York
America
United Nations
New York
Civility in War Procures Bond Drive and Strategy
The message argues against brutal retaliation for Tokyo bombers and urges civilized response. It urges buying war bonds, ramping production, setting Europe as objective, and supplying MacArthur with equipment to advance toward Tokyo rather than fighting daily in Australia. It notes 13.5 billion dollars in bonds reflecting national wartime effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
MacArthur
Tokyo
Australia
S.B.H
World War II Public Opinion Voices Across Nation
A collection of quotes from prominent figures and citizens discusses wartime morale, home front efforts, and postwar concerns. Topics include service centers for soldiers, volunteer labor, propaganda effectiveness, victory gardens, gas rationing, and fears of imperialism if liberation fails to secure freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
Estelle T. Smith
Raleigh
Grade labeling controversy sparks price control debate
Peter Edson outlines a heated dispute over mandatory grade labeling for canned foods to enforce price controls. Advocates push A to C grades across 1943 cans, while critics warn of inspector shortages and labeling logistics. Differences in transit costs could create price disparities between Grade A and B corn.
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Liberation of India
Eleanor Roosevelt
American Association of University Women
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Washington, D.C
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maine
New York
Indiana
Minnesota
Moral reflections on sowing and reaping from scripture and Cicero
A compact comparison notes that the Bible warns that sparing sowing yields sparing returns while generous sowing brings abundant rewards. The adage is echoed by Cicero with equally direct moral cause and effect.
Indians Dominate Air Organizations In India Report
Paragraphs describe Indian dominance across air organizations while Northern Ireland initiates a new war on bootleggers. The brief highlights shifting power dynamics and law enforcement actions amid regional tensions.
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India
Northern Ireland
Winchell Bigtown Heartbeat Headlines and Society Notes
Gossip column items from New York society and entertainment scenes. Mentions of David Bowes-Lyon Brig. Gen. Donovan Dorothy Thompson John Lambertson and Gilbert Gabriel. Broadway clubs El Morocco and Copas Nat Brandwynne. figures like Frank Sinatra and Ruth Caroll. cultural venues Carnegie Hall and Madison. and industry chatter on royalties, lawsuits, and social events.
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Bigtown
David Bowes-Lyon
Wm. Donovan
St. Regis
Gilbert Gabriel
Alaska
Dorothy Thompson
Lambertson
Robert Montgomery
Pacific
Stork Club
Christine Ayers
Red Cross
Madeleine Carroll
Madison
Margaret Sullavan
Museum of Modern Art
Margaret
Francis Sinatra
John Wilcox
Tacoma
Frank Sinatra
Broadway
el Morocco
Fred Allen
Shakespeare
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Lerry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
John Budd
Lexington Ave
N. Y
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Roosevelt
Jimmy Doolittle
United States
Chamber of Conqnerce
H. D. Sears
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. F. Whitney
Hollywood
Ray Bullock
John L. Lewis
Carrie Haskell
Tunisia
Joseph J. Schwartz
European Executive Council
Joint Distribution Committee
H. Robertson
Greensboro
N. C C
Horace B. Ritchie
Public Welfare Department
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Herbert Ridge
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Joe Snider
A. B. Robbins
James H. Doolittle
Henry Wallace
Peter Edson
NEA Service Inc
Cicero
Winchell
Rouben Mamoulian
Mamoulican
Nat Brandwynne
Bernice Parks
J. Durante
Nets
Club 18
Jack White
Harry James
Alan Ladd
Paramount
Ruth Caroll
Boots
Joe Pew
Repub
Justice Roberts
Judith Arien
Weylin
Prof. Socassas
la Martinique
Walter Cassel
CBS
Willard Wiener
Kate Smith
Cugat
NBC
Hugh Byas
Carnegie Hall
Harlem
Savoy Ballroom
Dudley Field Malone
West Point
Mark Clark
Claudia Morgan
Ernest Chappell
Manhattan
Signs of the Times
Midtown
East 42Nd Street
Duffy Square
Normandie
6Th Avenue
Times Square
Inez Robb
Overseas Press Club
Lowell Thomas
Cclub
Gene Krupa
San Francisco
Duke Ellington
Nick Kenny
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