Showdown urged between Roosevelt and Lewis over miners
The editorial calls for a showdown between President Roosevelt and John Lewis of the United Mine Workers over the coal labor dispute. It argues the war effort depends on coal, favors arbitration, and condemns personal feuds shaping policy while urging fair treatment of miners and unions.
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Franklin D. Roosell
United States
L. Lewis
United Mine Orders
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Lewis
WLB
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Governer Dilemma on Veto Power and Speed Rules
The article discusses North Carolina’s lack of a gubernatorial veto and cites Colorado Governor Vivian’s veto dilemma over an October 9 Lief Ericson Day. It argues that federal wartime requests favor uniform speed limits, not separate limits for trucks and autos, and commends Governor Broughton for delaying action until federal agencies finalize the best wartime regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Union
John Vivian
Colorado
Lief Ericson
North America
Columbus
High Point Receives National Safety Council Award
The city earns praise for its 1942 safety record and will receive the National Safety Council award at 8 15 p m in the Junior High School. High Point ranked first in its population class in North Carolina and is among four of 188 cities nationally honored for traffic safety and enforcement. State safety officials and highway patrol leaders will attend to honor the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
National Safety Council
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Police Department
W. G. Friddle
North Carolina Judges Speed Limit Debate Heads to Decision
Engineers and citizens urge reducing the 60 mile per hour speed limit to save rubber and gasoline. Federal agencies are weighing the matter while the governor delays action pending federal guidance. The legislature granted authority to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Council of State
The
Highway Commission
OPA Administrator Brown Faces Probe Over Wartime Grant Limits
Brown may undergo a test to measure how far wartime authority can be stretched under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. Lay readers assume peacetime limits were suspended, but some industries claim a statutory ceiling exists. A legal showdown looms unless OPA aligns with the War Production Board and Donald Nelson’s wider powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Brown
Are
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
High Point Citizens Share Wartime Worries And Hopes
Community voices discuss rising larceny in wartime and rationing, urge victory gardens, and praise local drives. Topics include welfare, WAVES and WAAC meanings, garden efforts, and the city’s safety record as 1943 aims for no fatal accidents.
Railroads in War Time Hear From Burton Heath
Burton Heath argues railroads are delivering limited travel and shipping while war demands push heavy usage of trucks planes and ships. He notes improvements since WWI but cites ongoing congestion fuel shortages and press coverage as crucial to informing public opinion on transportation and wartime reporting.
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Office of War Information
White House
Marine Corps
Sec'y
Navy
Daniels
H. Goldhammer
Stanford U
Emerson
Quips and Curiosities From a War Era Town Life
A mosaic of comic items and trivia dated wartime notes from Winchell style blurbs. Snippets cover a Texas town praying for peace, Beefless Day in Ashland Ohio, and quirky facts about fashion, planes, and propaganda. Includes references to Emily Post and World War II era culture.
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Matagora
Texas
Ashland
Ohio
Australia
Arkansas
New York
Switzerland
Garfield
Emily Post
Emily
TNT
Levant
George Jean Nathan
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Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
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Lenate
Associated Press
March &Ise
National Esentative John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
MN. Y. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Greensboro
Broughton
ODT
Bureau of Standards
Rubber
Public Roads Administration
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
Tokio
Phite Detptte
C. C. Stoker
Brook Reitzel
American Business Club
N. P. Yarborough
Tom Robert
WAAC
Jack Shields
Russia
England
France
China
Poland
Greece
Marvin Holt
Commonwealth
Crown
John S. Bradway
Burton Heath
Dean G. Acheson
Hot Springs
Winchell
Broadway
Whistler
Tee Hee
Warren C. Middleton
DePauw U
Europe
Africa
Asia
Far East
Army
Washington, D.C
BBC
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Hitler
Sen. Soaper
Bob Hope
Irving Berlin
Berlin
Denver
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Sampson
Caesar
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U. S
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Chris Columbus
Felipa Moniz de Perestiio
Portugal
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Duse
Pat
Mamie
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