Britain aims to destroy Hitlerism and shape a postwar peace
Britain’s war aims focus on eliminating Hitlerism while avoiding firm public plans for redrawing borders. The piece notes London’s propaganda against Nazi control, and speculation on a northern front to aid the Soviet Union, with Britain seeking broad peace terms after Nazi defeat. The Soviet army’s resilience is praised amid German press acknowledgment of Bolshevik tenacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Rema
London
Russia
England
Churchill
New York Times
France
Italy
Germany
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Great Britain
Europe
Hitler
Ickes Praises Petroleum Industry Cooperation Ad
Secretary Ickes lauds the Petroleum Industry District No. 1 Marketing Committee for National Defense for its 250000 advertisement campaign urging the public to reduce gasoline use. The ad titled Do's and Donts That Will Help You Use One Third Less Gasoline for Uncle Sam will run in The Enterprise tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum Industry District No. 1
Marketing Committee For National Defense
Uncle Sam
Ickes
Curfew on Gasoline Sales Stirs Call for Further Steps
A 7 p m curfew on gasoline sales is criticized as only a first action. The Petroleum Industry is urged to align with an American spirit of cooperation among capital, labor, and citizenry. A Benjamin Franklin quote about hanging together is cited to emphasize unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Foil Collection Drive Aids Bundles for Britain
High Point residents are urged to gather foil from gum and cigarette packages and turn it in flat to Bundles for Britain headquarters. The effort converts foil into cash for the wartime aid program, promoting civic participation with minimal effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Britain
Bundles For Britain Organization
A New Definition for an Old Word in Café Chat
In a Greensboro News note, two High Pointers discuss enduring songs and a controversial view of Love and art. They recall ASCAP, Tom More, and a quip about John Barrymore on love versus appearance, ending with a jab at Andy Gump’s hair.
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ASCAP
Tom More
Greensboro
John Barrymore
Haddock
John
Andy Gump
Moon Changes Spark Wedding Advice Quip
A quirky countermove to romance notes that love and heartbreak feel unpredictable. An official’s wedding counsel urges couples to avoid quick divorces when the moon shifts, implying timing in relationships can be humorous and fickle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonk
Barrymarke
Lesson From Cochran A Factory Layout Draftsman Success
Myron C. Shawn recounts Cochran the Harvard MBA and MIT engineer who became a factory layout draftsman at a Lockheed plant. Through initiative, questions, and seeking help, he rose from $80 a month to double his salary in three years. The tale urges belief in one's potential and starting a personal success scrapbook.
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Myron C. Shawn
Kenneth Road
Glendale
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Burbank
Boston
Cochran
Graduate School of Business Administration
Harvard
Willam James
Correct Use of Titles Provokes Bishop Editor Debate
Bishop Jol M. Moore editor of the Southwestern Advocate weighs in on proper title usage stating that Rev, Hon, and Sir must accompany a given name or full name. He cites rules for Sir with given name only and condemns applying Honorable to a surname. The piece also touches on commentary from various figures on international affairs and public policy.
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Moore
WN. C. Christian Advocate
Jol M. Moore
Southwestern Advocate
Hull
Sir Wood
Sir
Kingsley Wood
Sir Kingsley
Cordell Hull
Mn Hull
First gossip column sparked journalism and odd presses
Walter Winchell recounts the origins of gossip columns from Rome to modern press quirks. He notes the Pasquino statue, early war correspondence, and curious papers printed on cheese, handkerchiefs, rubber sheets, and white-on-black inks. He adds tales of Turkish bans on personal crisis reports and Japan’s prison editor system. He closes with ancient Ostia’s waxed stone chronicle and oddities from Esquimo and other early presses.
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Ripley
Pasquino
Rome
George Wilkins Kendrail
New Orleans
Picayune
Pony Express
War Department
Gouda
Holland
Paris
Brussels
Evolution of newspapers from ancient to modern press powers
A compact history recounts Julius Caesar’s Acta Publica and the spread of press control across nations. It notes Italy’s push-button press under Propaganda Ministry, Goebbels era methods, Japan’s Minister of Thought Control, and whimsical past papers in France and Venice.
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Julius Caesar
Acta Publica
Italy
Goebbels
Japan
Local News Digest From Guilford and Beyond
Reports from First M P Church pastor returning from San Francisco site of national Christian Endeavor. Guilford Medical Society to vote on constitution and by laws Thursday. City county officials to view Wrightsville Beach exhibition by Burroughs Adding Machine. Various reunions and travels: Miss Wilma Rogers from Avanta Georgia. Reidsville visits by Mrs J E Weasley and daughter Mrs W B Hall. Mrs John Byoriy returns from Wildwood New Jersey. Chinese floods signal potential epidemic. Tobacco markets open at seven Carolina border points. Government to lease Muscle Shoals project. Thomas A Edison collapses at West Orange home. American Legion Post to rally ex servicemen Friday night August 5. Southern Railway to run faster trains. First Presbyterian Circle picnic at Children’s Home Thomasville. E E Plummer in Winston Salem on business. Catherine Raymond and Helen Muse spend day in Winston Salem. Thomas J Stewart of Baltimore on business. Oss Mary Bryant in Salisbury on pleasure trip. Mellon designates 700 600 for veterans hospital at Oleen. Old money to vanish from Cuba, United States currency only. A liquor schooner seized at Jersey Shore. Oil politics and US relations in Latin America noted. Germany invasion history cited with Seger and Diogenes Escalante remarks.
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R. L. Farmer
First M. P. Church
San Francisco
National Convention of Christian Endeavor
Guilford Medical Society
Wrightsville Beach
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
The
American Legion Post
Southern Railway
First Presbyterian Circle
Thomasville
Don’t Bet on War With Japan Tomorrow
Peter Edson analyzes what expert predictions miss about a rapid U S confrontation with Japan. He notes embedded risks, Japan’s limited arms, dispersed forces, and possible naval options while arguing current policy aims to pressure Tokyo without triggering instant war. He argues Singapore and Indo China stakes, then cautions against betting on immediate conflict.
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Japan
Peter Edson
Enterprise-Washington
Washington
Big Bill Knudsen
Far East
U. S
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Europe
Orient
Uncle Sam
Tokio
Spain
Italy
Manchukuo
Red Banner
China
Korea
Sakhalin Island
Hainan
Indo-China
Saigon
Formosa
Canton
Manila
Viladivostok
Malay Peninsula
Siam
Philippines
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Orm
Moss
Rey
Tee
High Point Enterprise
J. PB. Rawley
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
Sec’y and
Treas
Hammet
A. Cecil
Higr. Capus M
Waynick
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Fritz Zierke
Dale Carnegie
Christian Science Monitor
Stalin
United States
Berlin
Justice Stanley Reed
U. S. Supreme Court
Harold Clark
Columbia University
Tomas Soley Guell
Costa Rica
Srait
Walter Winchell
la Presse Prophetique
van Emissary
Romios
Athens
Essen
Hindenburg
Peror
America
Agialt Albinanertot
Everbody
Esquimo
Nain
Labrador
Ostia
Haly
B. C
Land
Cumo
Mithridates
Broadway
le Journal du Miel
le Journal du Silence
Gazette Des
Gazette Des Mendiants
Strasbourg
Venice
Mauer Ohling
Mauer
Vienna
Wilma Rogers
Avanta
J. E. Weasley
W. B. Hall
W. A. Trotter
Reidsville
John Byoriy
Wildwood
N. J
Carolinas
Muscle Shoals
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
E. E. Plummer
Winston-Salem
Catherine Raymond
Helen Muse
Thomas J. Stewart
Baltimore
Mary Bryant
Salisbury
Mellon
Veterans Hospital
Oleen
Cuba
Jersey
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Interior Secretary
Diogenes Escalante
Gerhardt Seger
Reichstag
Czerhos
Vakia
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