City council reshapes police fire oversight under Ingram
The mayor and council appoint Fire Chief Eli Ingram as director of public safety over both fire and police departments, with Police Chief Lowdermilk remaining in charge of policing. The move earns unanimous council support and a strong warning to internal critics, while Ingram pledges to restrain politics and back Lowdermilk.
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Eli Ingram
Lowdermilk
Earl Phillips
High Point
Ingram
Eli In
Mr. Ingram
Police Department
Coun- Amos Kearns
Civil Commission
Opin
Total War Reality Undermines Public Confidence
A fragment from a wartime column argues that the use of atomic and firebomb tactics destroyed the myth that civilians were spared in total war. It notes indiscriminate destruction in European and Japanese cities and accuses officials of downplaying the civilian death toll to appease the public.
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War Department
Aong
Europe
High Time for Wilson to Act on Davidson County Fraud Report
The piece urges Solicitor Lee Wilson to promptly study the SBI report on Davidson county election frauds and decide on indictment or prosecution. It criticizes delays, notes Governor Cherry and Attorney General McMullan favor action, and questions who halted disclosure to the AP. It ends with a quip about a California fatigue study experiment.
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Lee Wilson
SBI
Davidson County
Cherry
Harry McMullan
Wilson
Associated Press
Raleigh
Plumbing and Heating Regs Spark City Debate in High Point
H M Blankenship of the plumbing and heating trade condemns the new city ordinances on buildings and plumbing. He argues the rules aim to regulate the trade, raise costs for owners, and grant a controlled license to work, beyond health or safety necessity.
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High Point
H. M. Blankenship
High Point Plumbing Code Judge Rapped as Wasteful
The speaker blasts the High Point plumbing code as costly and punitive saying it inflates inspection fees and forces owners to use expensive materials. They claim it invites racketeering and penalizes lawful economies while failing to aid citizens or modern sanitary practice. Pie Billie Ingram questions peace terms for Japan.
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Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Germany
Pie
Billie Ingram
Japan
Wartime aviation thoughts on B-17s and B-29s
Hal R. Cooper recalls B-17s and B-24s in World War II, arguing that more advanced B-29s and long-range escorts might have sped V-E Day. He contrasts Mosquito efficiency with fortress bombers, recounting a June 1943 Kiel approach where 26 B-17s were shot down and suggesting superforts could have licked Luftwaffe harder and carried heavier bombs.
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Eighth Air Force
Germany
Kiel
Luftwaffe
The B 17 Outclassed by P 51s and a new Superfortress rise
By Jack Stinnett and P 51 s the B 17 was on its way out Its payload and crew size made it costly The piece notes gunners who flew 25 to 35 missions in 1944 45 without enemy interceptors mentions an MB 163 jet fighter and describes Boeing developing the Superfortress as the world s best bomber Maj Gen Curtis E LeMay praises it and Jimmy Doolittle moves Eighth air force to the Pacific with B 29 s The mood hints at a changing air war and a packed schedule for the crew.
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Hal R. Cooper
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Cooper
Associated Press
Eighth Air Force
Boeing
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
20Th Air Force
Pacific
Eighth
Jimmy Doolit
Debunking Henry Wallace 60 Million Jobs Claim
The author rechecks census data and argues Wallace’s 60 million jobs figure was inflated. He estimates a 1950 work force around 60.5 million, based on 1945 conditions, and claims a gap of 14 million unemployed would persist to justify broader unemployment funding.
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Henry Wallace
Congress
Inflation talk and national income in wartime era debate
The piece critiques the 60,000,000 jobs slogan tied to a 1950 national income projection. It questions the meaning of national income, the rising national debt, and the tax burden across federal, state, and local levels. It argues slogans mislead voters and lawmakers.
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Henry Wallace
Winchell on Broadway and Hollywood Roiling With Tales
Walter Winchell's column will resume on Sept 2 with Jack Lait filling Sundays Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays during his absence. The piece collects Hollywood anecdotes from Walter Winchell style lines about Herman Shumiin Mike Romanoff Sheila Granam Eddie Bracken and others plus notes on Red probe vitriol in Hollywood and upcoming film and stage items.
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Walter Winchell
Jack Lait
Mike Romanoff
California
Brooklyn
Mike
London
Romanoff
Mike Stalin
Sheila Granam
Eddie Bracken
Irving Berman
Hollywood
Connie Bennett Returns to Payroll Productions on the Rocks
Connie Bennett pursues film ventures with limited success as “Paris Underworld” is shelved after VE Day. Tim Gayle splits from Fred Waring to launch a new music magazine “Preview” after considering “Finale.” Westbrook Pegler warns against pessimism while criticizing Hollywood excess and peddling, with Juliette Lowell’s “Dear Sir” facing studio rejections.
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Connie Bennett
Paris
Connie
Constance
Tim Gayle
Fred Waring
The
Baton
Finale
Westbrook Pegler
Peg
Matteawan
Sam
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Mayor City Council
America
George Sokolsky
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Winchell
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Charles Boyer
Lauren Bacall
Warner Lot
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Berlin
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la Martinique
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Stork Club
Metro
Waldorf
Paramount
Eastern Airlines
N. Y
Miami
Manhattan
Park Avenue
59Th
Freddie Steele
East
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Elliomeyer
Roosevelt
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Starr Age
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