North Carolina Seeks Federal Help on Road Funds and Gasoline
Governor asks for federal compensation for highway revenue losses due to gasoline rationing. Notes North Carolina will suffer more under the program as defense needs boost demand, while federal road funding appears insufficient. Calls on Washington to aid the state’s roads amid wartime constraints. The piece contrasts Roosevelt’s cautious highway stance with Hitler’s heavy-duty road model to urge support.
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North Carolina
Seaboard
Ickes
Governmnt
Roosevelt
Hitler
Germany
Congress
Washington
North Carolina’s shift from farms to industry reshapes the state
A North Carolina view notes families leave farms for urban work as industry expands in towns like High Point. It argues for a back to farm movement with soil care, praises rural schools, and highlights North Carolina’s surge in furniture, textiles, and tobacco production. The piece defends open shop and worker freedom amid unionization debates.
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North Carolina
High Point
W. J. McAnally
J. J. Farriss
Greensboro Record
Grand Rapids
South
Michigan
North
The Seasonal Nature of a Friendship in Labor Talks
J F Barrett criticizes the governor for not greeting organized labor in Charlotte. He had surrendered a pet project to improve workers' status when the governor asked last winter in the interest of cooperation. Barrett argues cooperation required reciprocity and notes labor gains came from a firm program behind the action.
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J. F. Barrett
Charlotte
Mr. Barrett
Barrett
Kearny Shipyard Offers Plant to Government After Strike
A few hours after mediation talk began on government takeover, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock at Kearny New Jersey offered the plant to the government for operation. The company preferred this to abandoning open shop rules. In a telegram to Secretary Knox the firm notes the yard has been closed four days by a strike with no substantive issue.
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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
Mediation Board
Knox
Raleigh Times Defends White House War Lineage
The Raleigh Times praises American journalists for ready to fight in the present emergency while older editors report. It cites the Enterprise joining the colors and notes that a free press stands as a key institution worth defending.
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Raleigh Times
Times
Enterprise
Raleigh
City Clerk’s tax appeal yields delinquent payments
Eunice New Mexico city clerk Faugh H Bowden recounts a town tax collection tactic that appeals to citizens’ interests and rights. By shifting from notices to a heart and reason based letter, he reports 16 of 20 delinquent taxpayers promised early payment and 13 paid within a week. He argues public officials must persuade, not threaten, to secure funds for fire police and health protections.
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Faugh H. Bowden
Eunice
N. M
Faugh Bowds
Walter Winchell Help America Diet For Defense
Walter Winchell outlines The Society of Amateur Chefs joining the defense nutrition effort. August 22 dinner at LaGuardia with Mayor LaGuardia and nutrition experts, plus famed hobbyists. They pledge balanced meals, a fable applause meter, and efforts to cut post meal chatter while promoting healthful eating.
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America
Ben Irvin Butler
Society of Amateur Chefs
Aviation Terrace
la Guardia
Defense
Washington
Gals
Robert
Ripley Christopher Morley
Jack Dempsey
Lowell Thomas
Frank Buck
Owen Davis
Rube .Goldberg
James Montgomery Flagg
Shepard Barclay
Tony Sarg
Wilfred Funk
Otto Soglow
Rube Goldberg
Joe Cook
Broadway Lady Hortense Counts Sixty Tons of Food
Hortense, a Broadway observer, kept track of food consumption over sixty years and calculated that the average person eats about sixty tons of food and drink in a lifetime. The piece connects to diet campaigns, public figures and humorous quips about meat diets and culinary advice.
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Hortense
Scharnhorst
Homer Cory
Rube Goldberg
Rex Stout
Lowell Thomas
U. S
Sam Shayon
Wallace Lee
Indianapolis
Sudden Pet Mon Key Question Sparks Pause
Fred asks Catherine if she would accept a pet monkey, prompting hesitation and a prompt reply about asking someone else before deciding. The exchange shows surprise and hesitation in a light, casual tone.
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Fred
Catherine
Local Docket and Society Notes Highlight Busy Day
Routine court docket events and public talks open a busy day. Willard L. Dowell praises Grace Baker’s leadership at the local office while Jack Field addresses the Monarch Club on responsibility and personality. Local society notes mention visitors from Augusta and Charlotte, plus Elks Band concert plans and Kiwanian-Scout preparations.
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Jack Field
Monarch Club
Willard L. Dowell
North Carolina Merchants Association
Grace Baker
Elks
Enterprise Office
O. A. Kirkman
Gienia
Labor official Durham shapes Hawaii labor program
Peter Edson reports on Howard Durham who managed Hawaii’s labor laws, wages and hours, child labor, and defense projects. He unified compliance for island employers, reducing disputes and expanding guaranteed 40 hour workweeks for Castle & Cooke stevedores, boosting payrolls and saving ship operations.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Labor
Territory of
Hawaii
Howard Durham
Durham
Honolulu
San Francisco
Department
Conciliation Service
Army
Navy
Defense
Samuel Wilder King
Congress
King
New York
Durham Hawaiian Cep
Maritime Labor Board
Castle & Cooke Terminals, Ltd
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Toleec
Associated Press
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
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THE
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New York City
Dale Carnegie
Europe
Talian
Russia
Walter Winchell
Goldberg
Cook
Gelett Burgess
Maine
Rhode Island
Dean Cornwell
Ole “Hellzapoppin” Olsen
Frank Case
Homer Cray
Russell Patterson
Russell
Ole Olsen
Frank
J. A. Ridge
Marie Brown
Wyman Ridee
Augusta
Behring Sea
Texas
Havana
C. W. Keever
Toomtrow
Cliff B. Smith
Atlanta, Ga
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Broad Street
Rebecca Marsh
Salisbury
Cummings
John Andrews
Kinston
Kade
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Peter Edncy
American Red Cross
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