High Point faces slow decline amid wartime shift
Local engineers and residents express concern that High Point faces a slow death without new defense industry investment. Skeet Bennett notes a blank town with few jobs, while Roger Carr praises Defense Homes Corporation’s fund management and urges agencies to boost the war effort. Other locals hope a bus station revival and public slogans from across the country reflect workers’ resolve during the production crisis.
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Defense Home
United States
Roger E. Carr
Defense Homes Corporation
America
High Point
Thomas Harrill
Charlotte
Deferment Policy Critique of Local Draft Boards
Deferment HE Enterprise supports individual consideration over blanket drafts for police fire and highway patrol personnel. The piece criticizes automatic deferrals for newspapermen shipyard workers and certain public safety roles while praising boards that assess cases individually and note that many middle aged men could be replacement for drafted officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Wilmington
No Witch Burning Pelley Sentenced Not Just But Merciful
The article defends William Dudley Pelley and his 15 year sentence, arguing it was just and tempered with mercy. It likens his racketeering both in religion and crime to Al Capone, asserts his actions harmed many and that suppression was warranted, despite claims of witch hunting by critics.
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William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Washington
Pelley
al Capone
Capone
North Carolina
Baldwin's Act: Baldwin taunts governor on death row appeal
John Baldwin, a paranoid schizophrenic who killed Dr. Randolph Jones at Duke Hospital, stages an act for Raleigh journalists. He claims the gas chamber is his right and says he will sue, while Governor Broughton spared him from execution.
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John Baldwin
Randolph Jones
Duke _ hospital
Broughton
Raleigh
Baldwin
Cas
Governor and asylum escape plot discussed
The excerpt notes the man’s belief the Governor lacks the nerve to execute him and his intent to work toward release from the asylum. It reveals Baldwin’s supposed additional undisclosed details and his claim of seeking escape through mental state challenges.
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Baldwin
Football faces uncertain season amid rationing and manpower shortages
The Office of Price Administration may require 276 Massachusetts motorists with liberal gas cards to justify travel to race tracks. North Carolina officials may pursue similar limits as wartime football looms uncertain. Top teams lose players and coaches, raising questions about attendance and the season.
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Office of Price Administration
Massachusettes
North Carolina
OPA
Unity in Diversity and Shared Godliness in Postwar Life
A sermon-like essay reflects on diverse gifts and talents under one Spirit, urging unity in the church and society. It cites Corinthian guidance, Socrates, and figures like Demosthenes, Raphael, Da Vinci, Wilberforce, Washington, Edison, linking individual responsibility to national democracy, peace, and postwar reconstruction. It condemns division and calls for cooperative action toward common good and universal brotherhood through faith in one God.
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Paul
Corinth
Socrates
William James
Jesus
Nicodemus
Pilate
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Wilberforce
British Empire
Washington
America
Edison
South
North
God
Training for War Work in the 1918 YMCA program
In late 1918 I joined YMCA war work and trained at Blue Ridge, then served in Washington District. I details drills, morale efforts, and duties at Camp Humphreys and Camp Meigs, including postwar relief, post cards, stamps, packages, and a glimpse of celebrated figures and units.
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Y.M.C.A
Blue Ridge
Greensboro
Washington
Virginia
Camp Humphreys
Humphreys
210Th Engineers
Camp Upton
Europe
210Th Division
Middle West
Y-secretaries
Hut Def 1
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
White House
Washington Post
Untimely Editorials and Sign Claims During War
A compilation of editorial rebukes and military publicity doubts. Col. Robert R. McCormick and the Chicago Tribune draw censure for a Midway coverage stance while US forces press a Pacific offensive. The Philadelphia Record mocks McCormick, while the New York Times critiques signs of terrain changes as subversive chatter.
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Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Battle of Midway
South Pacific
McCormick
Pacific
Airacrobra
Solomon Islands
Philadelphia Record
McCosmic
Drum
New York Times
Davis warns Americans against false self confidence in war effort
The Charlotte Observer quotes Elmer Davis urging a blunt appraisal of the nation's war prospects. He argues that industrial luck or divine favor will not guarantee victory and that Americans must abandon hopeful self will and confront harsh realities.
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Davis
Charlotte Observer
Walter Winchell On Broadway King of the Rhumba
Walter Winchell recounts a life spanning Barcelona birth in 1900 to a Waldorf Astoria return for an eleventh season. He recalls early music in Havana, time with Caruso, switching from violinist to cartoonist and bandleader, pioneering rhumba and tango in the US, and meeting King Alphonso in San Sebastian before a page ends with a continued note.
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Barcelona
Spain
Andrew White
Schenectady
N. Y
Charles Isaacson
Cameden
N. J
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John “Skeet” Bennett
W. F. Freeman
Georgia
Cambridge
Mass
General Radio Co
S. Burton Heath
Chattanooga
Tenn
Combustion Engineering Company
Jamer Posture Chair Co
Kansas City
duPont
Morgantown
W. Va
Brooklyn
Camp Meigs
Woodrow Wilson
Versailles
Pershing
Pennsylvania Avenue
Siberia
France
Windy City
Liew
Drums
First Air Force
Mitche
Field von Monidas
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Xavier Cugat
The
Rhumba
Cuba
Havana
the Waldorf
Caruso
Enrico Caruso
Cars ‘Toonist
Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeless
Gerona
Alphonso
Casino Maritime
San Sebastian
Madrid
King
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