Let Joe Do It War Labor Board in North Carolina
Dr. M. T. Van Hecke voices concern that the War Labor Board has become a de facto permanent wartime body. He advocates voluntary mediation boards in industrial communities to avoid overreliance on the WLB and preserve collective bargaining. The column also notes chicken price concerns and wartime civilian cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
M. T. van Hecke
WLB
Atlanta
Dr. van Hecke
State Federation of Labor
Greensboro
van Hecke
A.W.S
Hitler’s Fate After Germany’s Surrender
The author playfully surveys Hitler’s possible outcomes after unconditional surrender. He muses on carpet chewing at Berchtesgaden, exile to Brussels, a shooting start from a mile away, and possible refuges in Spain, Argentina, or Holland with various political barriers and public reactions.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Bechtersgaden
Brussels
Switzerland
Franco
Spain
Uncle Sam
Kaiser
W.A.B
Governor Broughton Urges Co operation on Chick Shortage Relief
The Eat More Chicken governor calls hotels restaurants cafes and housewives to cooperate with the State Department of Agriculture and other state and federal agencies to relieve the temporary oversupply of roaster size chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkis
Broughton
State Department of Agriculture
They Shall Return and War News Reflections
A Brooklyn man, Joseph Lapadura, gracefully handles distress when a telegram warned his wife their son Frederick J. Naporano was missing in action in Italy. A second message later reports his safe return. The item closes with brief modern reflections on wartime worry and public mood.
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Joseph Lapadura
Brooklyn
Frederick J. Naporano
Lapadura
War Department
Italy
Frederick
Pvt
Newspaper Talk Sparks Barred by War Time Debate
Private Earl Gibson laments being barred from the newspaper game while Ernest Welch defends his quoted stance on knowledge and civilization. Clyde Foushee criticizes the city officials for seeking War Production Board priorities in Washington from offices in Charlotte and Raleigh as Raleigh advances postwar planning. Earl Umstead notes Raleigh moving ahead with postwar planning before the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Welch
Hitler
Washington
Clyde Foushee
War Production Board
Charlotte
Raleigh
Raleigh Paving Advances Stir Local Civic Talk
The article quotes residents about city paving progress this summer in Raleigh and other concerns. Grover H. Jones recalls WWI language study and French immersion as a teaching moment. Clara T. Craver discusses social security benefits easing widows' lives. A. L. Stevens urges continued Red Cross surgical dressing work at YWCA and LPT and D. rail road rooms. F. N. Johnson notes historic town roads in High Point.
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Grover H. Jones
France
Red Cross
YWCA
LPT
D. Railroad
A. L. Stevens
Unemployment Remains Core Issue as War Ends
As the war ends, about 12 million Americans must reenter civilian industry from military and government roles. The nation shifts from wartime gains to absorbing workers, with national debt at 208 billion and unemployment still the central challenge despite prior New Deal and Republican efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kilgore
Kilgore Bill threatens freedom with government charity plan
By George Sokolsky critiques the Kilgore Bill as a socialist scheme to replace jobs with government aid. He warns it would burden the economy with billions in deficits, extend wartime taxes, erode private capital, and enslave citizens to the state, urging eternal vigilance for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.so
Daily Worker
Hitler
Senate
House
Government
Tures
United States
America
Postwar world plan debate drains Washington crowds
Washington debate over a postwar world organization heats up as leaders discuss whether to curb aggression with force, voting power, and alliances. Russia and Britain press ahead at Bretton Woods while Rome reports food shortages and Italy seeks orderly economic policy amid six party tensions.
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Washington
World Organization
Germany
Russia
Britain
China
Bretton Woods
Stalin
Roosevelt
Europe
Italy
Anne
Rome
É¢ Christian Democrats
World affairs and postwar order echo in Europe
Paul Mallon argues that the postwar order in Italy and Poland remains unsettled. He notes Moscow’s resistance to truly independent Poland and British aims in Romania and Bulgaria. He cites existing committees and armistice terms as proof that international planning is stalled and mostly “agreements to agree.”
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Italy
Laly
Poland
Moscow
International Commission of Allies
Stalin
United States
Balkans
Russia
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
France
Germany
Winant
Europe
Winchell On Broadway Signals Return of Column
Walter Winchell resumes his Broadway column on Sept. 1 after a stint away. In his absence Jack Lait will write Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. The piece notes LaGuardia’s tactics against clubs, Broadway’s 1943 peak and decline, and stars like Clark Gable and Irving Berlin amid war-time shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
Jack Lait
LaGuardia
Clark Gable
Irving Berlin
Back Lait
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D. A. Rawley
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Mgr
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Enterprise
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Lee
High Point
N C
Ens
North Carolina
Mr. Lapadura
Christian Science Monitor
By Jimmy Hatlo
O.K
Record Department
BIG Dome
Earl Gibson
The
Earl Umstead
Clara T. Craver
Social Security Board
F. N. Johnson
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Winchell
Broadway
Cab Calloway
Zanzibar
Lucky Millinder
Art Franklin
Blackie Warren
Tring
Berlin
Chicago
Tim Gayle
Starr Teradane
Gayle
Irene Lopez
Octjens
Jack Conroy
Henry Ford
Ruth Weston
Fred Trevor
Mary Daly
Jack Osterman
Edmund O'Brien
Greg McClure
John L. Sullivan
Bing Crosby
Ernie Pyle
Eddie Norris
Ann Sheridan
Eleanor Hall
Betty Hutton
Robert Keith
Kathryn Lee
Mike Mindlin, Jr
Brenda Martin
Brenda Wealthy 7
Detroit
B. F. W. Heyer
Monte Carlo
Florence Lanthier
Ronnie Lanthier
Sidney Laren Huff
General MacArthur
Lillian Fellin
Horton Henderson
Yvette
Justine Borony
Judy Garland
Dave Rome
Roxy Combination
Wilson
Fred Waring
Marva Louis
Champ
Joe
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Yankees
Joe McCarthy
New York
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Ogee
Vaughn Monroe
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