Women to join auxiliary police and fire ranks
Police Chief W G Friddle proposes training women this fall to bolster auxiliary police and notes age limits for arrest power. Col W J Williamson praises railroads and the Army Transportation Corps for reliable support amid war. Dougald MacMillan IV recalls Chapel Hill High School fire and failure to install extinguishers, delaying response and worsening damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Friddle
Chapel Hill High School
Dougald MacMillan IV
War effort spans the world as public duty is urged
A wartime editorial urges Americans to grasp the global reach of the conflict. It highlights forces in France, the Solomons, the Aleutians, China, India, Egypt, Africa, and ships across oceans, stressing homeland unity and an all-out home front. It criticizes profiteers, racketeers, and slackers as dangers to victory. The piece also weighs Max Gardner’s political prospects, noting his strong Washington practice and a potential family-driven path via son Ralph Gardner in the Army and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Solomons
Aleutians
China
India
Egypt
Africa
Iceland
England
Ireland
Caribbean
Central America
Atlantic
MacArthur
Australia
North America
Gardner
Max Gardner
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Raleigh
Senate
Washington
Max Garder
Ralph Gardner
U.S. Army
Young Democrats
State Senate
Ralphs
Ralph
University Violated Child Labor Law at Chapel Hill
Press agent notes University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill employed Chapel Hill boys aged 14 to 18 in the dining hall on seven nine hour days totaling 63 hours a week. State authorities cracked down after discovery, drawing commentary on President Frank Graham and Comptroller W D Carmichael and their possible lack of awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Madry
Chapel Hill
War Labor Board
Frank Graham
University
Graham
W .D. Carmichael
O Max Gardner as 1944 Governor Candidate
The Raleigh News and Observer political column Under the Dome notes former Governor O Max Gardner as a possible 1944 governor candidate. It argues the paper leans toward the center of politics and casts doubt on Josephus Daniels' influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh News and Observer
O. Max Gardner
Josephus Daniels
War Board clears Higgins on black market charge in steel sector
The War Production Board found no evidence of black market steel operations as the term is commonly understood, though it noted some warehouses violated quotas and price ceilings. The report suggests Higgins was wrong only in terminology, not in alleging broader war regulation breaches. The piece also notes Leahy’s warning of a brutal war ahead and Roosevelt's pay-raise for 86,000 federally employed workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
War Production Board
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson Higgins
England
WPB
OPA
Walter Winchell On Broadway Charms and High Flyers Facts
A rapid tour through notable U S military and cultural figures. Generals Lear and Holcomb, Admiral King, and others like Julia Fiskke, Oveta Hobby, Edsel Ford, Toscanini, the Dorsey brothers, Churchill, and Rockefeller Jr. are profiled with anecdotes on careers, origins, and unusual paths, highlighting leadership, discipline, and lifelong curiosity across eras and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben “Yoo! Hoo” Lear
Ernest Joseph King
U.S. Fleet
Lorain
Thomas Holcomb
U.S. Marine Corps
Marines
Julia Ottoson Fiskke
Coronel
Army Nurse Corps
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAACS
Law College
Texas Legislature
Detective Shot In Railway Yard. City News Briefs
Paging Father Jime Local News. W T Butler, lieutenant of detectives, was shot and seriously wounded by an unknown assailant shortly after midnight in the western city rail yard. High Point streets crowd for Dollar Days. Dr G T Humphreys named pastor pro tempore of Grace Street A P Church Greensboro. About People and News Briefs cover travels, visits, and remarks from figures including Mr and Mrs E C Harville visiting Atlanta and Greenville. Miss Bertha May Solomon to Richmond. Arthur Biddle and Cunningham from Bronxville visiting Johnson Street. Captain Mollison lands in Canada after flying east to west across the Atlantic. Josephus Daniels at American Legion in Pittsburgh urges political study and government reform. Dixie optimism persists. South Dakota farmers strike over milk prices, with rutted highways to Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Butler
Southern Railway
High Point
G. T. Humphreys
Grace Street
A. P. Church
Greensboro
E. C. Harville
Atlanta
A. M. Upshaw
Charles Haddon Nabers
Greenville
S. C
Bertha May Solomon
Richmond
F. L. McCutloch
Hettie Solomon
Arthur Biddle
Arthur Cunningham
Bronxville, N.Y
Clarke
Richard Hubbard
Johnson Street
Mollison
Ace Flyer
Canada
Atlantic
Josephus Daniels
American Legion
Pittsburgh
Dixie
South Dakota
Sioux City
Second Sunday musicales at First Baptist Church
Twenty years ago a second Sunday night musicale was planned at First Baptist Church with Miss Catherine Reece of Tallahassee Florida billed to sing. In local news Andrew Jackson Post American Legion named Bruce Carraway E A Russell Horace Haworth and Asa Clark to attend the State Legion convention in Greensboro on September 8 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Catherine Reece
Tallahassee
Fla
Robert Fox Weaver
M. Marr
Bruce Carraway
E. A. Russell
Horace Haworth
Asan Clark
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
the Legion
Greensboro
Governor Broughton faces nominating clash in 13th district
The governor may name the solicitor candidate after a failed district committee vote left Rowland S. Pruette's renomination and Banks Thomas acting solicitor by default. Proxies and party tension mark the stalemate as plans for a statewide Labor Day observance emerge with a peace theme in labor relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland S. Pruette
Broughton
Banks Thomas
Wadesboro
Thomas
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
Auxiliary Police
Army Transportation Corps
Col. W. J. Williamson
Fyepar
United States
William D. Leahy
Vichy
Roosevelt
Walter Winchell
Broadway
John Paul Adams
Edsel Ford
Ford
Stalin
Tiflis
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Williams
Toscanini
Tommy
Jimmy Dorsey
NEW Picture Weekly
Tab
Stimson
Wallace
Ickes
Tab Magazine
Dionne Quints
Andre Kostelanetz
New York
California
Lily Pons
Eric Knigt
Archibald Joseph Cronin
Lawrence Bell
Los Angles
Glenn L. Martin
Molyneaux
Milo Perkins
Economic Warfare Board
Milwaukee
Irving Berlin
Winston Churchill
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Scotland
Fdr
White House
J. Edgar Hoover
Lawrence Tibbett
Florence Elstinwood Allen
Circuit Court of Appeals
6Th
Cleveland
U. S
Alben W. Barkley
Bernard MM. Baruch
Donald Douglas
Annapolis
Don
Mildred H. Me
Afee
Navy
The
WAVES
Wellesley
Walter Darwin Teague
James Fenimore Cooper
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Soong
Albert Nelson Marquis
America
Lewis Hyde Brereton
Far East
William Denny Brereton
Carl Anderson
Henry
Robert L
Ripley
New York Giants
B. I
al Capp
Abner
Jime
Capital Square
Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Botes
North Carolina
Democratic Party
H Ave
Candi Yonesty
BANKS
Thomas Banks
Arch T. Allen
State Democratic Executive Committee
Allen
C. A. Fink
State Fed. of Labor
E. I. Sandfur
CIO
Chas. A. Cannon
Kannapolis
Kemp P. Lewis
Erwin Mills
Durham
D. B. McCrary
Asheboro
T. A. Wilson
State Industrial Commission
Forrest H. Shuford
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