Morganton State Hospital Conditions Urge Immediate Action
Lois Welborn urges an immediate improvement campaign at Morganton state hospital after an investigation reports deplorable conditions. She says neglect has hidden the issue for years and calls for urgent care of patients and better hospital conditions nationwide. High Point official Frank Izemore notes a wood-working industry war work group forming to aid local manufacturers. A British whispering campaign aims to undermine Gandhi to blunt his influence against Japan and Nazism.
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State Hospital
Morganton
Lois Welborn
Will Roosevelt Quit Fighting Farley Over New York
Roosevelt should focus on national defense and global strategy, not party feud in New York. The piece argues the president must deploy skilled civilians and experts to the war effort, giving them appropriate ranks, as the nation faces decisive military and political challenges.
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America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Jim
New York
Roosevelt
Farley
John Bennett
Thomas Dewey
New York State
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
War time liquor sales in eastern North Carolina rise
Legal liquor stores in 25 eastern North Carolina counties sold 437,710.41 dollars worth of whiskey rum and gin last month with prices about 20 percent higher due to federal tax. Sales doubled July 1941 levels, driven by civilian war workers and shipyard activity, while soldiers spent less. Dry counties show increases per Board of Alcoholic Control. overall wartime strain and money in pockets push heavier drinking, prompting debate on Prohibition’s fate and impact on the war effort.
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North Carolina
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
State Board of Alcoholic Control
Commission Faddis Critiques Army's Broad Commission Policy
Congressman Faddis of Pennsylvania criticizes the Army for issuing commissions to 18 967 civilians in the 60 days after June 1 claiming the service is becoming Mexicanized with two officers per enlisted man. He notes some unfit appointments but argues nonmilitary expertise can be essential, such as a depot commander needing trucking knowledge.
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Faddis
Pennsylvania
U. S. Army
Roosevelt
Columbus
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nelson vows tough stand to boost war production
War Production Chief Donald Nelson blasts alibis and vows to target any crossers, saying heads will roll to accelerate production. Congress and others press for results, stressing no person or industry outweighs winning the war even as wartime rhetoric hardens. Smokers and bacon remarks punctuate the piece.
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Donald Nelson
Associated Press
WPB
Nelson
Congress
Walter Winchell . . On Broadway THROUGH! Nazi Prisons
Ruth Mitchell recalls surviving eleven Nazi prisons in Yugoslavia Austria and Germany and pledges lecture earnings to aid Chetnik children She contrasts ex-prisoners with free citizens and honors Serbian prisoners including Uncle Peter and a 14 year old girl who faced torture and death with courage, vowing to protect their orphans.
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Yugoslavia
Gestapo
Austria
Germany
Lisbon
America
Berlin
Liebenau
Roosevelt
Belgrade
Peter
Zora
Tiev
Dollar Days Boosts City Trade and Library Stock
Merchants report the largest Dollar Days sales volume in years as shoppers fill stores. Public library shelves gain new volumes while city officials note upcoming Court of Honor on September 12. Local notices also flag visits, travels, and minor incidents across Greensboro and surrounding towns.
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Court of Honor
Uwharrie Council
Public Library
Greensboro College to Open September Sixth
Twenty years ago Guilford County raised over 17000 for Near East relief this year. The municipal court has a large calendar today. Dr Elwood Perisho spoke this morning at the Springfield Annual Friends Meeting.
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Guilford County
Greensboro College
Elwood Perisho
Springfield
Judges and weapons reviews cited by officials and lawmakers
A speaker recalls Deuteronomy urging righteous judgment and Locke on informed judging, then notes seeing new and secret weapons at an Army proving ground. Rep Martin F. Smith approves that the axis is due for a shock after Army officials’ briefing.
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Army Proving Ground
Martin F. Smith
Washington
Governor's proposed $3 monthly raise for teachers debated
Enterprise Bureau notes that Governor Broughton proposes a $3.00 per month increase for teachers in 1942 43 not guaranteed and subject to legislative action. Public school funding may vary with biennial appropriations and remaining balances. Reports detail state defense duties, a reshuffled official, crime concerns, revival of blacksmith shops, and gasoline ration book enforcement.
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Broughton
General Fund
North Carolina
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