Time for Post War Planning in High Point
The Enterprise urges High Point residents to submit concrete postwar plans. Readies North Carolina examples include road rebuilding and new industry. Citizens from all walks are invited to share ideas on hospitals, housing, schools, recreation, city government, race relations, and better ties with Greensboro.
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United Nations
United States
Raleigh
North Carolina
High Point
Margaret Briggs
Wisdom and folly contrasted in Ecclesiastes discourse
The sermon ponders Ecclesiastes 1 17 18 on wisdom bringing grief and knowledge increasing sorrow. It weighs Solomon s paradoxes and the lesson that true understanding requires moral use of knowledge amid suffering and world affairs.
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Solomon
Orville Wright
W.A.B
Thoughts of Others and Local Views on War and Society
Damon Runyon notes a War Department experiment with women soldiers improving drill by giving them rifles. Mothers praise new nursery schools attracting 107 registrants from professionals to industrial workers. Sheriff Story condemns James Edward Wall murder as foul and crude. City officials discuss lake inspection, sex health concerns, and venereal disease studies among soldiers. High Point authorities plan dog licensing and recreation funding debates. WAC records handling discussed by Major Ward with limited impact on staff.
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WACS
Damon Runyon
War Department
Dames
Ickes Speech Sparks Backfire With Businessmen
Peter Edson reports Secretary Harold Ickes faced sharp backlash after a New York Sales Executives Club talk. Publics and editors alleged misinterpretation and sarcasm toward businessmen, while Ickes aides defend the remarks and urge context.
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Harold L. Ickes
Sales Executives Club
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Ickes
Proverb and Cicero Quotation on Prudence and Folly
A compact reflection contrasts wisdom with folly. The prudent seek true paths while fools fall for deceit. Cicero notes prudence as knowledge of what to pursue and what to avoid. The lines echo timeless guidance on discernment. Sourced aphorisms invite contemplation of ethical choices.
Winchell Returns This Fall Three Way Column Plan
Walter Winchell will resume his column in September. During his absence Jack Lait will write three times weekly and guest contributors will appear periodically. The On Broadway dispatch by Bob Trout discusses London life under rationing, blackout rules, and British filmgoing as Americans adapt to wartime Britain.
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Walter Winchell
Jack Lait
Bob Trout
CBS News
New York
London
Britain
Miss and Mrs. New Yorker
England
Saville Rowe
RAF
Germany
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Greensboro
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Willis King
State
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Hubert B. Haywood
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WAC
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Mr. Ickes
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Standard Oil
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BBC
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