Churches split hinder youth recreation center idea
E W Mc Minn of Thomasville praises a letter to the Mayor of High Point from a young woman without a home. He argues churches must cooperate to build a community recreation center for youth, with a gym, dances, bowling and supervision. Local clergy, police and sports figures discuss needs and scrap drives in wartime.
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High Point
E. W. McMinn
Thomasville
W. P. Eastwood
Bluefield
W. Va
Labor leadership under fire over wartime union turmoil
A critical editorial denounces internal factionalism within the AFL and CIO and calls for strict regulation of unions. It cites polls showing 75 percent support for Congress action, notes strikes at Chrysler tank arsenal and Alcoa plants, and argues labor must clean its own house to preserve national welfare amid war needs. It warns that public trust has eroded and emphasizes the role of pro labor boards and decisive action by Congress.
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Organized Labor
Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
Pearl Harbor
National Opinion Research Center
Denver University
Congress
State Department of Revenue
Chrysler Tank
Aluminum
National Labor Relations Board
Donald Nelson
People of
America
Wealth and Faith in the Kingdom of God
W A B reflects on Luke's gospel urging generosity and readiness for God's realm. It cites Jesus' warnings against covetousness, the rich young ruler, and Saint Francis, praising education benefactors and modern charity. The piece concludes that true riches lie in spiritual deeds stored in Heaven, not material wealth. War games make soldiers fast thinkers, says a military writer.
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Jesus
God
Francis
Assisi
Italy
Saint Francis
America
John Harvard
Eli Yale
Horace Mann
George Peabody
W.A.B
High Point Furniture Group Aims for War Contracts
The newly formed High Point Furniture and Woodworking Manufacturers Association seeks government war contracts to shield local plants from shrinking consumer goods orders. Officials and businesses should back the effort. without more war orders, production may drop, with some plants running full time, part time, or shutting down. The city could supply many government needs if contracts are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Furniture and Woodworking Manufacturers Association
High Point
War Dead Estimates Show Global Toll Rising
The Office of War Information says the United States is not deeply in the war yet. Projections by Prof A H Townsend place China deaths at 2.3 million soldiers and 6.3 million civilians since 1937, with Russia showing 1.5 million soldiers and 2 to 4 million civilians dead. Total war deaths exceed 14 million, civilians about 9.3 million, with US deaths around 7,000.
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Office of War Information
United States
China
A. H. Townsend
New York University
Russia
Frederick Remington
Remington Place
New Rochelle
Paris
Nevia McMein
Rolf Armstrong
Margie
Jack
al Parker
Charles Dana Gibson
Uncle Ben Musom of Hometown A Carving of Faith and Vice
The memoir recalls Ben Musom known as Uncle Ben a six foot two carpenter famed for strength and a knack for trouble. He reformed after jail and church reading, yet thefts, rough language and petty crimes punctuated his life. He died in sleep and the author hopes for redemption in heaven.
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Ben Musom
Ben
Bill Hearne
Jim Milton
Col
D. H. Milton
Wash Russell
Heaven
Ben Muscnt
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Giotto
Gene Buck
Jerome H. Remie
Howard Pyre
Worl
There is so much good in the worst of us
The excerpt argues against blanket condemnation of others, citing Twain and Hoch to note that goodness and badness exist across all people. It references bootleggers, Adolf Hitler, Japanese art, and world leaders, urging humility and recognizing both good and bad in everyone.
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Marie Grant
High Point College
High Point
Greensboro
Mark Twain
Adolf Hitler
America
Edward Wallis Hoch
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Volunteers Discouraged and Drafts Injustice Amid War
The Warman power commission opposes further voluntary enlistments and pushes for full Selective Service control. Draft boards face uneven quotas, forcing married men in some regions while single men remain uncalled in others. Volunteers are valued by Army and Navy, yet morale and selection bias raise questions about whether volunteering ensures better soldiers or enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warman Power Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Forsytt
Army
Navy
Winston-Salem Journal
Defying Government Policy Sparks War labor Debate
Opinion piece condemns S A Woods Machine Co for resisting NWLB order on union maintenance and arbitration. It contrasts with General Cable Bayonne workers who struck, noting government actions penalize the employer in Woods case but plant seizures occurred despite workers’ actions. The author criticizes Secretary Knox for framing Bayonne events as a victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Boston
National War Labor Board
Bayonne
General Cable Company
NWLB
S.A. Woods Machine Company
Knox
Walter Winchell On Broadway THINGS ARTISTS NEVER KNEW UNTIL NOW
Walter Winchell on Broadway reveals quirky art world trivia from DEAN CORNWELL. It notes Andrea del Castagno and other artists, adds anecdotes about Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Remington, Arno, and Flagg, and ends hinting at continued discussion on Page 1.
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Walter
Dean Cornwell
Andrea del Castagno
Andrea
Historia
Andrea B
Samuel F. B. Morse
Robert Fulto Fulton
Leonardo da Vin
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Salisbury
Bunn Hackney
Buddy
Poplin Creek
Nelson
War Production Board
Charlotte Observer
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Peter Arno
New Yorker
Otto Soglow
St. Louis
Joh Faler
Kansas Cyclone
James Montgomery
Flagg
Arthur William Brown
Russel Patterson
Russell
George Hearn
Edwin Abbry
Metropolitan
Steig
Gilbert Bundy
Jon Whitcomb
England
James Montgomery Flagg
Uncle Sam
Jim
Arlington
Frederic March
Fred Bicket
Norma Shearer
Pauletle Goddard
Henry Fonda
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