Time to Postpone Opening of School
The High Point board meets to decide whether to delay the city schools amid polio fears. Editorial argues postponement may be prudent given public opinion, recent cases, and pressure from parents, with a two week delay likely and a possible further postponement depending on developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point School ‘Board
Boro Board
Greensboro Hools
Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Truman’s travesty on draft rules sparks backlash
A letter argues the draft favors married men, condemning the exemption for the married and urging universal service. The writer contends marriage status should not influence eligibility and calls for all eligible citizens to serve based on age, fitness, and morality, not personal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
B. C
Ghosts premiums and memories from a city column
A humorous note compares insuring against haunting to paying in memories of ungrateful kindness passed by. It asks if premiums could cover fright from other spirits and reflects on past mistakes, courage, and wrong crowds. The piece closes with quotes from St Louis Star Times, Dr Emerson Schmidt, and Oscar Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyds of London
St. Louis Star- Times
Return of Edgar Hartley Brings Warm Home Visit Echoes
Casual Comment notes Edgar Hartley executive secretary of the local YMCA visiting his 87 year old mother in New Bedford Massachusetts and addressing the Rotary club. Amazing abridged Greensboro News report cites Sears Roebuck plant thefts by six employees aged 19 to 26, totaling 1750 dollars, with stolen household appliances and recreational items. The piece laments trust erosion and cites local cynicism about confidence in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Hartley
Y.M.C.A
New Bedford
Mass
Edgar
Rotary Club of
North Carolina
High Point
Greensboro
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Bus Terminal Tour Highlights Growth And Price Debate
A columnist reports on a visit to the new Lindsay and Broad bus terminal noting orderly facilities, possible expansion needs, and calls for more bus access. The piece links traffic growth to High Point development while outlining merchant price worries amid production costs and scarcity. Also includes a Readers Digest item about an honest Cape Cod hardware clerk and a $5 repair bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay
Broad Streets
B. J. Miller
Joseph B. Merrick
Readers’ Digest
Cape Cod
Refugee Aid Urgently Needed Before Rainy Season
Arab refugees face immense needs as the rainy season approaches. The question of Jewish refugees remains unsettled, while UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte seeks solutions in Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Merchants of Death and the Nye Committee
George Sokolsky argues that the Nye Senate Committee used its power to disarm America. He links Alger Hiss and Charles Kramer to the committee’s reach, suggesting a pattern of espionage accusations and career advancement tied to anti arms propaganda. The piece questions the committee’s motives and calls for a broader investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger Hiss
Congress
Dies Committee
Department of Justice
Ware Group
Merchants of Death
Quincy Howe
Living Age
France
Germany
Fortune
Arms
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
United States
Nye
Europe
America
Pearl Harbor
Charles Kramer
Senator Nye
Harvard Law School
The
Henry Wallace
Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Harvard
London
Hitler
Nye Committee
Polio's Economic Toll on North Carolina Tourism
North Carolina faces massive polio induced losses in tourist revenue. Bill Sharpe, director of the state news advertising bureau, estimates cash losses from 40 to 100 million dollars. Occupancy fell drastically in August with many motor courts and hotels at 10 to 50 percent capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Ange
Bill Sharpe
State News Advertising Bureau
Morganton
Murphy
Sharpe
Asheville
Raleigh
State Advertising Bureau
Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Last
A long, era-spanning column covers social doyens, entertainers, and notables. It touches Ronald Kahn posing as the heir to the Kahn Textile fortune, O’Dwyer’s SIMPP proxy posting, Owney Madden’s illness, polio debates in North Carolina, and American acts seeking London work amid postwar exchange rates. It also lists marriages, gatherings, and fashion notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Towers
Ronald Kahn
Kahn
England
Iceland
New Jersey
Manhattan
Packard
King Guion
Rey
London
Daily Variety
New York
O'Dwyer
SIMP
The
Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers
Donald Nelson
New Deal
Hollywood
Simpp
William O’dwyer
Nelson
N. Y
Bill O'Dwyer
City Hall
Tammany Aroud
Owney Madden
Hot Springs
Ark
Mob
Maharajah
Barodi
Doris Duke
Einstein
Peggy Hopkins
Jan Falk
el Borracho
Phil Regan
Homburg
Marlene Dietrich
Solon Horizontal 1 8 Puzzle Pictured Senator 44 New York Town
A cryptic style clue set presents names and words linked to a figure in politics. Entries include a New York town and a senator described along with connected abbreviations and phrases from a crossword style puzzle.
Puzzle Clue List From Obscure Crossroads Page
A trimmed collection of cryptic style clues lists domestic terms and names. Entries include consols finches calvin abbr and Egyptian sun god Ra and other abbreviated forms, plus a drift of ordinary words and potential crossword prompts.
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Dren
Emerson Schmidt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
W. A. Bivins
George Sokolsky
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Broadway
Jack Last
Tennessee
State Line
Blue Ridge
South Carolina
Liverpool
Glasgow
George Jessel
Eddie Cantor
al Jolson
U.S
Duke Ellington
Emperor Petrillo
Tommy Dorsey
Australia
Orson the
Rita Hayworth
Riviera
Ona White
Larry Douglas
Martha Bullitt
Philadelphia Bullitts
Barnabyrad, Jr
Sammy Kaye
Laura Leslie
Alan Dale
Richard Ney
Julie Wilson
Vivienne Segal
Jimm Gardiner
Richard Korn
Peter Lehman
Dorothy Hall
Trouville
A. H. Mat
Franchot Tone
Betty Brabec
Bill Bertolotti
Marquess of Blandford
Princess Margaret
Gillespie
Goodman
Bing
Joe Louis
Alexander Kirklands
Gypsy Rose Lee
Phyllis Adams
Dorothy Lamour
NBC
Jolson
Margaret Webster
el Morocco
George Bernard Shaw
Mimi Chandler
Kentucky
Sam Youngheart
Exec v. P
Warwick and
Dewey
Dutchess County
Larry Finley
San Diego
Los Angeles
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Walter E. Smith
Bob Munroe
Switzerland
Russia
Louisiana
Solon
New York Town
John Overton
Earl K
Presious
Lord
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