Final Stage in World War II War Talks Highlight German Resolve
Washington London and Moscow see Europe in a final stage with Germany shifting to defense. The piece weighs Berlin's morale, potential stalemate, and the risk of a longer endgame, noting Himmler’s appointment and British naval leaders shaping command roles.
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Cen
Washington
London
Moscow
Berlin
Europe
Germany
Italy
Pole
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Interior
Inflation Here The Hidden Price of War-Era Goods
The essay argues inflation now stems from reduced quality while prices stay high. War demands cut wool cotton leather rayon and steel, raising production costs through higher labor and inexperienced staff. Shirts rise from two twenty five to two twenty four? While low-price lines vanish and manufacturers favor profit, consumers lose value. Government bureaus agree no clear remedy exists.
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S.B.H
City Officials Debate Title Abstract Costs and War Bond Drives
City Attorney Grover H. Jones warns a looming October 1 deadline threatens 1751 abstracts as council sets an $8 per title rate over his objections. FE L Cannon notes bar rules bar attorneys bid bids. Local leaders praise Negro police in relief work. Maj Gen Kirk lauds plasma usage. W B Hall hails High Point spirit and Third War Bond Drive target of 17.6 million for Guilford County. Rear Admiral McIntyre credits plasma for low battlefield deaths. Russia condemned as former lone wolf policy. NC officials imply Dr McDonald leaving politics. he refutes.
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Grover H. Jones
High Point
W. B. Hall
America
Guilford County
Mountbatten Chosen Commander for Southeast Asia Forces
The selection of Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten to lead all Allied forces in southeast Asia is praised for both military and diplomatic reasons. Eisenhower heads all forces in Africa and Sicily, while MacArthur commands all Southern Pacific forces.
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Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Pacific
Health Tip Mosley seeks release for health reasons
Sir Oswald Mosley the No 1 British Fascist petitions for freedom from prison due to poor health. The commentary notes he cannot read papers and jokes the present season is ill suited for patients in stuffed colored shirts to venture outdoors.
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Sir Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald
Moscow committee of German freedom fuels Western confusion
Washington dispatches identify a 30 member Moscow backed National Committee For Free Germany, including exiled communists and Wehrmacht officers. The group calls for German emancipation without specifying democratic structure, while critics accuse liberals of appeasement and pressuring cooperation with Stalin. Mutual restraint and clear terms emerge as the path to stabilizing US Russian relations amid propaganda and divergent meanings of democracy.
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Washington
Quebec
Russia
Moscow “National Committee For Free Germany
Bismarck
Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Moscow
Pravda
State Department
Stalin
Roosevelt
Munich
Japan
Thought Strait Gate and Narrow Way Quote Pair
A two line quotation presents a Bible verse from Matthew 7 14 about the gate and narrow way to life and a separate remark by Owen Meredith noting life has no landmarks before us. The entries read as a literary epigraph style item rather than a news item.
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Matthews
Owen Meredith
Broadway gossip and wartime politics mix on cinema scene
A flowing column blends Roosevelt era intrigue with Hollywood chatter. Welles declines Moscow ambassadorship after brief clash with Hull, with Roosevelt delaying resignation decision. It trails with a whirl of celebrity sightings, marriages, and entertainment buzz from Peggy Satterlee to Ilona Massey, Cagney kin, and World War II notes.
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Broadway
Jack
Hull
Welles
Roosevelt
Quebec
White House
Moscow
F.D. R
Hollywood
Peggy Satterlee
Fort Ord
Ginny Simms
Gus Daymond
Eagle
Ed Jaffe
Dale Foster
Howard Hughes
Rose LaRose
Edmund Lowe
Harry Richman
Pola Ne
Beatrice Kay
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Wade
Ita
Associated Press
N. C
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
United Nations
Greensboro Daily News
R. Gregg Cherry
Greensboro
Cherry
North Carolina
Ralph McDonald
Battle of Britain
State Bar
FE. L. Cannon
Raleigh
E. K. Ingram
Army Medical Corps
North Africa
Norman T. Kirk
Army
South Pacific
Ross T. McIntyre
Navy
Gus Paulos
Kremlin
Lenin
Frederick ©. Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
McDonald
WB. Hall
Paul Mallon
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
Winchell
George White
George Gershwin
Paramount
Kay Thomas
The
Sun
Ilona Massey
Antemor Veiga
Brazil
Rio
Ilona
Rae Hardin
Walter Thornton
Joe Rowland
Todd Shipyards
Ann Miller
Nature
Sarah Bernhardt
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Belmont Plaza
Arthur Brown
Jerry Blanchard
Miami
Jules Broulatour
Hope Hampton
Southampton
Barbara Bannister
Zanzibar
Sam Sokel
Grace Hayes
Riobamba
Mary Healy
S. N. Ebens
Dorothy
Killer Kane
Texas
Phil Spitalny
Capitol
Honeychile Wilder
Walt Disney
Alice
Mae West
William S. Frank
New Georgia Island
Charlie
Reveille Joe
Guadalcanal
Harry
Peggy Ellis
Bill Davey
Lila Lee
J. E. Murphy
Chucho Martinez
Elantra Morales
Hazel Scott
Jimmy Savo
Cafe Society
Joan Merrill
Thrash
Old Point Comfort
Tex Seeger
New Africa
Peppy d’Albren
Ruth Waldo
Louise Carvis
Choo Choo Johnson
Madison
Eddie Cantor
Mark Hellinger
Warner Bros
Hunt Stromberg
Arnold Reuben
Reuben
Stromberg
Bernié” Baarach
Shoreham
Carleton
Lenore Lemmon
Nick Condos
Martha Raye
Quentin Reynolds
India
al Bloomingdale
Cully Richards
Ann Sheridan
Tokio
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