Women urged to join WACs and serve after the war
Corporal Hazelbaker of Columbus Ohio and Sgt James W Ellis Jr with Private Frank King set up witnesses at the Post Office to recruit women as medical technicians for Army training. They decry poor female enlistment asking why women avoid service given pay benefits GI Bill security and postwar value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacs
Marilyn Hazelbaker
Columbus
James W. Ellis, Jr
Frank King
Post Office
Army
Full and Open Debate Faces Secrecy Critics
A World War I veteran condemns secrecy in diplomacy while praising youth rallies that push for openness. He cites the Dumbarton Oaks talks and contrasts their guarded secrecy with calls by Cordell Hull and John Foster Dulles for full open discussion to educate the American public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
This is North Carolina booklet boosts veterans interest
North Carolina promotes state appeal to service members with a new booklet titled This is North Carolina. Prepared by the State Department of Conservation and Development, the brochure uses pictures and brief notes to show the state's diversity and to encourage veterans to settle in the state after the war. The demand has exceeded expectations as servicemen want copies for themselves and to send home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Armed Services
Herrenvolk and the German morale during WWII
A commentary criticizes Nazi propaganda aimed at strengthening the myth of the herrenvolk super-race. It notes a new German broadcast slogan urging soldiers not to run but to dig. The piece also discusses the mispronunciation of ski and an incident of souvenir hunters damaging Indigenous headdresses at a film preview.
City officials trumpet early signs in infantile paralysis case
Dr. R A Her ring says no new infantile paralysis cases recently but expects more statewide in September and October, while city leaders praise the curb market and local officials comment on weather, Sunday school, and hospital work at the Hickory emergency infantile paralysis hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Herring
Hickory
Jim Steele
Local residents discuss noise and cats amid wartime life
Mrs. R Sayers laments a noisy neighborhood with cats and duck sightings near Wetle Street. Residents recount wounded servicemen, a new coffee shop planned on East High Street, Guilford county farm placements for teens, and postal money order declines after higher rates, reflecting home front concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. R
Sayers
Wetle Street
Republicans at Chicago choose Dewey over Bricker for 1944
The piece notes that Republicans favor Tom Dewey to prevent FDR's fourth term, rejecting Willkie due to similar stances. It highlights domestic issues as the party’s core concerns, including employment, money value, debt, and federal power, with emphasis on administration in correcting New Deal errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Tom Dewey
John Bricker
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Dewey as Roosevelt rival spurs Republican unity on domestic issues
By George Sokolsky notes Republicans back Dewey as a competent New York administrator who could beat Roosevelt. But foreign policy splits risk weakening unity. Dewey must win over independent voters by stressing domestic matters to outperform Roosevelt in the upcoming campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Deway
New York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Bricker
Bricker
Republican Party
Dewey
Dumbarton Oaks
Mr. Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Ruhr
Europe
Tom Dewey
Roosevelt
New York
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Willkie
Behind the News Washington on wages and inflation
A columnist argues that wage hikes feed price rises and hurt workers. He criticizes labor leaders and Frances Perkins over planned wage increases and taxes, claiming higher costs reduce real pay and fuel inflation. A Colorado unionist disputes his view on profits and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Kennedy
Colorado
Bor
Kendy
Labor and Business Tax Policy Clash for Wages
By Paul Mallon argues higher business taxes reduce funds for wages by lowering profits and investment. He warns labor risks government ownership and socialist control if profits vanish, urging labor to oppose price hikes and support business profits to sustain wage growth and efficient production.
Broadway gossip and celebrity marriages in wartime press
Henry Wallace roving ambassadorship pledge for a fourth term prompts headlines. Mickey Devine and Horace Dodge divorce settlement and remarry prompts chatter. Hollywood circles mix with politics as stars, reporters, and socialites navigate marriages, ships, salacious tales, and Liberty Ship Floyd Gibbons launch delays in Savannah.
Also Mentioned on This Page
P Rawley
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thomason
Enterprise
Associated Press
AP Features
High Point
N O
Tosingren’ Bee
Chey Bureau OF Circulation
America
Uniformed Services
Congress
Administration
WAC
WAVE
SPAR
G. I
Corporal Hazelbaker
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Chateau-Thier
Adolf Hitler
By Jimmy Hatlo
Bigdome
Robert Quilen
Glenn
Perry
U. Army Convalescent Hospital
the Enterprise
East High Street
Elwood Hotel
Geraldine Spencer
Guilford County
J. R. Robbins
Sam
Clark
George Sokolsky
Washington
Oceres
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Paul Mallon
Winchell
Broadway
Walter Winchell
Jack Last
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt Truman
Hillman-Browder Boys
Hull T
Sumner Welles
Mickey Devine
Horace Dodge
Horace
Monte Carlo
Mickey
Ernie Holst
Mary Jane Walsh
Marvin Meltzer
Lillian Noble
Western Union
Hotel New Yorker
Ben T. Rolfe
Little Rock
Ark
Damon Runyon
Holmby Hills
Cal
Gertrude Niesen
Ruth Lane
Len & Eddie
Sgt
Dave Stein
Doris Duke
Cairo
United Seamen's Service
Betty Joe Darey
New York City
St. Louis
Catherine
Mae West
Philip Huston
School For Brides
Fletcher Godfrey
Ritz Towers
Sailing Baruch, Jr
Eleanor ‘Iall
Don Douglas
Dottie Reid
Bobbie Orr
Jim Leckie
Floyd Gibbons
Savannah
The
American
Tribune
Packer
Floyd
Rusty Hatch
Vanderbilt Clan
Debbie Barbara Hoge
Billie Kaye
Pat Myles
Rose Marie
Bill Mayer
Joe Fields
Marian Cody
Las Vegas
Nev
Fred Brady
Marguerite Churchill
O'Brien
Larry Drinkwater
Janice Wallace
Latin Quarter
Dave Alber
Patricia Geoghan
Alber
Judy Burke
Joe di Maggio
Sidney Wood
Shirley Temple
Ted Husing
Ann St. George
Gloria Whitney
Irving Buckner
Gene Geiger
Ed Thompson
Dort Clark
Lower North
Marilyn Sable
Mr. Conover
Frank Ross
Anita la Pierre
Billy Rose
14Th Street
Ruth Brady
Don Lopez
Hollywood
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Manhattan
Orpha Shryock Dickey
Robert Read
Fanny
Phooey