Stag Ballentine rises as North Carolina lieutenant governor nominee
Dirt farmer and former Wake County official L Y Ballentine, known as Stag, gains prominence as the Democratic lieutenant governor nominee. He balanced dairy farming with public service, serving on the Board of Commissioners and in the State Senate, while reporters focus on his unlikely rise and potential to blend agriculture with governance. Pinchot backs Roosevelt over Dewey in Pennsylvania, signaling shifts in party support ahead of the 1944 election.
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Ballentine
Enate
Raleigh
Wake County Board Ofommissioners
Senate
Young Democrats
Werner
Underady
Gregg Cher
North Carolina
Dewey
New York
Bricker
Ohio
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Keystone
Pinchot
Mr. Pinchot
Thomas E. Dewey
Free press and postwar news rights debated across parties
The piece discusses the Be lican National Convention in Chicago and the Old Guard shift toward the younger faction, with figures like Herbert Hoover supporting free press ideals. It cites John Knight and coverage of a London Daily Express report on a single French news agency, plus Kent Cooper and Hugh Baillie lobbying for treaty guarantees to ensure free news flow, contrasting German Nazi control of press and radio with a universal right to truth.
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Chicago
Herbert Ver
United States
London Daily Express
Algiers
Nations Committee
France
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Hugh Baillie
United Press
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Germany
Sumner Welles
Washington
Hitler
England
City Council Midnight Closing Law Defended in Dixie Hot Shoppe Case
Attorney Silas Casey defended John Angel proprietor of the Dixie Hot Shoppe against a midnight to 5:30 am Sunday closing ordinance and questioned the council's reasoning. Judge D. MacRae warned the state to bring a police officer as a witness. The text also notes WACs boosters and a remark about service in the army.
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Silas Casey
John Angel
Dixie Hot Shoppe
D. ©. MacRae
Wacs
Marilyn Hazelbaker
Thoughts of Others and Local Letters From War Era Readers
A collage of reader notes from wartime service and home front observations. Private Reese mails a cartoon note from Camp Lincoln near Lincoln Nebraska. Seaman How ard Waley reports weather changes in St Augustine and High Point. Mrs Whitesell notes the war price and rationing board's Wednesday closure. Grace Baker comments on a missed song in a film titled White Cliffs of Dover.
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BR. L. Reese
Lincoln
Nebraska
Jimmy Hallo
Pvt
L. A. Reese
Camp Clairborne
KR. L. Reese
Louisiana
Tam
High Point
Owen Reese
St. Augustine
Fla
Seaman
Howard
Waley
Florida
Willa
Whitesell
White Cliffs of
Dover
Grace Baker
Washington’s postwar reconversion leaders pull and falter
The piece notes turmoil in postwar policy as WPB leadership fragment and new Deal figures like Maury Maverick push business pleas to Congress. Krug and Byrnes face shifting roles while Baruch’s revival plan stalls. surpluses, land transfers, and contract cuts collide with interagency conflict and unclear policy.
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Washington
Lers
War Production Board
WPB
Krug
TVA
WPA
Maury Maverick
New Deal
War Plants Division
FDR
Capitol Square Brush Off Signals Democratic Rift in North Carolina
The piece compares Governor J. Melville Broughton’s standing with the party to Vice President Wallace’s fate, noting Leroy Martin’s appointment as secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee as another sign of party leaders’ cool regard. It recalls four years of tensions between state leaders and national figures over nominations and control of the party machinery.
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Broughton
North Carolina
Democratic
Wallace
National Party
Leroy Martin
Democratic Executive Committee
William B. Umstead
Henry Wallace
J. Melville Broughton
Roosevelt critics sharpen attack as Congress debates war policy
Paul Mallon argues Democratic leaders show no defined administration stance amid reconversion debates. Republicans wait to critique Roosevelt’s handling of Nelson Wilson and postwar reorganizations. He predicts a new grand commission or agency will rise to mask administrative failures.
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Congress
Wilson
Dewey
Roosevelt
Nelson- Wilson
Nelson
China
A Based Power Commission
Broughton Considered for Vice Presidential Nomination
The 1944 North Carolina primary era saw Governor Broughton eyed as a potential vice presidential hopeful. Delegates pledged to him faced party maneuvers as Cherry-Umstead forces backed W. P. Horton for committee post. Despite efforts, Broughton remained out of the VP mix while his governorship continued.
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Broughton
Lon Folger
Cherry-Umstead
W. P. Horton
Horton
Chicago
Democratic Executive Committee
LeRoy Martin
Broadside of wartime showbiz life in France and Hollywood
Walter Winchell recounts makeshift USO style theatres across France with brutal morale details. He notes crowds of GIs at emergency venues screening Andy Hardy's Blonde Troubles, the Loz De Fee incident, Norma insights on stars and policy shifts, and trends in song writing while listing performers, marriages, and industry moves through 1944.
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Jack
France
Andy Hardy
Bonita Granville
Brooklyn
Murder near the Museum of Natural History shocks New York
A blonde woman's body is found on the grounds of Manhattan's Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium, revealing the existence of these institutions to many New Yorkers for the first time.
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Manhattan
Museum of Natural History
Hayden Planetarium
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Byrnes
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Meet the People
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Hotfoot
Legion
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Tex McCrary
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