Youth Legislation Victory Shows Courage of the Young
A student legislative assembly with representatives from universities and schools debated and passed bills addressing racial equality and public finances. They proposed including Negro college representatives, abolishing Jim Crow laws, adding governor veto power, and paying teachers for 12 months. The paper praises their vision, courage, and practical grasp of public welfare.
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Secry
Ate
Ose
North Carolina
Union
Raleigh
Open Letter to High Point High School Football Team
Open letter celebrates a fine season despite state championship loss. Expresses pride in Western championship victory and thanks players for a season of fighting football. Encourages focus on basketball and school work as next year approaches.
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High Point
Student lawmakers energize North Carolina constitutional vote
North Carolina college students in a mock general assembly show serious focus as they elect a speaker and officials and press for amendments including Governor veto power. Wake Forest students actively back constitutional changes while others oppose limits on gubernatorial authority.
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North Carolina
Capitol
Students General Assembly
Assembly
North
Carolna
Wake Forest
Official license plate numbering and protocol revised
The motor vehicle bureau reports many requests for special plate numbers but cannot reserve numbers except for about 200 low numbers assigned to officials and Congress members. The system, created twenty years ago by Will Everett, guides protocol and prevents plate scrambles. Some officials argue revisions are due as agency roles shift.
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General Assembly
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Roddie Ward
Congress
Will Everett
Secretary of State
Commissioners of Agriculture, Insurance and Labor
Council of State
Demobilization Logjam Draws White House Fire
Postwar Washington reports mounting pressure from Congress and veterans to speed homecoming. An Army essay aims to explain demobilization muddle as officials push faster shipping for high point soldiers stuck in Germany awaiting release. A letter signed by 61 members of the 776th AAA unit highlights bureaucratic quirks and delays.
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Washington
le Harre
Twidee
Inana
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Penn
Clare the Luce
776Th
AAA
Germany
Army
Air Force
Congress debates bringing back more servicemen by Christmas
Members of Congress press for gunship discharges and broader armed forces cutbacks. House speeches flood the days as bills aim to force widespread resignations, but observers doubt action before Christmas to meet the goal of adding a million more soldiers.
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Congress
Hurley Resigns as Ambassador to China for Bold Stand
The resignation of Major General Patrick J. Hurley as ambassador to China is hailed as a courageous rebuke of Soviet policy. The piece argues Americans were attacked and killed by Chinese Communists aligned with Russia, and condemns appeasement while urging defense spending and safeguarding citizens abroad.
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Patrick J. Hurley
China
Soviet
Russia
United
Patare
Eefeve
Hitler
Resignation and foreign policy critique prompt inquiry
The piece argues Pat Hurley resigns amid a critique of U S China policy and alleged State Department communists, accusing Washington of duplicity between stated aims and actions in Poland Indonesia Palestine and anti imperialist stances. It calls for a public airing of devious tricks shaping American foreign policy.
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Donesia
United States
Mreland
Palestine
Thm
Pat Hurley
Behind the News Critics In U S State Department
Washington reports that Pat Hurley warned of a permanent internal clique in the state department hostile to current American foreign policy and sympathetic to Soviet ideas. The group, unnamed and described as an invisible wall, questions Russia while praising British diplomacy, and is said to have influenced policy through subtle acts rather than formal meetings.
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China
Chiang 'Si
Far East
Poland
Soviet Russia
Germany
Washington
Pat Hurley
State Department
Byrnes
Stettinius
Hurley
Russia
Chiang Kai Shek
Britain
Downing Street
Internal turmoil clouds State Department postwar policy
A fragmented intradepartmental struggle is described involving Hull Byrnes Stettinius and Welles as aides and leaks persist within the State Department. The piece notes political risk to the Truman administration and hints at possible house cleaning to head off a congressional inquiry while General Marshall remains a political diplomat after the war.
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Byrnes
Stettinius
Hull
Sumner Welles
Welles
Hurley
Marshall
Truman
National whirlgig troubles for Kaiser and Higgins
Two New Deal figures Henry J. Kaiser and Andrew Higgins face mounting pressures over wartime expansion and labor disputes. Critics led by Jesse H. Jones question government-backed ventures while Kaiser seeks better terms to liquidate or refinance plants built with federal funds.
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New Deal
Roosevelt
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Washington
Mr. Higgins
Mr. Kaiser
West
F.D.R
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
California
Kaiser
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Rfc-Ers
Wpb-Ers
Shem
Higgins
South
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Houston
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H.S.T
Bernard M. Baruch
England
Veterans’ Program
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