Thanksgiving in Tropics and Local Alarm Bells
Letter from Sergeant Carles Tomlinson in Africa recalls a hot Thanksgiving with tough chicken and mashed potatoes, while A C Ingram urges flags for Pearl Harbor Day and Fort Fort telephone calls surge as alarm clocks fail. Local desk W Ridge notes a 300 percent rise in calls for time and wakeups, with 31 falls in one hour from people missing the time.
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Carles Tomlinson
Africa
Pace Department
W. B. Ridge
Italians urged to revolt as Allies woo defection
Churchill calls Italy to quit fascism or face unprecedented bombing. Some admirals expect Italian Navy to desert Mussolini and switch sides. U S and Britain weigh using harsh tactics to persuade Axis partners, despite remembering Italy's earlier attacks in Africa.
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Churchill
Mussolini
Axis
United States
Great Britain
Ethiopia
France
Hitler
Togo
Promise and peril surround Governor Broughton in school amendment push
Raleigh political writers warn that many allied with Governor Broughton over the school board amendment may not back him in seeking a second amendment in 1944. They urge the Governor to force the corrective measure as an administrative act or risk political fallout as allies turn against him.
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Raleigh
Broughton
School Board
North Carolina
Farewell WPA The President Orders Liquidation Of The Agency
The President has ordered liquidation of the Works Progress Administration, once mocked, now praised for military camp work in North Carolina. WPA built roads and land clearances, aided Flying Fields coastwise, and created mobilized labor units. Officers once scorned it, later sent letters of appreciation for efficiency and results.
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WPA
Federal Relief Agency
Ford
When Christmas Season Opens the Salvation Army Bells Ring
The piece notes varied signals for the holiday season opening from merchants putting out Thanksgiving goods to children leaving school. It highlights the Salvation Army bell rings near downtown kettles as the annual sign to start collecting donations for Christmas cheer for the needy.
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Salvation Army
Traitors and a Nazi Saboteur in Wartime Message
The article condemns Max Haupt for failing to denounce his Nazi saboteur son and extols the fighting of Herbert Haupt against treachery. It frames loyalty against Nazism as essential to civilized decencies and calls for no pity for the traitor. The piece portrays a moral war to preserve family and social order.
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Max Haupt
Herbert Haupt
Be Brick in the Wall A Call to Civic Duty
Letter writer urges residents to see themselves as bricks in the city wall, stressing shared responsibility to support community progress. He links civic effort to ancestral ideals, immigration, and Kipling’s verse, urging time and money spent for a wholesome, progressive town.
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Sparta
Agesilaus
Kipling
J. AM
Thomas
Call Em Like You See Em Editorials Praise
A reader commends the editorials titled Call Em Like You See Em The Prison Problem and Will the Crooks Go Free expressing respect for the writer who condemns deceit graft and wrongdoing at all levels from ordinary citizens to presidents.
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United States
What Others Say About Wartime Rumor Control
The Office of War Information classifies 4500 rumors into five types including those born from hate anxiety wishful thinking belief in supernatural forces and curiosity. It argues rumors cannot be fully suppressed and urges full public disclosure of factual war information to counter tremors without harming the war effort.
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Office of War Information
OWT
DWT
Owl
New York Times
OFF TO WARE State officials seek replacements in Governor Brougthon’s office
Chairman Ben Prince of the State Highway Commission and Tom Bank, governor's private secretary, have left posts open. Prince is praised as highway chair. Banks is commended for steady service and humility, avoiding self-importance. The Charlotte Observer notes democracy requires courage across generations, includingPresident Roosevelt.
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Ben Prince
State Highway Commission
Tom Bank
Brougthon
Prince
Banks
Charlotte Observer
Ward gets stay of execution in embezzlement case
Governor grants stay of execution until March 15 for R L Ward convicted in last year's revenue department embezzlement case. Seashore Transportation Co of New Bern requested the pause, citing Ward's essential duties transporting soldiers marines and shipbuilding workers. Ward's delay follows similar stays for two other defendants and aims to avoid hampering wartime transportation.
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R. L
Bob) Ward
Revenue Department
Supreme Court
Parole Commission
Seashore Transportation Company of
New Bern
Ward
McCrary and Johnson Named Local Officials in North Carolina
The article notes D B McCrary a.k.a Doctor Bulla McCrary is newly named highway commissioner and D Mac Johnson nicknamed Doctor Mac is Halifax County senator. It also covers driver card rules safe enforcement caution until January 1 and license tab procedures. It reports 5334 certified nurse aides enrolled with 718 training students in 33 hospitals and no Negro aides yet, plus the Mayflower Cup to Dr Elbert Russell for History of Quakerism and Dr W A Neilson on Post War World arguing for a mixed economy and an international federation.
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Halifax County
D. B. McCrary
Doctor Bulla McCrary
D. Mac Johnson
Mac
Robeson County
T. Boddie Ward
Highway Patrol
Licensing Bureau
Commissioner Ward
License Bureau
State Office of Civilian Defense
Service Corps
Red Cross
OCD
Army
Navy
North Carolina
Elbert Russell
School of Religion
Duke University
State Literary and Historical Association
Russell
Literary and Historical Association
W. A. Neilson
Theft of teeth and glasses from car in San Antonio
In San Antonio Lt MacDaniels reported he could not see to eat and would not be able to eat without sight. He said someone broke into his car and stole his false teeth and spectacles.
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San Antonio
Tex
MacDaniels
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Cinerella
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
High Point
N. C
Congress
Nations Adv
Tropics
Arly
Pearl Harbor
A. C. Ingram
J. M. Broughton
High Point Township
Jan
Ware
President Rosevelt
Capital Square
Lynn Nisbet
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