Public library and legion hall site debate in High Point
City faces pressure to fund and locate a library and American Legion home separately not jointly. Readers warn against private public partnership and demand city hall take responsibility for a timely, makeshift library solution rather than shifting burden to private groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
American Legion
South
Legion
The
City Library
Legion Hall
North Main
Church Street
Chamber of Commerce
Our British Cousins and the Unreasonable Pact
The piece argues for a $4.4 billion loan to Britain while noting friction over Pan Am air rates and BoAC pricing. It mocks Britain as unreasonable for restricting landings to favor its rates, warns of retaliation on merchant marine, and urges fair play from Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
British Isles
England
New York
London
Civil Air Ministry
Pan American
BOAC
Pan Am
American Overseas Airlines
ICC
United States
Baltimore
Shylock
Real estate price controls urged amid inflation fears
A local real estate man and President Truman both warn that real estate prices are rising too quickly. The piece argues for ceiling controls, likening current conditions to a black market and calling for government action, possibly via the OPA, to curb inflation in real estate and stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Real Estate
Truman
OPA
Postwar Army Postal Service Achieves Global Mail Milestones
In 1945 the Army Postal Service operated 800 offices in 55 countries to manage mail for millions of troops. They handled 266 million pieces of mail and processed money orders totaling over 1.5 billion dollars. Stamps and stamped envelopes sales exceeded 100 million dollars despite free mailing privileges.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Army Postal Service
New York
Chicago
APS
Mail and V Mail milestones mark wartime communications
By end of the war V mail handled 60,000,000 overseas gift packages and a billion letters were micro filmed. V mail ended November 1 1945, with 60,000,000 letters sent from overseas in a single month. APS also managed incoming and outgoing personal cable and radio messages and the overseas voting program for 1944 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
APS
Guam
Normandy
Butch LaGuardia to Star on Sunday Radio?
The piece notes Butch LaGuardia, famed mayor of New York, will become a broadcaster on Sunday nights joining Walter Winchell and Louella Parsons. It highlights his comic persona, audience size, and potential sponsorship as a radio program with possible advertising, possibly cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Broadcasting Company
Ing
Weber and
Fields
Butch” LaGuardia
Walter Winchell
Louella Parsons
Little Flower
New York
Jiggs
Maggie
LaGuardia
Butch
Crane Club
United States
Stalin
Russia
Truman
O'Dwyer
New York City
Tom Dewey
New York State
Eddie Cantor
Jack Benny
OPA
Bob Hope
Fiorello
Butch Cantor Radio Glee Turns On Fiorello H.
By George Sokolsky lauds Butch’s radio stunt while bidding farewell to Fiorello La Guardia. The piece contrasts Butch’s act with politics and weighs potential ratings against the mayor’s legacy and city governance. It notes linguistic flair and a sharp urban wit.
Behind the News and the China Policy Debate
An opinion piece attacks a flood of foreign policy misinformation aimed at undermining the Truman Byrnes approach in China Iran and Europe. It cites Hurley Rossevelt and Moscow backed tensions while contrasting current events with historical Soviet actions in Finland and Iran and warns of pro Russian influence shaping U S thinking.
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Shington
China
Iran
Europe
Russia
Hurley
State Department
Chiang Kaishek
Columia
Department
Chiang
Rosevelt
Fort Devens
Madame Chiang
Finland
Kremlin
Helsinki
Inferences on Russian Policy and Domestic Leftwing Critics
The speaker disputes Russian inferences about U S policy, accusing leftwing critics of ignorance of communism and exploiting anti-Japanese aims. Citing Byrnes and Roosevelt era ties, the text argues Russians break treaties and seek to sway U S actions from China to Iran, urging caution against allied misreadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party of
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Commie
Anderson
Byrnes
Russia
China
Iran
National Labor Realignment Shapes Postwar Politics
A 1940s reflection on labor leadership shifts, Truman’s proposed fact finding agency, and the risk of Democratic party splits. CIO and AFL alignments with UMW signal a new trend as conservative voices push back against government dominance. Reuther, Addes and Frankensteen defined power struggles in industry unions amid postwar uncertainty.
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Truman
Labor Management Conference
Labor
CIO
UMW
AFL
Democratic Party
General Motors
Reuther
Addes-Frankensteen
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Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press
National Su Gos Co
Audites Lettnane Ave Bureau OF Circulation
the Library
Pan American Airways
Wall Street
America
Jack Stinnett
George Sokolsky
Chi
Molotov
Paul Mallon
By Ray Tucker
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
William Green
David Dubinsky
Garment Workers
Mr. Hillman
Jonah Goldstein
American Labor Party
William F. O'Dwyer
Tammany
Mr. Frankensteen
Detroit
United Mine Workers
Prohibitionists
Public Utilities
Congress
McS
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Senate
Leslie Biffle
Missouri
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