War speech urges resolve against Japan and alliance with China
A wartime editorial argues Japan cannot win, cites heavy losses and resilience of Britain and China, and urges unified American resolve. It notes the need to suppress only enemy-helpful information, praises public morale, and states cooperation with China as pivotal to defending the Philippines and Far East.
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Pacific
Dunkirk
England
Japan
China
Philippines
Defense Bonds Drive in Wartime Newsprint Echoes
The Gastonia Gazette urges stronger defense bond and stamp sales to fund wartime needs while warning that enemy air incursions near the West Coast reveal lapses in defense. The Raleigh Times notes North Carolina’s fifth grade history book may be rewritten as Tar Heel soldiers prepare for a pivotal period.
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Panama Canal
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Americas
Gastonia
The
Gazette
Raleigh Times
North
Carolina
Germany Struck by Proxy, Claim Spy Theory and War
An unsigned essay argues Germany likely planned and executed a surprise attack on the United States, while doubting Japanese orchestration, suggesting Germany engineered much of the onslaught and urging caution toward isolationist voices blamed for U S war entry.
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Germany
United States
Japan
China
Peggy Sage and the Rise of the Beauty Salon
A Rochester stenographer, Peggy Sage, pioneers a new beauty niche in New York. She learns from clients, creates the red manicure, opens salons in London, and builds a worldwide beauty business by continually trying new angles. Her story highlights seizing opportunity and persistent experimentation.
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Rochester
New York
Peggy Sage
Peggy
Pegey
Pegsy
London
Bond Street
Peggy Eage
Walter Winchell Mania Sparks Hollywood Buzz
A whirlwind of gossip and names floods the page. Barbara Huttoen’s new companion Baron Eric Goldschmidt-Rothschild is estranged but not divorced, with talk of the Cary Grant affair fading. The piece catalogues high society figures from the Duke of Windsor to Doris Bake, Jimmy Cromwell, Lady Ashley, and the Lindberghs, with sensational rumor of immigration cases, elopements, and stage scandal. It names James Barrett, June Sevier, Christy Sullivan, Gov Lehman, Wilkie, Capone, and many more, painting a vivid, if unverified, panorama of the era.
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Barbara Huttoen
Eric Goldschmidt-Rothschild
Cary Grant
Duke of Windsor
Zoyoucan
D. FL
Mexico
Trotsky
Churchill
Jimmy Cromwell
Doris Bake
Lady Ashley
Doug Fairbanks
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Lenore Lemmon
Reuben
Lindberghs
Efumsa
James Barrett
J_ Pulitzer
Carmel
N.Y
Wilder
Alberta Cavanagh
Jean Ellis
June Sevier
Versailles
Washington
Langwidge
Broadway gossip and high society notes mix in late page chatter
Norma Richter to wed RAF Captain Regan Forsythe. Marshall Field rumored to bid nineteen million for the N Y Times excluding real estate. Simone Simon dances at Fefe's with new escorts. ongoing Biofi Browne affair looms. Coca Cola sign to be replaced by Pepsi with date ideas. Wen ger shows at Grand Central. Disney targets Maude Adams for Peter Pant! Gilbert Miller wooing Jolson for London and radio. Pierre Bar hosts a wild brawl. cabinet kin backs Europe New Order. swindler S A entangled in immigration item. Private cops probe a midtown bomb. Lepke’s fate debated. Miami Herald fights gambling. night spot ads at stake.
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Norma Richter
Regan Forsythe
RAF
Marshall Field
N.Y. Times
Simone Simon
Fefe’s
Grand Central Art Galleries
Disney
Maude Adams
Peter Pant
Gilbert Miller
Jolson
London
Pierre Bar
Jor E. Howards
Europe
New Order
S. A
Lepke
Miami Herald
John Knight
Local News A Southern rug market planned here
Ten years ago a Southern rug market would be established with permanent exhibits by leading manufacturers. Wholesale orders only from dealers. Barbee elected to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building Company board to succeed the late Samuel L. Davis.
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Barbee
Southern Furniture Exposition Building Company
Samuel L. Davis
Grover H. Jones
Relwf
Senate Pulting Slowdown On Labor Bill
In Washington a split House vote on an anti-strike bill signals a battle over a Smith Vinson Dies plan. The Senate Education and Labor Committee may hear labor objections and push a toned down measure, while Southern Democrats push to curb CIO organizing in Dixie. Local briefs note a Dec 8 church gathering and social clubs nearby.
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Washington
House of Reps
Howard W. Smith
Alexandria
Carl Vinson
Milledgeville
Martin Dies
Orange
Tex
Smith
Committee On Education and Labor
Wallace
White House
Phil Murray
C. I.C
Senate Committee On Education
Labor
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
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Salt Lake City
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Rosier
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Dixie
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Europe
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