High Point Citizens Pick For Man Of The Year Opinions
Local residents discuss who should be High Point Man or Woman of the Year. Horace Hayworth praised for steadiness and community work. C F Carroll and others also named by neighbors. J M Thomas criticizes wartime planning yet supports practical efforts to recruit talent. Mary Louise Jarrett laments the Empty Stocking Fund shortfall amid holiday need.
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Horace Hayworth
High Point
Olly Cook
Highoint
Mary Ruth iKimrey
Mary Louise Jarrett
Society SPCA cites case against Winston Churchill
An odd excerpt notes the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has a case against Winston Churchill. It also mentions he “galled Muspolini one,” reflecting unlikely or garbled wartime era phrasing.
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Hy Fenas
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Winston’ Churchill
Muspolini
Raleigh Woman's Club urges amended selective service on venereal disease
The Raleigh Woman's Club commends a push to amend the selective service act so registrants with venereal disease but fit for duty would be inducted. It backs treating illness with cure and redeploying soldiers, argues against wasteful policies, and notes local efforts to study and curb venereal disease through outreach, courts, and public health action.
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Raleigh Woman's Club
Congress
Army
Selective Service
Raleigh Woman’s Club
Raleigh
Closed Doors Policy and Propaganda in Wartime Capital
Opinion piece notes State Highway and Public Works Commission chair D. B. McCrary’s closed door policy contrasts with prior openness under Ben Prince and other governors. It cites propaganda aims to erode U S unity, inflame anti allied sentiment, and increase distrust among Americans while urging truth as defense. It also mentions liquor ration book resistance and stores changing behavior with race tensions.
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Capitol Square
State Highway and Public Works Commission
D. B. McCrary
Ben Prince
McCrary
Ehringhaus Madéra
Broughton
Hoey
Capitol
Hitler
Army
Navy
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Russia
America
Office of War Information
Office of the Censor
Invisible Russian bridge near Rzhev shocks Germans
The report details how Soviet forces built an underwater bridge across a half frozen stream near Rzhev. Night work in cold water and silence produced a tank-capable crossing hidden under the ice, a feat demonstrating remarkable courage and clever ruse against German forces.
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Rzhev
Propaganda report on war deception shocks officers
FBI Agent Samuel J. Scott told law enforcement officers at the quarterly conference yesterday that almost everybody has been duped by untrue war propaganda. He described a carefully planned, scientifically crafted effort to mislead the public and emphasized the need for vigilance and countermeasures.
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FBI
Samuel J. Scott
Walter Winchell onBroadway and Marine Lingo Tour
A reminiscence on World War II era Marine slang and lore, highlighting Leatherneck culture, famous firsts, and quotes. The piece links Winchell on duty with readers’ wry tour through slang such as GQO-TO HELL CAPS and SUGAR REPORT, while recalling Captains, generals, and iconic phrases linked to Marine history.
Marine Hymn Revision Honors Midway Heroes
Lieut Gen Thomas Holcomb tops Marine command. A world champion rifle shot, he modernized Marine marksmanship. Forest green uniforms are standard. The eagle globe and anchor symbolize Marine service everywhere. Col Henderson and Capt Fleming, Midway dive bombing heroes, will be honored in the third and fourth lines of the Marine Hymn. The Commandant ordered verse revisions to include the line We fight our country's battles in the air on land and sea.
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Thomas Holcomb
Eagle, Globe and Anchor
Col
Henderson
Capt
Fleming
Midway
Marines and Peiping Legation Guard in history
A fragment notes the Legation Guard at Peiping China as a mounted unit that disbanded four years earlier and mentions New River North Carolina as an advanced combat base of the Fleet Marine Force likely to become the largest military reservation in the nation. Marines never
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Legation Guard
Peiping
China
New River
N. C
Fleet Marine Force
December L1 paging notes and society items
Local page notes reflect utilities saving and postal receipts lagging while an order for 35000 reforestation trees is sent for City Lake Park. Personal items include Mary Drew Dalton's engagement to Charles Thomas Ingram Jr. in High Point. Various social greetings and travel notes from Charlotte, Greensboro, and Memphis accompany broader notes on weather, politics, and international affairs.
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R. W. Riggins
J. C. Penney
Virrinia
Lake Park
Carter Dalton
Mary Drew
Charles Thomas Ingram, Jr
High Point
N. C
Cornelia Carter
Florence Jamison
Charlotte
E. R. Clodfeller
Cincinnati
Local Health Employment Conditions Reported in 1922
Twenty years ago on December 11 1922 a local health employment report noted 130 plants running full time. The item also reports High Point Negroes have donated over 309 dollars to Newbern fire victims and mentions ten autos.
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High Point
Newbern
State treasurer urges cautious surplus use for tax relief
North Carolina local governments hold surplus funds due to higher tax returns and war priorities. Charles M. Johnson proposes investing excess in short term notes or similar liquid securities, avoiding full tax cuts, while enhancing school and hospital budgets. He warns long term bonds hinder flexibility and argues for reserve funds against future needs. He opposes spending all surplus on current improvements.
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North Carolina
Charles M. Johnson
Johnson
State General Fund
Broughton
The
Treasury
North Carolina Merchants Association
Raleigh
Willard Dowell
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Treas
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John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New York City
C. F. Carroll
Trabel Burett
J. M. Thomas
Republican Party
Walter Winchell
Broadway
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Staples
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Lloyd Wiliams
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Leatherneck
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Wake Island
Richard Harding Davis
Devil Dogs Corp
Tommy Loughran
Tyrone Power
Stirling Hayden
Guam
Rhine
Gaines Mosely
Fifth Marines
C. A. Coven
Stephen Decatur
North Africa
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Tripoli
U.S
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IL. E. Rosecrans
Marines
Tulagi
John Adams
Boston
Adams
Marine Guard
Admiral Byrd
Alton Parker
USMC
Panama Canal
Japan
Commodore Perry
Hirohito
Jime
New York
R. T. Chappell
Greensboro
Edith Boone
Atlanta, Ga
W. M. Barker
M. R. Shield
Elkin
Mat Wall
Memphis
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
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Australia
Oklahoma
Uruguay
Alfredo Baldomir
Francis B. Sayre
Philippines
Capital Square
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Waller Hotel
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