The Man of the Year Who Deserves It
The piece weighs candidates for Time magazine’s man of the year for 1947. It critiques Truman, Byrnes, MacArthur, Wallace, and Stalin, arguing the choice hinges on national versus international impact and praising the “average American” for backing Truman’s stance.
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Time Magazine
Time
Harry Truman
James Byrnes
Byrnes
General MacArthur
Japan
Germany
Henry Wallace
Baruch
Henry
Jonn L. Lewis
Josef Stalin
Lewis
Stalin
United States
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Washington
The Office of Gods Ministers Sermon on Good Tidings
A sermon explores Isaiah and Luke on messengers of salvation publishing peace declaring Christ reigns. It urges ministers and laymen to speak to hearts, condemn public wrongs, and insist on sin’s remedy through Jesus, stressing church and state separation warnings.
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Zion
Jesus
Christendom
Jerusalem
Emmaus
Christ
Moses
Luke
Philip
Gaza
Isaiah
England
Alexander
Witness Describes Winecoff Fire Chaos near Grady Hotel
Jim Steele recalls the Winecoff hotel fire as he stood near the Henry Grady hotel a block away. Police and firefighters formed a rope cordon while panicked crowds urged victims to jump and a mother threw her baby from a window amid the blaze.
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Winecoff Hotel
Jim Steele
Henry Grady
Winecoff
Letters on sidewalks and city services spark reader remarks
The passage quotes North and South Carolina readers criticizing city sidewalks along Chestnut Street and sewer lines, water and fire protection for residents inside city limits. Businesses note high demand for plasterers and plumbers amid local employment activity.
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J. F. Morgan
High Point College
Chestnut Street
RR. C. Jones
Duke Power Company
Blythe Seen Unopposed for North Carolina Pro Tem
Capitol Square observers agree Senator Joe Blythe of Charlotte will win the presidency pro tempore of the 1947 state senate by unanimous consent Gray of Winston-Salem was a potential rival but won't contest Blythe. Pre caucus moves prompt faster committee selections with Pearsall to lead the house. Governor's influence and merit guide committee assignments amid distribution of honors.
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Raleigh
Joe Blythe
Charlotte
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
Blythe
Gray
Gaston
Alphonse
Tom Pearsall
Nash
House
Senate
Pearsall
General Assembly
North Carolina
Union
Ballentine Pearsall face new senate rules and committee shifts
The piece notes veto power shapes influence before bills reach the floor and that Ballentine and Pearsall keep counsel on leadership. It cites plans to simplify senate rules, potential new committees, and a proposed retirement committee to handle broader statutory matters beyond education.
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Assembly
Ballentine
Pearsall
L.t
Ray Byerly
Senate
Education Committee
Doctor Death Debate Sparks Euthanasia Talk
The author recalls last Sunday's address opposing euthanasia and names Dr. Charles Francis Potter as a proponent of legal doctor assisted death. Potter, likened to Frank Buchman, advocates enabling physicians to end life with overdoses for the incurable, a view the writer rejects as murder. He cites Westermarck’s work noting mercy killing in past societies.
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Charles Francis Potter
Frank Buchman
Elusion of mercy killings and the danger of euthanasia ideas
George Sokolsky argues against legalized euthanasia noting Nazi medical atrocities and the historical risk of mercy killing. He cites old age illness and new medical uncertainties and warns that law should not authorize murder, invoking Moses’ commandment not to kill and urging compassion without taking lives.
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Moses
Hitler
New York
Damon Runyon Obituary Remembrance in Broadway Letters
London papers publish front page obituaries for Damon Runyon American columnist and author known for Broadway sketches. The piece recalls his rise from 1930s fiction to genre-defining journalism, his early struggles, and a pivotal Cosmopolitan payoff that funded his future work.
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Int
London
Today
Damon Rune Yon
N. Y
London Daily Express
Broadway
Damon
Runyon
Hearst
Heart
Dunyon
Runyon Daily
Len
Jimmy
Walter
Damon Runyon
van Loan
Cosmopolitan
Van
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Pretzel Bend
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Mr. Bivins
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