Congress 78th must restore the legislative power in perilous era
The piece laments the 77th Congress for fear and weakness, argues Roosevelt’s war policies undermined Congress, and calls for the 78th Congress to reassert legislative prerogatives. It warns democracy faces two totalitarian pressures from New Deal leftists and conservatives, urging Americanism as the safeguard. It emphasizes constituent influence as strongest power over Congress.
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Congress
United States
77Th
Roosevelt
78Th Congress
Enterprise
New Deal
Russia
Nazi Germany
High Point residents praised for charity and spirit
Letters and quotes from High Point locals highlight admiration for Dr A B Conrad, Horace Hayworth, and community efforts. Discussions cover rationing plans, street restaurant reform, and keeping Christmas spirit, as Sgt Paulos in the Middle East shares a soldier’s farewell verse reflecting hardship abroad.
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Horace Hayworth
High Point
A. E. Alloway
Tian
George Paulos
Middle East
Thermy Air Corps
Rank L. Montox
Nnami
Food Shortage And Farm Aid In Wartime We Must Grow More
The article warns that food shortages will intensify as Allied victories grow. It urges American farmers, stockraisers, and dairymen to maximize output to feed families, troops, and occupied nations, noting labor and equipment limits but asserting farmers deserve full support. The piece contrasts Nazi starvation with human aid and calls for decisive action to boost production.
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United Nations
América
Herbert Lehman
New York
Axis
Europe
Meeting Herman Klix the Grocery Car Incident
An 83 year old Chicago resident Herman Klix fired mustard cheese butter and bread at a street car after it blocked his path while carrying groceries. Police arrested him but Judge Don MacRae fined him one dollar and suspended the sentence.
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Herman Klix
Chicago
Herman
Don MacRae
Unappreciated Manpower and War Women in Industry
Commissioner Paul McNutt calls women the unappreciated sex in industry. He cites Britain using women in four of five war jobs and notes U S industry expanded women workers from under half a million to about four million in two years, predicting six million by year end. He ponders whether low female factory numbers show neglect or domestic preference.
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Paul McNutt
McNutt
Walter Winchell On Broadway Lettered Praise For Long Run Plays
Walter Winchell writes about stage hits and the formula behind longevity on Broadway. He recalls Life With Father 1,292 performances beating Lightnin 1,291, notes Abie's Irish Rose and Tobacco Road long runs, and jokes about honoring the Day family while reflecting on his own record as a producer and crowd-pleaser. He mentions theater figures Lindsay, Crouse and Serlin and the era’s aging stars shaping enduring classics.
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John Golden
Paul Muni
Lindsay
Crouse
Serlin
Father
New York
Lightnin
Frank Bacon
Father Day
Mother Day
Lightning
Jeeter Lester
Abie
Trish Rose
Lindsay, Crouse
Claudia
Local-The Empty Stocking Fund grows by $12.10
Excerpts from The Enterprise of Ten and Twenty Years Ago note a December 16 1932 scene where a local bridge club donated $12.10 to the Empty Stocking Fund. The piece also reports Kiwanis Ladies Night at the country club, and a banquet at the Sheraton Hotel with speakers and magic by A Coke Cecil.
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H. D. Sears
Sheraton Ho 1
Kiwanis Club
H. M. Taylor
Sheraton Hotel
Thomasville
Winston-Salem
High Point
F. L. Conrad
A. Coke Cecil
U.D.C
H. A. Millis
Fayetteville
Brevities and quips on style and politics
A collection of quick lines notes fashion humor about pajama trends and waistlines. It also satirizes rationing, marriage roles, Mussolini’s health, and intrigues between Americans and French officers, with a skeptical take on the Africa invasion explanation.
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Mussolini
Africa
State printing row sparks NC bid favoritism talk
The fu rore over alleged discrimination against small business in war contract placement has revived North Carolina printers' interest in state printing. Critics accuse Raleigh plants of favoritism as large shops win contracts, a issue previously active years ago but not lately.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
State printing and war contracts in wartime North Carolina
Reasons for concentrating state printing and war contracts in a few plants mirror wartime needs. Small printers push for broader work to aid local prosperity, while the state cites efficiency in copy delivery and proofreading. The piece also covers farm, poultry, pig, and industry notes, plus ad trends and vehicle tag supply in 1943 North Carolina.
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Audit Bureau OF
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New York City
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J. H. Brooks
Baptist Conation
Rs.dner
Igh Point
John Cavas
Walter Winchell
Broadway
the Flamestead
Denman Thompson
James A. Herne
Bar Done
Uncle Tom
Tobacco Road
Anne Nichols
Golden
Labor
James J. Davis
Fiime
Milton Whitener
First Reformed Church
Salisbury
Board of Welfare
Kate Wood
Clarence Bowman
Randolph County
J. W. Davis
Jamestown
Charles Mainwaring
Emma Blair
J. E. Lanier
East Green
Hoover
Washington
Wil Rogers
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Harding
Cordell Hull
Barney Ross
Guadalcanal
Juan Antonio Rios
Chile
Sir William Beveridge
aAlf M. Landon
Capital Square
L. D. Bauer
Central Experiment Station
South
General Assembly
Bauer
Orange County
Fate Vallines
Burlington
Thurston Cates
Kerr Scott
Neiws
Scott
State News Bureau
Motor Vehicles Department
Arkansas
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