Politics Since 1920 III Democratic power in North Carolina
The piece analyzes NC politics from 1920 to 1936 focusing on Ehringhaus Hoey and McDonald. It details Gardner's influence, the Hoey McDonald Graham primary battles, extensive campaign spending, and shifting loyalties among business and liberal factions. It notes Hoey’s 1936 victory and growing influence after four years as governor.
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John Christoph Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Gardner
Washington
Hoey
Ralph McDonthe
Winston-Salem College
Sandy” Graham
Hills
Graham
Tives
McDonald
Agin
Ing
Dence
Roosevelt
Simmons
Marines Seabees and Britons in wartime notes and care
A meditation on the Seabees two years old building airfields and camps worldwide while Marines led island landings with little opposition. Also notes Churchill's illness and Eden as potential successor, Wallace as unlikely emergency president, plus a Canadian hunter riddle and Chiang’s tobacco habits in a column of mixed vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Eden
England
Wallace
S.C
Community voices on school start times and youth centers
Residents and officials in High Point discuss later school openings, winter travel hardships for children, and plans for youth recreation centers. Others comment on wartime toys, kerosene shortages, and community reception of Washington visitors, with praise for the Emmma Blair program and calls for youth leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jane Lyndon
Allied Submarine War Progress in 1943
In 1943 Allied forces surged against U boats, sinking over 300 subs from March to November while German production stood at 372 subs in World War I. Atlantic convoys and Azores bases aided the Western Allies as shipyards boosted output, shipbuilding accelerated, and new anti submarine tech reduced losses. Germany's pack remained a threat, yet by year end the Allies were increasingly winning the fight, with improved escort, planes, and faster construction.
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Germany
North Atlantic
United States
United Nations
Azores
Portugal
Great Britain
United States Army
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Maritime Commission
Winchell On Broadway Notes Of A Newspaper
A collection of reader letters and commentary on Walter Winchell and Bob Casey quotes. It covers diplomat remarks by George Messersmith, US tax shifts, Cairo conference notes, and critiques of press coverage of Argentina, Japan, and Hirohito, with brief political updates and a promise of more on the Want Ad Page.
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George Messersmith
Mexico
Carol
U. S
United States
Messrsmith
Messersmith
Hirohito
State Dept’s
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
AP Features Press
N. C
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
THE
Democratic Party
North Africa
Army
Seabees
Attu l
Kiska
Solomons
Africa
Salerno
Winston Churchill
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Berlin
Stalin
Chiang
Barber OF Seville
Sid Sara Boone
W. G. Friddle
D. R. Black
George J. Ryan
Washington, D. C
D. D. Arden
R. B. Williams
Enn
Tess
Cruel
Brooks Reitzel
Emma Blair School
J. E. Dickens
Christopher Crittenden
Ellen M. Rollins
Winchell
Broadway
Walter Winchell
Vivian Gardner
Dayton
Ohio
Bob Casey
Bob
Wisconsin News
Milwaukee
Casey
Chicago
Jimmy Cannon
Air Force
House
P.S
Cong
Hoffman
Hoffmans
Congress
Carl Mydans
Japan
America
Newsboy Nutz
Cairo
Reuters
Argentina
Ramirez
Navy
Administration
Pearl Harbor
New Yorker Mag
Ham Fish
Fish
Repub
Nippon
H'wood
Sen. Nye
Nye
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
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