North Carolina’s Honor Roll of 12 Tar Heels Killed
North Carolina loses 12 young Tar Heels in the Japanese attack on our forces in the Pacific. Relatives notified. names published. Censorship policy under Byron Price to head press supervision to limit enemy aid. Empty Stocking Fund remains steady in Christmas relief. Russia adapts to German threat as Hitler miscalculates, while the U S clashes over Senate wage and military staffing.
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North Carolina
Rolorth Carolina
Roosevelt
Byron Price
Associated Press
Army
Enterprise
Price
Hitler
Napoleon
Russia
Berlin
Empty Stocking Fund urged to act quickly
The Enterprise acts as a go between for Christmas giving as calls grow to support the Empty Stocking Fund. Citizens of a town in the Middle West seek to rename Mikado to Roosevelt amid anger over Gilbert and Sullivan’s production and broader protests. The piece notes the need for urgent contributions to sustain the fund and reflects on human nature and offense.
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Middle West
Potomac
Washington
National Capital
Senators Resist Expanding Office Help and Treasury Raid
Carter Glass denounces hiring a further four thousand five hundred dollar staff per Senator arguing it doubles executive overreach. The piece urges public action, urging letters to Representatives and Senators to oppose the ten thousand dollar clerk hire as an unwarranted burden on taxpayers.
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Carter Glass
House of Representatives
Treasury
House
The Missing Want Behind a Pen King Rise
A life insurance salesman, L. E. Waterman, solved a problem of ink leaks by creating a self loading pen. He pursued a simple idea to supply the missing wants of customers, developing the three fissure feed and a small factory that grew into a thriving business. Waterman’s rise shows opportunity lies in unmet needs.
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New York
L. E. Waterman
Gil
Parole Board quotes on justice and humanity
A collection of remarks highlights views on human worth, equality, and cross cultural understanding. Wilbur LaRoe Jr condemns racial hierarchy, Sanford Bates defends court access for rich and poor, and Dr Kelwin Ziydel urges language education to break down barriers.
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Hitler
Wilbur LaRoe, Jr
D. C
Sanford Bates
C. Board of Parole
Nein
Kelwin Ziydel
Universi Ar Cine Cimmatt
Broadway Wit and War Chatter in Wartime Columns
Walter Winchell style Broadway talk blends with war commentary. The piece mocks Congress, reports on Pearl Harbor inquiry, and notes theatrical reactions to Axis fear. It weaves quips about air raid wardens, censorship, and New York’s wartime mood with social satire.
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Pearl Harbor
Broadway warning to colleagues and wartime trial tactics
A collage of quotes and anecdotes covers Broadway censorship, theater critics rights, and trial stretching for defendants like fourteen spies in Brooklyn. Interwoven jokes about actors and oil wealth contrast with wartime sentiment and public figures, ending with a Pontificating note from Dr Edward Benes and a Pearl Harbor reminder.
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Nazzys
Brooklyn
Mann Named to National Rehabilitation Committee
Local doctor Dr. I T Mann was named to a seventh term on the national rehabilitation committee by the American Legion, serving as vice commander of Area C. Also in town, junk dealer Akerman found a live man escape from the rear of a recently purchased hearse, a Christmas curiosity amid morning mischief. Nearby reports note club meetings, a bank closure wave in Boston, and discussions about the gold standard in Washington.
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I. T. Mann
American Legion
S. Akerman
War production push: 168 hour week plans debated
Washington dispatch notes that unlimited overtime under Walsh-Healy and wage laws allows 24 hour operations with no legal limit on Sundays or holidays. Fatigue point near 60 hours, England’s shift to 48 hours cited. Proposals to end weekend blackout and base overtime on hours worked, not timing, discussed for wartime policy.
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Washington
Paln
United States
la Belle Republique
England
Dunkirk
Bevin
Britain
OPM
William S. Knudsen
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works Agency
L. Metcalfe Walling
Division of Public Contracts
Department of Labor
Presidential Conference of Labor, Management and Public
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High Point Enterprise
P. Rawley
Tels- Set
See'y and
Treas Cecil
Mgr
B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
Hammett A
Capus M. Waynick
Edito
High Point
Associated Frese
Audit Bureau OF
N. C
AL of Congress
Bfarch d
National Adv
Johs Bude OO
Lexington Ars
New York City
Voltaire
Congress
Senate
Dale Carnegie
Ailos
Ersatz
Walter Winchell
Miem'ry
Don Wahn
United Press
Osaka Mainichi
Tokyo
Axis
Gav'l
Forest Hills
Jock Pemberton
Andrew Jackson
Vanderbilt
Rome
Nat Watson
Tokio Broadcastersy
Laurence Stallings
Broadway
Ethiopia
Stallings
Thal
Craig Rice
State Supreme Court
Clyde Hager
Chick York
Rose King
High Kickers
Texas
Rose
Pat di Cicco
Gloria Vanderbilt
Germany
Japan
Edard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Chreesmius
Margaret Clarke
First Baptist Church
Laura Dodamead
Lucy Eshelman
Washington, D. C
W. C
J. P. Crowder
Steele Street
Boston
Mass
Manchuria
Henry Corpus
Dallas
Tex
Edward VII
U. S
H. A. White
Rankin-Sizemore Tire and Supply Co
Southern Chair Co
Russell St
D. Gordon
Winston-Salem
Dr. Gordon
Miss Edith
Peter Edson
Wood
Otis Mendenhall
Raeligh
H. W. McCain
Johnson St
D A. R
Oteen Hospital
Asheville
Allied Reparations Committee
Raleigh
Furman Betts, Jr
Ceatton
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