High Point highway vote flips to inside city location
The High Point committee reversed an eight to one vote favoring an outside highway site and approved inside location amid pressure from Tom Burton and supporters. Officials warn the city council must decide and voters deserve a roll call showing who stood where as bulldozers prepare to slice into the city.
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High Point
Tom Burton
Ben Cone
Greensboro
Barnwell
Burton
Highway Commission
South High Point
Pension, court rulings, and Hamilton pension dispute
The Attorney General asks the courts to decide if Judge Luther Hamilton is entitled to a $550 monthly pension and special pay for holding courts after the Supreme Court ruled him disqualified. The piece blames Governor Kerr Scott for the actions, cites conflict with morality laws, and urges the Supreme Court to be decisive when the case reaches it.
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Harry McMullan
Luther Hamilton
Harry
Hamilton
Supreme Court
McMullan
Kerr Scott
Scott
North Carolina
Unbelievable Bungling in Reserve Handling Demands Inquiry
A joint congressional committee should be appointed to probe bungling in reserve handling across army navy air force and guards. The writer calls for an oath sworn hearing of reservist organizations, end to discriminatory practices, and a full reexamination of the active reserve system to protect families and national service.
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Congress
Navy
Pentagon
Navy Ciivilian
Army
General Marshall
Air Force
Guard
Washington
Barnard Baruch
Christmas Reflections on Courage Duty and Hope
A columnist muses on public criticism of leaders from Truman to Kerr Scott, urging citizens to credit responsible governance. The piece weaves Comfort from Isaiah with personal anecdotes on fear, sacrifice, and resilience, citing veterans and writers to frame Christmas as a time for purpose and faith in better days.
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Main
Truman
State Department
Washington
Scott
North Carolina
George Washington
Harry Truman
Cameron Morrison
Kerr Scott
Morrison
John Wesley Clay
Winston - Salem Journal
No Man's Land
Quotes from Robert Hutchins on professors and thinking
University of Chicago Chancellor Robert Hutchins asserts professors uniquely exist to think and urges freedom for independent thought within institutions, arguing duties should not demand conformity. He frames thinking as the core purpose of professors and their universities.
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University of Chicago
Robert Hutchins
Screen and society notes swirl in Hollywood gossip
A busy roundup of marriages engagements and scandals moves through New York and Hollywood. Reports include Marguerite Higgins marrying a major general in the Orient, Vera Lynn becoming Mrs J Young, and Gloria Patrice's secret marriage to William Connolly. Others note divorces, engagements, and industry rumors involving Ruth Roman Lizabeth Scott Peggy Ann Garner, Shirley Temple, and Jay Gatsby–style socialites.
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Marguerite Higgins
Veraiyntr Noreen
J. Young
Ruth Roman M. Hall
Lizabeth Scott
Peggy Ann Garner
Richard Dive
Andrew Mellon
Palm Beach
Farouk
Narriman_ Sadek
Maxwell Bodenhaim
Greenwich Village
Washington Sq
Gloria Patrice
Wm. Connolly
Columbia U
Samana
Merle Millers
Baldy Brannan Faces Trouble After Latin American Tour
Washington notes say Secretary of Agriculture Baldy Brannan angered White House and State Department by swaggering through Latin America on a 15 day trip that was billed as a cultural conference visit. He traveled to Montevideo and Buenos Aires with his wife, staying at American embassies and meeting ambassadors while missing major policy events at home.
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Washington
Baldy Brannan
White House
State Department
Baldy
Latin America
Truman
Montevideo
New Orleans
Gasper Gulotta
Burbon Street
Owen Brennan
Brannans
el Salvadore
Canal Zone
Buenos Aires
B. A
Pe+ron
Evita
Montevedeo
Rio
Mr. Brannan
Congress
Red China
Korea
Attlee
Solna
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Robert L. Thompson
C. W. Patterson, JR
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State Highway Commission
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Design For Living
George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
Socrates
Alexandre Dumas
Gill
New York
Walter Winchell
H'wood
Robert Taylors
Lindi
Shirley Temple
Charles Black
Fulton Oursler
Grace Perkins
Dutch Treat Club
John Kieran
Happy Chandler
Alfred DuPont
Barton
Pearl Bailey
Harold Rome
Jean Arthur
Boris Karloff
Peter Pan
Gigi Durston
Cross Courtneys
Duke Ellington
Mgr
Nelson W. Gages
Woolworth Clan
Jesse Spauldings
Homer F
Kefauver
Kansas City
Louis Johnson
General Aniline Corp
James Farley
Ives
Britain
Clement Attlee
Spain
Denver Register
Philo. Inquirer
Walter Annenberg
J. L. Miller
Economic Stabilization Agency
Winchell Colm
Margaret
Ann Rutherford
Wm. Dozier
Singer Sewing Machine Clan
Duchess of W
Dorothy Shay
Palm “Eer
Pneu
Variety
Billy Rose
Henri Salvador
Piaf
Faye
Gussie Bergdorf MacLeans
Janet Brace
Polly Ws
Savas
Chas. Grean
Coleen Gray
CBS
Stork’s Aid, Inc
Suh Avenue
Dudley Olson
Robert Ameren
Lecer
Sugar Robinson
Jacqueline Sherman
Tom Drake
Allene Milles
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