Soldier Vote Rights Urged as Easy Balloting Seen Essential
The Enterprise letters column argues Congress should simplify voting for soldiers and primary participation in North Carolina. It stresses protecting voter rights for those in uniform, warns against federal meddling, and endorses ensuring fair, pressure-free turnout despite preferences for Roosevelt or other candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
North Carolina
Bricker
Roosevelt
Guilford Coun
Ralph McDonald
Seagrounds
Guilford
Christmas Gifts and the Inflation Debate
The column laments high prices for Christmas gifts amid wartime shortages and criticizes OPA controls. It argues costs rose beyond 10 to 15 percent and faults management of consumer policy, while praising Jonathan Daniels as a witty, loyal North Carolina editor with strong Roosevelt ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
CPA
Santa Claus
Tucker
Jonathan Daniels
Josephus
Chapel Hill
Jonathan
Dice” Daniels
England
Mexico
North Carolina
Mr. Tucker
J. Melville Broughon
Short Sighted Press Critique Of Madison County Case
The Greensboro Daily News lauds Judge Zeb V Nettles for overruling Madison County commissioners and appointing a Democrat over a Republican clerk. The column argues the move risks political fallout, calling it shortsighted and unsportsmanlike, while noting the broader struggle to win Republican support for Democratic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Daily News
Zeb V. Nettles
Madison County
Judge Nettles
Madison
Mixed Opinions And Local Notices In Postwar Musings
Community reflections touch on early school hours postwar planning and family life. Veterans and workers discuss duties and financial support while a shipping service seeks licensed officers for merchant marine needs. A lawyer comments on a suspect drunkenness claim amid everyday concerns in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Shipping Administration
U. S. Merchant Marine Service
Ralph Miller
Employment Service
Discipline in Juvenile Delinquency Urged by Washington
The piece argues for restoring discipline as the root fix for juvenile delinquency. It cites modern psychiatry and calls for strict enforcement at home and school, with potential church involvement, while opposing state expansion of social work or federal control. It warns against permissive approaches and cites Hitler and Mussolini as cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Times Square
New York
Hitler
Mussolini
Broadway Gossip and Society Notes of Town Lights
A collage of show business and social scraps from Broadway and Hollywood. Ethel Waters rumored backer at Cotton Club, Jerome Kern praising Cover Girl, Mitzi Mayfair’s divorce final in January, Nelson Rockefeller forming Herbis Phere Films to pursue South American links, plus gossip on Billy Rose’s career move and various dames, directors, and revelers across Manhattan venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Waters
New Cotton Club
Jerome Kern
Hollywood
Mitzi Mayfair
Nelson Rockefeller
Herbis Phere Films, Inc
S. America
Martanda
Pudkota
Daphne Skouras
Deir
Billy Rose
Carmen Jones
Ben Blue
Knob Hill
Richard Wagner
Liszt
Friedelind Wagner
Hitler
Toscanini
Ganna Walska
California
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
High Point
N. C
National Resentative
John ID Co
Lexington Ave
N. Y. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Ray Tucker
National Whirligig
Evelyn Penny
Vincent Neal
Lucy Harper
Mr. Braden
Daniel Belton
U. S
Lois Welborn
WAC
Cpl
Mabel Steed
Philadelphia
Merchant Marine Service
United States Employment Service Office
Robert Martin
National Safety
Counch
Paul Mallon
Winchell
Broadway
Roy Sedley
Vince Curran
Roy
Winged Victory
Moss Hart
Midtown
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
John Gilbert
Leatrice
Miriam Hopkins
Midnighter
F. Graetano
MacArthur
Patricia Ann Ingram
Waldorf
J. C. Ingram
Hearst
Patricia Mace
Hurrell-Esquire
Louisiana
Steve Hannagan
Annie Sheridan
Peter Donald
Don Wahn
Judas
Manhattan
Grand Central
Stork Club
Rockefeller Plaza
Olga
42Nd Street
BMT
Delancey Street Herring
Shep Fields
Park Central
Morton Downe
Bill Slocum, Jr
Sid Silvers
CBS
Roy Shields
Nevada
Simon & Schuster
Tony Pastor
Ruby Foo
Cafe Madison
Syed
Mag
Greenwich Village
Robert Hills
5Th Ave
Dickie
King of the Stork Press
Robert Smith
Lake
Maine
Wall Street
Private
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By Lt
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