Lieutenant Governor Harris Defies Precedent On Nine Month School Term
The piece criticizes Lieutenant Governor Harris for opposing a state wide nine month school term, praising his courage to testify to the education committee yet faulting his stance as fear of the future. It notes his alignment with Governor Broughton and hints at political implications for an upcoming gubernatorial race. It questions whether his views reflect a lack of vision and warns of potential impact on support from business leaders and farmers.
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Senate
General Assembly
R. L. Harris
Joint Committee On Education
North Carolina
Harris
Gregg Cherry
Broughton
Cherry
Apology over Union Seamen Lie and Dies Campaign Debate
A nationwide apology follows a false seamen union story about Guadalcanal. Admiral Halsey rejects the claim of Sunday ship unloading. Folger and Rogers critique Dies, noting FBI focus, while Rogers cites Will Rogers. Willard Dowell campaigns against a sales tax, linked to Governor Brough ton. A fire plug described as a revenue device for motorists.
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Guadalcanal
Associated Press
Enterprise
William S. Halsey, Jr
U. S
Toto
Labor Movement
Germany
Russia
Folger
FBI
Dies
Will Rogers
Califoria
Rogers
America
Public opinion on war effort and civilian defense voices
Local residents and officials debate rationing, enlistment, and civilian defense roles during wartime. Remarks touch on grocery pricing, stamp changes, WAVES and SPARS recruitment, and the need for public understanding of wartime policies.
Unhappy Birthday for Third Reich in Berlin Broadcast
Burton Heath notes a somber Berlin anniversary with Goering and Goebbels delivering defense of the regime as RAF bombers interrupt. He recalls Hitler’s decade in power while Goering and Goebbels imply strength against the Allies. New York City plans Victory gardens to aid the war effort and ease family food budgets.
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Third Reich
Berlin
Turday
RAF
Goering
Goebbels
Europe
Hitler
Russia
Germany
Reich
Goring
National Socialist Movement
New York City
Pop
Biblical Verses Cited by Dickens on Judgment and Reform
The note discusses Amos 5 15 and Ezekiel 18 27, stressing the call to hate evil and love good, and to judge rightly at the gate. It links Dickens to the idea that a wicked person who turns from sin and does right may save his soul.
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Amos
Ezekiel
Rumor Roundup From Washington Hollywood to Miami
A chaotic column lists political, military, and entertainment figures in speculative scraps. It cites isolationist lawmakers Carson Wheeler Nye Taft and Clark meeting with Vie reck's attorneys, McNutt's looming blast, and assorted Hollywood chatter from Veronica Lake to Patricia Wilder.
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Wheeler
Nye
Taft and Clark
George Sylvester Viereck
McNutt
la Jeffers
American Medical Ass
Associated Press
Archduke Otto
Cuba
Hapsburg Legion
Perhapsburgs
Notorious raid yields autographs and a king among signatures
A gendarmes raid on a famed establishment retrieves a private autograph book. Dinah Shore faces renewal uncertainty with Cat, with suggested rates rising from 200 to 2000 per broadcast. The N Y Mirror coins a nickname for a copy girl. Daughters of Lin Yue tang finish novels. Izzy Eliason asks about a drowned Jap admiral after a Dixie Cup gag. Gilda Gray heals at St Joseph Hospital after a major operation. Max Hill back at AP after Harbor incident. Odets debuts Errand for Uncle. Hill's book Exchange Ship promoted.
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Dinah Shore
Cat
H. Jaffe
N. Y. Mirror
Lin Yue Tang
Izzy Eliason
Gilda Gray
St. Joseph Hospital
Houston
Texas
Satdee
Max Hill
Pearl Harbor
C. Odets
Hollywood gossip and war drama mix in late night notes
Claudette Colbert’s new leading man George Reed drew fan mail two years ago. Sonia Bigman of Time rises to contributing editor. Frank Sinatra hopes Japan clashes reach Australia like Ed Flynn. A destroyer sunk near Pearl Harbor left about 100 men in the sea for hours before rescue. misfired shots by U S sailors caused confusion with a shark attack explanation.
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Claudette Colbert
George Reed
Leonard Lyons
Sonia Bigman
Frank Sinatra
Australia
Ed Flynn
John Loder-Hedy Lamarr
Christine Maple
Ziegfel
Armando
Durocher
Odgers
Bloch
James L. Kauffman
Pearl Harbor
Ray
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High Point
N. C
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Lexington Ave
N. C. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Seamen’s Union
John Folger
House
Hollywood
North Carolina Merchants Association
Willard Dowell
Governor Broughton
Kirkman
Ossie Davis
Sgt
K. F. Ellington
New York
Washington
Capitol
Bob Lane
O. Arthur Kirkman
John Lumpkin
Coast Guard
John H. Lumpkin
R. J. Quigley
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Russell
Frances Brown
Flynn
Lowell Johnson
Greensboro
Haworth
Laura Cross
Greensbor
High Point, North Carolina
Burton Heath
Dickens
Winchell
Broadway
NEW Yorker
Mabel Swor
Ziegfeld
WAAC
Astor
Versailles
Miami Beach
Josephine Delmar
Esquire-Varga
Mexico City
Jack Cuthbertson
Buddy Franklin
Francine Larrimore
Navy
Jack Haley
Dietrich
Richard Wagner
Toscaninis
Veronica Lake
Charles Ray
Gloria Swanson
Arthur Rodzinski
Stork
el Morocco
Johannes Stee
Army
A.E.F
Florida
Bayard Veiller
Molnar
Leonard MacBain
the Waldorf
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J. Israels, II
McBride
Marine Corps
Writers War Board
Garland L. Alderman
Detroit
Pontiac
Normandie
Maris Transportation System, Inc
Africa
Frank Sullivan
Herb Hoover
Patricia Wilder
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Buenos Aires
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