Be Yourself Governing Style Marks Cherry Era
The Raleigh Globe notes Governor R Gregg Cherry limits speeches to conserve resources and run his own show. It argues he is becoming his own boss and may leave office as beloved as former Hoey, though his popularity is uncertain long term.
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Raleigh
R. Gregg Cherry
Logan
Goveror
Raleigh Jews and Observer
Tate
Weelieve
Joey
Hey
Capitol
Broughton
Pople
North Carolina
Governor Cherry
Bey
Cherry
Kherry
Aother
Govnor
Gregg Cherry
Prernor Hoey
Central Park
Romberg
Times
Lewis Nichols
Franchot
I Shall Return The Philippine Prisoners Bring Hope And Resolve
The piece extols America's Manila liberation and MacArthur's return, reflecting on wartime setbacks from Pearl Harbor to Corregidor. It urges collective memory of Japanese prison camps, lessons learned, and vigilance against complacency as survivors are rescued and national resolve deepens.
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Philippines
Manila
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Corregidor
Pacific
General MacArthur
Capitol Referendum Debates Liquor Bill and Women’s Suffrage Move
The Capitol discusses a statewide liquor referendum bill expected Monday, with six months post election timing and political debate over war timing. Senate advances a constitutional amendment allowing women to serve on juries with no dissent, as a broader push to expand rights gains. A separate measure targets usury by banning lenders from charging above the legal rate, but its fate depends on future legislation.
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Charles G. Rose
Cumberid
Adace
General Assembly
Nanimous
State Senate
Les
Senate
Hamp Price
Capitol
Sim Ensy
Art Corey
Pitt
North Carolina
Penny bill on purebred sites and mule lore in NC
Lynn Nisbet notes a bill to ensure purebred sites for livestock in North Carolina with a digression on mules and Senator Penny. Western senators push for capital relocation, but the plan is blocked by eastern dominance. Courtesies of lobbyists figure in a light moment as the Legislature lacks direct post passage bill control, with final steps handled by the Secretary of State.
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George Penny
United States
Penny
North Carolina
A. L. Penland
Clay
Ed Whitaker
Swain
Secretary of State
Whitaker
Penland
Secretary of State’s Department
Capital Hill
White House
Harry Hopkins
Rome
Eens
Stettinius
Harry Truman
Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones
Why Don't the Germans Rebel
Albert Lehman analyzes Nazi control tactics as fear and discipline sustain the regime. The piece notes crowd surveillance, informer networks, and efforts to mobilize civilians while morale wanes. Reports of prisoner mail seizure and efforts to recruit Danish youths are cited as signs of strain.
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Albert Lehman
Hitler
Reich
Wehrmacht
War Department trims officer assignments and weighs national governance training
The War Department limits officers under 28 from Washington duty except exceptional cases and schedules a broad study to reassign those not in fit roles to combat or training. Rep Jennings Randolph proposes a national university for training federal state and local government workers amid wartime staffing strains.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Conventions Curtailment Amid Defense Orders and Police Split Talks
Under Office of Defense Transportation orders conventions are down, with 110 groups applying for meetings and 106 rejected after review. The National Tuberculosis Association canceled its 1700-delegate Buffalo June session. Harold Ickes contends his private park police are more efficient than the District force, while Rep. Hebert pushes to merge police powers.
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Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
National Tuberculosis Association
Buffalo
N.Y
DDT
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Congress
Edward Hebert
D-La
Ickes
U.S. Park
Metropolitan
District of Columbia
Democratic party struggle and reforms in the era
The piece analyzes intra party tensions among Democrats, noting resistance to shifts toward PAC influence, scrutiny of the Wallace appointment, and the ongoing battle to control the party apparatus built since Andrew Jackson. It contrasts factions including CIO, Communists, liberals, and Truman allies.
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RFC
Sidney Hillman
Wallace
George Bill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taft
Gee
Vandenberg
Rose Hannegan
National Committee
Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt
Wallace as Roosevelts rival to lead the New Deal
The column argues Henry Wallace lacks party loyalty, owes allegiance to F D Roosevelt, and seeks to succeed him by capturing the Democratic apparatus. It contrasts Wallace with Wendell Willkie, noting Wallace's early effort to seize control of the Democratic bloc and his potential to become the next president if he prevails.
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Henry Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
CIO
PAC
New York
Andrew Johnson
Wallace
Truman
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Paul Gallico
Girl
D. Runyon
V. Crichton
Kyle Crichton
Papa
Collier's
Henry Kaiser
C. L. Sulzberger
Russia
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Columms
Herald
A. Yokel
Notes of an Innocent Bystander in Broadway News
A sprawling New York desk digest outlines press moves and theatre previews. It names Drew Middleton at the Times in Moscow, Gracie Allen denying a ghostwriter, Louis Nizer tipped for a War Crimes Commission post, and multiple stage and film items from Broadway to London.
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Enterprise
Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Intelligentienen
Drew Middleton
N. Y. Times
Moscow
Herb Matthews
Italy
London
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Stettinius
Louis Nizer
Germany
War Crimes Commission
Elliott Arnold
World-Telly Scribe
Geo. Pennington
Philly
Pittsburgh
Dewey
Charlie Michelson
Caryl Bergman
Ziegfeld
Dorrance & Co
Christopher Isherwood
California
Dick Lauterbeck
N. ¥. Times
Russia
Wm. L. White
White
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