If a Man Is Busy Run for Public Office
A Guilford County editorial urges voters to pressure capable residents to run for the 1945 General Assembly seats. It notes many busy men decline, risking second-rate representation, and cites Ed Millis, Tom Gold, and Dr. Burrus as examples who served despite busyness. It argues public service improves those who undertake it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
North Carolina General Assembly
Ed. Millis
Tom Gold
Dr. Burrus
The Bible in Public Schools and Character Education
A discussion on religious instruction in schools, tracing historical church roles from early education to public schooling. It argues for Bible teaching as moral formation, cites surveys linking faith education to lower delinquency, notes church state tensions, and calls for character training through a unified religious foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Jesus
Luther
Wycliffe
Jefferson
University of Virginia
W. S. Fleming, D. D
God
Politicians Weigh Runs as War Years Shape Decisions
Greensboro attorneys Ed Hudgins and Robert Moseley discuss running for state offices amid draft concerns and political timing. Others, including Ed Welch and Henry Clay Cy, weigh candidacy and past loyalties as the war continues. Navy seaman John Clinard Burton and nurse Dorothy Pegram share wartime duties while civilians reflect on war and regional attitudes.
Torturing Prisoners Through History From Rome to Hitlers Era
A historical survey traces evolving norms on prisoners of war from ancient captives to modern codes. It notes Roman slavery, medieval ransom, Enlightenment reforms, Geneva conventions, Hague practices, and 19th century advances, ending with the rise of Nazi and Japanese atrocities under Hitler and Tojo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hitler
America
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Frederick the Great
Benjamin Franklin
Prussia
United States
France
Siberia
Tripoli
Daniel Webster
Brussels
Europe
Asia
The
Hague
Germany
Geneva
Red Cross
Tojo
Tales of the Town on Broadway and Hollywood Colors
A collage of Broadway anecdotes covers Chicago book critics Paramount script readers and Warner films. It follows authors, editors, and the rise of performers from comic strips to orchestras, including Natale Sinatra and a front man who led a famous band. A mix of jokes, career twists, and postwar reflections closes with a soldier’s return and a reshaped life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Library Board
Rachel Field
Paramount
New York
Hmf
Rachel
Warner's
Golly
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H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Nohn Budd 2
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Berlin
Tokyo
Church
Adolf Hitler
Congress
W.A.B
Robert M. Martin
House
Senate
State Senate
Ed Hudgins
Greensboro
Dr. ©. &. Grayson
House of Representatives
Ed Welch
Robert Moseley
Henry Clay Cy
Henry Clay
John Clinard Burton
Navy
Debbo Burton
Gantt Apartments
Uncle Sam
Jacksonville
Dorothy Pegram
W. L. Wheeless
Ralph Schaffer
Batavia
N. Y
John Burton
Christopher Crittenden
Ellen M. Rollins
NEA Service. Inc
TM. Reg
Winchell
Broadway
OWL
M.e
Itorosses
Rudy Vallee
Valentino
Natale Sinatra
Connolly
Nlice
Lucius Beebe
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