Public funds wasted on Camp Butner hospital decision
The piece questions the handling of Camp Butner hospital funds in North Carolina. It argues the Army should transfer the facility to the VA or reuse existing assets to avoid waste. It contrasts federal waste with local accountability and urges citizens to demand fiscal restraint in Washington.
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North Carolina
Camp Butner Hospital
Army
Camp Butner
Durham
Veterans Administration
Butner
Butner Hospital
High Point
Guilford
State of
Washington
Michigan
Colorado
Oil Industry Ties Scrutinized in Senate Debate
A secretary Ickes statement links a Pauley suggestion of 300000 dollars to drop the tidewater lands suit, hinting at oil influence favoring state deals over federal leases. North Carolina’s tidewater acreage already leased to Standard Oil of New Jersey and Coastal Plains, with royalties split eight to two in favor of the companies, could shift if the federal plan fails.
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Ickes
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Edwin M. Pauley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
North Carolina
Union
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Coas
Tal Plains Company
Standard
Raleigh
Standard Oil
Coastal Plains
Supreme Court
Tidewater
A.W.S
Hoey Wins Senate Acclaim As Parliamentarian Leader
North Carolina senator Clyde R Hoey impressed early in Washington by mastering senate rules. He quickly earned a reputation as one of the chamber's best presiding officers and an expert on parliamentary practice. He said success comes from ruling quickly and confidently, even without knowing every rule.
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Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Senate
Washington
Hoey
WAC tale shows two WACs clash in national talk
The piece notes Governor Cherry visiting Washington to discuss the War Asset Corporation, not the Woman's Army Corps, and jokes about two WACs meeting as both agencies are linked to wartime assets. It also references Durham and Rives in a political pitch urging voters to back them.
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WAC
Woman's Army Corps
Cherry
Washington
War Assets Corporation
Postwar CAP Faces Funding Crisis and Reorganization
The Civil Air Patrol which aided wartime patrols rescue flights and cadet training may disband without local financing and a national non profit charter. General Spaatz promised help, and the Air Power League proposes CAP alignment, with plans under discussion to keep CAP intact.
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AAF
CAP
Carl Spaatz
Oficer
Air Power League
APL
CAP leaders weigh rent free HQ and absorption risk
Jack Stinnett notes CAP contemplates a state and local headquarters rent free to solve a major finance problem. Some fear absorption by APL while a national CAP committee will decide perpetuation in mid February. CAP receives about 75 new applications daily, with roughly 75 percent veterans. the organization serves as a Red Cross of the airways, training cadets and supporting missions of mercy nationwide.
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CAP
APL
Army
Navy Air Forces
Stamford Greenwich face UNO site clash with local norms
The piece argues that Stamford and Greenwich Connecticut may lose their local character as UNO hosts a new extraterritorial zone. It claims visitors will resemble European elites, while locals fear disruptions to constitutional and state law authority and social life.
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Stamford
Greenwich
Connecticut
Pee
UNO
Boar Club
Its of
America
Reenwich
Westchester County
New York
Extraterritoriality and foreign flags in China described
The piece recalls extraterritorial rules and a U N system where nationals live under their own laws. It cites Shanghai’s Kiangsi Road, American and foreign flags, and the “Flag” trade where locals buy foreign nationality via consuls to evade Chinese law.
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OPA
State Department
Westbrook Pegler
O. K
Brother Pegler
UNO
Shanghai
Kiangsi Road
United States
China
Truth and justice amid shifting law warns of social reform
A Washington column argues truth and justice exist as agreed standards despite a volatile legal scene. It notes Supreme Court reformists disrupted old norms without creating stable replacements, causing confusion over divorces and fairness while urging independent, clear thinking and shared honesty.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Nevada
Natural truth and justice to guide postrevolution leadership
Paul Mallon argues that enduring standards of truth and common justice will outlast propaganda and faulty leadership. He asserts natural law underpins existence, asserts imperfect but persistent truth and justice, and calls for honest men to study natural laws amid hard times.
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Supreme Court
National Whirlgig Worries About Hannegan in Truman Era
The column argues liberal critics fear National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan wields outsized influence on President Truman, shaping policy toward labor, race, and veterans issues. It compares Hannegan to Harding-era figures, notes feuds with Omar Bradley’s VA policies, and critiques Truman’s cautious foreign stance and domestic bets.
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Hannegan
Farley James Aloysius
Washington
City Machine
H.S.T
CIO
White House
FEPC
Truman
Warren G. Harding
Missouri
Ohio
Harding
Robert E. Hannegan
Daugherty
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National Tip Co. John
Lexington Ave
N. Y. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Rives
Rai Eid
Civil Air Patrol
CAP Cadet Corps
Army Air Forces
Jack Stinnett
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Tr Man
Tom” Pendergast
Capitol
Omar N. Bradley
John Stelle
American Legion
Illinois
Stelle
Kelly Machine
Chicago
Windy City
General Bradley
Frank T. Hines
Kenneth McKellar
Veterans
John Thomas Taylor
Hines
Panama
Bradley
V.A. Jobs
Stelle-Hannegan-McKellar
New Deal
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