Aspirations and alarms in politics and youth groups
The piece features criticism of British interference in U.S. politics and a call for Americans to lead their own destiny. It highlights Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts as vital youth organizations needing leadership and funding, then shifts to Tennessee politics with Cordell Hull, Roy Acuff, and a joke about the governor's pay, noting Acuff's realization he could not win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRCIR
Girl Scouts
Victory Gardens
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
America
W.W.B
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Cordell Hull
Roy Acuff
Texas
Lee O’daniels
Senate
Pappy
Louisiana
Pepper 3 Per Cent Wage Increase Proposal Fails in Senate
Senator Pepper tried to attach a three per cent wage hike to the anti-subsidy bill as an appendix to the little steel formula. The Senate rejected the change, and AFL CIO opposition suggested labor would not back the move even if advanced earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepper
War Labor Board
Senate
AFL
CIO
Congress
S.C
Tax Time Frustrations and Car Humor At Center Theatre
Column criticizes tax filing delays caused by IRS management and warns of post February 15 chaos. It notes a government backed trailer urging immediate help but meeting a sign directing delays. Jokes about rear engine cars and dollar bill lifespan follow, alongside a minor car crash report.
They Say: Thoughts of Others Highlight War Era Letters
Readers share reflections from wartime letters and notes. Andrew laments memory and a scrap from a Jap Zero wing. Luther J. Marshall requests a coca cola after overseas service. voices praise freedom, duty, and democracy while urging trust in leaders and continued war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Luther J. Marshall
Fifth Army
We Should Have Known About the Japs Atrocities
A historical warning on Japanese brutality in China and Asia, citing Nanking killings, boxcar deaths, hospital bayonets, and mass violence. It references reports by Gwen Dew and others, arguing long-standing Japanese hate for the white man and a plan for regional domination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Nanking
Gwen Dew
Detroit News
Hong Kong
Red Cross
Dap
Genghis Kaan
Rome
Carthage
Japan
Taid O’conroy
Upton Close
Morris Harris
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Broadway Glamor and Gossip Parade In Night Spots
A brisk collage of socialites and show folk in New York and beyond. Lively notes place Lord Halifax and Lucille, Marta Eggerth, Maxwell Anderson, Ogden Nash, and Deanna Durbin among sightings at venues from St. Regis to Madison Avenue, with Broadway tunes, romances, and industry echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Halifax
Vincent Astor
St. Regis Hotel
Louella Parsons
Mary Margaret McBride
St. Patrick's
Lucille
Hollywoods
Latin Quarter
Marta Eggerth
the Canary
Madison Avenue
Marta
Maxwell Anderson
Ogden Nash
Lovely
Madeleine Carroll
Red Cross
Sue Ryan
The
Follies
Washington
Rankin
Neil Agnew
Exec
Mona Maris
Arlene Francis
Passage to Marseilles and other stage notes
The Orchid Garden previews Warner's thriller Passage to Marseilles featuring the Casablanca cast. Denny Beckner's orchestra tops Park Central. Joan Fontaine stars in Jane Eyre spoof. Sydney S Baron's One Whirl explores appeasement debates. The Sullivans receive a major tribute at 20th Century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Marseilles
Joan Fontaine
Jane Eyrie
Jose Curbelo
Havana-Madrid
Steelmaker
Denny Beckner
Park Central
Sydney S. Baron
Katherine Grayson
Dacita
Little Palm
Times Square Smalltalk and Showbiz Snippets
Gossip column notes Janet Risenfeld from the late Dr Hugo Risenfeld family stars in Mexican films as Raquel Rojas. The Spitalny girls win gin prizes weekly, Decision tickets sell out, three fourths of Fred Allen staff are ex reporters, Pat Rooney Jr left Broadway to help Buster West on his New Hampshire farm, Betty Hutton’s friends say champagne is required on studio sets, and Sam Langford contributions go to S Woodward at the Herald Tribune. PRIVATE BREGER ABROAD by Lt Dave Breger is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Square
Janet
Hugo Risenfeld
Raquel Rojas
Fred Allen
Pat Rooney, Jr
Broadway
Buster West
New Hampshire
Betty Hutton
Sam Langford
S. Woodward
N. Y. Herald Tribune
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
TED Press
FEA
Associated Press
Rcal News
Matt Oat
High Point
N. C
National John Co
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Gov
Bricker
Collector of Internal Revenue
Center Theatre
Diac Cnet
Andrew
Anne Swaim
Parker Paper Company
Pitman
L. G. Greer
Thomasville
South Pacific
George Nh. Machen
Sta
Indictunt
Pacific
Jay Clinard
Gerald Anderson
Christopher Crittenden
Ellen M. Rollins
Asia
V. M. Golownin
Winchell
New York
Arleen Whelan
Doughgirls
Arleen
Cotillion
Georgia Gibbs
Lucy Cochrane
Boston
Forues
Stork
NBC Symphony
Paramount
53Rd St. Place
Deanna Durbin
En Tee
Jey Bartow
Sean
Tokyo
Bing
Detroit Gazette
New England
Leonard Warren
Met
S. Warenoff
Seattle
Wall
Manhattan
Midwest
Oene
Joe
Josephus
Hollywood
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
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