Governor Scott urged to appoint women to state roles
The Enterprise urges Gov Kerr Scott to boost women in government including possible superior court judges and a five member commission. It argues the push is progress not political favors and notes vending machine tax talk and Pittman bottler interests in dispute. It questions Elmer Long's stance on a penny bottle tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Ties Commission
North Caro
Kerr Scott
Gov- Scott
Pittman
Senator Pittman
Elmer Long
Defiant North Carolina businesswoman challenges tax withholdings
Vivian Kellems, an outspoken industrialist, has long defied federal tax withholding rules. She argues the government oversteps its power and has urged arrest to push her case toward the courts. The dispute raises broader questions about employers collecting taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellems
Agin
Vivian
Sal
Secretary of the Treasury
North Carolina
Scott
Senator Pittman Balances Law and Soft Drink Bottling
The article notes Senator J. C. Pittman, a lawyer, involved in his own soft drink bottling outfit described as independent. It compares him with another independent bottler and discusses his dual roles in law and beverage business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman
J. C. Pittman
Outfit
Counties Vote Out Beer and Wine in Major Shifts
Lincoln and Union counties join Cumberland and other regions in voting out beer and wine by large margins over the past year. Fayetteville reversed Cumberland’s move, showing a broader trend as handwritten warnings on the wall urge beer joints to clean up or face closure. The piece quotes George Bernard Shaw on writers and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Union
Fayetteville
Cumberland
Mud guards and cussin prompt council talk
A Guilford county citizen requests mud guards on large trucks to reduce splatter and curb cursing. Representative Clyde Shreve weighs a bill linking safety and morals, pondering whether to extend rules to curb pedestrian splatter and vented anger on sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Shreve
Guilford County
Ctizen
Shreve
Three Americans Among Fifteen Indicted in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian government indicted fifteen Protestant ministers and officials including Bishop Paul N. Garber of the Methodist Church former dean of Duke Divinity School living in Geneva Switzerland Dr Cyril Black Princeton University Russian history professor and adviser to the U N Balkan commission and Dr J Hutchison Cockburn World Council of Churches official and former Church of Scotland moderator Arrests occurred in December with names released recently and all indictees reportedly confessing Bishop Oxnam of New York condemns the move as Communist attack on religious liberty worldwide.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
United States
Paul N. Garber
Duke University Divinity School
Geneva
Switzerland
Cyril Black
Princeton University
U. N. Balkan Commission
J. Hutchison Cockburn
World Council of Churches
Church of Scotland
Oxnam
New York
Four Freedoms and the global duty of relief
The Four Freedoms of speech worship from fear and want frame Roosevelt’s Bill of Rights. The piece urges US and Marshall Plan nations to uphold basic human rights worldwide while scrutinizing foreign laws and opposing Marxist religious suppression.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
America
Russia
Average Traveler Asks Porter About Tips
A Pullman traveler asks a porter about average tips. The porter says two dollars is his average, noting the traveler is the first average tipper in six months. The exchange highlights modest earnings and irregular tips on long trains.
Big Springs Idaho Largest Western Fresh Water Spring
Big Springs in Fremont county Idaho is described as the largest fresh water spring in western America and is noted for forming a river 100 feet wide. The piece also mentions radiant heat waves traveling at the speed of light and U.S. milk and cream consumption exceeding 60 million dairy units.
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Big Springs
Fremont County
Idaho
America
United States of Europe proposed to save Western Europe
George Sokolsky argues American aid via the Marshall Plan risks waste without a Western European union. He warns 17 nations with divergent policies hinder recovery and urge a voluntary United States of Europe including sovereign states like Spain and Ireland to prevent nationalistic cannibalism and ensure security.
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Norway
Europe
ECA
Bronx
United States
Russia
Berlin
Paris
United States of Europe
Western Europe
Sweden
England
Wheat Commission
Steel Commission
Coal Commission
Napoleon
Hitler
Stalin
Alaska-Greenland-Norway
Arctic Circle
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Spain
Eire
Glamour campaign eyed for GOP congressmen
A Washington column speculates GOP lawmakers may hire a publicity expert to glamorize themselves. The plan would start in the House and possibly move to the Senate, with care to avoid overemphasizing any group. The piece mocks vanity in politics while noting quirks of several members.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
G.O.P
Here
Taber
New York
Tabor
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Taft
Brown
Runt” Bishop
Illinois
Joe Martin
Broadway Notes Roundup of Theatre and Film News
Henry Ford II backs Broadway projects. John C Wilson named in will. Martin Kingsley on Tommy Harmon team at Michigan. Jerry Colonna in the scene with gray hair. Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke contribute to a remusical. Sono Osato and Lionel Stander booked. Jose Ferrer to direct. cost $165000. Rise Stevens spurns The Little Foxes musical. Mae West hits new season. Richard III greeted well. Death of a Salesman sparks critical torchlight. Television may aid film industry amid financial strain.
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Henry Ford II
John C. Wilson
Martin Kingsley
Red Gloves
Tommy Harmon
Michigan
Jerry Colonna
He & She
Ken Englund
Ogden Nash
Vernon Duke
Sono Osato
Lionel Stander
Jose Ferrer
George Wright
The
Paramount
Swank Colony
Rise Stevens
Little Foxes
Cheryl Crawford
H’wood
At Liberty
Flags Dominate Capitol Routine Atop and Below
Minnesota’s Harold Knutson dispatched 32 flags for display in the capitol as a capitol cop spent hours moving them. Rhode Island’s Senator Theodore F Green says he has had more than 600 flags flown in six years.
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Tive Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Capitol
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Beast of Burden Horizon I Depicted Andean ruminant
A puzzle style entry listing clues for across and down terms. It includes hints such as a ruminant native to the Andes and references to languages, chemistry, and geography. The grid appears to mix definitions with wordplay across multiple categories.
Cugat Denies South America Visit in Autobiography
Xavier Cugat says in his forthcoming autobiography that he has never visited South America and never will yet plans a 40 day tour excluding Argentina where the musicians union bars him in reprisal for actions by Petrillo. The piece notes debunked claims about Winchell and cites forthcoming Harper's satire.
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Xavier Cugat
South America
Argentina
Musicians’ Union
Petrillo
Dame Rumor
Rinehart
Winchell
Boston
Harper's
King of the Bastards
N. Y. Times
Quotation Marksmanship From Notable Writers
A collection of compact maxims from Noel Coward Cato Voltaire A Huxley S Maugham K Mansfield and C Lamb highlights emotions memory and regret. Each line presents a compact reflection on wisdom writing and life.
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Noel Coward
Cato
Voltaire
A. Huxley
S. Maugham
K. Mansfield
C. Lamb
Conviction Costs and War Time Reckoning
A Washington columnist debates the price of prosecuting Axis Sally to deter future crimes, arguing any life saved in war justifies the cost. Other notes mock Russia’s bomb listing, Mindszenty’s charge, and postwar political quips drawing contrasts to Hitler and Stalin.
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Washington Distaff
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hitler
Stalin
Dewey
Chase National Bank Loans 25 Million to France
A news brief reports Chase National Bank extending a 25 million dollar loan to France amid postwar economic support. The note frames the loan as part of wartime alliance financial aid and European recovery efforts.
Quote on music analysis and emotional security
Cole Porter admits uncertainty about his own music and praises others while Dr. M R Sapirstein argues that creating a decent happy human requires more endurance patience intelligence and healthy emotion than professions like atomic physics politics or psychiatry.
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Dick Rodgers
Jerome Kern
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
M. R. Sapirstein
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W. A. Bivins
George Sokolsky
George Dixon
Reid
U Nyun
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Miami Beach
Rita Hayworth
Warren G. Magnuson
Navy
Illahee State Park
Bremerton, Wash
Gus Cook
American Legion
Winchell i
Mae
Mr. Atkinson
Dick Whorf
Dick Watts
Aquilon
Lilli Palmer
Jean Pierre Aumont
Mae West
Metopera
Paul Robeson
Variety
Hollywood
Richard Basehart
John
Mary
Jack Carson
Tarzan
Lex Barker
R. L. Stevenson
Bonita Granville
Pecos
un-American Activities Comm
Dies
Walter Winchell
Texas
Beast of Burden
Tai
Erica
North Dakota
Chief
Earth
Cuban City
Andes
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