High Point Faces Growth Beyond a Furniture Image
The city known as the Furniture Center of the South is urged to diversify beyond a single industry. Moody's notes higher bond ratings while outsiders seek High Point's varied economy. Residents are asked to salvage metal and grease as a March 4 collection effort addresses shortages and recycling needs.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Point
South
Moody's Investt Service
High
Dick Fountain Remembered As Persistent North Carolina Politician
The obituary profiles former Lieutenant Governor Richard T. Fountain noting his near miss of the governorship and Senate bids. It praises his 'aginner' stance advocating closeness between government and the people, his honest appeal to the common man, and his lasting effect on NC democracy through loyal opposition.
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Richard T. Fountain
North Carolina
United States Senate
Dick Fountain
Ins
Senators and dinners spark talk of future leadership
A report from Edgecombe notes Cousin Willie Clark teased a group at Saint Mary's about his Jekyll and Hyde acts during a hotel gathering. Senators Ballentine Pittman Price and Hamp Price hosted breakfasts and a fifth district dinner, fueling talk that Hamp Price may seek Lieutenant Governor in coming years.
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Ekyll
Willie” Clark
Tor
Edgecombe
Dr. Jekyll
Saint Mary's
Theo
Mr. Hyde
Senate
Ballentine
Lake County
Pittman Ofte
Balmtine
Hamp Price
George Jenny
Free time and war end dates in North Carolina notes
Lynn Nisbet discusses delaying legislation until six months after the war ends. Baren Jurney reports North Carolina’s Yalta conference involvement and notes staff sergeant Allan Brown’s role as official notes taker. Prophecy by James H. Clark reflects on corn harvest timing versus European war end.
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Valta—Baren Jurney
State Industrial Commission
North Carolina
Yalta
Allan Brown
Jarney
Quebec
Brown
Statesville
Raleigh
Industrial Commission
Burney
James H. Clark
Bladen
Europe
Clark
They Say: Opposes Using the Rod to Train Children
Mrs D H Parsons responds to George M Miller of Mond Va in Mondays Enterprise arguing against corporal punishment. She advocates teaching Bible values with time, patience and love rather than whipping, urging parents to engage calmly with their children at home.
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George M. Miller
Mond
D. H. Parsons
Community voices during High Point drive and school notes
General Chairman John Peacock urges residents to save and smash milk and tin cans for a March 4 collection, with doorstep pickup. Clyde Foushee laments dim streets in foggy nights. George Ridge links juvenile delinquency to Sunday school attendance. Mrs. Everett Marsh praises teachers for dignified conduct and support for pay legislation.
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John Peacock
George Ridge
High Point
Everett Marsh
Shigemitsu and Shidehara in a changed wartime world
A reminiscence recalls Shigemitsu’s peace pledge cited by a Japanese broadcaster, noting how disengagement from war now seems unlikely. The narrator, once friendly with Shigemitsu and T. V. Soong, recalls past ties with China during a time of fragile peace and shifts in Japanese diplomacy.
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Shigemitsu
Bataan
Shanghai
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
Baron Shidehara
Japan
China
Jon Shidehara
Texas
Shigemitsu and Japan's Peace Offense in War's End
The writer argues that wartime patriotism prompts loyalty to country over leaders and reflects on Shigemitsu's stance. He recalls past talks with Shigemitsu in Nanking, notes Japan's defeat symbolized by MacArthur's Manila victory and Bataan, and predicts Japan's surrender will follow conquest or protocol.
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Russia
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Shigemitsu
China
Japan
Baron Shidehara
T. VY. Soong
Nanking
Italy
Roosevelt, Churchill Gain Postwar Grounds in Livadia Accord
Washington reports show the Livadia understanding largely accepted by Congress as the postwar framework. Roosevelt and Churchill yielded on politics to secure agreement with Stalin and who will later face electoral review in Poland Yugoslavia and other nations. Congress may approve the settlement despite criticism from Senator Wheeler and others.
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Washington
Livadia
Truman
Roosevelt
Congress
Moscow
Lublin
Poland
Tito
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Japan
Messrs
Churchill
Russia
Michigan
Vandenberg
Ohio
Burton
Europe
Dewey
Stalin
Wheeler
Press Poised to Spin Wartime Settlements Favorably
The piece argues elites will cast the wartime settlement in the best possible light regardless of its true aims. It warns against assuming Russia dominates Europe, notes potential vetoes on aggressions in Latin America, and critiques hopes for fair elections and free press in Europe amid Soviet influence.
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Russia
Europe
Latin America
Poland
Yugoslavia
Germany
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Broadway Notes of a Newspaperman Column Chat
Sherman Billingsley Leonard Lyons and others mingle with writers in a roundup of gossip and lampoons. The piece quotes riffs on commas, old jokes about gamblers and a Palmer of wit, with brief asides on Kilgallen and Winchells influence and a USO moment.
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Stork
Sherman Billingsley
Leonard Lyons
Beardsley Rums
Lyons
John Patrick
Billingsley
Eliot Janeway
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R. B. Terry
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Ennai
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Lexington Ave
City Bureau OF Circulation
Fountain
Ehringhaus
Hoey
Cherry
Ralph McDonald
Bailey
Inte
Lynn Nisbet
Tokyo
Clyde Foushee
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Private
Breger Abroad
By Dave Breger
Winchell
Broadway
Waller
Burton Rascoe
Bert Leston Taylor
Lebanon
Tenn
Professor Bone
Cumberland University
Taylor
Philly
Tannhawser
Boston Gazette
Burns
San Francisco Journal
Springfield
Mass
Ashley Street Ool
West Virginia
Kansas
the Park
Jessyca Russell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Wm. Travers Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
D. A
John Kelly
Wakeley
42Nd and
Sixth Avenue
Kelly
Mr. Jerome
Jerome
Honest Johan Kelly
Dorothy Kilgallen
Pygmalion Jones
Brooklyn
New York
Emerson
Columm
Boutell
One God
Florence Mary Fitch
Crown
YMCA
U.S
Beth Brown
Universal Station
Robert Johnson
Pacific Isle
Fulton J. Sheen
Walter
Mother of Jesus
Artie Shaw
Strand
Roy Eldridge
Oder
Philamy
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