War time sports and national morale in 1945
The piece argues that wartime needs justify limiting sports to save manpower and transportation. It notes night games reduce losses and highlights how football and Sugar Bowl crowds boosted morale, with millions listening by radio and lifting war workers. It concludes that sports support national morale both at battlefronts and home fronts.
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Byrnes
Wce
Jack
Duke
Alabama
New Orleans
France
Italy
The
America
Editorial lauds Clyde Hoey on understanding North Carolinians
The Greensboro Daily News applauds Senator elect Clyde Hoey for grasping what North Carolinians think about war and home front issues. The piece argues Congress and Washington officials are out of touch with the public, urging more road journalism and fewer abstractions from the executive branch. It criticizes the eight-year tenure of the current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde R. Hoey
Greensboro Daily News
Congress
Toto
Washington
White House
Methodist Church
Senator-elect Clyde Hoey and winter jokes at Shelby party
In Shelby a party for Senator-elect Clyde Hoey drew light chatter about his image and habits. The chatter touched on a bank calendar mishap and Hoey’s summer work outfits, reflecting local humor and public perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Hoey
Shelby
Tom Robertson
Local Voices Share Hopes And Happenings In Town
Quotations from residents and officials describe a quiet week in the town. Governor’s anecdote, Navy recruiter Crane, and city manager Braden discuss home life, flood of bank closures, stocked lake frogs, New Year mail delays, and rising postal receipts as the year closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Braden
Lawmakers face clashes over clerks and game control fights
CAPITOL SQUARE lawmakers warn of clashes over patronage and clerk hire cuts as Umstead targets excess committee clerks. Chalk presses for game and fish control separation from Conservation and Development. both battles portend bitter fights with large financial and personnel stakes.
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IPS
Iten
John Umstead
Orange
John Chalk
Richmond
Angy
Serks — Umstead
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Orange County
Game and Fish Department
General Assembly
T. of Conservation
Game Inland Fisheries
North Carolina officials clash over agency roles and reforms
The text notes waste from hiring idle clerks, urges curbs for broader influence on reforms. It discusses game control ties to forests, parks, and federal relations, plus overlapping departments creating rivalries. It highlights North Carolina State College’s standing and praise for Col. John W. Harrelson as Cleveland County’s notable alumnus.
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Umstead
State Department of Labor, Health
The
Industrial Commission
General Assembly
Department of Labor
Division of Commerce and Industry
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina State College
Max Gardner
Hoey
Shelby
Gardner
John W. Harrelson
Cleveland County
Liberated Europe and the Allies A Critical View
Vera Micheles Dean argues that liberated peoples should not feel grateful to Britain the United States or Russia. She notes US and Russia only joined after attacks in 1941 and accuses secret wartime pacts of harming US Europe relations. She warns against repeating such treachery while aiding starving Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Micheles
Foreign Policy Association
Britain
United States
Russia
Europe
Japan
US War Aims and Isolationism Compared in Open Door Ideals
The speaker argues the United States acted before Pearl Harbor in lend lease and Iceland duty, denying isolationist claims. He cites Hoover Stimson Doctrine, Atlantic Charter, and support for Britain, asserting a real shift toward defending independent nations and open door principles as outlined by John Hay. He questions modern European moves toward puppet regimes and power balances.
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League of Nations
China
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Iceland
Roosevelt Churchill
Britain
Supa
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Finland
Greece
Italy
John Hay
Behind the News on Freedom and Union Control in U S Politics
The columnist contrasts voter behavior of World War II servicemen with the organized labor movement led by the Congress of Industrial Organizations. It questions if a capitalistic republic can survive under union political and economic control and whether democracy can endure a dispassionate, broad-interest government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Dewey
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mussolini
Hitler
Peo
Stalin
Democracy and opposition in a changing political landscape
The author argues that genuine political opposition sustains democracy and liberty. He warns that once elections lose competitiveness and peaceful opposition vanishes, fascist or communist methods arise. He cites Europe as a warning and emphasizes the danger of organized propaganda.
American Legion expands to shape postwar veteran policy
Washington reports the American Legion is reorganizing to align with World War II veterans. It aims to create WWII posts, place veterans in key posts, tackle rehabilitation and security, and recognize other veteran groups. National commander Edward N. Scheiberling urges a civilian militia and international peace measures to prevent future wars and secure jobs for returning soldiers.
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Washington
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Paris
Legion
The
Organization of Veterans
Edward N. Scheiberling
Scheiberling
League of Nations
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High Point
N. C
Representative Add CO Ave
James
Hugh
Duke Alabama
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Chase Idol
Walter Winchell
Chief Crane
Navy
Edgar Snider
Frances Wiles
8. C. Clark
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
George Sokolsky
Paul Mallon
Reichstag
Broadway
Private
Breger Abroad
Evans
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