Postwar planning under way in High Point outline
A local initiative gathers momentum as the Committee on Economic Development, the Chamber of Commerce, and City Manager Roy Braden coordinate to map postwar jobs and projects. Leaders urge action to avoid federal takeover trends and outline potential plans including a new hospital bus station library parks schools and power improvements.
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Committee On Economic Develop
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Chamber of Commerce
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Studebaker Corporation
North Carolina
South
High Point College
Esquire Postmaster General Row: A Critical View
A column argues Postmaster General Walker overstepped in revoking Esquire’s second class privileges. It compares Esquire’s content to other media and dismisses charges of indecency, urging labor leaders Green and Murray to focus on cleaning up labor’s image before elections. It notes strikes harmed war effort and calls for accountability within the labor movement.
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Frank Walker
Esquire
Varga
Hollywood
News
Miami
Ite
Reader's Digest
Bob Reynolds
Vindicator
Chicago Tribune
Walker
Green
Murray
John L. Lewis
Mr. Green
Mr. Murray
General Marshall
U.S
Tarawa
Thoughtful comments on daylight saving and youth programs voiced
Police officer Jim Burton worries about sending children to school in darkness while Bernie Callam critiques daylight saving. Mary Sue Briggs notes a photo misidentification. J J Ellington and Ossie Davis praise youth centers for High Point's colored youth. Labor leaders Green and Murray spar over war production and propaganda, with Roger Dearborn Lapham and Margaret Hickey commenting on national unity and wartime labor impact.
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Jim Burton
Roosevelt shown as decisive manager in wartime rail strike
The piece portrays President Roosevelt as central to rail strike negotiations with Anne Rosenberg influencing policy from behind the scenes. It argues the administration used a hidden 11 cent wage package and Byrnes interpretations to split railroad brotherhoods, shaping public perception of strong leadership amid wartime needs.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Anne Rosenberg
New York
Macy's Department Store
Bill Green
Fanny Perkins
Miss Rosenberg
Jimmy Byrnes
Mobelizer Byr
Brotherhood
Mr. Byrnes
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrnes
Hamilton
Somervell
Congress
Administration
War Department
New Deal
Notes of an Innocent Bystander on Broadway
A condensed roundup of theater and film reviews mentions Rose Franken's Doctors Disagree and Outrageous Fortune, with praise for Barbara O'Neill Philip Ober and Judson Lake. It notes South Pacific reception mixed, Cary Grant John Garfield in Destination Tokyo, Deanna Durbin in His Butler's Sister, and Tarzan Desert Mystery. Also references Archibald MacLeish radio warning, Soviet charges against Hitler, Goebbels missteps, and media commentary on war, politics, and culture.
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Rose Franken
Claudia
Miss Franken
Ward Morehouse
Sun
Barbara O'Neill
Philip Ober
Judson Lake
South Pacific
Wedeye
Canada Lee
Japan
Tokyo
Hollywood
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Deanna Durbin
Pat O’brien
Franchot Tone
Tarzan
Nancy Kelly
Maureen O'Sullivan
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J. J. Ellington
White Center
Negro Boys
Ossie Davis
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George C. Marshall
Roger Dearborn Lapham
San Francisco
Margaret A. Hickey
Eleanor 8. Bell
William T. Carter Foundation
Paul Mallon
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Winchell
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MacLeish
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Goebbels
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News Forum
Frances Perkins
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Virginia Quarterly Review
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Falange
Rex Stout
Tripeline
Mary Hornaday
Mrs. Roosevelt
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D. Parker
Luke Beebe
Dotty
Judy Dupuy
Marshall Field
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