Capitol Square Debate Sparks Support and Opposition
The News and Observer notes excitement at Capitol Square over a proposed joint resolution for a legislative investigation of the State Department of Revenue. The Enterprise backs the move amid debate, praising Edwin Gill while urging fuller disclosure of past secret settlements with embezzlers and tax compromises. The piece argues a NC legislative probe of campaign finance could lower costs of running for office and curb undue influence, urging the Legislature to act as detectives and shed light on governmental practices.
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Capitol Square
State Department of Revenue
The
News and Observer
Enterprise
Edwin Gill
Gill
North Carolina
Ford and Godwin Spar Over Peace Plans in Radio Row
Henry Ford backs a world council for postwar peace while his firm hires critic Fac Godwin to speak on a national radio hookup. Godwin argues peace talks should wait until victory. Dr. F. L. Conrad, retiring Draft Board No. 5 chairman, is lauded for 25 months of service, averaging two days weekly in registrant interviews.
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Henry Ford
Roosevelt
Fac
Godwin
Ford
F. L. Conrad
Dr. Conrad
Conrad
Men Of War Courageous War Correspondents Face Daily Dangers
The article honors American war correspondents for risking life and liberty to report from 1939 onward. It notes casualties include ten killed, two missing, thirty-three wounded, and sixty-five captured or interned. It compares the danger to soldiers and urges gratitude from readers.
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Richard Harding Davis
Cheap Manville and Reno Divorces Spark Nevada Scorn
The column mocks Tommy Manville and his six wives plus Nevada’s Reno divorce scene. It criticizes state leniency, urges Congress to curb Reno divorces, and notes a military draft case where Leonard D. Williams was discharged for snoring loudly after 28 days in the barracks.
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Tommy Manville
Manville
Union
Nevada
Reno
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
Army
Leonard D. Williams
Women's Slacks As Wartime Fashion Debate
Burton Heath surveys wartime attitudes toward women wearing slacks and the social context. He notes functional use in work settings, diverging opinions on public wear, and urges cautious, nonpartisan discussion while referencing wartime French resistance and postwar aviation concerns.
Thoughts on court sessions and war era life mix in column
A crowded wartime opinion page features Ben L. Herman urging Superior Court reassembly in High Point to cut delays for lawyers witnesses and clients, citing transportation and gas rationing. Other readers mock political and election issues while sharing anecdotes about flying training, absentee ballots, markers, and democratic ideals.
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High Point
Ben L. Herman
Greensboro
Metaphors and maxims on politics and society
A series of wry maxims critiques leaders and institutions. It notes Hitler’s waning control as Germans take charge, warns that matrimonial troubles can disrupt happiness, observes widespread belief in jury trials until summoned, and parrots a tax rise as a burden on lavish living.
Broadway Gossip and wartime Hollywood notes by Walter Winchell
Jack Lait reviews memos from a sub reporter with a focus on 1943 stock trends and relaxed SEC rules. The column riffs on Broadway, Hollywood figures, marriages, divorces, and wartime duties with names like Glenn Ford Eleanor Powell Hedy Lamarr George Montgomery Lynn Bari Sid Luft Deanna Durbin and Betty Hutton. Walter Winchell reports on shifts in careers and loyalties as stars rush to war work and studios adapt to the era.
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Broadway
Hollywood
Glenn Ford
Eleanor Powell
Hedy Lamarr
George Montgomery
Joan Howard
Naval Officers’ School
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H. A. Cecil
Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
N C
John Budd
Lexington Ave
N. Y
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Congress of the
Burton Heath
WPB
OPA
WMC
Washington
London
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
M. P
House of Commons
Troy Crawford
Sherman
John B. Palmer
Jones Carter
Old May Gardner
Mance Smith
Curtis
General Assembly
Raleigh
A. C. Lowdermilk
State Board of Elections
N. C
Winchell
By Jack Lait
Lynn Bari
Rio Grande
Sid Luft
Vic Orsatti
Hollywood Wolf
Marie McDonald
Bruce Cabot
Miami
Kay Kyser
Patricia Dane
Mary Astor
Red Skeltons
Carole Landis
Tom Wallace
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Warner Baxter
Republic Pictures
Flying Tigers
Ann Sheridan
Errol Flynn
Lili Damita
California
U.S
George Brent
Coast Guard
Madge Bellamy
Red Cross
San Fran
Ernest Truex
Ernie
Lana Turner
Sue Carol
Alan Ladd
Alan
Bette Davis
Miriam Hopkins
Bette
Miriam
Judy Garland
Dave Rose
Arthur Hornblow
Myrna Loy
Orson Welles
Clare Boothe Lucas
Tamara Toumanova
Tommy Guinan
Texas Guinan
Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton, the Phenom of ‘42
Tex
Betty
Paramount
Balaban
Katz
United Artists
Noel Coward
Bob Hope
Alaska
Doughboys
Ann Sothern
Robert Sterling
Robert Pryor
Mickey Rooney
Ava Definite
Dolly Thon
Chorine
Chicago
Gail Patrick
Ray McKinley
Norman Foster
Mexico
Warners
Humphrey Bogart
Discovery
George Raft
Betty Grable
Dicker
20Th Fox
Anna May Wong
China
Chungking
Spencer Tracy
Irene Dunne
Joe
Edward Everett Horton
Hollywoods
Dayne Larkin
Dick Foran
al Buseil
Chi
Pearl Harbor
Air Force
Academy
George M. Cohan
Marilyn Cantor
Eddie
Paula Stone
Fred
Walter Winchell
Continental
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