Boren named acting solicitor in Guilford district
Governor Picked Norman A. Boren as acting solicitor with the Lee Willson transition tied to the induction. Frank Spruill declined, Shelley Davenport withdrew gracefully, and the choice is seen as best under current conditions. Predictions point to political maneuvering toward the May end with Cherry McDonald and Umstead shaping the governor race.
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Overnor Broughton
Norman A. Boren
Lee Willson
Frank Spruill
Davidson Countian
Spruill
Boren
Davidson
Guilford
Gregg Cherry
Ralph McDonald
Cherry
McDonald
William Umstead
Umstead
John” McLaughlin
Iredell
McLaughlin
Raleigh
Schools Need Earlier Start After Clock Change
The article praises a move by School Superintendent Charles Carroll to change opening time from 8:30 to an earlier hour to avoid dark mornings. It questions wartime clock changes and urges manufacturing plants to similar action for outdoor workers to avoid starting in darkness.
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Charles Carroll
Training and Battle United in War’s Air Price
The piece argues training sacrifice is vital as air war demands learning under realistic, dangerous conditions. It credits pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners who die in training as equally serving victory, while noting accidents in Germany and the Pacific reflect war’s cost.
High Point Officials Debate Air Mail Route and College Support
Post master S C Clark and others discuss the value of a direct truck mail route to the Greensboro High Point airport versus current rail transfers. Community leaders praise High Point College and seek funds to cancel its debt while noting civil service interest and utility billing issues.
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High Point
Greensboro-High Point
S. C. Clark
Greensboro
Greensboro - High Point
B. G. Leonard
Post Office Department
High Point College
North Carolina
Clyde Hoey
E. H. Nease
N. C
The
Methodist Church
The First Ascension and the Rise of Heavier-Than-Air Flight
A historical survey traces early aerial feats from Blanchard and Washington's witnessing of the 1793 first ascent in a balloon to the 1908 advent of the airplane. It notes the airship’s rise under Zeppelin, its wartime use and disasters, and its ultimate decline, leaving the airplane as the dominant craft today.
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Kitty Hawk
United States
Philadelphia
Jehovah
Moentgolfier Brothers
Francois Blanchard
Jeffries
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Britain
George Washington
Blanchard
Cooper's Ferry
New Jersey
Roberts Brothers
Henri Giffard
Giffard
Charles Renaud
French War Department
Count Zeppelin
Germany
London
North
South America
Shenandoah
Akron
Macon
Fred Allen
England
Post Office
New York
Mussolini
Terrys
CBS
Winchells Broadway Buzz Mixes Rumor and Royalty
A chaotic column surveys Hollywood and political chatter from Nassau to Nassau Street. It names Nancy Oakes De Marigny planning filings in a few weeks and possible marriage rumors with Benson McDermott, plus Jessica Dragonette’s bodyguard N. M. Turner and other celebrity snippets.
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Nancy Oakes de Marigny
Nassau
Benson McDermott
RCAF
Bronxville
Canada
Jessica Dragonette
N. M. Turner
Truman Senate Committee
Miami
Homer Cummings
de Marigny
Healy
Securities & Exchange
Palm Beach
Jeck Veiter
Paulette Goddard
Veronica Lake
Jean Murphy Jaburg
Wayne N
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High Point Enterprise
J.P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Ene Cay
Associated Press
Aptures
N. J
Ees Relative Omn Budd CO
Igelagten Ave
N. Y. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Enterprise
Shelley Davntess
Gastonian
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Axis Gang
Pacific Isle
W. T. Winslow
Federal
Paul Clapp
Clare Purcell
Tom Elder
City Utilities Department
Lois Welborn
Chas. C. Weaver
Fred Snider
Thomas McM Firant
North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church
City Abbattoir
City Utilities
4. L. Perkins
Christopher Crittenden
Ellen M. Rollins
Santos - Dumont
France
Eiffel Tower
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
Winchell
Broadway
H'wood
Gen. Marshall
Geo. Jessel
Pearl Harbor
Ernie Pyle
Drew Pearson
Irving Berlin
Cal Swanson
J. Walter Thompson Radio Agency
OWI
Tarawa
Louis Hayward
Warner's
Marines
Paul White
Florida
Washington
Evie Robert
Chip Robert
Johanna Hofmann
Alderson
W. Va
Roney-Piaz
J. M. Schine
Horatio Alger
Gloversville
N. Y
Maryland
Schine
Marquis G. MacDonald
Marquis Maconaid
Pat
Marquis
New Yorker
Will Mahoney
Australia
FDR
J. Durante
Mona Maris
Colyum
Alan Gale
Vice-Press
Wallace
Reader's Digest
Wire Services
Guy Loomis
Enduo
Tex Guinan
Anheuser-Busen
Busch
Newsweek
Joint Congressional Committee On Printing
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