Epiphany Reflections and War Commentary From The Era
The piece discusses William Allen White and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, arguing it overstepped neutrality and fueled war urging. It also offers a brief Epiphany study, detailing its origins, religious observances, and calls for universal peace guided by Christian teaching.
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Treveloments
Emporia
John Temple Graves
Birmingham
America
William Allen White
Does Germany seek an Irish incident
The piece questions whether Germany plans an Irish incident to justify aggression. It notes Irish judgment viewing the bombing as deliberate, and asks if both powers want Ireland to abandon neutrality. It warns Germany may use a pretext to press into Ireland amid weak defenses and Irish hostility to England.
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Germany
Ireland
England
Broughton Seeks Rural Housing Expansion Post Dedication
Governor elect praised a low cost Raleigh housing project and urged extending federal housing benefits to rural North Carolina. He framed housing projects as signs of a new American social order and urged government support for the less fortunate to strengthen democracy and national unity.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Broughton
Mr. Broughton
America
United States
Ritter resigns as Winston-Salem chamber secretary after 20 years
William T. Ritter announced his resignation from Winston-Salem chamber of commerce where he served 20 years. He plans to stay in Winston-Salem and offered no reason, though colleagues speculate it stems from Charlotte securing a $100,000 class ahead of the city.
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Winston -Salem
Chamber of Commerce
William T. Ritter
Winston-Salem Journal
Ritter
Winston-Salem
Mr. Ritter
Clarence Kuester
Charlotte
Winston- Salem
Hollywood
England
Britain
Margaret Lockwood
Rex Harrison
Lone Wolf
Veggery
Havana
Warren William
Warner
Destiny
Columbia
Arizona
K. Hepburn
Music
Philly
Preparation Makes Opportunity in Lincoln and Thomas Tales
Abraham Lincoln nearly missed the 1860 Republican nomination due to a printer delay that allowed an adjournment and Seward’s loss to Greeley. Lowell Thomas, profiled here, prepared through travel and practice and later seized his chance broadcasting for The Literary Digest, illustrating the need to prepare before opportunities arrive.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Chicago
William H. Seward
Lincoln
William Seward
Seward
Horace Greeley
Lowell Thomas
Princeton University
Alaska
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
New York
The
Literary Digest
Walter Winchell Reviews 1940s Stage and Screen Glimpses
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway and Hollywood offerings. He notes Elmer Rice's Flight to the West and Night Train among the season's standout pieces, praises Betty Field and Arnold Moss, and comments on other plays and films with sharp, period tone.
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Elmer Rice
West
Berlin
Rice
Betty Field
Arnold Moss
Paul Henried
Mr. Atkinson
Broadway Heroine Defies Villain in Melodrama Exchange
A dramatic line from a Broadway melodrama has a heroine vow she will sell her honor dearly while a ruffian heckles from the gallery. The note satirizes wartime journalism and the Hearst era’s isolationist tilt, referencing Verne Marshall and Goebbels, with noted quips from editors and columnists on Germany and censorship.
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Satevepost
U. S
President weighs labor board to quiet defense strikes
Bruce Catton reports the White House considers a modern War Labor Board to prevent work stoppages in defense industries when conciliation fails. The proposal, drawn from 1918 practices, would use presidential authority to appoint a board with broad powers to keep production moving.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Jett Lauck
United Mine Workers
Lauck
Defense
Sidney Hillman
Edward F. MceCrady
War Department
War
Navy Departments
Labor Department
Wilson
Labor and Industry
Sameuel Gompers
William Howard Taft
Frank Walsh
Labor
Midweek church meeting to restart at Central Friends Church
Central Friends Church annex will host midweek supper meetings resumed Wednesday evening with Dr. F. C. Anscombe of Salem College speaking. In other notes, a barking dog helped save residents when a fire began in a Richardson Street building basement.
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Central Friends Church Annex
F. C. Anscombe
Salem College
Sarah T. Wagger
Richardson Street
W. F. Williams
Sorrowful world quotes and a Missouri fan theft
A collection of quotes from leaders Avila Camacho Hutchins Brown and Day plus a proverb about swallows and a joke about neighbors. It notes a Missouri man stealing 24 electric fans and ending up in the cooler.
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Avila Camacho
Mexico
Missouri
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