Civil Service Debate Promised Before City Aldermen in High Point
The High Point press notes public debate on civil service changes before the General Assembly. The Civil Service Commission has proposed reforms, with discussions held in public meetings. A Friday meeting of 95 Democratic precinct committeemen will invite city officials to gauge opinions and possible abolition or alteration of the civil service setup.
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Call For Frankness On Allied War Efforts
An editorial argues that Great Britain, Russia, and the United States should openly align on wartime duties. It cites the Army and Navy Journal praising candor and urges clearer, frank cooperation to accelerate the fight against Germany.
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Curb Market Location Debate in High Point
The High Point Chamber of Commerce backs a city curb market at the West Broad and Lindsay Streets lot while the Veterans of Foreign Wars objects to the site due to neighborhood impact. A public meeting will be held next Tuesday at 4 pm at the proposed site to explain plans and seek consensus among VFW neighbors and other stakeholders.
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Remembering Harry Langdon the Silent Screen Star
The Hollywood comedian and pantomimist Harry Langdon has died. Once a top paid star earning vast weekly sums the notes recall his fame and the decline of his later work. The passage ends with a digression about a racketeer who might bootleg a horse race.
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Congress doubles standing committees amid streamlining debate
Washington reports that the new House expands its committee system with a permanent un American activities panel amid push to streamline Congress. The move follows amendments by A S Monroney and procedural tactics by John Rankin, drawing mixed pledge from lawmakers and signaling potential funding fights as 20 percent of freshmen enter the 79th Congress.
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Rankin's House Career Highlighted by Preplanned Stops
The article reviews Representative Rankin's 24 years in the House noting his habit of drafting speeches to preempt opponents and his pattern of predicting questions during remarks. It discusses how legislators face volatile votes on controversial issues and how alliances sway outcomes.
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Food rationing politics and OPA motives questioned
Washington observers criticize government excuses for delaying or restoring rationing after WWII. The piece argues the motive is political pre election, with claims about food stocks, bumper crops, and consumer point fears used to justify renewed rationing. It cites OPA officials, Bowles, and Mrs Roosevelt amid broader doubts.
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Capitol Square Coal Shortage Threatens State Operations
The General Assembly's night sessions could trigger a one day a week state department shutdowns due to fuel limits. John Bray warns coal supplies are too low to heat buildings for every day and a night, though no heatless day rule has been used since 1917-18. Conservation is urged to avoid furnace closures.
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Government food statistics raise doubt over wartime supplies
Paul Mallon notes conflicting claims from officials about Army and Navy food stocks while war time surpluses, butter, meats, sugar and processed foods face tightness. He argues statistics are politicized for Roosevelt era elections and urges tighter rationing rather than complaint.
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Next Governor Debate Heats Up In North Carolina
By Lynn Nisbet the King the inaugural ceremonies of Gregg Cherry sparked talk on the 1948 race. Eastern North Carolina is favored under a gentlemen’s agreement for the next governor, with names like Libby Ward Kenneth Royal Willis Smith Henry Stevens W P Horton Harold Cooley Graham Barden and others discussed. Horton and Stevens draw the most mention though observers aren’t sure if it reflects real preference or publicity. Horton, a prior nominee loser, would get strong state administration backing as national committeeman and former campaign organizer.
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Nashville
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Horton
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Germany, Nazi Crimes Stir Europe as War Debts Mount
An extended critique recounts wartime plunder, oppression, and mass cruelty under the Nazi regime. It frames Germany’s postwar loans and reparations as a cycle of aggression, detailing Polish, French, Dutch, and Greek suffering, including executions, torture, and mass deportations.
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