Value of a Promise in North Carolina Politics 1936 1945
A 1945 critique questions whether the Democratic party and North Carolina leaders repudiate the 1936 promise to repeal the general sales tax. The piece argues that unless the 1943 and current administrations fully honor commitments, the public will view the government as breaking promises, harming the party’s integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
General Assembly
North Carolina
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Commission
The Flynn Problem and a Distant Justice Proposal
A commentator asks to join two Flynn cases in New York and California for joint hearing. The plan would convict Errol Flynn and dispatch Edward Flynn far away as minister to the southern Pacific. The aim is to remove both Flynns from press coverage, regardless of location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edward Flynn
Bronx
Labor's Danger to the Labor Movement
The Enterprise warns that the labor movement faces greater danger from short sighted capital and selfish unions than from anti labor forces. It cites a coal mine strike and a Guadalcanal episode to argue public opinion suffers from intra union and leadership failures. It predicts returning soldiers will shape future policy and criticizes internal labor dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Chamber of Commerce
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Africa
Farmers Not Richer, Says Roser Babson Advising Congress
Rich Farmers Roser Babson argues Congress should make no more concessions to farmers. He claims farmers have more money and pay less for purchases, while labor costs rise. The piece notes potential farm labor drafting by Paul McNutt and recalls Kerr Scott remarking urban migration from farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roser Babson
Congress
Kerr Scott
High Point
Thoughts on 17 year olds enlisting in the Army stir debate
Readers discuss whether 17 is too young for army service amid wartime policy changes. Parents praise enlistment while others worry about education and future leadership. The column also includes remarks on bread distribution, highway revenue forecasts, and wartime morale quotes from Eisenhower, a Soviet nurse, and Channing Pollock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. FE. York
Army
Telephone long distance rate cut hailed but rationing limits help
The note says telephone companies reduce long distance calls over three minutes, a relief for some but not for others. The speaker suggests rationing will blunt the benefit, remarking it won’t assist friends as much as before gasoline rationing.
When You Give Folks Rope They Skip They Owe
A terse saying notes that granting too much leeway to debtors increases risk of nonpayment and avoidance, warning against lax collection.
Pay-As-You-Go Tax Debate and Draft Administration
The piece argues that pay-as-you-earn tax plans could offset losses from forgiving a year's tax, and critiques how withholding and wartime taxes affect households. It notes calls to return draft supervision to civilian administration, with Senate and House perspectives, and ends with Middlebury College president Samuel Stratton urges courage and tempering experience for the next generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Treasury
Army
House Military Affairs Committee
McNutt
General Hershey
Navy
Congress
Samuel S. Stratton
Middlebury College
Vermont
Wartime sayings and historic notes from a brief period
The text hints at March emphasis on figures during wartime and links to home front strikes and planting. It notes the Natchez Indians as a prominent southern tribe averaging six feet in height and mentions Frederick Maryland hosting the first rain carpet mill established in 1810.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rederick, Md
Broadway Nightlife Plans Die Hard as Officers Rely on USO Gap
A proposed nightclub for commissioned officers collapses amid funds shortages and lack of strong organization. The Officers' Service Committee appears in other cities but lacks a parallel servicemen's canteen network. News notes include Ted Lightner's domestic woes, Raven’s christening, and various Broadway and film figures in social and showbiz movements of late January.
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Broadway
Jack Lait
Officers’ Service Committee
Ted Lightner
Mike Vanderbilt
Palm Beach
Harry Connovers
Raven
Leonore Lemmon
Charlie Barnett
Baroneer
Out West
Fay Wray
Frank Capra
Chateau Moderne
Jim
Errol Flynn
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J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
The
Flynn
Paul McNutt
C. A. Warner
U. S. Navy
Army Reserve
Fred Thomas
Lucy Jackson
J. G. Suggs
James Burch
State Highway Department
Santa Claus
Europe
North Africa
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
Mikhailovitch
Burton Heath
U.S
Hell
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Board
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Washington
Siam
Ted Granik
St. John’s U
WPB
Oitichca
George Brent
Cost Guard
Schwartz
Wyoming
National Mediation Board
Jean Holloway
Lionel Barrymore
Kay Harris
Tillie
Reno
Henry Freulich
Signal Corps
Belle Livingston
Upper East Side
Eddie Buzzell
Eileen Haley
Ben Cutler
Hudson River
Ann Miller
Columbia Star
Veronica Lake
Gwen Monahan
Don Richards
Paul Forrester
Edna Merrill
Joan Merrill
Warbler
Lou Lazarus
Barbara Bannister
Mort Sweig
Jennifer Holt
Jack Holt
Nelson Drake
Harper's Bazaar
Aleutians
George Boedecker
Air Force
Eleanor McConville
Hurricane
Joe Ricardo
Vaughn Norman
Brooklyn
Alpha Club
Jerry Siegel
Superman
Dorothy Blane
Lanny Ross
Ft. Knox
Buck Private
Ross
Lam Fong
Lois January
Frederic
Marty
Lovely Lillian Gish
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Hollywood
al Jolson
Carole Bruce
Powers
Betty McGuire
Pennsy R. R
Jess Phares
Cecilia Meagher
Frank Parris
Duke Ellington
Rye
Lawrence
Larry
Hesp
Pop
Eastern Steamship Company
Lee Trent
Mr. Handsome
Virgil Irving
San Antonio
Tex
Burleycue
Texas
Walter Winchell
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