Closed Shop Debate and North Carolina Health Campaign
The piece argues against closed shop practices showing government limits on employer demands for anti union hiring. It contrasts this with current laws, calls for all union contracts, and condemns coercive union tactics. It then questions Hollywood driven health scare campaigns about North Carolina needing more doctors and hospitals while urging factual public health outreach.
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NLRB
Congress
Senvie
Hense
Political fight over game division divorce risks state programs
The piece warns that splitting the game division from the department of conservation and development could provoke legislative revenge through funding cuts. It argues lawmakers may be swayed by personal grievances, harming broader conservation and state projects.
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Department of Conservation
Dld
Cleem
Department
Ork
Game and Fish Division
Cnre Development and Conservation
Statesville Mourns Former State Senator John W. Wallace
John W. Wallace, former state senator, dies in Statesville. A Trinity College alumnus and World War I veteran, he earned a Duke law degree in 1930 and held varied roles in law, business and public service. His colleagues remember his gentle, steady leadership and civic concern.
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Statesville
John W. Wallace
Wallace
Trinity College
Duke University
State Senate
A.W.S
Debunking Circus Press Tactics for North Carolina Health Plan
The column criticizes circus press agents and Hollywood tactics used to sway public opinion for North Carolina medical care and hospital reform. It suspects exaggerations and personal attacks, noting the Charlie Mearthy incident as an example that drew gubernatorial ire.
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N. C
North Corona
Hollywood
North Carolina
Charlie Mearthy
North Carolna
Charlie
Bergén
Weather Expert from Chicago Chooses Western North Carolina
Owen T. Lay, dean of Chicago weather experts, retires to Western North Carolina after studying national climate data. He says the region offers weather far superior to Chicago and plans to settle in retirement, a welcome note from local mountain friends.
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North Carolina
Owen T. Lay
Chicago
Mr. Lay
Blue Ridge
Smokies
Question on Emergency Bonus for State Officials
Debates over applying last week’s emergency employee bonus to superior court judges and solicitors grow. AG tentatively says it applies. judges and solicitors may qualify for $45 extra monthly, while some contest eligibility. The piece surveys constitutional lines, executive versus judicial pay, and broader salary debates for state staff and schools.
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Superior Court
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Council of State
Supreme Courts
Farmers demand more books over higher salaries in Raleigh
A group of western North Carolina men rode the Asheville pullman to Raleigh to press for increased funding for rural libraries over teacher raises. A mountain farmer urged cutting teacher and stenographer salaries to buy more and better books, arguing books deliver real educational value to rural areas. The party dispersed as they agreed it was late.
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Western Carolina
Raleigh
Asheville
Truman
Los Angeles
Georgia
U. S
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Faces Criticism
Edward Lamb of Toledo questions a linked proposal and its author Riskin while detailing the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born. He notes vice presidents including Meyer Adelman, Hugh De Lacy, Arthur Upham Pope, and Max Yergan, with counsel Carol King. The Dies index cites 40 mentions and accuses the group of communist ties and exploitation of racial divisions to aid foreign-born communists.
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Edward Lamb
Toledo
Ohio
Ben Riskin
Lamb
Riskin
American Committee For Protection of
Meyer Adelman
Milwaukee
Hugh de Lacy
Seattle
Arthur Upham Pope
New York
Max Yergan
Communist International
American Committee For
Debate Over Communists and Civil Liberties Sparks Controversy
Column discusses Edward Lamb and his links to pro Communist groups such as the International Labor Defense and American Peace Mobilization. It notes names like Vita Marcantonio and Joseph R. Brodsky, addresses shifts after the Stalin HItler pact, and questions whether antiwar stances reflect disloyalty.
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United States
Lamb
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Ohio
Congress
Washington
Soviet Russia
Earl Browder
International Labor Defense
Vita Marcantonio
Carol King
Ben Davis, Jr
Joseph R. Brodsky
American Peace Mobilization
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New York Underworld Gossip and Celebrity Gaps
A sprawling column of society items and rumors from New York and beyond. It tracks Hollywood figures like Adele Astaire and Yvonne de Carlo, private lives of bandleaders, publishers, and politicians, plus theatrical and social notes.
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White
Robert Olds
Earl
Muntz
Tokyo
Wm. Meehans
Park Avenue Arena
New York
Park Avenue
Reno
Manicuties
Thiz
California
Durocher
Laraine Day
H'wood
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