Editorial implores High Point leaders to act on budget and police reform
The piece urges Mayor Earl Phillips and the city council to scrutinize Roy Braden's expenditures, demand public rationale, and avoid rubber stamping. It calls for decisive police department reform, backing a strong chief, and ending factionalism. It also condemns city hall delays and urges decisive action within two years.
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Earl Phillips
High Point
Roy Braden
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Do Good to All in Faithful Harvest Lessons
Sermon reflects Paul Galatians themes on sowing for the Spirit and a certain harvest. It cites Celtic Galatians in Asia Minor, notes mission work, recounts parables of patience and divine timing, and contrasts Samaritan aid with indifferent clerics. It urges persistent virtue and timely deeds.
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Moffatt
Housewife pleads for sugar to can food amid shortages
Mrs H A Towns voices frustration over stalled canning sugar at the ration board. She notes the OPA allocation delays and compares housewives’ struggles with liquor producers who produced 59 million gallons of beverage alcohol in January and plan more in July, urging action to curb food waste.
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H. A. Townsend
OPA
These Dave and Townsends Share Local Reflections
In a mixed column of remarks readers note homecomings and changes in High Point. Pfc Colon Lotlin laments subtle shifts while Grover Jones praises completing a city code ordinance and looks forward to a published pocket edition. Frank Andrews discusses steak ration limits for hotels and diners. C R Latham critiques Main Street traffic lights as confusing and poorly placed.
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Frank Andrews
The
American Hotel Association
High Point
C. R. Latham
Main Street
England
Hopkins Reports Spark Praise In Washington Longtime Roosevelt Ally
The Hopkins case in Washington unfolds from fierce attacks by conservatives to renewed praise after his Moscow mission. President Truman called Hopkins back, praising the report as encouraging, signaling credit to Hopkins for stabilizing ties with Russia and Western allies amid a difficult road ahead.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
New Dealer
White House
Truman
Moscow
Capitol Hill
Russia
Hop
Hopkins Life in the Balance After Moscow Mission
By Jack Stinnett intimates say Hopkins faced grave risk on a Moscow trip. In March he appeared better, but a stomach ailment returned weeks later. He carried a high fever on his long report to President Truman, who was unaware at the time. Hopkins may not return to government for long periods, needing strength for future duties. Ironically, praise came after the chief he served had departed.
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Paul
Jesus
Hopkins
Truman
Moscow
Stalin
Molotov
Harry Hopkins
Domenica Trombetta
Trombetta
Fascist League of America
Axis
OPA loss of public confidence fuels hunger and reform talk
The piece argues the OPA has lost the trust of Americans amid meat sugar and clothing shortages and urges a shift of food control to the Agriculture Department. It cites Clinton Anderson’s stance and calls for eliminating waste hoarding corruption to ensure proper food distribution.
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OPA
Congress
Hitler
Department of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
England
George Sokolsky on food policy and the welfare state
The columnist argues the United States as a global granary cannot sustain a faulty distribution system under welfare state policies. He criticizes OPA and WFA, applauds congressional push to expand agriculture powers, and urges folding these programs into a single Department of Agriculture under Truman’s broader reorganization.
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Germany
Truman
OPA
WFA
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
House
Rogge’s Sedition Trial Speech Sparks Broad Protests
A reporter cites Prosecutor O John Rogge’s address linking defendants to Nazi officials and aims to quash the sedition indictments. The piece condemns rabble-rousers and warns of private armies while naming figures such as Gerald Lucifer Redfish Smith and Joe McWilliams and noting Germanazi cartel links and wartime threats.
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O. John Rogge
Rogge
Germany
Gerald Lucifer Redfish Smith
Smith
Wm. Pelley
America
Reynolds
Joe McWilliams
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