Mud-Slinging at Top Officials Hurts War Effort
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Vice President Wallace and Commerce Secretary Jones clash in a public feud that researchers say damages leadership at the home front. The piece argues the President must act, either by ending the quarrel or removing one of the officials to restore unity and focus on victory.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Commerce
Jones
Drew Pearson
Washington
United States
Bureau of Economic Warfare
Manhattan
Jack Carson
Crossley
Oscar Wilde
Carson
Howard Dietz
Vernon Duke
Coast Guard
G. H. Combs
Gerald L. K. Smith
Ku Klux Klan
Wheeler
Nye
Beer Ban Debate Marrs Sunday Sales in Charlotte
Army officials join city officers in urging Charlotte City Council to ban beer and wine sales on Sundays, a plan similar to an approved High Point ordinance. Army leaders in Charlotte support the ban, contrasting with Greensboro debate, while editorial commentary questions youth delinquency and the tone of public discussion.
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Charlotte Observer
Charlotte City
High Point
Greensboro
Charlotte
Jackie Gregory
Ration word origins traced in pronunciation debate
A discussion on ration versus ration traces origins from Latin and French backs to 1815, noting one form fell obsolete while the other became the daily military allotment. Kemp Malone, Johns Hopkins, and Columbia University explain the shift and its impact on pronunciation.
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American Speech Quarterly
Columbia University
Needler
Kemp Malone
Johns Hopkins
Columbia University Department of Public Information
Washington
Prentiss Brown
Thoughts of Others voices from High Point readers during wartime
A collage of reader quotes from High Point figures and veterans discussing wartime issues. J L Perkins warns on meter tampering and larceny of electricity while others share comments on fishing hooks, canning, cadets, and civilian brain power in global conflict. A Marine writes home on hunger and sacrifice.
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Utilities
J. L. Perkins
High Point Youth Program Sparks Debate Over Term Juvenile Delinquency
The Enterprise discusses concerns that labeling city youth initiatives as punitive could harm support. Some fear it echoes Samarcand and Stonewall Jack Training School imagery, while advocates stress the plan grows from global unrest and rising juvenile delinquency, with youths aware of the issues.
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High Point
Samarcand
Figures That Lie and the War Time Income Claim
The Office of War Information notes per capita income rose from 47.92 dollars in July 1940 to 85.03 dollars in April 1943, but warns these averages are fictional. Many unemployed or nonworking people distort the figure and the per worker rise lags behind living cost increases.
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Office of War Information
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Japan
Russia
England
Walter Davenport
South
Collier's
Dixie
Baruch
Bernard
Elmer Davis
Bricker
Variety
Abel Green
Coronet
Atlantic Monthly
Steve Hannagan
Rationale and flags spark short Washington notes
Peter Edson catalogs the term rationale used by the Office of Price Administration and a UN flag description, then recounts a NLRB move from the Shoreham building. A doggerel verse about executive orders and wage policy follows, noting War Labor Board’s status and urging patience with Byrnes.
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National Labor Relations Board
Shoreham
Washington
Financial District
NLRB
Vanity and flattery in friendship warned by Cicero
A fragmentary excerpt contrasts deceitful flattery with genuine friendship. The verse from Psalms and a Cicero quote caution that flattering lips and a double heart corrupt trust, urging removal of flattery from true ties and suggesting moral restraint in close relations.
Broadway Notes of an Innocent Bystander
A survey of ongoing Broadway shows and industry chatter from the era notes revival responses to The Vagabond King and Abie's Irish Rose business in Detroit, plus weather and market factors touching productions. It touches on Hal Olver, Ringling Circus, Gypsy Rose Lee, and various critics, outlets, and public figures shaping stage discourse.
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Variety
Detroit
Abie
Oklahoma
Hal Olver
Ringling
M. Todd
Rose Lee
Star and Garter
Broadway
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N. Y. Times
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John L. Lewis
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