President Declines to Back Political Sides in 1942 Campaign
President Roosevelt will not take sides in national political feuds though he may intervene in New York where he maintains residence. He aims to avoid prewar isolationist battles, focusing on supporting the administration’s foreign policy after Pearl Harbor. Rep. Hamilton Fish is the notable GOP critic in Roosevelt’s district.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Pearl Harbor
New York State
United States
Edward J. Flynn
Senate
House
Flynn
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Probation Law Reforms Many North Carolina Adults
Enterprise Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh July 9. North Carolina's probation act has shifted many adult offenders from prison to supervised probation. Five years in shows 48 percent of 6,905 probationers were under 22, with more older offenders now supervised. Active cases total 3,638, averaging 4,894 dependents. probationers earned 164,995.53 last month, with 141,620.46 spent on living expenses. Women probationers total 301, with success slightly higher than men, but differences by age, race, or sex remain small. Many offenders with prior convictions show repeated probation, some up to five times, yet reform compared to incarceration appears notable.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Harry Sample
Superior Court
Ias
Assistant State Attorney General 10 Joins Army
Raleigh July 9. Assistant Attorney General T Wade Bruton a native of Tros received leave to become a captain in the U S Army. George Patton was advanced to Bruton s place as first assistant and H L Rhodes of Burlington was added to the staff. Attorney General McMullan announced.
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Raleigh
T. Wade Bruton
Tros
U. S. Army
George Patton
Bruton
Hl. J. Rhodes
Burlington
McMullan
National Youth Administration to Close State Offices
The NYA will shut all state offices to cut costs and align with smaller appropriations. Functions will transfer to TL regional offices. Between 4,000 and 10,000 employees will be terminated, SYA said.
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NYA
Washington
National Youth Administration
SYA
Guilford Will Get Largest Allotment Of Adult Bicycles
North Carolina OPA announces 2632 new adult bicycles available from July 9 to September 1 with Guilford County receiving the largest share at 141 bicycles. Other counties receive smaller allotments including Little Tyrrel and Camden with three each. eligibility prioritizes war and essential civilian workers. The state allocates totals by county before local reallocation.
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Raleigh
North
OPA
Davidson County
Randolph
State Farm Cash Income Higher Than Last Year
Raleigh July 9. Rus sell P Handy, statistician for the State Department of Agriculture, reports NC farm cash income from sales in the first four months of 1942 rose 59 percent from the 1941 period. Sales totaled 48,577,000 in 1942 versus 30,538,000 in 1941. Meteor showers described as remains of comets that have broken up.
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Raleigh
Russell P. Handy
State Department of Agriculture Statistician
North Carolina
May predicts end of war by 1943 with no draft for married men
Washington reports House Military Affairs Chairman May says war likely ends in 1942 to 1943 and no need to induct married men or youths 18 and 19. Based on selective service records and registration, he estimates about 3,125,000 in 18–19 group, predicting 2,000,000 fighting men in two years. He advocates an army of 5,000,000 and cites expected German focus abroad.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Muay
North Carolina Auto Graveyards Ship Scrap For War Effort
Raleigh July 9 A June report from WPB auto graveyard manager Wf. G. Taylor shows North Carolina graveyards produced 26 million six hundred ninety thousand seven hundred eighty two pounds of scrap and steel 1 429 080 pounds of scrap iron and steel and 1 429 080 pounds of rubber for the national war effort in June.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Wf. G. Taylor
WPB
Two Ships Torpedoed Off Lourenco Marques
Two vessels in the Mozambique channel were torpedoed in July. A Norwegian and a Swedish ship were sunk while two other British ships were attacked by submarines with unknown outcomes.
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Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Mozambique Channel
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