Foragers in prisons and looming mortgage crisis
The piece surveys clever international forgers held in various prisons and warns of a looming moratorium on major contracts and mortgages. It notes mass cases filed with Washington agencies, potential forced sales, and threats to wealth and tax revenue. It also covers wartime policy shifts, Alaska and Midway actions, and political tensions in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Washington
Navy
Chinese Seamen Face Discrimination at New York Docks
New York editors report on harsh treatment of Chinese sailors by U S immigration and shipping authorities. Protests by the National Maritime Union led to promises of shore leave, but delays persist as crews endure low pay and confinement aboard ships. The piece contrasts harsher conditions abroad with recent wage increases and calls for broader humanitarian policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert N. Leman
China
Japan
National Maritime Union
Washington
War Shipping Administration
Chungking
Brooklyn
Caribbean
Chiang Kai-shek
Bil
Donovan
New York Maritime Union
Asia
Uncle Sam
United Nations
International Federation of Transport Workers
New York
London
Pvt Charles F Morgan in Air Corps Gunnery School
Pvt Charles F Morgan trains at the Air Corps Gunnery School in Las Vegas Nevada. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W R Morgan of 512 Smith Street and a former High Point High School student active in class activities. Morgan worked as a meat cutter before enlisting in the U S Army at Winston-Salem North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Charles F. Morgan
AIR Corps
Las Vegas
Nevada
Air Corps Gunnery School
W. R. Morgan
Smith Street
High Point High School
Morgan
United States Army
Winston-Salem
N. C
Pen Still Mightier Than Sword Says War Message
A wartime remark notes that the United States has more typewriters than rifles, arguing the pen remains mightier than the sword despite soldiers and guns. The comment targets bureaucrats and advocates information, persuasion, and morale as key war tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.A
Mrs Ranson Lauded By News Columnist
A Dum othy Knox column in The Charlotte News credits Mrs. Ranson former junior high principal now living in Charlotte with supporting the soldiers lounge at the Southern Station. Knox notes Rawson sparked the idea and Ranson provided publicity while urging volunteers from women's groups, stressing she only lit the lights, not birthed the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Ranson
Charlotte
Dumothy Knox
Ranson
Miss Knox
Southern Station
Bryte Baker Rawson
Travelers Aid
Rawson
War Department Registers Drive-away Trucks for Military Use
Drive-away trucks used by farmers to transport new cars are being repurposed for military duty. Each vehicle has been officially registered with the War Department as part of wartime mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wen
Japan
Aleutian Islands
Northwest Passage
Moscow
Attu
Kiska
Tokyo
Seward
Midway
United States
Hitler
Hirohito
Ukraine
Mediterranean
Portugal
Turkey
Spain
Switzerland
New York
Lisbon
Ankara
Madrid
Reichswehr
Simplon
Saint Gotthard
Brenner Pass
Germany
Italy
Ams
Mussolini
Berne
William Tell
War Department
Duke Summer Choir Builds Wartime Spirit at Duke
About 150 students in Duke University summer session work hard in acceleration courses and sing in the Summer School Choir. The group performs sacred music in Duke Chapel with guest soloists and a new director and organist, drawing large Sunday crowds and radio listeners. Regulatory changes after June 1 aim to streamline trucking operations, cap overloading, and reduce circuitous routes to save tires and equipment.
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DUKE
Duke University
J. Foster Barnes
WDNC
Durham
America
South
W. M. Upchurch, Jr
William O. Tufts, Jr
Washington
Paul
Stephen Clark
High Point
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Congress
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Bureau
White House
Red Cross of the Woods
Harold L. Ickes
Bailiwick
Robin Hood
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Ickes
Sylvan Agency
Earle Clapp
North Carolina
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Josephus
New Yorker
Jonathan
Civilian Defense
James M. Landis
Fiorelio H. LaGuardia
Jolly Cab CO
Blue Bird Cab Co., Inc
Donald Nelson
Army
Rae
DIAL
South Main Street
Liberty
Patrick
O'Hare
U.S. Treseery Dape
Godwin
English Motor CO
E. Wash
Ton St
Mrs. Ranson
News
Duke Summer Choir
the Sheraton
N. Main Street
N. E. Russell
White Fowler
Building & Loan Asociation
Security Bank
E. C. Cridlebaugh, Secy.Treas
Duke Power CO
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